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 " Pfosrcss' is grcatword vita the whsrs--and, what IS more, II $ wora whscAlAay haye always caJearefcd 10 moHepolixc as .le,s exclusive ns,e etty. TAe FTsaclple of progress. thry Jeff us. ,S tAe ptiat Pse of fae wtt aAriy--tAe ,Ialy Aulsr,- can pgsnc pic.
 We readiiy admit that Il is tae ,-nly An,ef;ean prHeip'e. HWi. until fastheF proof VI must bs ex. cusea isam admitting that t is tke psnc,ase of tte wh'g paF.y--zt iesss ia the SeaSe tn which he word z progress IS scas sJally taken ey ;ao Amen can people,
 Ny the principle ef arazsess is generally under stood Inst t4nseipie which oinS at the extension of republican prncipIsS and inSlitauanS Rat is thls what the @higs mean by Ma They vii ua- dottbsedly say, yrs--bm who can believe thc8a, when he iookS st taet acts sad the ifai,S oF Aenl We care Ret now hRe. n sound and spessarapee may be the PnnS,pies pFotcsseSl by lke wings. We look al their setioFs, rslhry than at t4ct words The old telesaiiSts aHd the modern Maig party. have always cg,e3 " ppoyreSS progress e But Il IS notorious That all uf they actions have ever he. lied their words. They have always cred " pro- gFeSs ' for paiitlca effect, while all of theg acts have tended directly against progress The whigS will, no doubt, say that lAe above is nothing hug malicious ealamay Let them say so We have no malice. But we have al hand the ptoof-ihe historical facis-to esl alish toe truth oi Inc statements Of ste preceding patagraph The history of our repahlic wsll answer ;Ee foIowiDe qaes,iof,s as we do;
 1. Who opposed the purchase of Louisanai { The wings.
 ?; Who opposed ,hsPurcbase Of Florida The whlgS.
 1 ,. Who opposed the war of ISi2f The wings.
 1: Who opposed the Mexican War The wings
 5. Who opposed the Annexation of Texas 1 The whigS
 | htNs zsA 4 and California;
 l The whigS
 ' '. Who oppose now ,he Annexation of Cuba. supp sing fl to be independent l The wings.
 B. Who have opposed every great national at tempt to extend our republican princip.cs and in- stitutionS
 l The whigs!l!
 | And vel. ln the very face of all this, the whig party afe eefaaliy pfatlng about the Asnereaa pnnclpie of progress, as though they were iS ex. claslve supporters. The real tra,a IS this --oar country has never made a solitary step onward. ia oarr1ng oat the principle of Amerean progress, that has not been resisted violently by the entlTe strength of the whig party
 We appeal to the entire political history of our country for the truth of this statement l There IS. however, one kind nf pregrest N! !.ieh we freely allow the whig party the honor of having eYsr stisgnpsed to make--i. IS. prigEess towards ferTsiFatsrT-- tDNar0S strong central government And this IS the only political object towards pro. sFess. The whig be1a ideal of fine government ls ] all conveyed n the term ceHtr4Esn. They have ever resisted the democratic state rights party and even maintain the doctrine that the States are
 merely satellites, floating about the central general government by the mere force of species ol po- htlcal graytation which they capnot under any circumstances, resiSi Every addition or attempted addition to our political system m the way of ex. tending car republican principles and institutions, seems io throw the whole wing party nio eoavul. sons. The annexation of Texas made the whg party boil with rage; and the Mexican war; with IS inevitable annexailons, filled | c whole party wnl ransacked heaven and earth for the means of resis ting such mighty stride of the principal of pro- gFess and poured out upon the heads of the Amen can people all the viaIs of theF wrath. and the most awful predictions for the future af our country They endeayored 10 ffighten the people by theiI prophecies Of evils that such annexations would bring upoa Bs. Daniel Webster grayey announced
 n the aied States Senate, that tie hole of Cali fornia not worth dollar, and that the treaty iof Guadalupe Hidago, would prove a curse to the nation
 And yet, the whigs aErogaaly assert that thes are the great party of progress The wings of the north have lately been thrown into spaSms by the impending horrors of Cuban an nexaton. The desuaction of Lopez has relieved them a little; but the marked mdlosyneraSy of the party renders t peculiarly liable to return of the spaans, on the slightest indications Of any renewed attempts to rld ei saawe Gei Isia de Caba of 1t, present despoiic government. Lest return of the frightful spasms might prove fatal; Mir. Fillmore will doubtless keep the island well guarded