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Wing Tactics-Whigs driven TO Desperation
Native Observation-Disclosures Test-Whig
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Wing Tactics-Whigs driven TO Desperation
Native observation-disclosures Test-Whig
Garbhng.
The dead weights attached the political principles
of Gen. Scott have proved to be cumbersome TO
throw the Wing party into confusion. While there is
some hberaity among the masses OF the Wing party,
who look with small degree ofdsgust upon Gen Scots
Native American letters and feel mortified his ad-
heslon TO the Bankrupt law, well his failure
unequivocally indorse the Wing platform, there
few leaders who admire the dead weights Of his past
life and take every occasion spit the platform They
cling with tenacity he known incidents Of his life
not the incidents of the battlefield for they expound
political princples-but incidents that bear upon the
great issues that divide partiesthat relate govern
ment and not to the science of Misery loves
pany. The fororn condition of Whiggery has driver
them TO desperation-they have charged upon Gen
Pierce that he advocated and principles
that he has opposed during his whole life. But tho
Democrats have conducted this with some fair
ness. They unhesitatngly admit the military qualih-
cations OF Gen. Scott-hey ask for his civil quali6ca
tons, and there 10 answer-they ask for his
principles and there to admire-they charge
him with nothing: except that which he has spoken him.
SELF put upon paper. But how is it with the Whgsl
No General Pierce nominated, than they
charged him with being in favor Of Religious Test for
Office greater fasehood could not have been framed
This base coin nailed to the counter by the
publication in full Of Gen Perce's speech made be-
fore the Convention which had been reported and pub
lished in the Patriot Of Nov ID, 1885, before General
Pierce thought Of being candidate for President Ii
is said that the Wings have learned wisdom by this
repdlse-that they about to iasehoods
and revive old ones
Quite recently had conversation with gentleman
from New York from whom learn that the fabrication
in relation the religious is about be revamped
and again put in circulation. He tells that while
New York, he accidentally led into some of the
of the Wing party. That of Greelys scrib
bers, whose name he would not mention had BEEN or
would be dispatched to Concord N. H.. TO search over
the records, and take garbled extracts, place
Gen. Pierce in false position. The gentleman deputed
for this service is said be very shrewd in dsconnect
ing sentences and that he make out things the
way he wants them, and that he confidently expects the
pen to succeed TO some extent They do not expect to
succeed with the intelligent portion Of the Democrats
but they calculate largely the ignorance OF Of
the Democrats. Ia this latter calculation they will be
badly mistaken Before the nomination, the renowned
Horace Greedy said that the Wings in the minor
ty and that Wing could be elected President unless
he got outside of his party Hence the late
desperate attempts to obtain those
The position OF Gen. Pierce the religious test is
well understood that be deceived He always
opposed the odous eaure-he gave vote against
freedom against religious toleraton-he never favor
ed, by act, word deed any species of tyranny
the mind Of man. In speaking OF the religious test in
the Convention on Nov. Is, 1850 Gen. Pierce said:
The religious test in the Constitution had undenaby
been a stigma upon the State, at home and abroad"
This is his language, reported verbatim, before he
talked of a candidate for the Presidency.
He has right to speak for himself. We Judge him,
we Judge Gen. Scott and every other man, by his
language by his votes and by his acts 1t requires
fine spun reasoning low pettfoggng, no disointng
Of sentences labored articles filed with nuendoes,
determine the Of public and speeches
explain the position Of men, without any additional
commentaries. MARlON,
Indianapolis, August 10, 1852.