Southern standard. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1851-1856, 1852-02-07


Revolutionary name of Wing, with the Principles be-
longing to it, passed into and became part of the Prn-
cipes of the Partg baptised under the of DEM
ocrat and under the shadow of Madsons, and Jeffer
sons great popularity, the name at once became
significant its principles widely spread, took deep and
abiding hold upon the confidence of the people, they
were then engrafted upon the policy of the govern
ent and preserved the liberty of the States and the
people.
Mr.. Jefferson was at once put forward for the Pre-
sidency and his creed the Resolutions of Virginia O.
Kentucky, became the point of attack The FEEDER
aliss defended the Alien and Sedition laws opposed
the Resolutions of 1882, tratorous doctrine. Mr.
Jefferson with the Democratic Republican party sue
Iceeded-he was elected President. This the
Death warrant of Federalism. That party struggled
few years. under its old name, to sustain its Conso
dating and Centrazing principles but wholly failed
and in order to Succeed, it Appropriated the name Of
Who and endeavored to deceive the country that it
was the old Revolutionary Wing Party revived. But
the trick was papabe, the people rebuked it by
re-electng Mr.. Jefferson. The people saw in Jefer-
son. the principles of the Old Revolutionary Wing par
IT, Embodied and they neither to be deceived by
name, nor bought at the price of sacrificing the in
dependence and sovereignty of the States.
The effort to appropriate the name of Wing by the
Federasts was several times subsequently attempted
During the war of 1872 the name of Federalist was
again revived The spirit of the old Tories mani
tested by the ''bueights" along the Atlantic coast
beaconng the British ships, and showing the
British seamen that friends and succor near 1t
also told that bold and hardy whose pride and boast
it was to fight under the banner of the stars and
stripes, that traitor heart and cowardly hand guild
ed those "blue-Gghts and that there the
American soil, capable of selling their brth-righ and
their country's liberty to a foreign power.
Another attempt to appropriate the name of Wing
was made and succeeded under John @. Adams. 1t
was temporary-that is, the success-for the people
very hurled them from power, and replaced the
Principles of 1888 in the ascendant, and gave their
opponents paramount position in the government.
In I830-I-2-3 the doctrine ofJefferson and Madison
was questioned in high places. Mr.. Webster became
the Senatorial organ of the Federal construction Il
is now matter of history, that Webster was prom
nent actor in the Hartford convention, and thar the
system of beaconing and 'blue-ghting British ships
along our coast derived support and defence ut the
hands of the Hartford convention men. Mr.. Web
ster was in consequence OF those circumstances, put
forward in the Senate to battle down, and explain
way, the Resolutions Of Madison and Jefferson. His
1928. Upon that explanation with various shades Of
reservations and constructions, all the tories and the
Federalists once flung themselves, and under the
name of Union party they organized Under this dis
tinct organization, they fought Hayne, Calhoun and
that glorious host of State Rightsmen who led the
van in 1929.
We have thus brought the names of Wing and Dem
ocrat down to recent date. We have shewn that the
FederdliStS and tories after Jefferson and Madison had
dropped the Wing, and subttuted that of Demo
crat appropriated i-used it for season and took up
Republican Wing and then again abandoned the Re
publican prefix, holding the name of Wing alone. 1t
is noticeable however, that the abandonment of the
old Federal and tory principles has happened
and that On the contrary, they have abided with
them under all changes of NAME and that what is now
known as the Union, is the old Federal party with all
its odious heresies We have found under old John
Adams-at a later period headed by Webster at Hart
ford-at later period by John @. Adams and Web
ster, and now it is headed by such men as Webster
Cass, Doneson, Cobb and Foote. The last four men
named callthemselves Democrats. They tories or
Federallsts in principle. They adopt Webster's con-
sructon, and that is Federal consolidating and CEN
teralizing. Therefore, when speak of THE WING
PARTY, we speak of that party now known as Union
or FEDERAL or FooTE, Donelson party-a miserable
humbug parya party that denies the sovereignty of
people of State-a party which insists that the
Federal government may coerce State by the force
of arms-a party that contends that the Federal gov
eminent may by its armed soldiery and hreling myr-
mdons, throttle, butcher and gibbet the citizens of
State who are but obeyng the laws of its own COM
munity within its recognized limits. No whig of l776
contends for such monstrous doctrines tits the tory
Federalist assumed the of Wing for the purpos
ofdecepton 1t is not the name then that divides
US. fit was the name alone, how could we fellow
ship with such men as T. ]. Stewart, T. Word J. T.
Guion, j. w. Thompson, w. L. Harris c. R. Clifton
and host of such men. They saw at once that the
Madison and Jefferson construction of the Virginia
and Kentucky resolutions adhered to by over three
fourths of what was formerly known as the Democrat
c party and that if that held fast to principle and
the Rights of the States principles they had never
abandoned and rights they had maintained-that
they must fight with the True Democracy the Democ
racy of Jefferson and Madison and NOT THE DE-
MOCRACY of Gov. Foote Gov. Cobb, Mr. Donelsor
of the Washington Union, &C. &c
They did not hesitate moment in CHOOSING between
Name and Principle. They adhered to the Prneine
and do not care snap by what Name they are known
Sure of the substance, it is of no moment as to what
the name may be.
The standard adheres to the Madison and Jefferson
construction of the Resolutions of 1883 It oives its
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