Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1854-03-08
rHE WING Parry.

We ask the attention Of all trne wings TO
the following from Kensucky's most gifted
living sen, the Hon. John J Crittenden II
hreashes the true spirit, and while such men
are among US. dispair should never east its
shadow upon the bosom Of any member Of the
party. At public dinner given to him at
Frankfort. a complimentary toast was offered
in bis honor:
after the applause snbsijed Mr. Critsen-
den rose and spoke with his accustomed force
and elnquence for about twenty minutes He
said it had pleased tie Legislature OK Ken
tucky TO elect him to the Uuited States Sem
ate, being the sixth time lie bad received that
distinguished honor. He was whig Of the
Henry Clay and Webster school. They we're
bis teachers and il be understood their teach.
ings, if be bad rightly understood Wing prin.
ciples he thought that when be served his
country the most lie should be serving his
party the best lie repeated Of no opinion
he had ever expressed, Of no act. as a public
man, be had ever committed; with him poll
tics and parties change, and asperitics pass
away witiithe occasion which gave Them birth.
The National Democracy Of New York had
come so nigh to US that we can shake them
by the hand. lie would be glad to unite in
one great party 10 support The Urion and up.
hold the Constitution
"Tbe Wbig rarity though now in minor
ity, IS as necessary as it ever has been for the
true well being OF the country. It's the great
Reserre TO be called up when the couatrv
demands its service. Whether 10 9 minority
q q majority. the duty Of The = big party was
the samc-to stand +, our country The
wing party more .nan once saved the country
1rrS,n impending ruin, in 1870; 1882, and in
loau. Without Henry Clay whore would we
have been? Where would have been the
Missouri Compromise. the Compromise of
1882, the Compromise Of 1850? The Wing
patty although dcieated in the sroat canvass
OF 1892, with the great aud gallant Scot, for
their leader. we've not dead and it would be
butter day for eur country II it should die -
The whig party was not made TO be killed b.
one defeat; it viii awake TO new life whenever
tho country demaads its service Here, in
Kentucky, only once in twenty years has the
Wing party been defeated Here we have
never laid down our arms This is the old
banner wbig State of the Union. and if cur
banner should trail il the dust OF other States,
bere in old Kentucky it shall stand, and
proudly erect. while there is warm heart and
strong hand to uphold it. The Wbis party
is the party Of true progress, progress based
upon the experience Of the past, Every step
it takes as a step forward.
But the glory of our failure depends upon
the Union Of the States. Divide the States,
aud the world has never seen so wild wreck
as there would be. lie represented State
| in which there was 20 Disunionists, no Abo-
litionists no Secessionist. Hero the peoples
motto was the Union. the Union always. the
Union as it is. Such are the people Of Ken
lucky, the state in which he was born. and
which he was so proud to represent. lie saw
nothing to discourage the Wing party. The
Inst of Office is not SO strong in our ranks as
to render US unmndful of the true honor of
country. One million two hundred thousand
| Wings voted for Gen. Scott He did not
succeed; but nobody could have beaten him
but our democratic fellow citizens. In con-
clusiou, be said he was for Old Kentucky as
she was and as she is So may she remain -