Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1855-07-26
The LaeAfisio Enquiries.
LIT CHF1 ED.
Thursday Morning July %, 1855.
THE WING PARTY.

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Pie yerdict that ..,he WHO marty i dead J,
is SO nearly unanimous, that, however reluc-
,ant it may be 10 sander ties strengthened
| by sincere and long cherished attachment,
we fear we shall be obliged to yield 10 the
coatieliohs thai ii IS eyed ses or; &c ls,ill
numbered among the living, that ii has fall
en- into paralysis, from, which. recoyery
can hardly be-expecieI. 6 $ s I. -
But Wing Principies-the living spirit q
thai party viii not die for they are founded
in Truth, and are i,amertal. Eapires rise,
enact glorious pan, sit may be. ON the the
atre of the world, and pass away The Ro-
man Empire is, no more. But has She MOI
left an honored nainc1 Willtru as. taught
I.by Plato, OF eloauence and patriotic desotion
as exemplifiad BY Cicero, eycrtl et So.siiall
those noble principles that had for their adj
yocates and exponents such men as Web
sier.a Clay Adans, Ffehnghuysen, Everett,
Seward, and many oihrfs---so shall they
lise.oaAthe historic pageand exert a genial
tinfHence % the latest liuT Of time. The
Why party has done good service forth
country: Her present decrepitude IS moi
from saFeiting and drunkenness; for she
has always been a friend TO temperance,
| (3ohn Tyler cured her even Of her love q
cider nor from servile cringing beneath the
lash Of the slave power; forsise has always
been the friend Of freedom. But she has
sunk, exhausted with severe and prosracted
Struggles Tor The couniry's welfare. Add to
these the treachefy OF false friends which
preyed upon her spirits, and, If she mus
die let her memory be honored, and let heI
have Che martyrs crown ss..,.. 4
But after all, the name of political
party in this country has usually no meaning
indicative of its principles or its practices,
and the appeliasion IS often accidental
On The adoption OF the Federal Constitu-
tlon' It's friends were naturally enough call
| ed Fsderalists; IFS opponents Of course anti
Federalists. The numerous admirers OF the
struggle OF the French people for popular
liberty grew Jealous OF central power, and
assumed ned. the name OF Democrats, opposing
the administration o. John Adams, and cleo
ing Jefferson and burr. The Federal party
never again rose INTO power 10 the general
government put exerted a s'rong censefya.
i've inhnence' uis the close OF the 'ass wal
van England, "hen' as there was nothing ahi
to keep alive the spirit Of party, Monroe's
a"ie' adii'lnlstraa'on WAS without opposition
anu Tue fedefai party became eS'incI Dn'
let not me memory o. that great party DC
dis'onored. ms ranksswere Washington
az cams anq tlaml''oni rinckney' Jay, hent
1i'h'oa anu Ais'S, WIZ. q hos.ol o'he's, az
p''e pae'o's anu eN''s''enea Ssasesu'ei' a.
l '"'o "uo'"'' my '"se ~ eou'y'
| - he heAl Perniod ~ she history OF poi'uca
parties WAS .c''ao''c' asuie "oaia ia'i .
Vol o' an '''e distinguishes NAMES y sh'e'
tne dlilerehl clans were Known. DUCK 'ail
and sCiin1opians. Adams men, ofawiof'
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