American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1856-04-05
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In nothing else is tho hypocrisy of
the anti-American leaders so apparent
ut this time, and indeed since the or
ganization of the American party, as
in their pufEery and laudation of cold
line Whigsl' The utmost courtesy
and softly flowing diction and graceful
culogy that Locofocoism can employ,
they grasp with ayidity to move upon
what they imagine to be the tender
susccptibilities Of their ancient enemies.
Now, taking the Locofoco say so for it,
Wings arc the perfection Of beauty,
consistency, loyalty, honesty and hon
or; and they are cajolcd by such we'll
rounded phrases as "Constitution-
loving Wigs "Honry Clay Whigs!'
"Whigs of '7G!" Conservative and
Union-loving Whigs'' etc., etc., by
the very party which few years ago
were wont to exhaust their entire vo-
cabulary of billingsgotc in denouncing
Wings as anti-cyerything-good, and
Whiggcry as "Bluc,light Federalism"
in disguise. No cpithct was too de-
grading for Locofocoism to apply to
Wing principles and politicians short
time ago. But change has come over
the spirit Of their dreams, and Locofo-
coism has made the astounding discoY-
cry that the Wings arc the cleycrset
set Of fellows that ever lived, and the
most consistent set Of politicians that
ever existed in this country; and now,
with moro than the impudence Of his
satanic majesty, the scurvy revilers
and dirty traducers Of Henry Clay,
tender the fraternal hug to the friends
ofthat immortal statesman, whispering
in their ears such honied accents as
consistent constitution-lOving Wings
and offer them cozy seat in their
councils, and the tenderest position in
their embraces . 0, Temporal
1t is not our province to either de-
fend or defa,no the Wing party; they
will take care Of themselves. But We
despi8e such arrant humbuggcry and
hypocrisy as this fulsome culogy Of
Wings by Locofoco onti-Amcricans,
who have spent their best energies and
prime Of life in dcnouncing and tradu-
cling the men and principles of the nor
"consistcnt constitution-loying Wing
party" Why, either the leaders of
the Locofoco party we're falsifiers when
they traduced and bcmcancd Henry
Clay and his friends as the embodiment
of everything evil, OF they arc the
lnoanest Of liars now, when their lof-
test notes Of faircst praise arc en-
ployed in celebrating the fame of the
sage Of Ashland They have lied
bascly, mcanly, ingloriously liod--on
one side Of the question; they cannot
find truth or its scmblancc in extremes
80 dramatically the antipodcs of each
other. No, no but what care thcy
for truth and fairness now? 1t is the
gotes of the Wings they are after, and
give them the votes as spoils-tcnurc
in their scramble for the marrow and
fat things" and Henry Clay and his
famo, and the consistency" Of his
friends might 90 to blazes and beg
ging, for all the concern they feel at
heart for either, as prompted by any
motive other than the spoils! What
care thoy at heart for the memory Of
the statesman and sage whom they have
denounced, while yet he lived as "thc
pcrurcd Senator ~ the murderer Of
Cillcy;" and thousand other Sian.
derous epithcts. They care nothing
for the illustrious dead, whose fair fame
they laborod to attant with demon
hands while living. 0 base hypocrisy
thus to Islander one day and culogisc
the next, merely for Office and the
spoilS Well might Prentice exclaim,
as an llihe Wing, when he attempted
50 6nd pttorance for bis disgust Of Lo-
focoism, "lf Henry Clay was great
and good and lofty and patriotic, and
If The life Of tho Wing party was proud