Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1856-04-12
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Good Advice TO Old Line wings.
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, Wing, on being arraigned by the Liberty
i. Tribune as a deser,er from the Wing par
ty ,l,as replied in long and scatbing letter.
He says that when the house met, three
parties unfurled their banners, the Demo-
cratic, the Know Nothing and The Black
Republican. but the Wing banner was
not there. OF the Know NotIiings Mr.
Oliver writes
The Know n othing party exults in
the ruin Of the Wing party, boasts of hav-
ing destroyed it, ISLANDERS it ia its grave,
and then demands (il ! understand your
article ar,ght) the allegiance and support
F. of the lew surviving Wh,gs The, pow
/, eIless patriot might.be as justly accused OF.
treason for refusing to swear allegiance to
the conquerng invader of his country,
who had exfefnIinated his race, as Wing
f for refusing fealty to the usufping organi-
cation which boasts of having the blood Of
I the Wing party on its head. And here
let me observe that the Know Nothing
platform has not even one Single plank
the Know Nothing creed one single arti-
cle--ot the stern stuff of which the Wing
platform and Wing principles were compo-
sed Though Known o.hingism has aris-
EN- on the ruins OF the Wing patty, il has
not made use of the stall .,alt timbers winch
bore ii and its varying fortunes for SO
many evcntlul years. Az present these
treasures lie neglected, awaiting the hand
Of some mightier architect than even
Sam who built the fabric of Known 9TH
iugisn III one night. Elected as WhIg,
emphatically reject the nea test Of
! Know n otbingism; aud even if majority
Of those whose suif ages gave me seat in
Congress, have subsequently joined the Or
der, and adhere to it, deny their rightto
try me BY an ca posi- }acto law.i
Mr.. Oliver comes down on the doc.
trines Of Know Noihings in plain talk
| He says:
81 should be wanting in cantor i'll
withheld my convictions regarding the
peculiar doctrines oil the Know Nothing
! party. These doctrines are qualified or
unqualified hostility TO naturalized fors.
eisners aud Catholics, native and foreign,
residing in the United States. Speaking
simply as an American citizen. deem
these doctrines absurd and pernicions, and
il incorporated into our laws, {H hich can.
not be, however. fruitful of gfeat evils
Ii Catholics BE traitors. the proof Of their
guilt is hot to be found on the pages of
our history, and no vote OF mlne shall help
to make them traitors by branding them
with that oppfobrous epitbct. shrink
from pronouncins three millions ofmen
perinrofs aud traitors without being able,
4 TO aiege one overt act in support OF the
appalling accusation"
Ar. Oliver urges the Cha. and Webster
y higs to join the democrats in the .ol-
lowing way:
DO they want encouragement? Ifthey
do, let them hear the words of their own
| loved, venerated CLAY, at Lexington, in
1850, anticipating the ruin Of the Wing
party as "A national organization. In sub
stance he said whenever the Whig par
~ shall become merged into miserable,
sectional, abolition party, | will Ienounce
! it forever, and iii the future act with that
! party, regardless Of lis aame, which stands
by the Constitution and the Union!' Now
there can be 20 doubt Of the fac. that the
Democratic party Is national and -
my conviction to De. that il is M
party in America that can overthrow -
iitionism, uphold the constitution and the
! Union, and that it will do so if all truly
national patriots will unsheoth thei,
swords and rally under its ample hamper,
| with the high resolve To corauer or to
C,lall ,,lor,o,sIy ON the field Of str,fen
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hear the news of the town. r, NOT Ia
k.r if our head ~ made Of b,,t,er .Coii
mr. cousin but 6 ozeb me not. Faint nra;ss
is encouragement. ASK thv purse wbar
thou shou,Jst buy. Zeal wi,hou, knowl.
| EDGE i l,ke fir. " i,boutliobt. Youtb and
,vLite oaoer soon take an imnression.-
Voys n,ade in s,oJn,s and Corcotten :,
c.lms The e,,urrh !. ont Of ,emn.r wb.r
-, = eofd a,,a v,,al !. Lot IA s.;ay
r. r.nlo,ch il Tho t,,tl, ocit E,vv liant,
:, o,h.,s ava wounds bsrself 4 coose-
quill is more dangerous than liou's claw.
I Beware ola Silent deg and we: rat
Axor1rR AaSryATIos.-The Ans.
ii, Trxas State Gazette. of the 18Th ;,ss
saws.
Nv late letters from the RIO Grande zoo
learn that n strong demonstration Is ahon,
being aut M in Sonora and Coabp;Ia n