Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1864-11-29
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party died when it opposed the Govern
mens in its war with Mexico" Tuis Is
urged, in connection with the facts tha,
the Tories Of the Revolution. aud the
Federalis;s Of 1872, disgrsced aud ruined
themselves By hinderiug their own country
in the midst Of var with i,s enemies, as a
proof ,hs; the Dem 2cTa;i, psrty has BY
eimilar course committed suicide Nov,
tsregsris Tories, Federa.s and Democrats,
We admit both premises and cous.usion-
but We proceed to show that as concerning
the Wbigs both points are totally erE0ue-
Gus in fact.
lst. The party I'D oppose ;be auueza-
alton of Texas, because by that course We
sdop,ei a' our own the existing var with
Mexico, and because i; wss part Of the
.l,veboliers' scheme (as t7retold by THIS
H. Benton which eliminated in the pre-
sen, Rebellion. Many Whigs would not
vote for or justify the P,lPable lie that
"war exists b the &C, Of Mexico" Tho.
Co..in echoed the ever-mem0Table seuti-
men. Of Wm Pin, Death 10 the foreign
invader Of ny country. But VIXEN w,
was fairly inaugurasei, ueiiber the Whis
party as such. nor any large or Influential
portion Of it, laid any factious or disloyal
hindrauca in the G5verrneut's way. On
the contrary, they urged its completion
ss soon as possible; they voted it mouey
sud men; and the annals Of the couqges;
bear DO brighter names than those Of the
illusirious Sc3i:, Taylor, Gaines, Hardin,
Clay, Webster, aud Thousands Of Wigs
Who fell On the plains Of Mexico
2d Nor d!i the Wig parry perish st
the close Of that c5Lac:. The veTy reverse
is she fact. For after the way ceased, one
Of its mos: eminent as:ors, Gen. Tay,,r,
was the succes,fal candidate fE Pres.dso;
and With bin the VII. party came iuto
full power. -Four years ai'er, another
Mexican warrior, Gen. Se1it.was the Wig
candidate f5r President, Thoma; C5rzin
wss msublr Of Tsyi1r's Csbinei-uss
mex, elected - -rsss-aai IS uow TIE
L. 5 Minister to v Iic5.
We sss-r; iL-r IA view q these
facts, tia; nsi'tsr TIE Whis rar'y n1r it:
leaders saEr-s - ta#r rrts---5 coz
deausfiss sftas rsIs- 'f-strs sIsvOcrs's'
plot sshs-qa-a, ssars ssvs st7-u ,hA'
shsy we're O. 80 .Eas ss IT-s4lli
Liue,lc ssss 80 -sr' q
TIE slz-s 81 go, All tie
mass 0i slsslr ..r-g y-lrs @:
sse .srtsi l.a t..4 tt.y yl.Hd1.
Ds1esrsts 49, -,r1..l fts. SaFs Fi.:,
With wtizs al A.-..1c.s;., usks sp
RePabA,.o par,g, pl-ss far years Of
simiui,,rlsiou is eul,rss5 ,.f:sT ter.iE;
struggle BY 10000 P5P8.ar u1j5rIiy
Morever, the TT!osiPles aud measures Of
ihe Republican party Of today have DO
sn,sgonisn to those Of He5ry Cay auj
,be eloriou. Old Wbig party which Is Low
SO generally euloG;zsi.
"Fhat did XII the Wig p1ry p We
answer in one wori-sLAvEgY rs last
National Convention boGni it to Fagi-
tive Slave Law and kindred sbonina;ious.
We "spi, on the PLATFORM il N'Ciei.an
style: We ran for President tie corq1eror
Of Mexico, the greatest captain Of the
sge, the immortal ScoTT. But, under
the Slavery incubus, be c7ull carry only
four States. Vermont and Massachusetts,,
Kentucky aud Tennessee, stand as head
and foot-stones Of the old Whig party.
Yes, having first separated the leading
religious organizations, Slavery destroyed
che Wbig party in loj2-br0ka up The
American orgsuiraiion il ls56-ssversd
the Democracy in ls60-aui pow seeks,
BY perjury, violence and blood, the d;sruF-
tion Of the blessed Uniou Of our Fathers
May it die in the grave it has diggsi
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"a Uriah J. jones, Of Harrisburg, was
INSTANTLY killed On Friiav wax. by train