The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1870-07-14


that am e nloss % know tie grounds up
ON which ron build the expectation d
making acquisitions from tina Whie ranks.
Nor can understand your motives. n Il
lignorance. or stupidity. or presumption. or
Judging others hy yourselvesdo you believe
that none are inhnenced BY patriotism. ard
that all are 70 BE won BY the omolnmeuts of
Office. or do You feel confident that the
public virtue which once existed has been
submerged BY the GOOD Of corruption with
which you have dclaged the IandS Or do
you rely for success upon the fact that you
have taken as your standard-bearer a rene
gade from our rankss GiFe me reason
which win commend i6self 70 the judgment
and patriotism of the wings; IN default OF
this must proceed with the reasons why
they should treat your invitation. moi with
scorn and contempt, but simply as insolent
and presumptnous.
As a Whig.acting upon Whig principles, /
object both 20 the association and it's Object
20 band with you. for the object you profess
is revolving to my pride and would be a
flagrant violation Of the fundamental prin-
cipaes Of my party. The wings have y
high ancestry, a noble lineage. beginning
with Washington. Henry and Hamilton
and running down through line OF Illus
trious statesmen and orators such AZ Clay.
Everett Prentiss- and host OF others whose
ardent patriotism constitute the glory and
Is the rightful inheritance Of the Wing par
ty. The true Wing win prove himself worthy
ofhis lineage by elingiag to the pride OF
American citizenship, the national glory,
and the preservation of constitutional Iiber-
ty- You sprung from the refuse OF the
Toouhbs- from the scum of the Five Points.
You are the dregs OF the populace, the pu-
trifaction which momentary agitation of
the political waters has brought 70 the sur
face, aud no one doubts that you will prove
yourselves true to your lineage. Prompted
by hate or stupidity you have fiocked as
greedy vultures into a State In which you
are strangers to its people, and banding
yourselves with a population whose igno-
rance you abuse, aud whose labor you
plumber, leading as your Governor avows In
his inaugural the ignorant masses In
warfare upon whatever there is of decency
and responsibility in the State. With this
ancestral history. and from this stan dpoint,
you invite the Wings who are to the manor
born to join you for what object To ostra-
else, TO inflict further political persecution
upon our neighbors, friends and brothers,
for former differences of opinion. five are
struck with your daring what shall we say
of your impudence.
Every true Wing from impulse must feel
that to join you upon the principle of hos
tility to the party of secession is violation
of the principles of his party. The Whig
party threw from the folds of its banner the
motto principles not men" end this was a
cardinal principle in their political creed.
They warred not with men but with mea-
sures. When the Southern Democracy
proclaimed the doctrine OF secession we
became their political opponents. When
they disorganize or cease the advocacy and
PRONUNCIATION of opinions which our reason
condemns, we are no longer opponents but
fellow-citizens having a common interest
to protect and defend bat L forbear; to you
the argument is thrown away, for the motto
contains principle of public virtue which
men whose idea of patriotism Is pelf cannot
be expected either to appreciate or compre-
bend The Wings have no brides 10 offer;
they can only allure by the persuasions OF
reason aud attract by the shams of an exal-
ted public virtue. / only desire to keep
this patriotism alive. / am not so foolish
as to think of recommending it to you.
Should you embrace it, you would not sur
vive tit would be the death Of all your
interests.
Charity may require that 1 should excuse
you upon the score of accident or misfor-
tune tor not comprehending the sentiment
of patriotism which prompted the Wings in
the adoption OF their motto. but there can
be no excuse for you not learning something
OF the men from the history of the party.
When and where were We factiouists?
when and where was the Wbig party known
to forget principle in their hostility to men?
To maintain internal peace and concord
throughout the Union for the sake of her
progress in all the paths of true glory we
conceded, we compromised, we used the
language OF cancellation towards the people
OF the North. men between whom and our
selves there was no tie save that Of a CON-
mon brotherhood and a common country.
We dispelled the storm which arose in Mis-
souri,. In 1850 we beat down faction North
and South.
The repeal of the Missouri Compromise
reopening the fiood-gates OF agitation met
with our opposition. We forbore even the
annexation of Texas foreseeing that IL would
be productive of internal dissention and
furnish fuel to the fires of faction. Yet with
this public history of unceasing opposition
to the promoters of internal discord we are
expected to join strangers and adventures
in re-kinding the fires of political hate at
homo, and band with them against our own
people Can Wing do this and be consis-
tent? Can he do it and retain his self-re-
spect Has viIlainly blinded the party Of
plumber 70 all the fcats of History, or are
they only stupid, ignorant knavesy
| 0ID me WING.