The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-10-10
The Old Whig Party.

We meyer weary in eulogizing the
old Wings, for they once constituted q
grand party. They sacrificed their
name and organization for patriotic
purposes, and they deserve the admira-
tion of the American people. So fur
NJ our Knowledge extends, the Demo-
cratic party recognize aud fully appre-
ciate this unseltish and generous patri-
otism, for Old Line Wings, who were
in the minority before the war and
were often defeated in their political
aspirations, have been elected by Dem
ocrats. Indeed, we believe In the
Southern States, more Old Line Wings
have boon elected to prominent offices
than Democrats. We have no COM
plant to make ut this policy. The
Radicals of Louisiana have. all at
once, conceived fond admiration for
leaders. The Republican State Cen
trail Committee has addressed them
hypocritical, demagogical letter, with
u hope of seducing them from their al.
legiance to the organized Democracy,
which is cOntending for the same
principles which animated the Old
Wing party. The New Orleans
Delta answers this appeal OF the Rad
icals by showing that "in former times
when Wings and Democrats contend
ed for supremacy, the only difference
between them was in the difference OF
degree, one championing the strict,
the other the liberal construction of
the letter Of the Constitution, but all
alike recognizing the absolute inyIol-
ability of that sacred instrument. But
where can the Wing and Democrat
stand now, except on the common
ground, in defense Of the Constitution,
when Republican leaders, like Thad
Stevens and George II. Williams,
strike down and spit upon the guar
antees of that instrument? Respect
for the Constitution and laws was the
cardinal virtue in the Wing faith. Ut
ter disregard and contempt of both is
the sole principle of Radicalism. No
true Wing ever warred against the
Constitution or the rights of the citi-
zen. No true Radical was ever known
to have the slightest respect for either.
Webster and Clay were the idols of the
Wing party, and the tone they gave to
that party was of the highest charac-
ter. Does the Republican committee
remem Der that the statue of the i'm
mortal Webster was contemptuously
excluded from Faneuil Hall by the Re.
publican party OF Massachusetts F? And
who that remembers the love of
these kings of mem for the constitu-
ton, can doubt that, If living, Webster
and Clay would be- found in the ranks
of the Democracy, their tall plumes
and godlike forms leading the hosts of
the constitution against the lawless
MteiAgGncer and the Louisville Journal
Gayle and Seaton, and George ID.
Prentice! what Wing heart does not
thrill at the mention of those glorious
names? And yet the National Iatelli-
gencer was staunch Democratic
Journal, and with George ID. Prentice, I
John Bell and Willard Fillmore went
from its patriotic labors beneath the
folds of the Democratic banner; and
to-day the C0urier-JOur1aM does battle
under the same flag. Then away with
this twaddle about the Wing party.
Since 1852 the Wing party have never
placed q ticket In the field, and to-day
its mem bers crowd the ranks of the
Democratic party. That glorious old
party Of the constitution having ac-
c0mplished It's mission, sleeps with
its lllustrious dead The idea that
Choate, and Webster, and Clay, aud
Prentiss, and Jones, and Marshall, and
Waggaman, and Roman could have
aught In common with the Kelloggs,
the Packards, the Hawkins, the Pinch
backs To entertain II were treason
to the memory Of the sainted dead.
Think of the eagle nssociating with the
moping night-bird and the filthy
carton crow, or the monarch
of the forest mating with the
skulking wolf or the grave-robbing n.y.
ena. No, this call Of the corruption
lists will fall on dull and leaden ears.
lis robbers notes will find no response
In the heart of the erstwhile Wing, who |
must feel that the post of honor Is be-
meath the folds of the Democratic ban
ner. He can not affiliate with the Re- !
publican party, for Its mission has been
to ALLEVIATE the people of the sections,
to make enemies of the North and
South, to subvert the constitution, and
trample the rights OF the States and Of