The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1877-04-26
THE STANDARD.
lFrom the Inieroc,

They want 10 resuscitate The Whig
party. J1st who "they" are. or why q eyf
want to galvanize that highly respectal 10
but prom, unced corpse into spasmodic
activity no one can exactly say, Tut they
want to do il. ~ q. ~
We respect the mound where the Wing
party lies buried Our fathers labore't
with that party They drove eight-hors'-
teams and carried hammers aud yelled
"Tippecanoe and Tyler. tool in fright
ful discord with the Wing cohorts.
The middle-agrd man OF to day was ih'
boy OF that period, but he still remem
bers the Harrison or. at least, the Cass
and Taylor campaign. when he tried to
roar with the Wings the old song:
Going down 10 Buffalo in a steamboat,
The engine bust and we all got anoai.
But the fox took cold while knocking al the
door.
This was inspiring, and reused the
Young Whig heart to the red hot pitch oi
enthusiasm; but for all that. IL didn't
mean much. Songs were plenty hut
deeds were scarce. The cheers were
hearty, but men and women and chill
dren continued to be sold TO the highest
bidder and slave pens pro>pered under
the very nose Of the Goddess oi Liberty
Whigs, and the man they had elevated to
power signed the fugitive slave law ;l.at
made every freeman OF the North n
hound to chase down the fleeing fugitive
who made leap for liberty.
The old whig party died. 1t ought to
have died: for, with genuine sentiment
in favor OF Justice TO all men permeaiing
its rank and fle, il had not the couragr
to assert it's beliefs or make a mably
stand against the constant aggressions o
the slave Democracy.
IL died, and from its ashes sprung the
Republican party, the party OF John
Brown, of Abraham Lincoln, OF Charlie
Sumner, Of JoshLa X. Gidding~. OF oId
Thad Stevens; party with more conr-
age, more manliness, more honesty, morr
positive, square spunk III its composition
than all the combined parties that have
existed in this country ever possessed
1t was created Tor business. aud u at
tended to it. IL knew what its duty
was, and IL went for il there and then
1t fought the iDsolcnt relic of barbarian
from its very cradle. IL was knocked
down, only to rise and come up bru'-rd
but determined TO fight again. IL suffer
ed, but il persevered; il bled, but il con
quered. 1t drove back human traffic
from the virgin soil of our TerritOri-s
and when the fratricidal hand OF the DE-
feated oligarchy was raised in vengeance
against the Union it stripped itself Il
the waist for the encounter, and hurled
the slave drivers back TO the sea. Thu
throttling them with one hand, IL reach
ed down with the other, and raised ti'
victims OF their hate to the plane OF man
hood, and clothed them with the right
OF citizens.
For the first time since the formation
Of the Government its flag was not a sym
bol OF oppression and its bill OF rights
selEevideDt lie.
This is the history Of the Republican
party. which has just attained IT'S major
ity. Now, somebody" wants TO bury il
forget 1t. turn back upon il, and, liltin
up the carcass OF its respecsable but dr
funct ancestor, install the latter in il
place. .
Possibly this may be dune but ther
are "A lew millions of the old guard q
Republicans lett who will refuse to l.
present at the ceremonies, and who vii
not mssist to drag the buried party Tort
in its grave clothes, in order that
F. .8 = -the sheeted dead
May squeak and JlbJer la tie Roman street
When the times demand n new part
IL will grow OF itself, nouri~hrd Mn
strengthened by the necessities whie
called. il into being; but no great nations
organization can be creatad out of a di'
embodied sentiment, or founded upo
the iconoclastic whims Of a lew seltis
and ambitious politicians 80
While human rights are assailed th
Republican party has a mission; Will
the Democratic organization. with its ol
hates and prejudices, exists. the Repul
lican marty cannot will not die.