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The Whigs In Michigan

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Parent Issue
Day
24
Month
July
Year
1847
Copyright
Public Domain
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The Whigf, as a party, in this State, nre, and have been for years, a liope!eí-s miiiority. Of themselves, they cnnnot hope to overeóme the dominnnt party ; and t'ie leaders hnve been so mnd agninst the Liberty party, that they would not taks the only cnur.se by which ihe cooperation of ihe Liberty party could have been gained, and ihe State revolutionized. And now thpy are going in for Taylor, thus estranging themselves more and more from nll sympa'hy with anti-slavery views nnd meanires, and commitfing themselves lo the support of Slaveholders and the Slave Power, and Ihereby confirming themselves more certainly in the minority. Well, there let them slay. In the rnenntime, the Detroit Adverliser, in accordance with iisyearly enstorn, throws out hopeS that the Whigs can "lilis fall elect not only the Governor and Lieutenarit Governor, but also a very respeetable majority of the nipmbers of ihe Legislciturc." Such paragrapbs, varied a litlle, are thrown out from week to week, eagerly caught up hy the country papers, and ns the news comes from Detroit, whero the great men reside, the simple of the Wlu'g pariy are induced to labor and hope for the results prorriised, till the election has shown the folly of their expectations. Next year the sanie pvocess is repet)ted,with the same result ; and thus tlie Whig party is kent together. But all ihe Whig papers of the St:1e are not mere echoes of the Advertiser. - Tho Ypsilanti Scntinel has ever been an honorable exceplion, by having an opinión of its own on every subject, with courage enough to express it. As the view it takes of the Whig prospects in this State is substantially just, and has nol been seen bv manv of our readers, we give an extract of some length, whïch will show how little reliance ;an be placed upon the representations of the Advertiser. " We are often asked, "do you think we can carry the State this fall iM and we will now give our views once for al!. "Thai we ought to carry the State, all Whigs will admit - we shnll endeavor to prove it to the satisfiction of Democrals as we go along belween this and ll.e election. 'That we can cnrry it, is very doubtftil and that we sliall still more so. " That we can carry the Slale, we say, is Dot certain for the following reasons '' Tliero are not the neeessary orgnni zation and under.-tanding in the party, noi does there appear to be the zeal necessa ry to cali them into existence, and rendei them operative, before the batlle nust be fought. The dead weight of 4, or 5,000 majority against us, has not been in the slightpst degree removed duritig the yeai past, if it has not, which is more than probable, been increased. " Well informed Wliiga. who have time to spend, and access to unlimited mennsof infbrmation, see so much that is damnatory in the Administralinn, thnt, udging by their own feelings, they think ' th' people must be s'ck of Locofocoism,' h hen in fact, the people have not one in thrce of them heard of these abuses. We ai e sorry to be obligpd lo correct this impression, hut it should be corrected. "There are published in lhe State, eleven or twelve Whig papers, almost every one contending wilh pecuniary embarrassment, and published at a sacrifice to their proprietors. Their ejitors are oftener found at ' the case ' than in the i-nnrlum, and if they succeed in rilling their columns with hasty and ïll-digested ' news,' it is as much as can be expected. Liltle lime do they have to discu-s the measures of the government, or the policy of the State. " To make tl e most out of thh condilion of the Whig prcss, our opponents have nbout thirty, in full blat, sup portea by government patronage, and cngaged in scattering broad-cast the fulminations of the Union and Free Press - misrepresentalion and falsetiood, which only nvvait the heat of n politica] campaign to spring up in a bountiful erop of unconquernble hostility and rancour. "That wc can arouse from our present tntc of inactivity, overeóme our inertia, ind gain an Ímpetus that will carrv us ahead of our opponents this year, thon, is very doubtful. "That we shall do it we dare not ex)ect. We are well enoug , noquainied vith the iersonellc of the V big part v. not o let our arde n t wishes betray us into ilusive hopes. " What then shall we do) Continue upine and let the coming election go by efault, and only begin to nwake in the all of '48, to malee a few voeks spasmoic exertion, nt an immense sacrifico, and ufler a defeat ? Ur shall wc at once. turn our a attention to a tliorougli orgaoization, lo ihe support of our local pressen, nnd tlie tliorougli cl i ilusión of our principies ' Lel us now bogin to act wiili the purpose of doing utmost tognin the next éieciion 1' poastbla, f not, lo make n-gciod baltic, that wr may enter the Presidontial contest with some degrce of spirit nnd confidence. " We Spaak tlio trutli planly ; if any think that we havo underrated our prospects of success, let him wait until after the election. Lrt the present course of conduct characlerize the Whig party, nnd if it is not overwhelmed by 10,000 maj'iritv, we vvill consent to be taken for a false prophet. What shall be done V' The Sentinel may devise as many projects for obla'ning a Whig nscèndency in the State bs it pleasos : bit we think thnt a litile candid rpflpclion would induce the Editor to sep distinctly that thorè era be no reasonable hopes of snch a result, until IT CEASEB TO BE A PRO-SLAVERY PARTY. We suhmit the qucslion to the oar;did tWnkere of the party. Is it nol so ?

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Signal of Liberty
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