The life and speeches of Thomas Williams orator, statesman and jurist, 1806-1872, a founder of the Whig and Republican parties . breeding as well as editorialdecorum, by taking unwarrantable liberties with it ondivers occasions—offered a set of resolutions before theYoung Mens National Republican Association, con-demning the conduct of the Anti-Masonic representativesfrom this county, whom they had been instrumental inelecting, and declaring that they had forfeited all title tofurther support of that Association. On the ninth day ofOctober, precisely one week after this unpardonable act,and on
The life and speeches of Thomas Williams orator, statesman and jurist, 1806-1872, a founder of the Whig and Republican parties . breeding as well as editorialdecorum, by taking unwarrantable liberties with it ondivers occasions—offered a set of resolutions before theYoung Mens National Republican Association, con-demning the conduct of the Anti-Masonic representativesfrom this county, whom they had been instrumental inelecting, and declaring that they had forfeited all title tofurther support of that Association. On the ninth day ofOctober, precisely one week after this unpardonable act,and one day after the election, the proceedings of theaforesaid meeting were published in the Statesman,accompanied by a commentary of the Editor, which isparaded at full length in the Gazette, * * * ^ Quoted in the Gazette of September i, 1834. Knoxville MercantileLibrary. The only file of the last half of this year known is this one. It isinteresting to note that the Gazette was published at this time near the south-west corner of the Diamond, which made its location almost directly backof Mr. Williams Fourth street NEVILI-E B. CRAIG Halftone of a painting by Lambdin, about 1840, in possession of Mrs. Annie Neville Davidson, Pittsburgh LEADER OF THE WHIGS 73 Because the editor of the Statesman and one otherindividual have chosen to comment on the conduct ofthe Antimasonic members of the Legislature with free-dom, and mayhap severity—the breach is irreparable—the whole Whig party—the constitution and libertiesof the country are to suffer for their sins—the cry ofonset is proclaimed, and the sword is never to besheathed as long as those offending and unfortunateindividuals enjoy a place in the Whig ranks—amongthe humblest of the defenders of the Laws. Mostadequate cause of this sublime effect!! How compli-mentary to the patriotism of the great Antimasonicparty, the inexorable and undying hate which will everforbid them from listening to the call of their sufferin
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