ORIGIN o. TdE TERM WIG.
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| The whg newspapers throughout the Unioy


are copying from the Tennessee Telegraph


the following spirited and true definition ofth,


term ''whiI," as given by Col Gentry, OF VIII


hanson, member Of Congress elect in one of hi,


recent speeches before the people ofhs District
! 'rhe Telegraph says:


when did The term whig first make its ap


pearance in Tennessee?" That question is OF


ten asked by the presses and orators OF the


present administration party. We heard il


answered a few days since by Col Gentry, the
wing candidate for Congress from this district
The name whg," said the speaker, "made It's
appearance in Tennessee, when p,w'r first be
gan 20 encroach on the rights oi the people


I made lis appearance IN England when the
kingly power sought To destroy every vesllge
o.. human liberty! Ii made its appearance in
the thirteen colonies when the British crown
attempted TO rasten cords of slavery on the peu-
pie, and compel obedience 10 the diclalion ola
single man! Is The name rcproach? Then
do all those patriots who have stood up for the
rights OF the people, in opposition TO Tyranny
since the foundation of the world, bear the
stain; for they all were wings. The na ne i'm.
plies opposition To power, and that opposition
was exercised in Tennessee, as soon as the en-
emes of political liberty endeavourel To
stretch their dominons 50 us 10 include her. =
| am whg, and | am proud Of the
name.


la connection with the foregoing was utter
ed by freeman and Tennessean whom the
wings in Congress will be proud OF as an elo.
Quent and fearless co-laborer in the great
work of rescuing the liberties of the spoilers,
the Richmond Wing copies the following pas
sages from the speech OF John Z. Calhoun, de.
Iivered on the 9Th May, 1884, on the Presidents
Protest;


~ am mortified (said Mr. Calhoun) that in
this country. hoasiing It's 'nglo-Saxon descent,
any one OF respectable standing, much less the
Presiden, Of the United States, should be iodnjI
10 entertain prncpl leading TO such mon
strous results; and can scarcely believe my
sci to be breathing The mir Of our country, ana
10 be within the walls Of this Senate Chamber,
when hear such doctrines vindcated. 1t Isl
proof Of the wonderful dcgeneracy OF the times
--of total loss of the true conception oi con
stitutlonal liberty But, in this degeneracy,
perceive the symptoms Of regeneration u 'sI
not my wish to ouch on the party designations
hat have recently obtained, and winch haveI
been ntroduced in the debate on this occasion
|, however, cannot but remark, that the revival
# the party names Of the revolution, after they
had so long sIumbered, is not without an
indication of return Of those principles
which lie at the foundation Of our coun.
Try.


"Gentlemen ought to reflect, than an exten
Sive revival oflhese, names couldnot be with
out some adequate cause; names are not 10 b.
taken or given at pleasure. There must be