, 1840-05-09
VHE JOURNAL.
MAY 9. 1910.
q The obituary notice handed US a few
days since. shall appear next week.

disgusting to the reflective and intelligent
mind. than the party stratIgem and artifce
of our country. This remark does not ap-
ply exclusively TO those connected with eth
er Of the great parties of the union;-it is
appropriate, both to those who sustain, and
to those who oppose the administration of
the general government. As examples, we
might mention on the part of the friends of
Mr.. Van Buren,. a Disposition to eXalt him by
casting on him the mantle Of the "hero of
New Orleans" The above remark is veri-
fed IN the publication of several papers in his
support. DESIGNATED as 'oId Hickory sHicko-
~ cIub'-and in the Organization Of ~associa.
lions i"r lis support, under the title of
'lif,kory clubs. 1t l., very evident that the
%g!prious achlrveu.rntS III ex-President Jack
son have no c"nnexi0n with the merits OF
W.. N1n BIrcn. aud the >ensihi.irieS Of the
l"'ter gentleman must be very much shocked
at the course adopted through the intcnpe
rate z"al of come of his fiji nds. Such we
believe 10 he NIr. Vln Buren's hrsh sense Of
honor. that lee would prefer an honorable
defeat. 10 bein" elevated On the merits of an
other. i; might net be improper 10 notice in
this place, n letter from Col. Thomas II.
Benton to Rev. Mr.. Henderson, Postmaster
at Lexington, No., in which he approves Of
the removal of Mr.. Aull and Majcr Ryiand;
the former gentleman, late postmaster, and
the latter, late receiver of public moneys
at the land olIicc in Lexington. No. Col.
Benton not only admits that he approved
the removal Of the aforenancd gentlemen.
but intimates hat he gave his active infu
ence in procuring the same. We shall not
20 into 4 detail of the reasons alleged for the
removals referred 10, they have been pre-
scented 10 the public eve long since. Suffice
it 10 saw. after having read all that has been
said by Col. Benton and his advocates in this
matter, W" Gespise the spirit which dictated
the measure. and the principle BY which il
is maintained. SO far from subscribing the
interest Of the democratic family, tie mea.
sure above referred To, If carried out in its
spirit. will have 4 tendency To destroy the
very interest it is intended to protect.
Having noticed some things we consider
rs Objectionable in the friends OF the admins
~tration. we will glance our eve towards the
proceedings of the Wings. alias. Harrison
men. They have a candidate fnI the Presi.
dencv Of the United States. (Genl. Harrison
nf Ohin.) and their principal coriiencc as 10
his election is founded on his being a military.
hard cider. and laboring man, and also on the
assumption that he lives in n log cabin. II
NAV be admitted that Geni. Harrison is a
brave man, that he made a good general, that
he drinks hard cider, and # it were true, II
might be admitted that he lives in n log ca
bin-and what would all his amount to? Ger
tainly it would not qualify him fr the chief
executive Office al tbs government. That
his friend. intend To elevate him to the Of
flee of Pre>iient. on the ground of his militia
ry fame, hard cider, and reporting that he
lives in Z ln- clbin, | will Illustrate by the
following. Notice. II You please, the title
of many papers engaged in his support: Old
Soldier. Log Cabin Hero, Tippecanoe, and
the barrels Of hard cider. you see represent
ed 40 almost every whig paper. And tor
fu' Their Illus -a'irn. notice ,he lrg-cabin raj
Sings rhr u-h al parts of the 'unt "
En"uah al this, our snul turns sick when we
see our country degraded by resort TO such
pitiful efforts. In the former part of this AZ
ticle. we noticed Il letter from Col. Benton,
of which we disaPpr"ved in the most uncom-
promising terms. We will now pay some
little attention Ia a letter written some time
since by the confidential committee, of Genl.
Harrison, in answer to a communication from
Oswego. The committee above referred TO,
is composed of gentlemen living in the city
of Cincinnati, Ohio, and represent that the
communication from Oswego was committed
to them for their action. The letter declares
that Genl. Harrison has declined answ ering
any questions until the termination of the