The Hawk-eye and Iowa patriot. (Burlington, Iowa) 1839-1843, 1840-10-22

led, and reaped the acres that were my IA
Tiers, and that now are nine. By the
!. aid of those valuable institutions, public
: schools. and the guidance and assistance
, Of the best parents, was enabled to ge
, such an education as fitted me to come Ia
the bar; have been some time in public
J life; never held an Office in the course o.
+ that life, except such an one as comes di.
: rectly from the besiowment of the peoples
, have had no money GU, of the public
treasury, exceP. the mere pay as mem
Der Of Congress; have no family reiu
! tions-no one in any way or shape-no.
. thing with blood Of mine flowing in ,hei,
I veins that ever held an office, or touched
a cen, Of the public money. (Cheers)
. After all this, shall be told lha, | an
f an aris,ocrat. Very we'll Prove it. Il
am one, am quite false to my origin
and connexions, as we'll as to my nature
!, But ask for the proof. What righs Of
the people have voted away2 By wha,
!. vote of mine in the public councils of the
= country, ann TO be proved an aristocrat
! donot come here, however, to speak
/ of men. (much less of mvself.) bus Of
2 principles; and therefore what such men
as am are is comparatively unimportans
|. has indeed happened to me to be in
Congress for many years. Re in the
course of that time l have done any thing
that was worthy of appreciation, it was
done in the exigency Of peculiar events,
when was my duty to uphold it.
I My Prejudices for one set of men and
: anolherset of men, never made me cease
, 10 defend that glorious constitution which
z our fathers obtained by almost miracle,
); and which has fourished by almost a
/ miracle ever since.
It was in 1882 or '33 that the great
). question Of Notification excited so much
attention. South Carolina set up her
opinion against that of all the other states,
and said that she would maintain that opin.
ion by force of arms. She raised an army,
armed the soldiers, adopted every means
of defence, and prepared to resist the
laws of the United States at the Charles
! ton Custom House.
1t was then that Sen. Jacksoncame out
with his proclamation. He said that one
: state onght not 10 resist all the other states,
and thought so too. It was not demo.
cratic. Some persons, on the contrary,
said 1t was the true meaning of the con-
stitution. You know who was at the
head af that movement. 1t was Mr. Cal
) houn. then also at the head OF great par
. IT,. By a close vote, that great question
i was decided. Myself and my own friends
! were not favorable to Jackson's policy;
j we were unfavorable to his financial poll
cy in relation to the Bank of the United
States; but did we join those who were
opposed to Gen. Jackson in this great
movement in order TO crush his admins
/ tration! Icould haze done 1t IN a single
hour In the position in which things
I then stood, if we could have consented TO
| have seen the constitution beaten down
and trampled under foot, we had the
: whole play in our hands.
! Was it for me, in great contest like
this, to say that wel didn't like our lead
er, although he was upholding the con-
i sttu,ion. and therefore unite with the en-
emies of that constitution, in order TO
crush both it and him. Oh. no. And |
tell you, that when that affair was over,
Gen. Jackson, with a degree of grateful
respect, which l shall always properly
remember elasped my hand and said.
"lf you and; your northern friends had
not come in as you did, Calhoun and his
party would have crushed me and the
constitution" CHEERS.
And yet shall 60 for very bad ars-
! tocrat. And echo will tell, in thousand
ways, from Brooklyn to Montauk Point,
that Mr. Webster is sad old arisiocrat,
and knows nothing of democracy, and
particularly of the democracy of this
county. a.., .....z,.zs s.,s.
On the other hand our opponents
know Suffolk well; they study it; they
know that it was distinguished in the
Revolution for its stern democracy. tried
and proved. They remember that it pro-
tuced the l. Hommideus and the Floyds,
and the Smiths and the Joneses-and
they'll all come down here to morrow as
the Pharisees came of old-with their
philacteries, and the garbs of democracy.
And the word "Democrscy," "Iemocra-
Cyl" democracy will occur as often
among them as ditto" '.ditto," ..dit,o,"
in a bridesmaids bill; Qaugh,er) or 5s and
sdin an attorneys bill. daughter and
cheers.) .@....5..
Now all Ihave to say to you, my friends
is, look a, facts! Words are cheap.
promises are easy and cost nothing. But
there is an old adage among farmers. tina,
"fue words butter no parsnips. laugh
ter
How DO you do when you go out into
the South Bay to shoe, ducks? Don't
you bongh'em all around, and manoeuvre
with the most specious appearances on
the outside and in front? but is there
an old kings arm behind all? Qaughter,)
and isn't there plenty Of good gunpowder,
Qaughter) and lots of double B shat?
Qaugh,er.) And when you get well in
a,nong'em don't you let 'em have it?
Immense laughter and applause.) Now.
then. what l have to say to you is, don't
be web-foo,ed! Tremendous applause.)
l claim no more patriotism than others: