The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1840-06-13
LOG CABIN RAISING.

OLD DUTCHESS AWAKE.--GREAT EN-
THUSIASM IN POUGHKEEPS lE--'TR RE.
MENDOUS GATHERING OF THE DE,
MOCRACY.
The glorious Sd Of June, 1910, will hereafter
be regarded as an era in the political history OF
Old Duchess II will be referred 10 in time TO
come with spirit of pride by the supporters OF
Harrison and Tyer-the descendants of the
Wings Of the present day will allude to II as an
epoch TO be celebrated-as the birthday of free
dom, when, like their sires Of l776, the Wings
of 1910 declared their independence Of the reign
ing power-resolved to burst the shackles of a
Vandal dynasty, and to be freemen in deed as
well as in name. They commenced the war OF
Political Independence by erecting Temple Of
Liberty, around which she democracy Of the
land may rally, regarding il as an emblem Of the
republican simplicity which characterized the
early days of the republic, and marked the history
of the Wings Of the Revolution. In l776, our
fathers, battling for liberty were content to live
in Log Cabins, and to parake OF homely fare
and it is cheering to the friends Of freedom now
TO find in the character Of the sons nothing To
derogate from the glory of the sres. The fol
lowers of the Federal Executive who has intro
duced the splendor which daZzled him. at a TO
reign court, il is true, degenerated, and become
unworthy of the fame which our fathers won,
but the great mass-the real democracy-have
preserved themselves free from foreign follies,
and unpolluted by foreign vices. They cherish
the endearing associations which mingle with
the history of the fathers of liberty in the land of
the Pilgrims, and they have erected monument,
which shall stand commemorative Of freedoms
crusade against worse than Moslem oppression,
until our oppressors are banished from the capt
tai of the land, and the Eagle of American
Liberty scars again triumphant and free.
The roar of the cannon, which ushered in the
glorious Sd, anmating the democracy with the
spirit of 1776, carried terror the hearts Of our
federal foes, who listened to its reverberating
tones with feelings akin to the quakng emotions
of the tories of the revolution, upon whose ears
The thunders Of the American artillery broke like
ueath-kncfi - theit hopes, and who CRASHED
their teeth with bitterness, as the news of Anne
rcan victories and British defeats was borne
upon the breeze. We in nothing exaggerate
when we thus picture the dismay of our tory
foes. They witnessed with alarm the spread
of that spirit, which despite Of lowering clouds
and inclement weather, rallied TO the raising of
democracy's temple, a band of undaunted spirits,
who, alike IN sunshine and in storm are ever
ready 10 answer 10 freedoms call and to rally in
freedoms cause.
The day set apart for the raising was nccm-
ent and stormy,-it materially changed the plan
of operations, which had been devised for the
occasion, but in no wise abated the ardor. or
checked the enthusiasm of the people The
work had been planned and the work was done
To plan and to execute are inseparable in the
minds of the democracy of Duchess, and the
resolve to defeat our federal opponents in the
fall will be as speedily followed by the consum-
nation, as the project TO build a Cabin was fol
lowed by The completion Of the work. We want
only the form of the ballot to complete the over
throw OF our foes, who, SO surely as the contest
comes, will experience a Tippecanoe defeat,
that Will impress the surviving enemies of Har-
rison with much the same dread Of his proves
and his name, as dismayed the ierror-stricken
indian az The sorue OF Fort Meigs and the battle
of the Thames.
We see IN the dolngs Of the I'd, evidence OF
the predomlnance OF that spirit, which always
precedes success, and which never fails to bear
its votaries on TO victory
II rained necessarily, but there was no inter
mission of the work. From the time The pro-
cession OF our friends from Union Vale, Beck