Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1840-07-06
LOG CABINS.


LOG CABINS.
In some chronicle of the events of these days,
winch may be given to enlighten the men off after
Times, 1t VIII undoubtedly be recorded that IN
those days there were log cabins made after the
fashion OF the cabins in which our holy fathers
dwell in olden time, at Plymouth. The trees of
the forest were joined together in n comey dwell.
ling the crcyices thereof were filed with the clay
ofthe eartb. sOutwardy they were adorned with
the household utensils and the field tools Of the
farmer; they bore banners inscribed with pariot-.
ic signs and sentiments and within was pork and
beans and corn bread and water, and occasionally
cider for in those day strong drink was an abom.
nation to the wise and the good and bat The greut
mcu, the rich men aud the dweers in palaces
dunk The JUICE Of the grspc,) FIR The food anddrink
Of The dwcers therein, at the nluIlitudious gatIt-
crings Of the people: for there was much going
To and fro; the people Of the land were oppressed
by unlailhlul rulers, and according TO the eustoH
Of lhe country, the oppressed joined hand in hand
together and raised their voices aloud declaring
lint they would Hoi have these men to rule over
them Such may I've the testimony of some fu-
turc historians and perhaps he wilT add, that she
servants and the friensIs Of the rulers EXPRESSED
great contempt for the log cabins and Industrious
" abused them as unfit to i've seen of men. This.
is The point which we would be ai. The locoturo,
papers loud in ridicung the log cabins as low,
contemplate exhibitions 10 catch votes; aud now
and then we find se;Be atnoHg tlsetn, who make.
a show Of very great ALARM lest the cnusc of good
morals aud OF temperance SHOULD lie wounded
through 'liard cider The object oftki,seontcmpt
and proeSsed alarm s+self evident the motive iIs
most cases is any thing but all honest one. What
said these very papers and these very men, when.
The hickory poles were rassd over almost the whole
country, and when, at tile gatherings under tile.
hickory branches, the whiskey andrltn was pour.
ell out like water, aud the reye and the dlnce was,
prolonged through the hours of night? Whit
said they, when, within a f.w short months, their
own party in neighborrpg state openly enlisted
under lie banner oftre striped pig and under that
name riumphed? What said they, when at the.
last election in this state their own party election
cered especially against temperance laws and tenl.-
perance movements and Ivy hat means, more than
by any thing else, succeeded in increasing their
strength in the legislature and on the governor
polk stalks which their own party are now cree
ting in different parts of The county, and around
which they are gathering with all the noise aad nil
the enthusiasm they eau raise? What say they
at the fact that The clique, which absolutely con-
trolls their party in New York city, and even ex-
tends its irresistible influence through the locofoee
party in the whole empire stale boldly SCOTS ut
all religion, and oil the moral principles which lie
ut the foundation Of society, dsregards the obga-
tons Of the marriage tie denies the right of men
to The property acquired by their own industry, g.
profess open and undisguised infidelity?t Oh
they express no contempt for all this no fear that
rum, whiskey and strong beer will injure the cause
OF temperance; no alarm that open nfdelity and
the SCOTS at virtue and religion may injure the
public morals But these men, and some among
us who do not live in log cabins, and some, too,
who are notorious for tipping on a stronger scale
and OH more expensive liquor-cannot possibly
tolerate miniature log cabins, md the cry flor in
most cases, it is, like the locoloco professions of
democracy, 'all talk and no cider, of hard cider.
And why not? What is there Objectionable
in The log cabins? Why is i, not ms harmless Il
vehicle to convey the people TO their conventions,
us either couch or large wagon Ali, it is not
The vehicles, i, is not the cabins, which alarm the
office holders; but rather the historical facts aud
the events which associated with them. It
was the log cabins that gave us the men of IRON
frame and viruous, patriotic, intelligent and brave.
spirits, who maintained our religion and achievetl
our liberty. In The log cabin Washington was
reared, aud the host OF patriots and generils who
dared to throw off the British yoke and beard the
British lion. 1t was in The log cabins that the
love ofrelgon and of liberty nurtured of old;
and il is there now, in the farm houses, and amid
The hardy, honest and intelligent tilcrs of our soil >,
that center the hopes of the patriot and the chris
tan for the moral and political salvation of the
lnnd. IL was in The log cabin that Harrison dwelt,
and with The interest of the log cabins has he ever
been identfrd; and it AT the loud and irress-.
liable call ofthe log cabin boys of the West, whose
liberty and property he had defended ia the field,
n whose interests he had fosered in civil stations
lliat he selected for the Presidency Ii is be-
cause the log cabins significant Of his comes
ton with the interests of The aborers of the counr
try-this, and only his--tlat provokes the sneeps.
aud ridcule OF the treasury fed sfica holders
But they object that this is an sseetoneering de
vice, intended to create enthusiasm and attract tho
attention Of the people. On iAs head, Gen. HI
son truly said, TINT the obectors are greatly MRS
takan The log cabins nre the fruits of enthusiasts
and excitement, rather Than the means. How
came Them about? We will tell the reader: -
When the news OF the termination of harrison
'At one Of these hickory pole raisings barrel
of strong heer was poured into the hole prepared
J for The pole, and the loeoioces gathered aboai,
dipped The beer from the earth and drank il! This
was literally going the whole soine.
i've nllu,le TO Robert Dale Owen. Fanny " yiebt