, 1840-11-28
THE JOUR AL.
SATURDAY,, NOVEMBER %, 1s4o.
ELECTION.

flee, that 4 sufficient number OF the states
have elected federal electors, to insure the
election of William Ii. Harrison, of Ohio, to
the highest office in the gift Of a free people.
Had this result been brought about by ordi-
nary means, we would not now raise our voice
by way of complaint against the will of the ma
%jority, thus expressed in the choice of Il chief
magistrate to preside over the destinies of
this great nation. But, believing as we do,
that General Harrison will owe his elevation
TO the presidency, to a combination Of cir
cumstances disreputable to himself, and dis
graceful to the American character, we should
feel ourselves justly obnoxious to the charge
of having proved recreant TO our trust as a
faithful sentinel upon the watch tower of lib
erty, were we not to '.blow the trumpet and
warn the people, when the sword cometh up
on the land
In the late contest for political power, the
Democratic party. (Which is composed most
ly Of the working men of the country had
an alarming and fearful odds to contend
against. They had arrayed against them all
the old federal leaders of blue-light and Hart
ford Convention memory, with the abolition
lists of the north, and all the dpostates from
the ranks of Democracy, with Il numberless
army of office seekers, aided by the powerful
influence Of 900 banks scattered over the
twenty six states of the Union, TO regulate
the Liberties of the people. To this combi-
nation of causes operating upon the public
mind, may be added the "IIard cider" and
Coon skin conventions, which were held in
the several states of the Union for the pur-
pose of dcvising the wdyS and the means BY
which the honest and unsuspecting portion Of
the people were to be cheated out of their
rights secured to them by the Constitution
and laws Of the land. The thousands of
false charges which were made against the
administration, by men of high rank and
standing in society, were sent forth through
the country on the wings of the wind, BY
means OF the printing presses in the pay of
the bankites and other political combinations
for the purpose of poisoning the public mind,
and 10 keep out of view as far rs possible
the true issue before the country. For
months before the election, hundreds of itine-
rant stump orators, were travelling from
state TO STATE, from city TO city, and from
county to county. by day and by night, har-
arguing and humbugging the people. With
all these influences which were brought to
bear in favor of the federal wing party du-
ring the late contest for power, when duly
considered. it will not be matter of very great
surprise that the Democratic party have been
defeated.
At the "Hard CIDER and Coon skin con-
%vention, held in Baltimore in June last, the
wings had inscribed on one of their banners.
"WE STOOP TO CONQUERm In other
words, we have a great lust for power; and,
if it cannot be had fairly and ~honorablv, we
will obtain ii through fraud. This is but car
rying out the same corrupt principle upon Il
more enlarged scale, by which John @. Ad-
ans was made President in 1925. Political
power. OUldlneu unQeT SuCn circumstances, |
and by such means, cannot be of long dura-
ton in the land of Washington and the sign
ers Of the declaration of our national indie
~pendence, while a spark of the true fire of
liberty continues to burn in the bosoms of
the descendants Of that patriotic band of he
roic worthless who fought and bled during the
war of the revolution, for human rights and
human liberty.
The corrupt means by which the federal
party, crept into power under the Adams
and Clay coalition in 1925, are still fresh in
the recollection Of the people. And they re-
collect too, that in the short period of four
years, the Goths and Vandals were driven
from power by the voice of an insulted and
outraged people. And such will be their fate
again in 1914. Four years at any one time,
is as long as the federal party have been able
to hold in their hands the reins of govern
ment That is. tour vear, under tho olJ,r