The Hawk-eye and Iowa patriot. (Burlington, Iowa) 1839-1843, 1840-08-13


are the same identical men whose sympa-t
thies at that eventful period were lavished
upon tie enemy. Another gentleman, in
Fhis}definition OF this puzzling word ''de-
ia'socgoey," was almost as learned and per-
splcaclous as was Barlolphin his notable,
explanationo fahe term "acco1nnsoaated.'
You will find this last word most pers pic
Iuonsly defined in coiloquium between
IBardolph and Justice Shallow in Shaks-,
|peare's second part'o Of King Henry W..
! I wihsread the PASSAGE at'l s@s1elal' Fa
~" Bardolph. Sir, pardon;a soldier is
better accommodated than with wife. a.
'.Shalioao. 1T is well said in faith. sir;
and2i is well. said in deed, too. Better
Iacconanaodated!-;ti is coed; yea,E indeed.
lit is: good phrases are surely, and ever
were, very commemorate. .9ccDnin,oaat-
ed! itlcomes from accommoEo: very good;
a good phrase. - tss'egi H.9H3 Ill
'sBardolph. Pardon me, sir; have
heard the auurd. 4 hrase. call you ii? BY
I,his good day, Know not the phrase; bu,
I will main.ainfthe aCord with my sword.
to be soId;er-like word, and scord of
Ieeceediag good command. AccoMMoDAr-
ED; that is, henia man is, as they say.
or, when man<is-being
--wheseby--he may be }thoughtto be Ac.
is an excellent thing
T. Unlike marnerathe term democrat may
be xplaned 50 as5to unfold its full sigri-
Ifficaton touhe comprehension of the wise
and heswi.tv, e'unlearned and the fool
! ish. 81 Thus, Loeofoco may say:t'I will
maintain the word (demoefdO with my
SIT ord, to be a ssllHsr-llke aoora, 3c,sd! q
j,acord oferceeding good Command De
iMOCRAT;J that is, when a man is, as
! they say, IA DEMOCRATIC or wien a
man is-beingA whereby4A-he may be
thoughtto be a DEMOCRAT, achich Is
ap secelIsat thing iiIia8a2' t'ae4 -
% We'll, sir, after | got all these defni-
lions before me, 1 could not help think.
| ing Of the anecdote, Of a yankee school
master, who called up a Fad, and asked
him to define a bat.' Oh! yes, said isaac,
l can do that-s'A bat is a flying insect,
as large as a piece Of chalk; it has India
rubber wings, and a shoe-string tail; il
sees best with its eyes shut, and bites like
the devil Now,I think this descrip-
ton comes as near to some of these de-
scrip,ions Of a Van Buren, democrat as any
thing / have, ever read. "a -
(4aIn my Judgment, it is a good definition
.|of aDenocrat to say that lie ayas IN fa-
cor of theIast auar. and that he support.
ed The dissatisfaction Of James N0di.
son, Vho, IN, a special message to Con:
lgrcss, had recommended that WAR. And
tits an equally good description ofia Fed
eruIistato say tAat lie z0as oppose5 II
4 .ja,i,es I,Iacisoaa. and ua;ted nth til,
PEACE PARTY to prerent his re.eIec
\ ton. 81 aai4s3 9t5 Im sgor
! Now. sir, ! desire to try Martin Va1
Burens political principles by this ortho
i dox test. And, for that purpose, vii
refer the committee to paragraph in I'm
Pmons's LIT. Of ,Va'a Barren, written ii
thc,year 1885, for the purpose of advanc
ing Mr. Van Buren's interests. I wish t.
j! introduce the proof which this book fur
nishes, and which no Locofoco dare gain
say, of the part which Martin Van Burer
took during the. last war. read from
pages 10 and Ia: ~ aHsa4..
He {Mr Van BUREN, took his seat il
the Senate in November, 1912, at tht
meeting held for the choice Of Presiden
4 tial electors The republican member:
1 Of the Legislature having. in the preced
4 ing summer nominated De Witt Gin
ton for President in opposition to NJ
Madison, then a candidate for reelection
and that nomination having been rendered
to and accepted by Mr. Clinton, Mr. Td'
\ Bure,othought asdue totconsiste'scy onr
\ oodjaittfo support electors fr'eealytc
1 that geiatlenaaa.'' 0e a55as24s' 7.a
4 Allavery good. Itappears then, by the
account of his own biograPher. that Mar
tin v All Buren, was opposed to the re-elec-
.ition ofJames Madison that Martin Var
j Buren, thought it due to consistency
CONSISTENCY, ay! that is the word--'s tc
support electors' awho would give theil
4 votes against the 7Uar candidate, Jane.
i l9losi;soa.3 It's clear, therefore, from ths
4 testimonyof his own biographer,8 if there
4iwere no other evidence, that Martin. Var
d'Bnren acled in unison with. the Federalists
/. with the Blue Lights and with the 70
I ries againstthe' Democratic war admins
9itration in 1912. y / care not how Tong OF
'Fhow loud he talked about democracy; the
d question is: What did he do? How die
ihhe dct:24isI care not, say, in what man
i ner he talked, SO long as | know thai HI
footed against Madison, the only candidate
4 of the democracy Of the country ard OF
Fthe war party }ia ButI will tell YOU VIA
Martin Van Buren, and his peace party
friends did; they despatched emissarie:
from New York to- Pennsylvania ant
5other States to- get up an anti Madisor
dpafty there; meetings of this party were
3gheld, aatWhich the war and lis iabettor:
.itwefe denouneed;i Refreshments Of men wert
adiscouraged;s loansato enable ithe Govern
4ment prosecute thewar with vigor' wert
itrelused. Oneiof tile first displays Of thii:
#peace party feeling in P einsylvaniatool
place at Little Y orll,. I on the 9Th of Sep
1tember, 1879, not quite three months afte
1.-THE declaration of war. A meeting wa
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