Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1840-05-16
THE CANVASS FOR GOVERNOR
THE CANDIDATES. TOGETHER.
HUNrsvlLLE, Mo-, Nav nh. 184O.

Mn. EplroR;-Sir, | send you for publ
cation IF you think proper TO insert it or
any part thereby an account of meet
ing between Judge Reynolds and General
Clark at this place on yesterday. Rey-
noIds made speech TO the citizens Of Ran.
doIph county, at this place, on the 28th
dry of April, at which time he took occa-
sion TO say that Clark's friends had charged
him with avoiding Clark in the Canvass;
he denied that. he had either avoided
Clark, or known of the times and places OF
his appointments to speak-but expressed
Willingness and desire 10 meet Clark, and
he made an appointment TO speak here
again yestorday-when he had the pleas
ure Of a meeting with Clark. Reynolds
spoke first! after preamble of honesty of
purpose, &c. he violently ussalled internal
improvemcnts--and attempted TO cast all
the blame and responsibility for such meas
ures on the Whigs-and he appauded the
democratic party and legislatures of Mis-
souri-for not having had any part or lot in
the matter, he spoke strongly in favor of "a
gold and silver currency, and abused ali
banks; he was in favor of the currency
bill proposed and passed by the House Of
Representatives in the last legislature of
Missouri in every thing except that he
would not exclude at this time ten dollar
notes from circulation; he compared the
influx of specie into our country to the
promise made BY the Son of God 10 the
sons of men, in which he said s'ask and
you shall receive" the Judge said that we
had only to ask for specie and we would
have plenty OF it; he denounced the estab-
lishment of bank Of the United States as
unconstitutional and subversive of liberty;
he told the people that if they consented 10
make bank they would sell their liberty
for mess of pottage, and from that mo-
ment they would be bound slaves (orevcr;
he drew large and frequent drafts on Aesop's
fables and the bible for quotations in his
speech, until | was convinced that if the
fables and the bible had been banks he
would not have been opposed to them, be-
cause if such had been the case there would
have been q deficit of half his speech,)
he charged the Wings with deceiving the
people, by telling them that the times We're
hard, money scarce, the currency deranged
and deprecated, the national government
corrupt, extravagant, &C., he said hard
times, &c. was all in their eyes, but he in
formed them that they must work out their
own salvation in politics as well as in rel-
gion. The Judge followed close in the tracks
of Van Buren, made when he told the peo-
pie they expected too much from the gov
eminent, but that the government would
take care of itself, and the people must
take care of themselves; he eulogsed the
sub-treasury scheme Of Van BuWen, and
told the people there was nothing new or
dangerous in 1t, that it was simple, safe, land
old fashioned, and that the danger was all
in his eye; he defended his party for pro-
scribing men for their opinions; he told the
people if he was elected governor Re would
enquire for the politics Of a citizen before
appointing him to office, and that he would
not appoint Wing if democrat was as
well qualified. After speaking for near A
hours, apparently determined to kill time
and weary his hearers he concluded. Gen.
Clark then addressed the company, he ably
and trumphantIy exposed and reGuted the
principles and practices advocated by his
opponent, and lie carried the war far into
the interior Of Africa; he proved clearly
that the system of internal improvements
in Missouri was the banlling of the present
SeIfstyled democratic party, that in 1886
when the rail road convention met in St.
Louis, Hans Smith and DR.. Ref (both then
and now modern democratS,) were elected
President and Vice President Of that con-
vention; he read the enthusiastic devotion
of modern democrats to internal improve
ments, from the circular address Of the pres.
ent democratic governor of Missouri, pub
lished during the last canvass for governor,
he also proved by the first message Of gov
ernor Boggs that he and his party were
then in favour of clIcckerng over the state
with rail roads like farmer checkers his
ft Ids TO plant corn. Clark declared that he
and the Wings were opposed to going in
debt for the purpose Of improvements, but