The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1840-08-07
LOG CABIN AND HARD CIDER.

The cant and hypocrisy of the Globe, the Rich
mond Enquirer and other Federal Loco foco journals
about what they pleased to call hard cider orgies
and log cabin debauches," will gain no more respect
IN the country than the afeetaton Of holy horror by
MIR Van Burcns official editor, at the use Of profane
language. Francis y. Blair turned public lecturer
on the shocking profanity of swearing! A man
who, Gas we before felt our duty 10 state, being
matter OF common noore,y here) intermngles in his
ordinary conversation the most shocking oaths and
imprecations and who, like of Shak speares low
characters, "eats and srearsr There was something
ludicrous IN the daring eronery of the mans assump-
ton, and we dare say all his ntmaes laughed hear
lilly at the very nnpudence OF the sermonizer
It is not less amusing to contemplate the pretended
gravity the assumed and fcrvor for testoalisrn with
which the mischeyous tendency Of hard cider is de-
claimed against by persons who never confined them
selves in their whole lives TO the cups that cheer but
not inebriate'-by jolly two bottle men, whose taste
and capacity displayeiin the bacchanaan chaunt
This bottles the Sun of our table
His beams rosy wine,
We planets that not able
Without his light 10 sinner.
and by thorough soakers-
"Who fra November to October
Ae market day are never sober !"
II is highly probable, that in nine cases out Of ten,
the very anathemas against :" hard cider" which we
find in the administration papers were written under the
inspiration of mint julaps and sherry cobbers The
pampered menals Of Goyernment-the sleek and
thriving servants of the Administration, who have
perhaps just smacked their lips after tall bumpers Vt
Madeira, or sparkling tumblers Of champagne, the
affected alarmists! How drcadfully panied must the
Silas Wnghts, the Duncans the Dromgoolcs and
scores of others, prominent in the Administration
their sober vision, threatens to overflow the whole
land from log cabin and hard cider barrel Ii is
shocking the man in the play says, positively
shocking" The most Of these born zcalots are
like the anf-cdsre spoken of in the following para
praph, by the Newark Daily Advertiser:
We learn, through gentleman who was present at
late public meeting of the Morris County Temper
ance Society, that a leading Van Buren, politician
during the course OF speech in behalf of the bene-
VIOLENT object of the society ventured TO express much
that certain political party which had adopted
the use Of hard cider" should pursue course that
must prove disastrous to the Temperance and pro-
badly throw it back years, with other remarks of
the purport The distinguished President of the
Society when the speaker sat down. and remarked
that he had neither time nor inclination to follow him
with reply, but begged leave to relate the following
anecdote. A few DAYS since, said he gentleman
whose feelings appear to be sorey greved that certain
politicians should pursue TO render " hard CT
der palatable dined in Morristown, As there was
nothing the table to drink stronger than cold water
this political temperance man called for bottle OF
brandy and drank repeatedly and freely during his
neal and this brandy drinker continued the Prcsi-
dent is my worthy friend whose stomach has been so
turned against " hard cider. The effect OF this sim
pie anecdote upon the audience may be readily ina
gincd The gentleman started to his feet under evil
dent embarrassment circulating" Itdke brandy only
medicineW
But, seriously, do these hypocrcal disclaimers ina
ginc that any man of sense is be deceived
by bareiaced elcctioneerng trick Do they sup
pose that any body will be deuded into the idea that
they honest and sincere friends Of the Temperance
reform that in reality they have any apprehension
of the awful consequences they pathecaly predict
No The miserable artfcc is manifest to the country
The only result of the log cabin and hard cider cry
which the Federal Loco ocos dread is the defeat of
MARTIN VAN BuREN; and their horror increases, day
by day, the progress of events show that consum
nation to be more than probable and, in opinion,
certain.
One Of the most distinguished friends of Mr. Van
Buren, in Congress, whose use of alcohol Is notorious,
was persuaded during the past session, by Of his
real friends TO give up his daily potatons and the
customary stimulus being entirely Withdrawn, he be-
came exceedingly inactire for time, Some of the
pcrtisans Of the Government asked daily 'tWha is
the matter with -2" The truth was he had be-
come sober 1t Immediately ascertained that this
planet was not able to shine" without the beams al
uded to in the above verse He took to his old habits
and at the close of the session received elaborate
compliment from the official editor who breaches
against the ntemperance inevitable from the hard
cider motto
LIBEL SUITS.
IL DAM