The pilot and transcript. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1840-1841, 1840-05-23

10 stvlxItA4IxAIx Al JACKSON MEN
have headed this article with a wood cut
representing Log cabin. The cows before th'
door. the clothes on the line, and the bee hive
in the ward, remind us of the days of our youth
when we mingled with the honest and indepen
dent freemen, who inhabit the log cabins OF the
west. The men among whom we lmbioed tht'
love of liberty and independence, which belong :
to them, as a class.
HacLn;ed nolitIcians do not understand the
sentiment which belongs to the people. They
call the log cabins which grace our procession an
idle mummery. They do not realise that they
represent the beautiful simplicity of our institu-
tions, and set forth the power of the people.
See tie freeman, who inhabits this log cabin.
He cultivates his own land-he gathers his own
corn. He is surrounded by his own hogs, hors-
es and cattle. These all look to him as their
benefactor. When winters chilling frosts have
cut off the supply which indulgent nature gives,
these animals, dependant upon him as their pro
tector hover around him, and at his call, receive
at his hand, the supply which his care has provi-
ded for them He walks forth in the majesty of
his nature He feels that he is freeman-that
so long as the God he loves, and worships, sup
plies refreshing dews, and fruitful showers,
the bounteous earth will reward his labors, and
enable him to be a benefactor. When he looks
around him, in the pride ofman, and especially
when he looks upon the wife of his bosom, and
the smiling offspring that cheer his humble
hearth, he feels that he has no superior, but the
Creator-that his reliance is upon an homes
heart, and his ow stout limbs to give comfort
to them, and independence to himself What
does such man care for the strifes and flicts
of faction' All that he wants, is, that honest
men shall administer the laws, and faithfully
fulfill the requirements of the constitution. 1t was
on this sentiment, that the people rallied around
Gen. jackson, and put him into office.
Our purpose was to assert the power of tn; t
people who reside in the log cabins, and who care
not who hold the offices, so that they be honest,
capable and faithful. Weput Gen. jackson into
office-he was surroundedby cunning politician,
who persuaded him to become a candidate for
reelection and then, to use the patronage of the
government to rally an Office holders party
ney nave NlOldteu pleuStS That we save
to each other and to the country; and now would
have us believe that we must continue them in
office, because we voted for Gen. jackson.
Is it not time that they should be made to feel
that the power is in the people-that the people
who live in the log cabins capable of Sc
lecting their own President, and that they viii
select one who has voluntarily pledged himself
to carry out our great measure of reform-to
limit the Presidency to single term?
Let us then rally for Harrison. Let us prove
that our reform has substantial meaning-that
the original Jackson party were not an Office
holders party. You all know that l could have
held office if weuld have abandoned your in
terests and gone with the party in power. I
knew them. was pledged to you-to my co,ln'
try-to my childrcn-to oppose them when they
should violate their pledges. have done my
duty. have warned you of your danger-the
calamity is now upon you, and call upon you to
unite with me in saving the republic. We have
now an honest man. Let US rally around him
and he will rescue us from danger.