The Hawk-eye and Iowa patriot. (Burlington, Iowa) 1839-1843, 1840-06-11
POLITICAL NAUSEA.


every where beginning to evince great
deal of morbid se,asiti!ify on the subject
of clog cabins and hard cider:" there are
retchings, and qualms, and cadavereus
faces, and colliquative sweats, exhibiting
in all quarters of the country, on accoun:
of these emblematic representations,
which, in few months, are to overthrow
an administration, that has been reared up
by despotic power, and Jacobinical in
.trigue.
There is no marvel then, that the Van
Jacks are becoming SO squeamish of cider
rotations, and cabin gatherings of the
people. 1t is system of confraternity
among the Wings, that is utterly fatal to
their hopes. They see the result, and
hence these writings, and threatened
dications Of collapse! Not all the powers
of HDnaoepathea,. the wonder working
miracles of animal magnetism, nor the
mystical application Of Perkins steel rods,
would now arrest the symptoms Of pu-
trescence and decay, that are going on in
this portion of the body polite. I,
is amusing to witness the shiftings,
evasions, and fraudulent inconsistencies of
the party, i'll trying to sink the political
fortunes of General Harrison. After
trumpeting through every press the story
Of his poverty. and attempting to fasten
upon him the sordid imputation of living
in log cabin, drinking hard cider and
living in niggardly obscurity; and finding
that this stale mummery, so long banded,
is not likely to achieve what they so ar.
dently hoped it would, they have now
shifted the kaleidoscope, and represent
him as possessing immense wealth, 1t
is said that he has landed estate of no
less than .fue thousand acres, that he re.
sides in princely two-story mansion,
with many other costly buildings appurte-
nant, and that taking the tout ensemble of
the Generals manorship, he is in sooth
a western nabob! Now there is a good
deal of Munchausenism in all this and
the writer happens to know it from actual
observation. The 5000 acres of land
turns out to be but 500, embracing the
hills and hullows along the Ohio river
the magni6cence of his dwelling is not
such as to make it attractive to visters,
being log house, one story and half
high, weather-cased with boards, the
out buildings are of correspondent plain
ness, as regards the architecture and sim.
pllcity Of construction, there is not the
slightest approach to proiusion, or wan
ton extravaganza, Eut the residence of
General Harrison, in point of style and
arrangement, is altogether below what we
should look for, in so honored and dis,in-
guished an individual. Humble as lie
lives, there are thousands that can testify
to the generous and liberal inequalities Of
his board. AS you approach his dwelling.
you are met at the threshold with coun-
lenance beaming with intelligence and be-
nightly, hand outs,retched to receive
you, with a courteous welcome hanging
on his lip--and then there is that charm
of manner and conversation,-that grave
and statesmanlike discussion of public
affairs-intermixed as occasion may serve,
with instructive anecdo,e, sparkling wit,
and unbounded pleasantly. Such is the
man, who, by his high official station, is
to bring back the government to its origi-
nal purity and simplicity. Such, we re-
peat, is the man, who will not walk in the
footsteps of his predecessor, and before
he has been three years at the white
house, will expend thirty-one thousand
dollars, for useless glitter and princely
parade.
At the Tippecanoe celebration the ia.
nous and veritable Jack Downng-Mr
Davis of n. delivered several excel
lent speeches. DR.. Todd, of Springfield,
who was at Tippecanoe, informed us that
the Major was first rate.
The hospitality of the farmers was appa-
rent all along the road. Hardly a farmer
would receive any compensation from
those going to or coming from the late.
celebration at Springfield. Even the fer
ryman at Beardstown, Mr.. Tull, would
take no more than half price.
During our late absence several errors
crept into our columns last week, most of
which are SO plain as to need no correc-
ton by US. There may also be some on
our present outside, but we have not time
to examine it--so let them go.