Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1840-07-11
TO THE WINGS.

0HrOn Monday last, we had large gathering Of
the leading loco ocos, in Fayette, for the purpose
as understood, of comparing notes in relation
to their strength in old Howard! Nothing has
been ascertaned except in the way of inference,
but the long faces which many wore during the
evening gave evidence that already they perceive
the "hard writing on the wall"
Pains has been taken by our public men, and I'M
less we are greatly mistaken, there at this
inent, clear majority of Harrison men in the
county. The townships have been canvassed--the
names of the voters recorded and we assure our
friends that the tide of fortune is already with US
We exhort you, therefore, to be of good cheer--to
defy the Office holders in this citadel of their
strengthened boldly march forth to the regenera
ton and redemption of your country. Let every
do his duty from this day until the election
let the free negro vote of Mr.. Van Buren, be thor
oughly exposed and proven to the voters--hs open
hostility to western interests laid baret the vile
and profgate extravaganza and theft of his admin
istration--the plumber Of the peoples money-the
arr ogant and dctatOrsl tone Of his servile and
slavish office holders-the base attempt TO cheat
out Of well restricted and properly guarded ma.
tional bank, and fasten upon Us his vile sub-rea-
sury scheme--his worse than king,y attempt to
slide his 200, 600 standing army upon the country
and present pretence to know nothing of it, al
though solemnly and specifically recommended in
his message-his former opposition to our admls-
sion into the Union-to the reduction of the duty
on salt--the graduation Of the price of the public
landslide continuation Of the great Cumberland
Road--let all these former and present sins be
thoroughly charged and proven upon him, and our
word for it, the free voters Of Howard will desert
the filthy and sinking ship!
But we admoni.h you to beware of the foe, with
whom you have to contend. Fat and fattening upon
your toll, drawn frcm us in the shape of taxes the
office holders of Howard will leave no effort I'M.
tried to continue their uscendancy over our rights
and interests. 1t is with them a life and death eff
foTt--an exchange Of the palace for the plough
and who can doubt the more than midnight toll, the
ISLANDERS, the falsehoods, the receptions, and ter
giversatons to which they will resort to cheat and
deceive the voters. Meet them at every point
throw the commanding services of our old General
in opposition to the vile flooding and deceitlul
course Of Van Buren--the certificates and living
testimony Of his brave companions in arms will
dispense the base ISLANDERS of his enemies-und be-
fore the first Monday in August, if the work be
openly and boldly met, there will be cringing and
knuckling, instead of dicaton and insult from the
office holders!
Let US then be up and doing. Let every voter
see that he votes himself, and that his neghbor
votes. We ask 10 quarter, and shall give none,
because compromise is impossible where liberty is
in controversy-and slaves we are for life if Van
Buren, be reelected
To arms, therefore, TO arms If the loco focos
want argument und proof meet them--if they crawl
in muddy water, and hide their plans, expose them
if they seem to he Industrious be industrious also
and if, perceiving their fate, they become furious
give them fury-"war to the Knife, and the knife
TO the hilt" Do this, and our word on it the battle
is fought and won
The leading locos are playing most desperate
game of bragg Many of their followers have moi
forgotten their former victories, and shout though
unaware that our candidate is the man Of The poo
pie, backed and sustained by THEIR power, the pre-
JUDGE against Mr. CLAY being 70 longer available
Meet their brag, therefore, with trHth-force upor
them the issue as IL 1S-LIBERTY OF SLAVERY
give wide circulation to the letter and calculation
of Talmadg show the voters that Van is already
defeated--that he is despsed BY honest men every
where, and deserted by the thousand-that th'
election of Old Tip is positively certan-and sucl
a number of long faces, lank purses, and gloomy
countenanees as will parade the public square OF
the sccnnd Tuesday in August, has never betor'
teen sscn in this section If the Unlun