Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1840-07-06

Mas received at Washington, the correspondent
of the Baltimore Republican IA paper known du-
ring the last war MS the Baltimore Federal Repub-
lican) spoke Of the old Farmer Of North Bend III
the following sneering and contempiuous style;
4" Glue hin, a barrel Of Hard Gle ana SetHe a
pension Of ,oo thousand dollars dyedr ana our toora
for H. he toiH sit The remainder 81 ms days eonten ed
in Log Cabin"
Some of our locof,cos, with their usual rock
lesness, have denied this; but wa copy the cx-
tract from Baltimore pnpcr published almost al
the very door of the Republican, and which keeps
the extract at its head as standing matter. OF
course, it is not 10 he supposed that the Republi-
can, or the peope Of Baltimore, would permit this
10 he done, were it not true. 1t is true: we saw
the extract at the tine Of its publication, md then
predicted TO y member of the Van Buren, State
. COMMITTEE that The locofocos would rue the day
on which they thus grossly insued Harrison and
the farmers Of tie country But this not all
Il ocofoco paper in New Jersey caught up and
echoed the insult; and us ifmady bent upon arous
ing the friends of Harrison to the utmost pitch Of
Indignation, the Washington correspondent OF
the eading administration paper of New York |
city, (the federal Evening Post,) came ou with n
notice that The people must bring in their con
tributons of old hats sc. to he forwarded to the
hero of North Bend Here is the paragraph:
"Gen IIarrison's poverty has awnkcd the sym.
pnihy of the ladies' of this District and they are
now nj work getting up subscription 10 supply |
the war worn hero with suit of clothes. II |
you have any old shoes, old boots old h ITS, or old
stockings, send them on, and they will he f,rwar-
ded to the hero of North Bend"
It was in this manner that the minions of the
palace spoke Of the man who as said JAMEsMAD'
rsoN has done more for his country wiM less COM
pensaion ori, than any iiving;' md through
him, they aimed the same unprovokcd insults 10
all his friends.
As well might man throw torch into mag
azine Of powder and expect II, explosion, rs TO
suppose that insults gross ms these could
he cast in the teeth of the farmers OF the coun-
try and elicit 10 feeling They did excite feeling,
deep and all-pervading feeling of Indignation
and it burst out first where it might have been an
ticpatcd-nnong the inrmers Of the West, who
know Gen. Harrison personally, and who, know
ing his worth, his character and his services, love
him next to Washington himself At the Column
bus convention, then, in February last, the log
cabin was brought by the farmers of Ohio: they
brought it, to show that the log cabin candidate
blem of the great agricultural interest with which
Gen. Harrison is personally connected. From
that day 10 this it has been adopted by the wings
of the country, in derison Of the ISLANDERS and the
insults Of the Office holders, and to remind the PEG.
Pile that in the former tenant ola humble log cabin
they have candidate whose glory it has been to
his country honestly, faithfully and success
fully, and whose aim it is to bring her back 10
that policy which regarded The interests of the
whole people as tlechef objects Of the ofthe
government. Granting this to be electioneering
who have the locofocos to blame more than them
selres-ther own men. who provoked the people
almost to madness Well have they escaped in
that popular Indignation did not show itself in a
more violent form. And would it not be even
fair eleconecring; quite as fair as the locofoco
electioneering against Harrison because he was a
poor log cabin man. and infinitely more fair than
their fasehoods and fabrications against his pub
lie and private character? Harrison was log
cabin mamie is now IA farmer-an in addition
TO all this, he is an ardent supporter Of tho great
interests, agriculture and domestic industry
What, then, could I've n less exceptionahle emblem
of the man, his pursuits and his measures, Than
these identical log cabins'
And few remarks upon hard cider party
term which owes its paternity exclusively to the
locofoco Baltimore Republican. We nre free ic
confess that hard cider has in many instances beer
drank at the wing conventions we nre also free
TO say, that temperance men may justly regret it,
But what then? Where there ever gather
ing of large numbers, at which liquor of some sor
was not drank; and where will there ever he ole
until the righteous cause Of temperance shall EN-
brace every man within its fold? In our opinion
however, this party cry, pushed upon US hy 10
cofo press as it wa, has not been pre- Judicial Il
the of temperance. For the temperate
could have 10 temptation to those who hav
no scruIles about drinking, we believe it has aclI
ally induced them, on public occasions, TO quit tn
stronger quo:s and take the more harmless on,
We have been present at two conventions, neilhe
of which have been exceeded in numbers but one
or twice-we mean the National Convention a
Baltimore and The State Convention at Burlington
At the former we did not notice singe man in
toxicaed at the latter noticed but two: hot
foreigners-one n Canadian, and the other we too
to be an lrislman. Indeed, as to the last CONVEX
ton, we think that NJ least fifteen thousand wit
nesses will testify, that never there galhere
any large body of men on such an occasion, i
Vermont, with less intcnperance, less disor,le
and fewer accidents.
Our remarks have already been longer Than wer
intended,but we cannot close without u single sl,
mark: it is that none long more ardenily than ou
selves for the day when the people Gun he permit
ted to exercise their own deliberate judgments an
TO express their own opinions, uned, uninnuence
aud unbiased by any of the machinery or any