Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1840-06-05
DIALOGUE BETWEEN A WING
AND LOCOFOCO.

AND LOCOFOCO.
Uhig. You have often said To mo lately,
that the DcmOcfaiic cause, the cause oi III"
people as you term II, can bear me test oi
argument, aud reason ;-now. ms business is
dull, aud you are not engaged at tins moment,
| should like, IT you are wiling, Ia zee ho"
much reason and argument you can produce
to support your belief.
Loeojoco. We'll, am perfectly willing To
have an argument with you on the subject.
w. Then ! wish you would state some
principle. or some starting polni, upon winch
We can proceed.
l.. f. will take any thing yon lke--ihe
Sub Treasury, for instance. That's & lori
ous thing; the only thing that will save the
country It is the ,iiIng that is to decide the
great question at issue, whether the banks or
The people shall rule. 1t will elrectually ST.
encc the Whlggcs.
w. am glad you mentioned that sub
ject, tor should like Ia know what there Is
IN il that will produce such wonderful results
as you seem TO suppose. But do you really
understand the subject?
4 l.. r. Yes, knpw all about il.
1 ~. Well, what Is there IN the measure
so very excellent. Wus not your party op.
posed 10 The National Bank because IL pos
scsscd The means Of bnblns and corruptng
Congress Was not the public money re-
moved from that institution contrary 10 The
Constitution And now. after the Govern
ment has been swindled out Of SO many mil
llons--the immediate consequence of that
removul--Mc party does not hesitate III The
least to put the money IN the possession oi
an nnuncrabe horde of office holders, all
under the immediate control Of the President.
Can you pretend 70 say, or can any reusona'
BILE man say, that there Is any consistency III
all tins, or that II is proceeding Oh any prn.
ciple whatever:
LIZ Well. | don't care anything about
what you say, know that Mr.. Van Buren,
will make better President than old granny
Harrison.
". You have departed from the subject
very suddenly, but since you have reverted
To Presidential candidates, let me ak you,
what Mr.. Van Bnrcn has done TO advance
The interests OF his country, or what qnaliii
cations he possesses that should reconnieDu
him 10 tie People ot the Unltcd States os u
candidate for their sulirages?
/ l.. r. He is Il living representation Of the
Democratic principle.
4 ". il that is his only qualification he
must be very worthy candidate indeed
But what cen yon say against GrN.IARRisoN
that units him for The office tor which lie Is
n candidate
Il. f. O he's a cowurd-that's enough
for me.
". That's a remarkable thing to say Of
Harrison ;-where is your authority for II!
l.. f. All the newspapers.
". What do you mean by call the news
papers"
L.. The Post and Bay State Democrat.
My employer, who Is good Democrat, has
both Of them sent To me.
~. Ii is in vain tor these two papers to
make such an assertion, when all The officers
and soldiers who fought under lIarrlson--
some Of whom are the prominent supporters
of the present administratlon-have denied
and rcfutcd ii.
l.. r. y Harrison is nobody never
heard of him until the Wings had him up and
tried to make hero Of him.
". am sorry that one who proiesses so
much zeal for his country should betray such
ignorance ofits history.
l.. f. Hartford Convention Federalism
i ~. Did not Gen. Harrison, at all early
day, leave the allurcpenis and pleasures OF
youth, and, prompted by true love OF country,
plunge into scenes Of savage warfare III the
forest to defend the frontier inhabitants from
the Indians? Were not unlimited praises
bestowed upon him by the General under
whom he fought? And was not his rapid
promotion from rank to rank good evidence
that his abilities we're appreciated by the
patriotic officers of the Revolution?
l.. T.. British Whlggery aud Hartford
Convention.
| ". And did not his election to the civil
office which he filled soon after show that
the people wcro satisfied with his services
aud wished to secure them longer?
l.. +. Hartford Convention and British
Whiggcry.
". When the United States and Great
Britain came to open bosiill,ies, and the
voice Of war resounded throughout the land,
an innumerable horde of British aud Indians
poured upon our northwestern iroD,ier.-
Then was the true hearted patriot again cal
led upon to conduct the war in tina, quarter.
And did he not enter upon that arduous duty
with the heart and soul Of a WAsHINGToN
and the abilities of a Napoleon' Did he not
exhibit, on all occasions, on anxious soicl-
tude TO preserve the lives of those OF his fel.
low citizens who fought under him? Did
|. nc not Ilhe lIe NOindn DCiplo, Cdliy tno wal
into the cnemy's country, and soon deliver
the defe encelcss inhabitants from the fear o
tho tonahawk aud scalping knife OF the mid
night savage9 And did not the grateful
thanks of men, women and children follow
him?
\ L. f. British Whiggcry and Hartford
Convention.
". And when peace again pervaded the
land, did no; the people again call upon him
TO participate in the deliberations of thelI
national councils, proud OF his talents as O
statesman as well as general?
| L.. +. Hartford Convention and British
Whiggery.
". And now having grown old in the
service OF his country, and gathered wisdom
from experience, will he be forgotten? No
The people whom he served so faithfully IN
his younger days, remember him still. THt
PEOPLE require his abilities as a statesman
The PEoPLE will elect him to the highest
office within their power to bestow. They
desire that the duties Of that Office should
be administered by an able statesman, and
not by the intriguing and reckless head Of a
party. GEN. HARRIsoN is, most decidedly
\ TBg PEoPLg's CANDIDATE Those who
in the days Of infancy, were taught to lisI
his praises, have now arrived at advanced
ages, still breathing the same gratitude ant