The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1840-05-16


They were the Wings of the Revolution
the friends Of the country. There was no
British gold diffused among them, for they
would not take it. There was no British
influence acting upon them, for ihey loved
their country too well TO be swaycd by fors
eign influence. Now do not charge this
against the present Whig party, for tits not
safe or just to deal in such harsh denuncia-
tons; but this must say, that when you
do find such men, nineteen out OF twenty
of them do not belong to our party; and
that is not all. Men who do evil, sbun the
light-thev do not want their deeds TO be
seen. Now, whether il is a consciousness
or not that they are acting wrong, he would
not say--but SO il is, that the Wings are
unwilling to disclose TO their countrymen
the principles which governed them,or in
deed whether they have any principles at
all. Is it not fair TO infer that they well
know that if they disclose their opinions
and the objects for which they are contend
ing, that the people will never put them in
Office {! While casting my eyes around the
room, see my Ohio fiiends-and this re-
minds me of Cincinnati and the manner in
which the Wings manage their affairs there.
At the close Of the late war with Great
Britain, was there a man, woman, or child,
in that city, who ever thought Of taking up
tho present Whig candidate for The Presi-
| dency Now, do not wish to detract
from the merits of that individual, for
wish that he was wiser and better, and more
mertorous than he is; but lei US see how
\ -, ho 7, he,
collected by all Of US that when the name of
Andrew Jackson was announced for the
Presidency, the nomination, like blaze,
extended through the whole country, and
never ceased to show its light till the illus
irious hero and statesman was elevated
10 the Chief Magistracy. 1t is true that
art, contrlvances, &c. prevented his election
at the first trial; but the next time oil the de-
wees of the Federal party were Intellectual
TO prevent it.
But to return TO the State Of Ohio and
the city of Cincinnati. The Wings there
have candidate whom they want to make
President, and Of whom four years ago ve-
ry little was heard; ont within the last few
months no mortal man has ever grown SO
vastly as he. From plain honest clerk oa
county court, who interfered with nobo.
dy & with nobody iulerfered, lie has grown
to be a astonishingly great man, destined in
their opinions to carry all before him. Bu
notwithstanding all this,no one can, by any
possibility ,come at his opinions onany Of the
great questions interesting to the country
nor obtain any information in regard TO him
, by which they can measure his fitness ant
: capacity for the high station TO which h,
: aspires. Wha. have his friends done in 10
gard to him! Why, they won't let him b,
: measured AZ All. Ihey nave shut him up
' i will not say in cage, but he might a.
0 well be in one,) and will not let him havt
Z lhe use of pen, ink and paper, while hi,
/. conscience keepers say that he shall Meth
i er speak nor write, and they will not do i
Il for him Now ask this Convention, a.
= sober, rejecting men, if this is the way Il
. make the President for the people of thu
8 United States want to pash this matte
9 a little further.
4 Mr.. Burke, the Postmaster at Cincinnati
e is here, and intend, before we leave thi
: place, to ask him to state wheihsr this com
5 mittee docs not regularly attend their can
:, didate 10 Ihe post office, when he goes fo
d letters, to see that he gets none that are ne
n such as they are willing thai he should re
d ceive. II is true that there are many wag
o in this country, and that some of them ma,
n probably wIile hoaxing letters to the oil
/ gentleman; and his Wing advisers ma,
! wish TO save him the modification Of read
: ing them, or they may wish to save postage
y which is always refunded on returning sucI
I, letters to the post office. But they open al
% his letters for him, and where there e noIl
% to be SAID l.i reply, they answer them
}, though when there is, they will not answe
N them at all. Now, this is the way in whic
le they want to make President Of the Uni
N ted States. 1t was different in old times
II When Andrew Jackson was put up for III
l. Presidency, wonder if any man, or set {
u men, opened and answered his letters fe
er him. When he received a letter, he al
r swered it himself; and whether his opir
ions were right or wrong, he expresse
j. them openly and fearlessly, without bein
IL dictated TO by human being. This WI
: the custom of all cur former President
III from Washington down to the present tim
lg and it is the custom of our present Chi
ut Magistrate. When his opinions were as
at ed on important questions Of State polio
1u he gave them openly and distinctly.
Sc the subject of Abolition, which the VIII
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