The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1840-10-22
[ NUMBER 4.
LOG CABINS AND HARD CIDER.

LOG CABINS AND HARD CIDER
/ Extract fran Mr.. james DuHioD's Speech az
Phtsburg, IN defence Of Log Cabins.
Why is the frgate Constitution SO dear
TO our counirymen Why does every ono
Of US covet cane or snuff box fabricated Of
her buwarksl Way does every man de.
sire her preservation as long as plank re.
mains Of her! She is bu; mere combine.
ton Of iron and wood. But she embodies
in her history the bravery and skill Of our
navy. She carried our flag iriumpantly
over the broad ocean, aud brought terror
and destruction upon Inc enemies of our
country. Yet, she is nothing but oak aud
pine, the very maierias Of true Jog cabin.
She is the log cabin of the Hero Of TIE sea,
and ours IS the log cabin of the Hero Of the
land. Rally around it, Democrats, il is
the emblem Of the hardy slraight.oni hard.
listed, rugged pine knots that keep up its
fires
Why should We abandon this emblem of
patriotism, aud integrity and freedom It's
rough and humble it is mere pile of logs,
but it is associated with thousand pleasing
images and Joyous aspirations. And what
IS tbe flg of our country? Mere hunting
--nere BITS of striped bunting as the Brit.
lsh sneeringly denouinaied it before they
fully learned 10 estimate lis tremendous
power. Is there 10 enthusiasm breathing
from its folds as il huners to the Heavens
Are no patriotic associations connected With
NJ Is there any man, not dead TO the glo-
rous "reminiscences that play in brilliant
corruscalions around the stripes and stars
Of his coun,ry's iag--whose hear, does not
bounce al beholdlug ii streaming Ike
meteor to the floating over the ships
and battements of his country-,he star
spanged banner that floats over theslGnd OF
the free and the home Of the brave II
has borne our armies and navIes IN PRIDE
and triumph IN the strife of battle. Ii rush
cd 10 victory Of the glorious conillc. of the
Maumee. |, waved defiance over the in.
;renchments Of Fort MeIgs, and scattered
dismay at the battle Of the Thames.
Fellow ci,izens, the sneer of the destruc.
lives at the Log CABIN edifce are like the
sneers Of the English at the lunches Of pine
boards and bits Of bunting Of our trigaies,
I'll Decatur, and Hull, and Perry, and Nc.
DJDough, turned their smiles 10 sighs-as
viii Ohio and Virginia, and Pennsy vanie,
and New \ ork, Induce our misguided friends
10 shaw respect to and seek their sheltaf
under the broad and hospitable roof Of the
Log Cabin Farmer.
4 like, TOO, the hard cider cry; we owe
i, to the enemy. 1t is pledge Of temper.
ance. The affected pretex, of its leading TO
indulgence, as urged with grief and bitter.
ness, cones well from those who once had
danced around the poles of hickory, and
tossed their caps in excited revelry 10 its
branches. Who drink hard cider No
one who can get any thing else. Where
would YOU go TO public gathering less like.
/ ly to be Incorporate than to the Hard Ci.
der, Log Cabin, Tlppecanoe raising? At
Beaver, on the h OF July, the only public
political meeting have attended, there was
nothing TO drink provided, | am happy TO
say, but ice water. AT the raising Of the
Log cabin, in Alleghauny few days ago,
y here it is said thousands of hard cider men
we're actively engaged no stimulants, am
told, we're provided or drunk. Hard Cider
is a mere appellaton of amusement, and is
as good an sntdote TO imtemperalce as a
friend of Temperance could desire. Make
the Locolocos swallow lt-put it at them,
aud put II into them. 1t will cut their hu.
mors; it will wash the bile off their stom.
achs, and improve their eve sight. Though
intended, like Yankee Doodle, as a pass
word of contempt, it has been turned, like
that exhlaraIlng tune, into the rallying cry
Of freedom and reform.