Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1840-04-10
ron PREsIDENT,
VIM. HENRY HARRISON
VICE PRESIDENT.
JOHN TYLER.

career vi Vice, lOllV ana CXlrdVdSdnCC, Hc
stands as a just object for the finger Of
scorn to point at. But when man is
poor who has passed through employmcnts
and trusts where there we're strongtcmpta-
tons to enrich himself by specializing with
the facilities given to him as an officer and
not common to other, his poverty is his
greatest recommendation. 1t proves his
honesty to be like the pure metal seven
times refined. General Harrison is now
poor man-yet he has passed a life time
in the service of his country-protecting
its territory, recovering its lost dominion,
fighting its battles, defending its character
and supporting its institutions. During
his eventful career, he has had, for a
time, almost dctatoria power, he has had
the control ofvast SUMS ofpublic money
he has had countless opportunities of pos
sessing himself of valuable parts of the
public domain, and If so disposed might
now have been the richest man in Ame-
RIGA. lie was, however, an HONEST MAN,
and could not revcl in i'll gotten gains.
Would one suppose that any in this
land could be found SO cold hearted as to
reproach such veteran servant, on ac-
count of his poverty ?-Strange as it may
seem, there have been found in the circle
of Mr.. Van Burcn's friends some weak
enough to attempt the disparagcmcnt of
the Peoples candidate by saying that a
"LoG CABIN AND HARD CIDER" were as
much as he wanted Or deserved. A re-
proach to have lived in a log cabin! !
Fisher Ames once raised his eloquent
voice and prayed that its sound might
reach every log cabin beyond the noun
tains. This intended insult to Harrison
has already reached every log hut in the
land and their hardy and virtuous tenants
are coming forth to stand by the man who
perilled life and comfort and all that man
holds dear to keep the scalping knife and
tomahawk from these despiscd dwellings.
a log cabin! say you! Why We grace
less and soul-less Writings, did you not
know that these log cabins have been the
nurseries of the real intellectual giants
Of the land Did it not occur to your
stupid fancies that the log cabins have
been the hives from whence have issued
the vast multitude that now make the
Western country the preponderating in
fuencc in the political power of the United
States, and the most iavorite region of
the habitablc globe Go to the halls of
Congress and ask the most prominent and
eloquent debatcrs there, fthey know any
thing of log cabins, and the majority of
them will tell you that they were born in
one. Mr.. Van Buren,, it is true, knows
nothing about them. lie probably never
was inside of log cabin in his life, and
has most silken and undemocratc hor-
ror of such rough affairs.
We have now before us a very anus
ing caricature in which Mr.. Van Buren,
is represented as seated in his carriage
and driving post haste on the road to Kin
derhook; his driver cracking his whip and
an English lacquey standing behind the
coach. General Harrison is represented
in front of a log cabin, surrounded with
ploughs, hoes, rakes and other implements
of farmer, and near him barrel, label
led, "hard cider" In one hand there is
an old musket with the word "Iippe-
canoe" on the brecch, and with the other
hand he is holding mug of cider to the
editor of the Globe and a reporter for the
same, who it seems have come out as
spies to the North Bend in order to fine
some calumnious matter for their paper
The likeness Of Van Buren, is good-tha
of the editor of the Globe is first rate.
Mr.. Van Buren, isreprcsented as max
ing the following speech to his driver:
"Upon my life j, is old Tip. himself (driv'
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