Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1840-08-22
For The Times.

For the Times.
NO. VI.
THE GREAT HUMBUGGER'S ADDRESS TO
THE PEOPLE OF MISSOURI.
"Of all who Office filled unfairly, none
Gould plead excuse he least and last Of all!
When in the course of human events, the ext
gencies Of the times render it. eXpedient for the
official leaders of party, to write joint circulars,
the special and nvowed object of which is 10 en-
tighten tens of thousands and hundreds of thou
sands" OF good citizens whose minds, they boldly
charge, are in "crror for the want Of information "
we think that they should, when they set themselves
up as teachers Of the ignorant, be studiousy care
full to avoid mourning the same charges which they
prefer against those who differ with them in poll
tics. Now it Is an evident fact which we can de-
monsrate beyond contradiction that the organs
and leaders of tie dominant party stand guilty and
convicted of every one Of the material charges
which they have unjustly urged, objections, to
Gen. Harrison and his supporters. And it is
fact equally easy of demonstration and fact which
the most superficial observer could not help detect
ing, that, soon as the leaders of the party in
power commit political sin (and God knows they
are without numbcr) and so soon as they ind that
those political sins about to be registered against
them, by the pen of TRUTH they, with characteristic
elfronterY, turn Immediately around, plead not
guilty and charge their opponents with tie very
same identical crimes The serpent brguiled Eve
and Eve bcguiled Adam, and just so soon as they
ascertaincd that their parlaking Of the forbidden
fruit wa known to their Master, Eve charged the
sin upon Adam, and Adam charged the sin upon
Eve But and righteous God was able to
Judge who was guilty and who was innocent; and
the history Of this country proves, that wise and
righteous people will decide between the innocent
and the guilty, and will hold the latter amenabe,
at the bar of public justice, for their misdeeds and
disagreement. As an evidence that the party in
power follow the policy ascribed to them above, let
the following evidence be adduced. Notwithstand.
ing the whole land has been inundated for long
period Of time, with certificates and testimonials
to establish the claims, talents and services of Mar
tin Van Observation-Disclosures which emanate MT
from unbiased, impartial men, but from the min
ions Of his minisration and partizlns of his poll
cy; these same men who have been at this work for
years, no sooner find that their unfounded and I'M
provoked ISLANDERS against Gen. Harrison, are retu-
witnesses taken from the mass Of foes as well as
friends; these same men, no sooner find out these
things than they, with more impernence than hon
esy, attempt to evode tie issue and to escape dis.
grace, by raising fog and rying out ''cerijGcate
Hero! certificate Hcro =" If there were wanting
additional eXempifcaton Of the truth Of these say
ings, it is afforded by the contents of the circular
before US. Embodied in this circular we find Ger.
titicates not only Of men certifying in favor of
Themselves, but also, certificates affecting to prove
to the ''unnformed tens and hundreds of thousands
of good citizens" whom they wish to enlighten, the
''pure democracy" "he diSinercstcd patriotism md
conscientious integrity' Of the treat Magician of
Knderhook! !!
Wen, verify, there are stems Of thousands and
hundreds Of thousands" (and | am one Of them
who want "inlormation" about his democracy ana
services for, in all candor, if lie possessed any off
the former and has rendered any Of the latter, we
are in terror" and are gnoran, Of the facts, wholly
in consequence, suppose, "for the want of inlor-
nation" To afford 4. II, Benton, l.. f. Lynn,
John Jameson and John Miller, all the benefits
which can result from the certificate they have civ
en-, beg Of you to publish it in the Times here, in
order that the poor deuded, ignorant Wings off
this country may learn something of the eXtraurdi-
nary exploits which have been performed by the
Arch-mugcian Of Undertook
Well, here it is -",lhe most gross and absurd
tabrcations have been Invented and circulated |
with respect TO Martin Van Buren, himself, all in
Tended to deceive and impose upon the Hnialormea |
and those most distant from The sources Of correct
information For ourselves, |
stationed here where We have near view of ali |
the Presidents conduct, both public and private,
we soemniy declare our belief in his pure demo-
cratic principles, his disinlerested patriotism, his
conscientious integrity ard his pre-emnont cupac-
l'y to administer the government. We make this
declaration fully and unrcservedy to you, and hope
that 1t Will stand for our answer to al that is inyen-
ted and circulated against Mr. Van Buren, and
that it will be satisfactory, to just and candid seek
ers after truth"
Now all you wretchcd ignorant, uniformed
Wings, if you do not take this 'soemn decara
ton Of these disiateresicd, mpariial dcponcnts