Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1840-07-18

polls "Take care, for have waited long enough
for what has been promised, The plea OF poverty
can no longer be made The Treasury is now full.
Take care, your seat is in danger" 'Oh! yes, every
thing that has been promised shall be attended to,
il YOU will give me your votes" In this way, fel.
low-citizens, tardy, but partial, justice was done
~ the soldiers Of the Revolution. They mude
friends by their influence at the ballot box. But
it was different with Gen. Wayne's soldiers. They
were but few in number, and had but one two
humble advocates to speak for them in Congress.
The result has been, justice has been withheld.
have said that the soldiers under Wayne eXpc-
rienced greater hardShips even than the soldiers oi
the revolution. This is Every one can appre-
ciate the difference between an Indian aud regular
war. When wounded in battle, the soldier must
have warmth and shelter before he can recuyer--
This could always be secured BY the solcier Of the
revolution. In those days, the latch string Of no
door was pulled in. When wounded, he was SURE
TO find shelter ind very many of those comforts
which are so essential to he sick, but which thu
soldier in an Indian war cannot procure Instead
OF shelter and warmth, he is exposed to the thou
sand ills incident to Indian wartnre--Yet no relet
was extended to those who had thus suffered!
After the closed under Wayne, retired
and when | saw man poorer than all others, wan
dering ABOUT the land, decrepid and decayed by in
temperance, it was unnecessary to enquire whether
he had ever belonged to Wayne'S army. His con-
dition a guarantee of that--was n sufficient as
surance that he had wasted his energies among the
unwhOlsome Swomps of the West, in the defence OF
the rights of his tellow-citizenS and for the main
tenance Of the honor and glory of his country.
Well, fellow citizens | can only saw that if il
should ever be in my power to pay the debt which
is due these brave but neglected men, that debt shall
first of all be paid.--And | am very well satisfied
that the government can afford it, PROVIDED THE
TATCH STRING OF THE TREASURY SHALL EVER BE
MORE CAREFULLY PULLED IN. Perhaps you will
ask me for some proof of nv friendship for old
7 =, No.
of Congress. When the fifteen hundred dollar
law was repealed, opposed it, as opposed chang
ing the pay of members of Congress from six to
light dollars, until we had done Justice to-, and
provided for, these soldiers You will find my
votes upon this question among the records of Con-
gress and my speech upon it, in the pubishcd de-
bates of the time
will now, fellow-ciizens, give you my reasons
for having refused TO give pledges and opinions
more freely than | have done since my nomlnation
to the Presidency Many of the statements pub
= hshed upon this subject are by no means correct
but it is true that it is my opinion that no pledge
should be made by an individual when in nomina
ION for any office in the gift of the people And
why Once adopt it, and the ba,tle will no longer
be to the strong-to the vrtuous--or to the sincere
lover of his country; but to him who is prepared
to tell the greatest number of lies md TO prolia,
the largest number of pledges which he never in
tends to carry out. | suppose that the best quar-
antee which an American citizen could have of
the correctness of the conduct of an individual in
the future, would be his conduct in the past, when
he had no temptation before him, to practice de-
ceit.
Now, fellow citizens, l have not altogether
grown grey under the helmet of nv country al
though | have worn it for some time A large
portion of my life has been passed in the civil de-
partnents Of government. Examine my. conduct
there, and the most tenacious democrat / use the
word in its proper sense mean not to conine it
to parties, for there good in botl--may, doubt.
less, discover faults, but he will find single act
calculated to derogate from the rights Of the peo-
pie.
However, to prove the reverse of this, have
been called Federalist. Here was loud cry OF
the charge is a lie--a base lie. You are no fed
eraist. Well, what is u teLerulist | recOllect
what the word formerly signfed, and there are
many others present who rec0llec its former signi
hcatlon also They know that the federal party
were accused OF a design to strengthen the hands oi
the general government at the expense of the separ
ate States. That accusation could not cannot
apply to me- | was brought up after the srictest
manner of Virginan anti-tederalism. ST. Paul
himself was not greater devo!ee to the doctrines
OF the Pharisees, than was |, by inclination and
fathers precepts and example, to anti federalism.
was taught to believe that sooner or later, that fatal
catastrophe to human liberty would take place
that the general government would swallow up all
the State governments and that one department OF
the government would swallow up all the other de-
Paft'nehts' u" not hlow whelher my iiiehu Mr.
an Duie Huiu "I - u''u noP' ever VIII NC my
Pelsohal Iiehul nus d sui'et tHat can swallow
oveiy .nanS out uo nnow, t,aI II ms measures
are hol an cafec OUT. nc VIII Jay iouhdatioh lor
o'H mit W ~ so' II ne us cn not
HhaI r feiectlns l''an ieiow-clti%ehS, cannot sec
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