Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1840-09-19
the subscriber Justice Of the Peace in and for
The said city, and made oath that the statements
contained in the foregoing letter are true.
VIM. ASHMAN."

conIabeu III ule loregolnB letter are True
VIM ASHMAN."
Here, sir, the maxim "like master, like man."
applies in all its force. care, therefore, not
whit whether Mr.. Van Buren, was within his
carriage at tho time the gig of Mr.. Camp was
rode down and broken to fragments on Pennsylva-
MIA avenue or not. His conduct afterwards shows
that he approved the conduct of his driver in the
whole affair, for, instead of dscharging his nso-
lent English driver the moment he refused to
make suitable reparation for the outrage, as eve
ry lover Of Justice would have done, Mr.. Van
Buren, giueS the letter Of the poor injured citizen
10 his foreign drirer, who went to him and
abused him in most insulting manner for hau.
ing told his master.
The humble gig of Mr.. Camp had as good
right to occupy the space on the broad avenue as
had Mr.. Van Buren's gilded coach. 1t was well
however, that Mr. Camp escaped with mere
abuses & that he had not been forthwith mprison.
ed for refusing TO submit with Christian meekness,
thus to be rode over and rode down, by this great
democrats British state coach.
And here let me step aside for Q moment TO
show you what are the real principles, tho genu-
inc feelings Of men who claim to be the patent
exclusive democrats OF this country. About two
years ago, the editor of the Globe, speaking Of
the officers Of the Navy, said that 'ft is imposs.
bic to make heroes Of men pho adopt the maEimS
and principles of cosBLERs AND TINKERs."-
Here the truth slipped out, these men showed 10
the world with what sort OF feelings they view
the leboring mechanics Of this country; but that
article had scarcely got abroad, when the author
found he had missed figure, and in an unguarded
moment had TOO freely exposed his real sent-
ments; SO he tried to get out of the scrape by
philosophising little, and after rejecting for
about fortnight, he came out with all explana-
ton in which he said, that by cobblers and tink
| ers he did not mean the cobblers and thinkers Of
this country; oh no! not at all but he referred
to that poor, degraded, ignorant, ragged crew who
surrounded the great cities in Europe so his
meaning turned out TO be that our naval officers
had been educated as thinkers and cobblers in the
suburbs Of the European cities. The explana-
ton was little lame, but not more so than that
attempted by the Baltimore Republican to do
away with what it had said about hard cider and
log cabins. But can tell gentlemen that by
next fall our farmers will have had time to get
through their harvest Of wheat and rye, and TO
get all their buckwheat housed and thrashed out,
and then they will just be ready to give Mr.. Van
Buren, glass Of good hard cider. To return 10
this Baltimore Republican. As soon as it was
discovered that the Harrisburg Convention had
nominated General Harrison, that paper treated
the nomination with most contemptuous rdcule,
and ieernsly observed, that il the wings would
Just give him (Gen. Harrison,) 4 BARREL OF
HARD CIDER, and settle pension of t,vo ko,t-
sand year on him, and my 1cOrd yor it he ,Oill
sit the remainder of his days in has log cabin By
the side of the sea coal fire and study moral phi
loSophy'
The word was spoken in an evil hour That
very sentence reused oil the log cabin boys of the
land, and tell you gentlemen now that the cabins
are all on fire west of the mountains. They may
put on bold face and try to deny it, but they vii
find to their disnay that there is something which
has gone to the very Heart Of the farmers and
working men Of this land. The days of the Rev.
olution have returned; the spirit OF Bunker Hill
is abroad; the feelings OF Monmouth are catching
| like train Of combustbles from cabin to cabin;
the sneer has stung them; it has gons deep, and
it will stick in spite Of all efforts to explain it
away. The feeling is permanent, because it
rests on principle. 1t is the leading principle OF
our free Government that every man stands equal
in the eye OF the law: and is tina. not noble, a
glorious, sacred principle in the breasts OF Free
menl No, sir. The great mass Of the American
People never will suffer the poor man to be shomed
and dcspised for the smalncss Of the tax he pays.
If his isllow.ctizens prefer him for his solid er-
its, his poverty never shall operate as bar 10 his
preforment; his claims shall never be put down
because he lives in log cabin and not in mar.
BILE palace, and is forced to drink hard cider be.
cause he cannot pay for hook and champagne out
of the public purse. l would gentlemen romem-
Der there are good many log cabins in this land,
and they are inhabited by men whose votes will
tell none the less because they do not walk upon
royal Wilton carpets, have no mirrors nine feet
by five, and do not eat their dinner with knives
and forks of gold.
This base assault on Gen. Harrson's poverty
and through him, on all the poorer classes OF the
community, by the Baltimore Republican, wa;
followed up by the Washington correspondent o
the New York Evening Post the princpa loco
foco organ in that city, in the following man
ner:
General Hauison's POVERTY has awakened
the sympathy of the ladies' Of this District, ant
they are now at work getting up subscription tc
supply the 'war-worn hero with a SUIT OF
CLOTHES. II you have any OLD SHOES, OLD BOOTS
OLD HATS, or OLD STOCKINGS, send them on
and they will be forwarded to the HERO OF NoRrr
IBEND,"
| can inform this insolent locofoco that Gen
Harrison, though not rich, has always had money
sufficient to pay for HEMMING HIS OWN Disu-RAG'
and GRINDING HIS OWN KNlvEs-and that ht
would scorn to charge the People of the United
States with foreign "Cut acine coolers" liguo
stands and golden chains 10 hang golden label
around the necks of 'Jarrel-Shapc flute decanter,
Nth cone stoppers.' And can further inform
this locofoco caIumnator that the hands of thu
'IIero Of North Bend have become 50 hard BY
the use Of the fail and the plough tail, that a cor
dial grasp of his dexter would cause the big tear