Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1840-05-02
anonymously disregarded their sovereign

That Clark must DC oul next tOVelhoI,
infer from the proposition thot truth may
be suppressed for while, but that it is i'm
mutable and must finally prevail. In all
ages of the world, the great fundamental
truths of government and morals, have
finally triump Pied over error and folly,
wht never REASON has been free and untram-
melted by tyranny.
Thank God, although living under the
basest despot, that ever disgraced mighty
nation, the hearts Of Greemen yet beat in the
bosoms of the American people. Their
oppression has been Of too short duration.
to divest them of that patriotic spirit and
that devotion to liberty, which character
lied the days of the Revolution.-JuS lei
truth in its simplicity be presented to the
consideration of Missourians, and eEorsin
all its hideousness be placed by its side, and
the beauty and excellency of truthSwill win
all hearts while error will be discarded and
forced to hide its gorgon crest in iheseaves oil
night, in the dark recesses Old dorance and
vice. Clark is dealing in stubborn facts;
he seduIously avoids every fancilul flourish;
and he strives TO convince the Judgment
by the force Of argument rather than to ex-
cite the passions and arouse the feelings of
the people by empty declaration or inco.
herent rawlings. In the hands OF such man
truth is mighty and WILL PREVAIL.
That he will be triumphantly elected
over Reynolds, | infer from the high estima.
ton in which he is held by all parties, as
well for the important services he has rem
dered his country, as for his private virtues
and moral worth, in all his career, no one
has seen in him a deviation from the path
Of virtue and of rectitude. He has shown
himself TRUE MAN in all the relations Of
life. For these reasons, saying nothing Of
the cause he is pleading, and the principles
on which he POUNDS his claim to the support
of free and independent people, his claims
are paramount to those of his competitor,
who to say the least of it, is of very dubious
morals, and whose notions Of our holy
Religion are certainly very latitudlnarIan.
There are hundreds in old Howard, who
will not soon forget the awful denunciation,
made by the judge last spring against those
who did not deem it to their interest to SUBJ
scribe for the location OF the State Univer-
sity at Fayette. His words were, 81 pray
God that those who will not have their
names enrolled among the subscribers to
this institution may never have them re-
corded in the book of life.' IT'S true he re.
called the expression, and apologised for the
blasphemy, after one indignant burst of dis.
appreciation had spontaneously arisen from
the whole crowd he was addressing. The
Judge has not to this day lost that intoer-
ant spirit. He is the same uhcompromising
demagogue-all urbanity to those who
favor his views or his interest, but ready to
deal The most horrid anathemas on all who
have independence enough TO think and act
: for themselves. The man who could coolly
and deliberately use so blasphemous an ex.
: preston to the free citizens of such a
county as this, would willingly see pesti
lence stalk abroad in the land, and famine
and the sword carry desolation in theiI
train, if they could assist in promoting his
; schemes or forwarding his own selfish inter,
ests. Can it be possible, with facts like
, these staring them IN the face, that the
people of Missouri, will so far encouraoe
immortality and irreligion, as to promote to
: seat of the highest trust and honour such
a man as Reynolds, in preference to the tai
ent ed, the virtuous and upright Clark ? Ii
; is an insult to the sovereign people to sup.
pose such an event possible. The course
pursued by Reynolds in the present canvass
is any thing but honorable and high minded
; Instead of meeting his antagonist in the
, field of honorable combat, and fair and open
argument, he sneaks along in his trail, oper.
; ating on the passions and prejudices of the
vulgar by stories and anecdotes of old
dutch women and such like stuff. am
told he has never attempted an argument
to prove the honesty and purity Of the
party to which he belongs, but cries out
; wherever he goes that Van Buren, is q
Democrat and a Jackson man, that Harri.
son is an abolitionist and that his supporters
are federalists. This is the stuff he is deal
ing out to the freemen Of Missouri, and
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