Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1840-06-16
Yours &c X. Y. u.
For the Herald.


The members of that political party who
adhere to the principles and support the adj
ministration of the present chief magistrate,
profess TO have, and perhaps do in reality en-
terrain, many fears that the credit which hard
cider is now gaining will have dele,erious
effect upon the morals of community that
upon that account intcmperance will be in
creased, and all those vices which are its in
evitablc results. But they must recollect that
the appellaion of hard cider and log cabin
was first applied to our candidate for the
presidency by their own press--by what par
ticular paper am not aware, nor is it at all i'm
portant to know. This they will not and can
not deny. II was used by them as a term OF
reProach; and, by making him TO appear as a
man of humble rank calculated, as they tho't,
to defeat his election. They fnd however,
much to their chagrin, that their ATTEMPTS to
obscure his fame are foiled, and in the homes
ty and simplicity of their hearts, wish to make
us father the name, while they charge us with
having attracted to the Wing ranks the drunk
en-, low part of the people by the cheering cry
of "hard cider"
Here is the secret; the popularity Of Gen.
Harrison increases, and the most profitable
way for them TO account for it they unhesitat-
ingly choose, whether it be real or false.
Whether Gen. Harrison ever lived in log
cabin or drank hard cider, know not and |
care not; but l believe do know he is an ac-
complshed diplomatist, frugal, but not sor-
didly parsimonious poli.ician-one who can
defend or avenge us in case of need, nay,
more-he is an honest man.
We have to a certain degree, grant, ac-
ceptcd the name which they have assigned to
our candidate, and will give, in few words,
wha, consider sufficient reason for it. The
interests of our country are evidently in a
sinking conditions every measure of M. Van
Buren, only increases the embarrassment -
what preventative, then, is there which we
can use to obstruct the impending ruin Ger
tainly proper change of measures at the
fountain-head, ur, president of different pol
icy. Any change can hardly be productive of
deteriority--a change well made, from an in
triguing demagogue to one of Gen. Harrison's
efis. II, therefore, hard cider will assist in
his election, and consequently in the revival of
the failing strength Of our country, in which
the vital interests Of us all are concerned is
not, l ask, the cry well and rightly used
Most assuredly. No one can suppose that i
will cause detriment to the moral tone of soci-
ETY. sufficient to counterbalance one 1.-THE of
the advantage. But, in my humble opinion,
there is no cause for fear This simple beve-
rage will not make drunkards /; it is but one of
the numerous favors Of providence which, it
is true, must be used with moderation to have
its value experienced.
The poor Of our country do not increase in
their attachment TO Gen Harrison. because
they consider him ga man after their own
hearts" who would drink hard cider with
them at the ale-house bar, or indulge in the in
temperate habits to which many Of them are
addicted, but they understand, by the appella-
ton now prefixed to his name, one who has
felt the storms as well as the Gains of life, one
who has not always lain upon the couch Of
public office, one who has undergone MANY
hardships, dangers and privations for the pub
lie good one who, to certain degree, will
sympatlize in their sufTerings, hear their
complaints, punish their oppressors and light
en- the hardships of their condition.
Bot our moral Tory friends pretend that the
evil will extend TO every kind Of intoxicating
drinks, producing an increased CONSUMPTION
OF them. And, moreover, that they have been
brought to our own village this spring by those
who would not have dared TO introduce them
so extensively in the face Of public censure,
but for the above mentioned cause. Now.
THIS must be sheer nonsense in the eyes Of all
who are acquainted with the facts. II was
known, or at least believed, by almos, all the
inhabitants Of this place that spirits were sold
by those persons last year, in defiance Of law.
public opinion and every moral obligation
Why this wicked practice was not corrected.
canno, tell, unless il was through coward.