Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1840-05-01

derision, we lay before them the following
article from the Boston Atlas. which vii!
throw some light upon the subject
LOG CABINS AND HARD CIDER"
I'VE thank thee, Jesc, for teaching that ,oord."
The Tory party are somewhat alarmed
a, the effects which their own ISLANDERS and
sneers AT the poverty OF Gen. Harrison nre
producing. They are accordingly trying
to get lid OF the responsibility OF calling
him the "tlARn CIDER" and the "Loa
CABIN" candidate. The Tories are s,ri
wing TO make il appear that the story origin
nted with the Wings. and have the assur.
ance 10 go so far as to deny in toto thai he
even lives in log house. As somef Of our
friends have expressed some curiosity 10
know the origin Of the terms Hard Cider
and Log Cabin, which have now become
the ralIying cry ofihe majority Of the free.
men Of the United States, partly 10 CRAFTY
their desire for information, and partly 10
pin the falsehood upon the foreheads
Of thesc veterans 10 deception we will show
the fist origin OF these words, and that they
came originally from the Tory party alone
Within very few days after the nomin-
alton Of the Harrisburg Convention WINS
announced, the correspondent Of the BALI
more Republican, Tory paper, gave what
he pretended was an account of visit by
him TO the old vtteran.-te complained
that the only refreshment furnished him by
his. poverty stricken host was "hard cider
and crackers" at which the visitor very po-
li,ely turned up his orsioc ratio nose and
marched off, The court-bred puppy con-
,-l1.I Nth
specimen Of Tory decency.
Give him barrel of HARD CIDER.
and settle pension Of two thousand q year
on him, and my word fol it, he will sit the
remainder Of his days in his LOG CABIN.
the side Of 'scacoap FIRE. and study NOR.
al philosophy"
A few days after the same paper furnish
ed the following additional evidence Of the
disregard Of the writer for decency and pro-
| prie,y Of event. most ordinary character:
"A PRoPosrTIoN.-lt was proposed,
some time since that Gen. Harrison should
be presented with barrelI OF HARD CT
DER on condition OF his retiring from the
Geld as candidate for the Presidency"
! About the same time the Washington cor
respondent of the New York Evening
Post, following the example of its worthy
compcer, added the following excrucia,ing
piece Of wiucsm TO the nunibrrless unman-
" attacks which have come from that par.
Ity:
Gen. Harrson's poverty has awakened
the sympathy OF the ladies Of this District,
and they are now ut work, getting upn sub
scripiion to supply the war " orn hero with
suit Of clothes. II you have any old shoes
IL IL h.,c al
them on. and they will be forwarded to the
hero Of the North Bend"
For while, the Tories thought all this
a capital joke, and these choice extracts
were copied far and wide into The Loco Foco
papers No one thought then OF telling
the falsehood of his vast income as "clerk
i: Of petty court" to use their own lam
guage. Oh mol
On the other hand. the Wings were will
: ling to allow that the old General did reside
in dwelling, which being built of hewn
T logs, might perhaps be styled log cabin
, nor did they deny that he occasionally
: qnenched his thirst with that truly repub-
| Iican beverage, "hard cider" while Mr. Van
5 ic and costly drink of champaign. Nor
could the Wings perceive any crime in his
T honest poverty.
Meanwhile these coniemptnous and dis
reputable sneers at the honorable poverty
OF The brave defender of his country aroused
= the Indignation Of the honest yeomanry
y mechanics and laborers throughout the
country. The leaders saw their party hack;
, had made mislake--that they were crea
: ting an unfavorable impression, and lha
the PEOPLE were rallying under the gather
. ing cry of the Loo CABIN CANDIDATE
! They attempted accordingly TO remedy III,
mischief AS MIR Buchanan waited {
whole month without dreaming he wa.
! misrepresenied by MIR. Davis so the Tories
/ charged Gen. Harrison with the crime o
Q being poor man until they were aiding
= his cause and injuring their own, when, 10
: they changed right about Gen. Harrison
y is no longer the poor man he was. he NJ
: longer lives in log cabin, but in one 0
:, stone, ian untruth) on one of the riches
= farms in Ohio. and has an immense salary
&c &c. But il is an endless and an un
4, profitable labor TO hunt the Loco Foco
- through the labyrinth OF falsehood, whicl
e they have invented concerning Gen. Har
~ rison. Their ASPIRATIONS are so numerous
: so contradiclory,they neulralze one another
'sl ADVANTAGE OF ADvERTIsING.--One
- our friends called npon us a few days az
:. TO say that he had just got good cash o.