Bloomington herald. [volume] (Bloomington, I. T. [Iowa]) 1840-1849, 1841-01-22

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clare our sentiments openly and without a..
or reservation, that in our opinion the Late ~
| test has not resulted in triumph of princinl..
| over principles, but it is rather triumnh -
management and maneuvring over principls
This being the facts if.the case. il becom..
us . rally with renewed vigor around our a.
cred cause-to begin with redoubled enerp,
| to combat with our opponents-to organize ana
discipline ourselves for the fight; and 10 re.
solve to endure any thing rather than TO our.
render Cur political sentiments, convinced tina,
they are founded on the imperishable basis Of
| truth, and that their tendency is to extend the
! blessings OF human liberty and ameiiorate the
condition of man.
| The object Of this convention is to concen
tra'e and unite our strength; 10 devise the
means to procure unanimiy Of action and Of
effort; to dlffuse correct We've, and in word.
loproyde for long pull, a strong pull, and
pull altogether.
we are prompted to this step because we
nave an Intelligent, vigilant and an active
opponent; the ncessaRt exer,ions. the varied
means and the nnliring perseverance they have
manifested, has taught us useful lesson and
II Is our own fault if we should not be an,
scholars. The late election has shown us what
may be done even in an unrighteous cause
what cannot be accomplished then, under sim
liar circumstances, when. we contend for tho
tree principles of our free institutions aud tho
sacred rights OF man?
| We. are induced to take this step because
the party to which have the honor to belong.
has on all occasions, come forward aud avow.
cd their political sentiments; they have not
| hesl,ated to say what were their views. Our
| political sentiments are known and acknowl.
edged, and IN these we are united; we hold
them dear as our life's blood. 1t is this which
cements our union, and it is by confiding too
| much IN the rectitude of our course, and rest
Ing upon lis Intrinsic excellence, we have suf.
tered the enemy to steal march upon Us;
but by union and concert the true Democratic
party viii regain all they have lost, and will
plant their standard too firmly on the height
whence fraud and management can never pluck
ii.
We are prompted to do this because the OPP
| posing party are made up OF discordant mate
| rails, such Earring elemeu,s, such heteroge.
| NOUS mass that there is no probability that
they cannot long subsist together. 1t carries
within itself the seeds Of its own destruction;
ere long these opposing powers wlll beginto
operate, reaction will take place and the ex-
piosion will be as loud, as tremendous, and as
fatal as the mass is unwieldy and discordant.
Tie present party must and will turn their
arms upon themselves. and In this intestine
broi Federalism, like Luciter, will fall, Hope
never to rise again.
/ We are prompted to this from the state Of
parties in our Territory. The Territory is de.
cldedly Democratic, as IS shone from the re.
suits Of the late election. when our opponents
brought out all their force, while We in many
places were listless aud indifferent. This de-
cided Democratic majority is further evident
from the fact, that during the whole of the
Presidential controversy. our virgin soil was
not once polluted with those bacchanalan or
Igies, those hard cider Qualifications, those bar
room carousals which have disgraced our COM
mon country; to my knowledge not one meet
ing Of this sort was held in this fair Teritosy,
and that TO me is positive testimony that the
4 great majority of cltizens are Democrats,
say, sir, that no one of these miscaled !" log
1 cabin" gatherings were held in our Territory
4 pending the great Presidential controversy,
and did not expect to witness the prosti.u-
hon of the endearing name of log cabin, as
have had the dissatisfaction to witness at
ate meeting in Burlington. After all the ex-
Icitement had subsidized in every section Ct the
|country. and the sober second thought Of our
Ipolitlcal opponents was fast condemning their
past conduct, it was deemed necessary to have
a log cabin rejoicing, that the opponents might
/ openly triumph over their adversares. A mag
/ unanimous victor never exults over the van.
pushed, and its only end is TO embtter US a.
gainst each other. And pray, MIR. Chairman,
what was this mighty show? had the curl
osity to witness one Of these new tangled
meetings, aud saw something mounted on
H sled!
i But, Mr.. Chairman, would You call that
log cabin. Why, sir, in the section Of coan-
try came from they would call that hea-
house! You can see one in every farm-yard.
Yes, sir, saw what we call hen-house
mounted sled aud drawn by two yoke Of
half starved oxen. | pited the shvering
Sucker that had charge Of the miserable con-
I Germ. On ore end of this thing was nailed
/ il had been taken from the body of an animal
| that had died of its own accord, and the whole
! affair moved off 10 the tune suppose Of Resin
| The Bow. 1t is bad enough, Mr.. Chairman,
10 caricature our endeared log-cabin in this
4 way, but what American bat must feel indig-
4 nant to see our national banner that floats
4 proudly at The mast head of our victorious
4 ships. and over our forts and arsenals, to see
! that proud flag stuck on TO the end Of sap
Ing and hosted over hen-coop! II this be
fair specimen Of log cabin Publications, tho
J Lord deliver us from witnessing such exhibi-
\ ions in future. lHere the audience answered
amen.)
But, Mr.. Chairman, am trespassing on
l the patience of the meeting. On subject 90
interesting as is this, while much more might
be said, it was scarcely possible to say less.
Proftable..-I want to geta few OF your
papers that have the latest news"