Bloomington herald. [volume] (Bloomington, I. T. [Iowa]) 1840-1849, 1841-12-24
rrou iii, N. 81. n L

A.e now pasSe0 sluGca 49, ~
rear nas Wild toruado swept over t'af
rn, IKE :, came ike the cholefa, the plague
unty. = : "sn of the desert. Va heard
ike the s shsreof. but could not tel from
sound wv = whittier it went. But gouos
renee i ca"' And in its place came voice
s he rumhlng Of dls aaa stamping truth il
e sn,it Of the Storm an 40 nr;1c;nIes which
pfadin'g g el hsrd and misguided people had
ssaish as.a ,heir feet. It began on our own
cJsn a M, Its rs Rubbing has been heard
aoiie mus ~ of,he Union to the other. It has
on one e ~ - - s,iI louder and louder pea's,
cken tori" ~. :" sast 10 the west. from Maine,
bling from -" IA New York, to Ohio, Mich
ssa the prares Of Iowa mas, mas SEM ~ a ,he
'n a" nd CONSERVATION into me RANKS q no ,1
pay anu II t has overihrown the images o. golu
hiss: c,ar a' which they worshipped even as. as
I'D OF Gay a,as,ra,ed before the ak OF the
Baal was As ,ba, political s,or"' there was one
Lord." In e '"', and unyielding; from his con-
who stood mn ike the tall oak of the forest he
Epicuousness' "d the greatest fury of the blast.
WAS eXpoSeo :, i needless to mention, was
ms V,S Buars. In tine most trying mo-
MARTIN "a, .ountrv, he was called to the ex-
ment OF s pu, Jackson had withstood' WIN
eenlVe e"u, the base antiques OF selfish.
Roman h'lr' n,rv he had even rolled back the
speculsu"s , "a and delivered the country from
tide oil Ta'' But the second onset was
present oN"I ia, the first. In this we had TO
sun a'e the las, struggles OF an expiring mon
eac''''1 oae tao. that had for more 'Nan twenty
s'e'' a.;arded tyrants power over our coon-
years T.a, ambition, and the gratlfcat'on
ny. na,;,es and passions, were all held up
Of tns hp neoole. to entice them from the true
before lae "f democracy. Thus armed, like
pIin'lp.i'f llan angels. with internal weapons,
Mll'0n , - that they should for time, sue
repd, even agans, the veteran soldiers OF ne-
S'eu' ,.r This extraordinary conflict was
no yan ~ Martin Van Buren,; and through 1t
" NJ bo showed the frmness OF a patriot, and the
",' ~ # statesman. His conduct after his
%u..,, Shows great and noble mind. Conf
I I;nr ia the recude of his purpose, and IN the
1.a77dness Of his principles. and to an enlsht-
sOad country. to do him Justice, he suffered no.
,binc to destroy his eqsanlAlty OF MUD. In
alrersity. where men are seen IN their true
G,h, and character, when foes slandered, and
trS.Js deserted him, his character shone forth
sven BRIGHTER than before. he grleved at all,
!, was for his coantry. aud no, for himself.
And now when the bright star Ut prosperity Is
AGAIN beaming upon US, let US not forget him.
Let US not be branded by posterlty. like the
Athenian republic, with ingrs,itude to our best
men; but rather, let US protect them with our
shields, and if called upon, bear them onward
10 viccry. There are many in eur ranks who
have done much, but there are none who have
DISPLAYED greater zeal. or suffered more for the
cause Of Democracy. than MARTIN Van buren,.
May We, at east, tender TO him GU. love and
sympathy. and show him and the world that
We are not uugratetul for such emi aent servl-
ces. New Hampshire has ever stood by him.
ii the most trying moments, when nealy all
had iorsaken him aud fled, she stood firm and
uuyiedag Like tue Roman soldiers at the
desrrrtioa Of Pompeli. who chose rather to
meet death from the burning fires of 4Etna.
Than leave their posts SO New Hampshire
has remained at her post. bearing far in advance
The ej@rlo8s banner of Democracy, ever rally
ING around it in time of need. May she ever
bear it onward, with this motto engraven upon
I'll tBERTY OR DEATH" jUNENIS.