The Hawk-eye and Iowa patriot. (Burlington, Iowa) 1839-1843, 1841-01-07

AS II budded and blossomed in that selec
/ band
Who at Harrisburg met. there to saw VIII
should be
he best man to rule DER the brave and tn
free;
Inc Convention decided, as all before knew,
nat the best man to choose was OLD TIppE
CANOE
from the north to the south, from the cas-
TO the west
The announcement was hailed with the heart
lest zest
ny 'he People, whose voices had long been un
needed
W the sly cunning fox, who Jackson succeeded
ne iocos were mad and professed to sheer
At HaErison's poverty as we'll as his cheer,
ana SAID If we'd give him two thousand year,
With Hard Cider plenty and Log Cabin rent
free
Without being President, contented he'd be
Ihls all those aroused who in Log Cabins dwelt
/ he insult by them was most forcibly felt;
They gather'd from hillside, they gather'd from
valley
With Log Cabin enbcms they made great
rally;
lhey knew that their candidate was kind to
Tie poor
And the 'latcil string" was never pulled in
at his door,
tic was honest and capable ira e and humane
And meier had by bribery or corruption made
gain.
All this nervcd their arm in the political irht
llho claim of their foes being mere supposed
might
And they fought like brave men, secure in the
right,
They came from the timber, the prairie, the
mount,
They gathered in numbers that no one could
count,
The thousands at Dayton and Bunker Hill too,
At Nashville, at Baltimore and Tippccaroe,
Proclaimed that the People were awake to
their wrongs
AS was tested throughout by their soul
cheering songs.
So. met other crowds, who by acres were
counted;
But time would sure fail could their deeds be
rscounted ..... ...
With banners and embems that were ne er
before seen
The professions appeared, like vision or
dream
The significant notices united to make
The people acquainted with the issue at stake.
We must in brief mention the cause of ca
citcment
That thus led these crowds to draw up an
indictment
Against their chief ruler, oft called cunning
Van,
And confer his high Office on some other man.
Safe Sub Treasury scheme, that lay so near
to his heart,
Than sooner rclinquish he with office would
part,
Was viewed by the people as an odious measure,
encouraging agents TO runaway with much
treasure.
The way he conducted the Florida War, 200,
With blood hounds, that proved an inadequate
crew a..
70 worry the Indians, or cen at them bite,
Made the old Soldiers angry and ready to fight |
lis Standing Army bill too, filled all with
alarm,
As two hundred thousand were obliged TO arm,
And march where the President in his wisdom |
might say,
)r suffer the penalty for running away.
lis extravaganza also was laid much TO heart,
While the poor and Industrious were all made |
to smart;
lis Kingly ambition sought the purse and the
sword,
Which maddcncd all those who often had
heard
The fate of Republics that by such union had |
And they dreaded the sound of the Nations
death kne!l.
IN additional number of causes like these
Led the people once more the power to seize.
hey willcd it and when once the People
do so,
n vain viii it be Cor the Locos to Crow
&C. one hundred and fifty by thousands be told,
Md say not the ajorily was purchased with
gold;
lis Islander to say so, and mono will dare do it |
'ut those whose Democracy lies close to their
pocket.
The nation is saved, and all is o. *.
20 VIC hope you'll rejoice at the frightening
day.
Vans last Message has come, and a doleful
one It's,
10 presumption promise, no western mans
bliss,
moro iattery Of those whose votes went
against him,
'ut sorrow depicts his eyes full to the brim,
lis sympathics wake for the descendants of
Ham
lie says nought of elections, and ends like
lamb.
At home we have health and a sure ndica-
" prosperous times throughout this great ma
ton;