Lexington union. (Lexington, Miss.) 1838-18??, 1842-11-19
From the Globe.
THE INSIGNIA OF WHIGERY.


,ptly chosen some device TO exemplify
heir characters and generally the inie-
rior tribes of animals furnish, 10 some PEE
culiar and striking attribute, the charac-
teristic suited TO make the distinction sou't
to be displayed.
lis evident, from the universally OF
this propensity, that it has lis foundation
in our nature. There IS scarcely per-
sonage of any distinction among the Indian
tribes who have not representative |
among the birds or beasts of the wilder
ness. Keokuck, The crafty chief OF the
Foxes, is chrisiened with the name of the |
sly, prowliDg vagabond, whose instinct his
tribe have adopted to designate the species
of policy which they hold in the highest
esteem.
The Mad Buffalo is The name and devise
of chief of another tribe, who dashes
headlong into any danger, and trusts to his
bulk and impetus TO overthrow and defeat
it; and his cap is surmounted with buffalo
horns. We once knew shrewd little
Indian chief who depended on well medit.
called the "Little Owl" When we saw
him at VIncennes in 1SIl-where he
overreached Gen. Harrison for saddle
and bride, by telling him he travelled
thousand miles to compose the rising hos
tiIities among the Indians against him,
riding on a deerskin, with hts horses nose
tied and managed with grape vine for a
brdle-,his il-boding messenger OF Te-
cumseh had his vIssOge dressed in feathers
like an owl, until nothing was visible OF
his face but his curved nose and staring
eyes. He put on the very look, s. spoke
IN the shlverIng voice Of the screech owl.
This emblemalc mode OF displaying the
qualities Of which people are proud, runs
also into heir religion and politics, and is
as remarkable among civilized as savage
nations. 1t is as old as Egypt and her
hlerogIyphjcs. France and England
the people with whose pecularilies we are
most famiiar-are so Enthusiastically
marked by the traits Of the ANIMALS which
have, mmemorlalIy been connected with
their armoriai eDsigns, that one .Vould sup
pose that they, in the lapse Of ages, en-
deavered to conform their characters TO
that of the animals figuring On their flags.
The blood loving llon--that lies 10 wait,
and leaps from its covert upon its feeble
prey, unconscious that the remorseiess
deyourer is near-if memoir Of its spoil.
atoms among the weaker races of Africa
were written, would give US the history OF
the exploits OF Greai Britain So The cock
whose gaIlan, strut and crow invite battle
from the brave, and the love and depend
ence of the efeminate, is a fit emblem Of
the chivalry and galIanlry of France;-
while the Implying, unsparing cruelty Of
It's reused spirit marks the most horrible
trait ia the French character. Our own
free, strong, iair-sighted eagle-seIdom
obtruGing itself upon The conflicts OF tine
world, and seeking q high and solitary
deslny--is, we think, fine type Of the
genius of our government, aud the sPintof
the patriotic men that gave birth TO it, o.
of those who still support it.
But there is another class among us,
who have taken very different Device
and certainly a very appropriate one-to
distinguish them as a separate party from
the mass Of their couniTymen: we mean
those who have chosen the Raccoon, Tor,
as they tondly and Familiarity phrase 1t,
that tsa me old coon, as personitication
of all the instincts and habits which belong
TO them as a party. .a
When boy, we hunted, and sometimes
Eendeavored to domesicate the raccoon
when caught Young. We know something
therefore, Of this nimal-which may be
considered as the very head of the class
called vermIn; and Of all this tribe OF
depredators, it is certainly the worst
Neither the farmers poultry yard nor his
corn field is safe from him; and what DIS
tinguishes him as worse than other petty
robbers is, that he is wanton IN his MIS-
chief, and destroys much more than IS ne
cessary for his purpose One of these bu-
sy ravagers will break down more than
twenty stalks OF farmers young corn in
a single tight, tear the shuck from the ear
and taking bite or two out OF each, leave
them to rot. The next night he continues
his devastation upon the standing corn,
with the same mtschievous instinct Of
wantou rapacity that induces our tnrifiites
to add few centS TO their prolific, TO ac-
cumuIate hundreds in burdens upon the
community. As a domesticaed pet, no.
Thing ever was found so destructive as the
raccoon, 1t will steal into safes and cup
boards; break The china; turn over every
vessel that contains anything fluid; carry
off cold meats; break the eggs; plough up
l,ha hu,,er with his nose, and after working