Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa Territory [Iowa]) 1840-1846, 1842-09-24
MULTUM IN pARVO,
WING PRINCIPLES IN A NUT.
SHE'LL

WING PRINCIPLES IN A NUT.
SHELL.
The following verses. extracted from
one OF the new Clay songs now practiced
in the coonertes, embrace, in few words
and captivating form, the sum and sub
stance OF Clay-whig principles Had
we not first formd them published in so
respectable a journal as the Philade phia
United States Gazette, a print Of undoubt.
cd whiggcry, we would have been dispos-
ed to view them as the ironical eifusions OF
some malicious democrat. As it is, we
confess ourselves astonished at the dar
ing effrontcry OF that rascality which
recklessly braves the public with the de-
ve'opement Of such corrupt motives. The
songs Of the last campaign were used to
conceal the principles OF candidates from
the public eye. But it would seem that
those Of the present day have been inven-
ted 20 develope more fully than plain prose
possibly can the ''trcasons, stratagems
and spoils" which form that sweet com
pound commonly called achiggery. AL
though we abhor and detest, without
measure, the iniquitous purposes now
confessedly had in view by the wing par
ty. we nevertheless thank them most
heartily for this candid avowal of their
principles-ani we accord to them all due
Gre di. for having. liz this particular, rem
dered themselves more respectable than
the wings Of 1910, who s'wcnt it on the
!oud,''
"For Tip and Ty,
Without why
nor yeta 'swhere(ore." There is matter
for much thought in every line that fol
lows-and we sincerely trust that every
man, wing and democrat, who loves his
country, or who loves honesty,wi!l weigh
. we'll the meaning Of every word. We
will only add that there is more lrul
than poetry and more honesty than hu.
NOR in the composition:
JTe'N aid and gice comfort to Bankrupts.
The debts Of each Stale ne ,O'A pay;
4 Make money as plenty as paper.
When the people elect HENRY CLAY.
When the people elect Henry Clay, &c,
The Tariff and Land Bill are bullets,
The Bank Bilrsa Braggcr they say;
Eldest hand it will beat all creation,
Aud be sure to elect HENRY CLAY,
II And be sure to elect Henry CLAY. &C.
}. The most nc,ire shah haze the .Jat places,
Fo, the '..abourer is wo,thy epey;"
Public Debt Bank--the Land Bill, and Tariff
fire tn watch,cords Of HENRY CLAY.
Are the watchword. Of Henry Clay &c.
To said and comfort the Bankrupt b,
swindling the creditor
!. To lax the government Of the peopl'
with the debts of the States
To flood the country with great butche:
Of worthless and pestiferous shinplasters
':as plenty as paper
i To tax the necessaries oflife, oppres
the poor, and destroy the agricultural in
erests Of the country to give protection t.
a few manufacturing monopolies, under
the guise Of "a tariff for reyenue''-
d To foist upon the country Nationa
Bank to eat out the substance Of The peo
pie and buy up their liberties with tn.
money Of British spectators for the ad
yancement Of British policy
To divide the '.spoi1s Of eGce," as re-
wa DIS and largesses, among mercenary
band Of corrupt and ''active'' politica
parasites
To load the country with ,,ationa
debt, and impoverish the people to pay
\ the interest
i These are the auo,ccd principles, ane
aro,oed objects Of the federal Clay wing
party.
And these according to.the burden o.
the song which was sung at the Lexing
ton Barbscue-these
|"ARE TIE WATC llWORDS OF HEN
i RY CLAY!n
What do the good people of Iowa thinl
of all these things? !.
\ What do they think of the Clay viii:
candidate for President?
What do they think Of the federal ed.
itors and federal orators among us who
are attempting to force Mr.. Clay and al
his measures down their .hroats?
il "IOWA CAPITOL REPORTER y
We learn that Gen VAN ANTWERP has
retired from .'iowa Capitol Reporter
and that Col. JESSE WILLIAMS. formerly
or this city, will succeed him in the man
agement Of the editorial department o
that paper. Col. WILLIAMS is u gentle
man Of excellent mind and much genera
intelligence, and after little practice
will, we doubt not, he able to make the
Reporter an int resting paper to the gen
eral reader as we'll as an able advocate o
democratic principles. We wish hin
great success.
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