Bloomington herald. [volume] (Bloomington, I. T. [Iowa]) 1840-1849, 1842-07-15
Watchman tell US Of the fight,
What the signs of victory are;
Locos' on your upward fight,
'hig'ry's DIVING in despai

e0' wing ~ . oyih6 III ocsPaH'
As the day dawns near, upon which the battle is
to he fought and the victory won or lost, our pros
poets grow brighter and brighter in this county, and
although in some others, there is want of harmony
in our ranks, we have hopes of triumph, learning
that better spirit is getting abroad than prevailed
short time ago.
Last year, when our nomination was made for the
House Of Representatives, orders were given from
head quarters to all the faithful of the party, to pro-
claim the nominee incompetent to the discharge of
the duties of the station in which success would place
him; we were told that it was all important that
Muscatine, in particular, should be ably represented.
and were congratulated; out of our district upon
having such excelIen Material, in III. person Of his
appointment, but Of Which to manufacture Repre-
sentative ofcapaciy suited well to our necessities
Now that song is hushed-the old Slough Horse"
he is familiarity called has, by his service in the
Legislature, shown himself both capable and henest,
showing the injustice of the only charge upon which
they sought to defeat him. Our opponents, finding
that the people not to I've dipped by their
tons made before the last election that candid
late was incompetent, and that it was all important
that we should send speaking" member, have
thought 1t policy to select candidate of that char
acter the people delight to honor. So we hear no
more of the old song lest we should sing one to the
same ,tune. With Mr.. Thornton we have but a
slight personal acquaintance, but hearing old sell
tiers speak sf him aAan upright, honex man, we
freely admit him 10 be such, and have no disposition
TO underrate his qualifications On this score, our
opponents arc willing to acknowledge stand off,
and our friends claim superiority for our candidate.
So far, we have witnessed but little feeling on the
subject, the Locos appearing willing to let The vcto-
ry come easy. and the Wings rsigned to their fa :,
In the canvass for Sheriff, where violent q losi-
ton was expected, (becanse it was voluntarily prom
Used, every thing is as calm as summer morn. How
long it will remain so, we cannot TELL but, so far as
our knowledge extends not one farthing of the $500
TO be expended in defeating the Democratic candid
ate, has yet been expended; and. judging from the
fact that pcayunes have been the idol of such as pro-
fess Iileralitv in accomplishing his defeat, we are
decidedly of the opinion that the traitors purse will
not suffer the least in the contest. Drawing eye
teeth is not an easy business.
As regads the Council, little has yet been said -
Our johnson friends give US great encouragement
but unless we are honored with visit from the cee.
brated orator on the Wing ticket, we fear we shall
have the assistance of but few Wings in electng our
candidate. Can il be that the doctor will slight Us
If there is any danger oft, our Johnson brethren
will please encourage him to visit US. We shall ex-
pect much good TO result from having our citizens
bored with his speeches.