Independent Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1842-1844, 1843-09-30
PART AND PARCEL OF THE
SAME FRAUD.

NO alIusIon is ever made by the demo
Gratis 20 the deceptive and monnebank pol,
tics of 1910, but they are Immediately
twitted with having had in their ranks,
men weak and silly enough to be guled
by log cabin and hard cider humbugs.-
They consider it a triumphant retort to say
that if any were so deceived in 1910,
they were democrats, and therefore, dem
ocrats in mentioning the fact are only
trumpeting their own disgrace. There is
slight semJlance Of truth in this, but ne
substance. Every body knows that in the
United Siaes-aud must always be, in
country Of the same extent and popua-
tion-a large floating vote composed Of
men who have no politics, who never vote
Oh principle, who always shout for the can
dilale possessing the most popular quail,
ties; these men, easily as "moths are
caught by glare" were caught b. cider
and shows. These were the men who
thronged to hard cider and Nhskey carou-
slls, and mock log-caLln festivals, and be-
came willing converts TO the political IA
naticism of the time. They were not
democrats, they had no principles, and
belonged 10 no party, they were free-com,
panlOns ready TO enlist under any banner
where cider or whishcy were III nishcd
gratuitousiy. 1t is true there were some
who left the democrats, ranks at that time
and voted with the wings, but they we're
not caught by cahinism or ci!eiis,n, they
were diS!navcd at the rain which over
whe'med the country tro.A !!!c breaking up
OF the banking and credit systems; they
were bewildcred with the camor raised by
panic orators, they were told that there
would be an instantaneous and almost mi.
racuIous change foT the better, on the cleo
ton of the wing candidate; added to this,
that the democrats went into the contest
with candidate utterly destitute of pop
MARTY, whose name had become odious to
the country; and their vote is accounted
for. They were neither bribed with mo.
ney, nor trapped with cabins, nor drench-
ed with cider. They acted for what they
considered at The time, the good of the
country. THIS is the true state of the
case, and We believe is nothing more than
what most of persons knew before; bu,
there are some who, unable or unwilling
to see distinctions, endeavor 10 create cut
of this circumstance, a dilemma for the
democrats Of tie following structure: if
you say that the persons who went over to
the wings in $40. were deceived and
caught by cabins and cider, you are only
showing what materials your party is COM
posed Of, you are accusing some Of your
own political friends of being the most
gullible idiots in creation; if you say they
were not so deceived, you must admit they
acted on conviction, that they had seen the
error Of their ways, that they were con-
"'h'S0u Vi lhe eNI tehueHCg vi DVIh-
ocracy, or Of the democratic party, and
had become enlightened as to the whole
some doctrines Of their adversaries: and
now, say they, you can choose between
the two. This trick of logic is very pref
tily put up, but the democrats are, by nc
means forced upon either alternative
The fault of the reasoning consists in this
that il assumes that all the voters in the
uaiiear States possess decided whig or
democratic principles This is not The case
as we have before stated; the cider con