Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1843-07-15

THE HRM0RI OF 1910

- jdst what you soald have them. Tho noble
PeopIet have they not decided for party. IN,
given one Of US a rich Caljectorship, and anolh
or an Embassy, and third tat Post Office, an,
81 on? Wac dare hat doJbt Of their virtue
Pr5bity, intelligence and indcpendencee Hay.
they MT pravcJ all clearly hy The uct which pa
Is into 81 h nice places? But let them happier
10 prefer other aspranIs fos their favor and ttea
what d. thnk Of ~ What ignorant rascal,
they have bsc0m. a.. 81 oncei-What farce. mi
qItty and Corruption ara ther Elections! Naai
nonsense Is shat IS called their 'sesj:etH Whst
folly or hypocrisy slPp5sins thai they had any
definite purpose il the hIsiaes.!
The rl5aIdry and denunciz,oa INDUCED 80 ref
ereuce 10 the election Of : By those 10 boast
of their Democracy IS NJ onco amusing and IN
str1ctIye. For years thay had been pralsiuE the
People. their nvaclbIo Nlrtus anl clear SIGH ed
Patriotism, and taking their pay ia oily salaries
aud generous J2bbi0g. Tiers nothing 50
wise, - Just, s. iucoTruPtb's, in their eyas--oT
rather ~ their mo4ths-as the People. Bat al
last they catch a Tremendous hogTInE, and ne IS
wha, OF the peopief Way, they are dabanch
ed, bofooloJ, uathukng mob, ant their verdict, ;
but now 50 conclusive, has become n J@st-a
swnijc-the iro!hy raviugs OF hard cider de-
irfigm
TINS was NJ, unnatural in the ficst manant of
disappointed aspiration, but there Is such thing
rs carrying 5sa loo far. After two years and
half Of varying fortunes, II IS tisna that EN-.
phatic an expression Of the Peoples viii should
DO treated with some show nf doccncy. Yet
hat do hears Ga every hand have the
Van Buren, press and politicians abusing end de-
crying the verdict Of 1910. Thy deuanncs it
as tho result OF fraud md corruption, Of debauch
cry and madness, OF Ing Cabin foo'eriss snd
Hard CIDER Drunkenness. Some Of the smaller
fly OF the Leo Ioc5 press ar@ accustomed to
speak Of our own iI;;ia paper. 'Eho Log Cabin, ,
os though We might wish ia blot IL from the pub
lie remembrance. and even :b8lr master doms~
gaIIe, the Involuntary Hermit Of Li0dsnwoid,
~tgh a gross violation of go14 taste as vel!
truth, hss ths temorIty to speak. IN his ten sol
uno letter to Indiana, Of the disrcpuiatls scenes
Of Ste," and 'tho effect which those scenes
cssssr.Iy lad in shaking tia confidence Of man
kiad in The fitness Of tbs American PsoPs fer FREQ
tnsIitutiors"
Tho di,roputs5ls scenes Of i9ioI-.When
American citizens used % gather By hundreds to
amy sad dancn round II4ak--- p7fe-. VT ~sr=
reIs OF vhskey rolled cut and heads Of beer casks
stoyn in-uhan right hars. tina heart Of this
enlightened emporium, man ware seen, after q
cazk Of brer had been poured into the hole whcfs
the pols to bs set IN front Of Tanmany Hall,
to lie down and drink It from tho ground Ike
hoas--tho hindefhooIer saw nothing 'tlsreputq-
bto' then. When American citizens have b-ea
swept way from the polls Of our City With clubs
by bands Of misguided aud excited immigrants,
half civilized and mad3eusd With liquor furnish
Ell them by party libsfality, VS. had no hint from
Mr.. Van Buren, that such scenes were 'dsFsguta-
bla,' CT calculated TO impair 'tha condolences Of
mankind IN fitness for f.aa institutions. =
When msn who felt II their dUfv to hear tastlmo-
NJ against Slavery were m9bbe3 and bG3gaoued
for peacefully 80 doing, and the owner Of free
press was sh0, down ~ his tsnomeat for
guarding his press from destruction by n band or
ru!iians who chose u suspect that il would bo
used against Slavery, tina dsUlagogu8 could in
it nothing calculated 10 shake confidence in our
fitness for free Institutions, but cColiy remarked
10 his Inaugural that "a reckless DISREGARD Of tho
s s+,~ f.,y~t l.
yiiaals TO popular indignaton,' bat when the
people uprsa IN heir strength, and, defying the
mighty Influence Of Office and power, of success
sive trIumPhs and stlurng party names, without
violence in Iry to any man. daslars By a ma
ioritv Of l45 900 on far the heaviest vote ever
polied. that he shall no longer be President, then
our kfuaerhook Statesman pr0nouncss the whole
business 'dlssrsdltabIs,' and calculated TO shake
faith in our ca pac,ty Tor self government, Sir if
this wore true. you arc not the man to proclaim
it. There !. q dry old distioh which rurs-
~ rogls Ger f..i tas .a}ter 5sax
With coed opioioa oF tho .,w.''
which should have ounse!ed YOU ic rnoiesty in
this Connrction
Bal the assertion Of NJ, Van Buren, is as false
indeoorous. There never was Political con-
t.s. in which the great mass Of the People we're
better informed to what wss held and propos-
ed BY each party than in that of $50. Every
where pamphlets and papers OF each dis-
trlbQted with pFofusIon never before known ),
and generally read. Every where the best ora
tore OF either party in the field and lhe Pso
pie gathered day after day 10 hear thsm--frst n
one side and then the othsr. II they cid not
understand On what the two parties differ. then
We may despair Of their ever doing SO. Proba
bly, few men now living will ever SEQ another
cortes, or vote more universal than that CT 1910
As to corruption, the thing downright inpos
slbie. We did not know one voter, among tho
thousands OF different Politics we did know, whose
vote could have been bought at any price, or to
whom il would have been sne TO offer brIbe Of
any kind. The People were quite too much IN
earnest for any thing Of that sort.
Bat illegal voting Well sirs, where we
have no, vet heard where the first illegal vote
vas poIled 10 make General Harrison President.
Doubtless there were few on each side--we are
sure fewest on ours because the raw material tor
Illegal voters IS ten to against us--bat both