Independent Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1842-1844, 1843-09-30


The friends Of Mr.. Van Buren, are in the
habit of saying that he was cheated out OF
the last election by bribery, and fraud, and
humbug. Assuming the truth Of the re-
mark,wc wonld ask what prevents the same
thing being repeated! If a portion of the
party were estrangod from his support in
1910, and aided by the ciderito rabble,
succeeded ia Defeating his election. the
same causes which induced their opposi-
sition then still exist. The great body OF
them can, under no pretence, vote for him
now; pride of consistency would prevent
it, and were that overcome, Mr., Van Bu-
rem is not supposed to possess those lofty,
dsintcrestcd and chivalrous qualities which
are calculated to win back the affections
Of men once estrangcd. There is no
doubt the most shameless humbugs which
my we'll be called fraud, were practiced
by the wings in 1910, bat that does not
hSlP bln HIS p'Sltl 'Ils uCN IidN Il iillt
subject to Operate on. If Mr.. Van Bu-
rem had not been so peculiarly unpopular,
their clap-traps and juggicries would have
recoiled on their own heads. The distin-
guishad New Yorker possessed an unfor-
tun0te aptitude for being cheated, and we
are afraid he still retains that unhappy pc,
cularty.
But how do the genleman's friends try
to reclaim to his support those who deser-
ted him in 1910! They say % the lost
tribes, gentlemen, democrats and log cabin
men! IN the last presidential election, a
portion Icing deceived BY the building of
cabins, which induced you to believe that
you were enlising in the ranks of the true
democracy; another part of you being
made drunk on cider, and not knowing
what you were doing; and a third portion
of you being bribed with gold, deserted
Mr.. Van Buren, and voted for his oppon.
emf; we, therefore, say to you that your
conduct clearly proves you to be fools,
knaycs and inordinate lovers Of liquor,
and now to take away these several dis
graces, and atone for past Offences, you
must come up to the polls at the next c.ec.
ton, and,vote for the man you deserted in
1910, without sufficient reason We, of
course, do not attribute to them this pre-
else language, but they say it in substance.
Do they expect they can get the votes Of
any Of these men by this course? II is a
strange way of going a bout it, and yet ev-
cry one must see that without a portion Of
this vote, Mr.. Van Buren, would again be
defeated it he were the nominee Of the
convention. What folly il. is in the friends
Of that gentleman to expect 10 elect him
with the same vote he got IN 1910, and
what worse than folly to insist so much on
the manner which he was defeated. Votes
cannot be acquired for Mr.. Van Buren, by
applying degrading terms, whether true
or false, to those by whose assistance he
must expect to be elected. We question
not the patriotic feelings and motives of
the ex. president, but he has acted the part
of vampire towards the democratic par
ty, he has once drawn away its life blood
and left it exhausted and PROSTATE from
the depletion. Separation from him acted
on its energies like the tabled elixir Vita,
il arose with more than Antean force from
lis temporary fall, and scattering to the