Lexington union. (Lexington, Miss.) 1838-18??, 1843-10-21
PART AND PARCEL OF Tpr
SAME ERATrn

SAME FRAUD
no alu4'on sever made by The dem.
Perals q the deceptive ana mono,ebanL
politics OF 1870 But they are im,nad',
aiely iwiited with having il ,be,r ranh,
men weak and silly enough TO be guile
lya Joy cabin and hard cider hombuos
hey consider 4 4 lriumphan, re,ort to - ,
hat Il any were 50 deceived il ls4o
ihey were democrats, and therefore dam.
orra'sl ~ mentioning the fact are onI,
trumpeting their own disgrace. There !.
: slight sembance Of lruIh in this, but 40
substance. Every body knows ,ba, N
The United Stales---lnd must always no
% country Of the same ex,en, ana
ooa7 lallon; a large floating vote compose
men who have no politics, who new.
vote nn principle, who always shou, far
ne caHdIdate possessing the mos, nooula,
qualities; these men. easily as "mo,hs are
caught by glare" were caught by cider
and shows. These were The men who
througed to hard cider and wh,skey ca /.
r0asalS, and mock log cabin festivals and
became wiling converts the political ia
natIcISm OF The time. They were no,
democgals, they had no principles, aud b. .
langed TO 40 party, they were free-com
panIons ready to enlist under any banner
where cider and whiskey were furnished
gratntously. II il true there were some
who LEFT the democratic ranks at .hs. time
and voted with the why's, bu, they were
not caught by cablnlsn or clderism; the,
were dlsmayed a, the ruin which over
"helmed the country from the breakn
up OF The banking and credit system; they
were bewildered With The cIamor raised b,
panic oratovs, they were told that there
would be an almost instantaneous change
lor the better, On The election of the wing
candidate; added TO this, that the demc.
rats went into the contest with a candl.
late utterly destlule of popularity, whose
name had become odious to the country ::
aud their vote is accounted Tor. The,
we're helher bribed with money, nos
trapped with cabins, nor drencbpd with 81
der. They acted for wha, they CONSIDER
en- at that time, the good of the country.
MS j. the true state OF the case, aud W.
helieve Is nothing more than what most OF
persons knew before; but there are sor0e
Who, unable or unwilling to see deslin
nous, endeavor to create out of hi. car
dilemma for the democrat.
81 the following structure. II Won 81,
that the persons who went over,oIhe who.
n 1870, we're deceived and caupbl Il,
'hbln+ and cider, you are only shnwinp
yha; sort OF nneriaIs your party il made
y, you are accusing some OF your own no.
HIca friends of being the most guIlbIp
dlo's IN creation; You say they W. re go
'ecelyed, you must admit they acted on
convection, that they had seen the error
u the'r wavs,-rhey we're convinced Of The
e"0ency OF democracy or Of the demp, !
rdto party, aud had become enlightened
5 TO the wholesome doctrines Of their adj I
eFsarIes; and now, say they, van can i
moose between the two. THIS trick Of
'9'c Is very prettlIy put up, the democrats :.
re, by no means forced upon either alter. !
'rnaiire The fault of the reasoning q
insists IN thrs, that it assumes that all the
''eTS IN the United States possess decl. U
20 wing or demo1ratlc principles. Thi. !"
not the case as we have before stated :"
e c'aer conv'c's we're neither wings oor >, -
SO far as principles were con
'rned. e!
vi the two poallions the wings wond ~
1th rather the democrats would take me ~
ter, as II would relieve them from an "
IPnlaiIon which IS to be very strongly sc
ietred against them: that thew DENY the f"
7abl.Iy of man for self government. II
50 plain that this conclusion against TO
IN IS legitimate, that they wish to avoid ~
ny subtertuge-by saying thai the pr
rsonS they humbugged were democrats. We
0 mat other democrats were only dis ne
Ic!ng their comrades by proraimjng pr
TACT Granting, for moment, ,har m'
IS true, to what does it lead? To this. ca'
percelyiog majority OF the Ameri- l2f
people we're democrats, and belley- Y
mat this majority 10 incapable of being
rated upon 10y reason, they concluded ;"F
get up certain juggling practices b, ne
zen to deceive a portion Of this some M,
pie. lf'hey had thought them endowed
b sufficient capacity TO have been en- mas
need by ordinary modes Of Argument, 'u'
resort to this adventitious process Of no
t'ng proselyles? They cannot avoid IS
exposure OF their real opinion in th. oa''
Ter, their utter contempt for intelIi
70 Yet they would not have succeeded
hey did, il 1t had not have been for the v
circumstances peat
cially the great unpopuIariy of the sons