The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1844-04-18


fear of thatn-loud cheeTs) The question of
United States Bank, one main link in the triple
chain, was settled long ago. We deemed that
Andrew jackson had strangled that hydra head |
ed monster, and sowed salt upon its grave. But |
To- IN 1910, the wings came into power. And
one of the first things that they did was To attempt
To- resuseitate an institution, the very name Of
which siunk and stinks iR the nosirils of commu-
nifty. Under The Congressional dictatorship Of
Henry Clay they passed bill re-chartering the .
United States Bank John Tyler vetoed it,
For that act, at least, he deserves and should re-
cei7c credit and gratitude. (Cheers) Now,
sanguine as the wings always are before an cleo /,
lion, and hugging to their bosom the deluson
that they will succeed in the great Presidential
canvass of is44, they are already quietly enga-
ged in endeayorng to galyanize that old corpse
again
The whig leaders here would mask their bat
terry and avoid an issue upon the bank. They
make ii an issue in Tennessee, Kentucky, and
The contiguous States We will not permit this
playing fast and loose. We will make it an issue
here on the sea-board, aud charge it home upon
upon them. Turn TO the position of our party
previous to and after the general election of'40.
The spring elections in that year were sufficiently
favorable. To all appearance the democracy
we're never stronger The reelection of Martin
Van Buren TO the Presidential chair, which he
had SO worthly occupied, seemed certain. And
yet not many weeks had passed before it was ev-
ident that the supremacy of our party and our
principles was in danger. A union Of the wings,
as il was called, forhe sake Of the union, brought
about that minglng Of parties and commingling
Of interests, which resulted in combined league
Of the opponents Of the democracy, and paved
the way for the Harrisburg convention. BY that
convention William Henry Harrison was nomina-
ted for the Presidency. Scott men, Clay men,
and Webster men, faderals!s, wings, conserva-
tives, anti-m2sons, tarifites, bankites,-al the
scattered remnants Of these various factions which
had been time and again defeated by the democ-
racy, rallied, united and swarmed about that coon
skin and hard cider standard Of which the avail
able candidate, General Harrison, had been cho-
sen bearer. The log cabin mummery common
ced--egery thing which could contribute to the
deluslon and heighten the artificial excitement
which had been evoked into existence, was call
ed into requisition, The presses vomited forth
Ogle's lies. Their orators p2trolled the country.
Prentss, Of Mississippi, Wilson, of New Hamp-
shire, Preston, Of South Carolina Webster, Clay,
and even Harrison himself took the field. No
thing was left undone. On our part, VIC were
not idle, We saw through and despised this
contemplate stage trickery,--this attempt TO
swindle the people out Of their votes, and did
not believe that it could succeed In so belev-
ing we erred, as the result proved The Idos Of
November arrived; the battle was fought; we
were beaten, and forced to retire from the field
and retire we did, in good order-dscomlited,
knit Il ,lt rlo
fences were prey to the spoiler--although in
the violence Of that political hurricancc, Tennes-
see, the home of our vonorated Jackson, had sue
cumbed beneath the shock. Our own brave State
the Empire State-had parted from her dem
ocratlc moorings-though the key stone Of the
arch had given way, and the 'star in the east
gone down, Even then, when nineteen States
out Of the twenty-s;x had declared against us
and our candidate had been defeated by more
than 100000 votes-though the sun Of our Po-
lical heaven was shrouded from our longing
yiew--through darkness, disaster, and desolation
wc hoped, and toiled, and struggled on. (Great
applause.) To any other party defeat Ike thai
which we then suffered, would have been de-
struction-annihilaton But 10 us it was not sc
st could not be so, and why? Why? Why i:
it that the democracy can be beaten but ncve
snbdued; vanquished but never conquered? Be
cause Of that which is within u.s. because VIZ
strive for the true, and aim at the equal and The
just. The very truths for which we contend, at
ford US rallying point and support in the hou
Of adyersity. (Cheers.) In the canvass of 40
the wings Systematically endeavored to blind tn
people to the true questions at issue. Letter
were written 10 General Harrison enquiripg hi
views upon disputed questions of moment, AM
the line of policy which he would adopt if elect
ed. The answer was, "Ask my committee
Success attained by fraud is in its very natur
temporary. The wings triumphed by fraud
They triumphed On such issues as these; COO
skins, hard cider, log cabins, William Henry HaI
rlson, two dollars day and roast, or Martin Va
buren,, six and quarter cents day and sheep
pluck. They trumphed; but their triumph wa
short lived and bitter. Firm, united, undismay
ed, standing on the mmutable basis of their ow
principles, the unterrfed democracy rallied
In the elections of the following spring and sun
mer, we recovered our foothold throughout tn
country. The granite column of the young d.
mocracy charged upon The enemy, and they wei
down before it, Tremendous applausc.1 Sine
then we have maintained our position. VIII
then, should any man doubt our success in th
cunning ConIIiCt' Lel US DC Organized, WgllaH
determined. Let us fight the battle inch by inc
We must resume the offensive. We must car
the war into Africa. We must be true to ou
selves, our candidate, and our cause. We mu
do our duty, our whole duty, and nothing buto
duty. we must deserve success, and leave Il
event TO Him who made US. Ii read right
the signs of the times, and do not greatly msu
dcrstand the temper of the democracy, on Il
fourth Monday of May next, there will be tE;
ough organization, an earnest purpose, and de-
seated enthusiasm throughout the length al
breadth Of the land. That organization, carne
ness, and enthusiasm will be centered on 4
nominee of the Baltimore convention, whoey