Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1844-10-12
CooNs AND POLK STALKS.

COONS AND POLK STALKS.
Ii will be recolected by our readers,
that in the commencement of the present
canvass for the Presidency, when Mr.. Clay
was taken up by the whole people, 1--WE say
people, for even a very fair proportion Of
the democratic party were willing that the
wings should run him as their candidate,)
Mr.. Van Buren, was the most prominent
candidate opposed to him. In the course,
however, of the canvass, il was discovered
that Mr.. Clay would certainly defeat Mr..
Van Buren-and there could be heard the
clamor of the friends of other prominent
political aspirants-Buchanan, Cass, John.
son, &c. 1t was then amusing to witness
the efforts made by the democracy to sec
who of the many should be the candidate
The delegates from the people assembled in
Baltimore, by trick, managed TO defeat
Mr.. Van Buren,, and then came on The din
of battle: after various balotings in which
Mr.. Folks name was not mentioned-Jas
K. Polk was declared the successful can.
didate;-a man twice rejected by the PEG.
of his own State--a man, known only as an
Indifferent Speaker of locofoco House OF
Representatives. man once despised by
his own party, and the laughing stock Of
the opposition. This reminds us of the
motto on the shield Of Great Britain, in.
terpreted 10 children
1.-THE Lion and the Unicorn, fighting for the crown;
Up jumps litil1 dog and knocks them all down"
Can any member Of the party say what
Mr.. Polk has ever done to enti,le him to so
high and distinguished an honor as to be
defeated by our own glorious Harry Clay!
Soon after Mr.. Folks nomination, gener-
al gloom spread over the party;--notwith-
standing in their papers, they attempted to
feel easy, yet it could readily be discover
ed that they were i'll at ease--bu, like des-
pera,e man, they deemed it more noble to
die fighting hard, than tamely to submit
When the white men first came in contact
with Indians in battle, that which was most
dreaded by the whites, was the war whoop
and not until the whites had learned from
the red man, how to use that formidable
weapon, could they stand a regular attack.
Acting upon this idea, the democrats, be-.
lieving that the victory of the wings in
1910, was mainly owing TO the songs, con-
ven,ions, hard cider, &c. &c, so soon as
Mr.. Polk was nominated, they started the
same sort Of thing, and notwithstanding
every editor Of democratic paper had ri.
diculed and abused the wings for using such
means, they regularly fell into the fashion
of carrying polk-stalks as canes, and rails
ing polk-stalks for flag poles; and the la
dies dressed their bonnets with the berries
of the odoriferous weed--much 10 their
injury and to the purses of their husbands
and fathers. All this shows that the party
stop at no measures to effect their purposes.
Truly, measures, not men," is their motto.
Admitting, as we do, that our object in
all this parade and show. our songs and
badges, is TO invite enquiry into our prin.
ciples--we are consistent: but on the other
side, we were subject to the abuse of our
opponents, and every loco foco print teem-
ed with abuse; we were the coon party
the log cabin and hard cider party. Like
the British Of old, when they termed us
Yankees, and gave US Yankee Doodle, in
derision, to that same tune, we made them
dance back to Old England. So with our
songs and coons, we defeated the locos in
1910, and will do it again in Al.