Bloomington herald. [volume] (Bloomington, I. T. [Iowa]) 1840-1849, 1844-05-10
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| A large number Of the Whie leaders 70.
gard the American people a. parcel IL
cattle. to be transferred at will from, one
master TO another. In their caucuses, in
their conversations with each other, aud
in thesii,ile in,imaiions that come out oc.
casionally from some letter writer, or bull
dog Of the party. and above all. in their
mode Of elec,ioneering. this truth is as
apparent as the sun at noon. Look at
their conduct in 1910. Did they argue
before the people on that occasionl Did
they present facts Did they not reflect
upon their intelligence by bringing for-
ward false pre,ences, BY raising cry a
bout hard cider, and BY proclaiming that
General uarrisoh had been insul,ed be-
cause some one had said he lived in Ing
cabin' And wha. are they doing now =
What is Mr.. Benjamin. Watkins Leigh
doing-!he gentleman who declared, not
| long since, that mechanics and farmers
were no. safe repositories Of public .rus,>t
STOPPING to every low device which bis
fertile imagination can invent to deIade
The very men he holds III contempt into 4
| support of his high toned Federal due
| ,rinss. Mr.. Badger. aud other Feeders.
leaders In This Stale, are pursuing iii.
same course. They are, putting up log
cabins. desecrating the birthday Of Wash
ington by eulogies on Henry Ciay. sing.
ing songs Of the most silly and degrading
character, appealing to the basest passion.
Of the human heart, striving to array III.
poor sgains. the rich. and doing all ,I.e;
can, in one last, mad struggle for parry
domination, TO unse,,le the foundations ~
society. They are again STOPPING 10 cons
quer. Mr.. Clay is .raversing the Con:
tederacy, mingIing in crowds Of men
whom from The bottom Of his proud hear,
he loa.hes. shaking hands with hundred.
whom he has cursed by his policy, ana
whom be would not notice bu. for their
votes, aud showing the estimate he places
upon the masses, by sending ahead Vi
him, as a speech-maker aud d demaGogue.
a man who is proaiga,e in private. and a
BLACKBOARD from the frs, stump he mount.
ed 10 the last coon gathering he condes
scended To address. 81 a.-s
We said that the estimate these Fede.
raj Wing leaders place upon the in.elli.
gence Of the people occasionally discloses
itself. Here is an extract from an article
which appeared first in The Baltimore Pa.
triot, and which was copied into the Reg,
lister Of this city. The writer. speaking
Of, Col. Foster a distinguished Federal
Wing Of Tennessee says:
=, .Col. Foster can suit himself to any
company. He can pass through crowd.
shake hands with more men, compliment
more women, and kiss more children.
than any man in the State
Are not these Federal ,Whie leaderA a.
shamed Of such, conduct No. They
glory in it. l. shows, say they. their
love for The people, and the fact tina. they
compliment the women, and kiss The
children is the best evidence they can fdrs
nish Of their competency ID adminiater the
Government. Nor is this oil. The sans
system Of eleclioneering is gaining deep
foolhold in North Carolina. Men aot0tl>
ously incompetent to manage publi6 afl
fairs, are nominated fot the Legislature Oh
the admitted ground tina. tliey arc expect
ed 10 gel the most votes, because they
can compliment the mos, women, kiss the
mos. children play upon the violin, attend
coek-6ghls. and contribute. by the drink
ing Of hard cider. by low songs and oba
scene jcsis, 10 The production Of the iat-
gest possible degree Of exci.en,en, and ett
,husiasm in the public mindi In sh1 name
Of all tha. is dear aud sacred, IL these
things are TO be kept Up, il they dts to
prevail, what is to become of ,lia, lofty and
heroine sense Of freedom. Of tia. love of
sobcrness and good order which ought to
forA The frs. the most prominent trait IN
The character Of the people!
We 70 back 10 other days. We sp..
peal 10 the annals Of an earlier and puter
time. We invoke the ashes Of Washing.
ton we call upon the sain.ed names of
Franklin, and Madison, and JefFersoh, and
ask If they were accustomed to win pop
ular favor by means which tended 70 mn
uncertain eles11pn upon the ruins Of ths
national libefl md virtues! No. These
stern and great old cages would have
scorned the use of the foul weapons of
modern whiggefy. Then let us scorn
Them, and let us meet these Federal lead
ers with an answer which shall silence
them for all time TO come.-Nor.h Caro-
lima Standard.
ErucArioK. The following brief bssatlfui
passage occurs 10 . late article in Frzncef's
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