Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1844-05-11
LocOfOcO BIaspIemies.

LOCO10CO EtlaspneHhAes'
The recent political tract, No A, said to
be written by Amos Kendall, which the
members of Congress of the locofoco par
" have franked and circulated through the
United States, contains the following
sentence:
"Who can look back to the falsehood, the
fraud, the intemperance, the debaucheries,
the shows, the mummeries, and the general
demorlizaton in the Wing campaign of
1910, and then turn his eyes to the events
which followed, without mentally exclaim-
ing, 1t is Gods Wilt is Gods Justicc!-
If the Judgment upon the Egyptians, for
the oppressed of the Israelites, were more
terrible than those which have overtaken
our Wing brethren, they were scarce y less
remarkable. The contest had not ended
when these almost supernatural demonstra-
tons began"
The punishments which were inflicted on
the people for refusing to elect Mr.. Van
Buren,, and which are termed acts of Gods
Justice" are the following:
/. The death of the son of General Har-
rison.
2. The falling of the statue of Justice, in
front of the Capitol.
2. The falling of the Eagle from over
the chair of the President of the Senate.
4. The falling Of the portrait of General
Harrison from the walls of the Congress
ional Library, without shake or jar"
S. Three alarms of fire in Washington on
the night preceding the arrival of General
Harrison.
6. Office seekers crowded Washington as
thick as the frogs of Egypt. about the
same time cannons were fired off in the
night at Washington, awakening Amos
Kendalps babies. The modesty of Mr.. X.
prevented him from mentioning this cir
cumstance, and we therefore hope that ii
will be inserted in the next edition of Tract
No. 4.-ErpresS)
7. The death of Rev. Mr.. Goodman in
the steamer President, because he preached
his last sermon in the presence of General
Harrison.
o. The burning of Gen. Harrison's house
at North Bend. probably the work OF
some Locofoco, who was executing Divine
Justice as he understood it.)
10. The death of Mr.. Oge of Pennsyl-
vania.
IL. The passage of the Bankrupt Law.
II. The death of Gen. Harrison.
l3. Crimes in general all over the coun-
try!
IA. The death of the wife of President
Tyler.
Is. The death of the Honored Mr.. Le-
care.
Is. The deaths of Upshur and Gilmer.
II. The death of Mr.. Biddle.
Is. Three funerals at the White House
since ls4l.
10. The death of Mr.. Twogood at New
Orleans, at a Clay meeting.
20. A military parade in New Orleans
on Sunday, in presence of Mr.. Clay
,chich didn't take place.
81. The falling of the Club house a.
Richmond, where one man lost his life, ano
several were manned.
%. The failure of the Banks. (Say:
nothing about the failure of 1887, just af
ter Mr.. Van Buren, was elected)
Thus singuarly blending together o.
events mournful, and by association iudic'
rous, is an exhibition of the moral state Of
the party at once striking and Characters
tic. The death of clergyman because he
/, preached in the presence of Gen. Harrison
and the falling Of gilt eagle in the CAPT
tol, as events inflicted by Divine Justice
: Gen. Macomb is stricken down by the ar,
row of the Almighty because he attended
the funeral of Harrison; and the falling o.
portrait "without shake or stir" are
classed together as events equal in imPor'
lance, and equal in evidence of the state o.
the Divine mind. Considering, however
the state of the morals of the party gener
ally, it is not surprising that their diScriml
nation should not be very nice in matters
> of this sort.
But spectacle is here presented. Lo
cofocoism treading where angels dare no
enter!-expounding the Divine will by tn
dispensations of Providence. Here is
Il party, whose origin it is well known, wa
in the lowest sinks of in6delity in this city
Fanny Wright was their leader and foun
der; yet they dare to come out as expos
tors of Divine Justice!-N. Y. ErpretS.
EYODITS OF THE FREE CHURCH.