Litchfield enquirer., 1844-07-04
NEW TRACT FROM JUNlUs.

: The following is an extract from No lA Of the
Junius Tracts Annexation Of TerGs.'
A "SwEIL MoB."-Any body who has been at
ST. Barthoomews Fair, London, OF to any other 81
milar great assemblage of that metropolis OF the
British Empire, will have CHANGED in all probabil-
ity, to know what ''s,ceN mob" is. For example:
the pick pockets prowl about in squads among Inc
throngs and all OF sudden "sceiP' is felt, and
,nsh made You can't tell what it is, what it is
for, but YOU are borne onward because you can't
help moving with the sssceH' BY the stretching
of necks oil around you, it would seem there is
something ahead which all are anxious to see, and
YOU also stretch your neck, and with all the rest
ask-LVhat is it? The rogucs have diverted your
attentiou from yourself and your pockets, and You
do not perhaps know, till you have got to your
lod gin g, that you are robbed! The s,ceN MOB
had 50 eectually blinded your eyes, that they had
the best possible chance, without your suspectng,
at the moment, what they were at; and so you nave
lost all there was in your pockets, and they have
got the booty.
Nov, this immediate Annexation movement is
political .sareH mob, got up by rogues to make or
mend their fortunes by it. The old issues OF Tariff
Currency, Land Distribution, Retrcnchment. and
such like, on which the People have made up their
minds and are prepared to act, and act rght-these
must all be thrust aside, because there Is no proh
in them for rogues. and ignis fdtums is held up
and kept dancing before the public eye till the peo-
pie can see and think If nothing else. Look! De-
kokd! it Is TerGs, away oft in the bog yonder -
WHO hears Of or who sees any thing but 1eras!s
We had never heard much about Texas before,
but Texas is aLl-eUery thing n0tc All other ques-
tions-all other issues most important to the coun-
try. and for which the nation has been struggling
for quarter Of century, forced into the back
ground. lust at the moment when all was about to
Be decided right-,no doubt it will yet be 80 decd
ed y and sssCeH mob rushesupon the sfage,to pick
the peoples pockets: You don't exactly know what
the matter is, but there is something way ahead
yonder-what is it 1t is IerGs. The people
stretch their necs to see what this Texas is, and
while they are intent on the unseen object, the
hands of gang of rogues are in their pockets!
Il will be seen by every one, that this Texas An
nexation movement is nothing but "swell mob;
and 90, is no less certain. that i is got up by
roeues. One laughs--he may a. well laugh as cry
when he fnds how slick he has been robbed by a
ssswell mob" He laughs at their dexterity and al
his own simplicity. He was as innocent as could
be. when they were rushing on him, and rushing
past him, and seeming 10 be after something ahead,
and begging his pardon for running against him, or
pushing him down, while ne himself was as anx-
ious 40 they appeared to be, to see what IN the
Iorld al this fss could be about! Lo and behold!
when II was all over, it was all nothing! But when
he eats home he finds he has lost his pocket-book!
Who wouldn't laugh at such an ingenious cheat,
himself the dupe! II is to be hoped that the PEG.
pleof this country will understand this Texas swell
mob before It IS TOO lates anu tudts VI DcA6
rushed down and robbed, they will rush upon the
horde of rogues, and throw them into the ditch
The operators are Of three classes. 1. The owners
Of Texas scrip and land claims. 3 The political
stock.iobbers. And 3. The Disunionists. Captain
Tylar stole the thunder from the first class; the To-
Cos stole il from the Captain; and every body sees
the feather In the cap Of the Disunlcnists.
This tract Is just published at the Tribune Office
a--price go per thousand. We trust it will have
general circulation.
Fatal accident At E0ckpOrt. The political Abb
oliliouists held meeting large scale at Lock-
port on the. 10th ult. While Alvin Stewart was
Addressing the people the crowd pressed SO hard a
gainst the railing that it gave way, and six persons
were precipitated in the water below--a distance
Of twenty-five feet. A young man named VOL
colt, about 20 years Of age. and boy named Mer-
sdisA. were drowned. Others were much bruised
Kwaxcn lcad Of emigrants with their nlovables.
va.sed through Milwaukee lately. who were bound
Z NffIe farther vest than any pioneers we have
Sua1aee Thsis tAesase was marked 70 S's'ac'1's.