Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1844-02-06

The system of clectioneering resorted to
by the Wings to secure the election of Gen.
Harrison, is again developing itselfto aid in
the elevation of Henry Clay We trust for
the honor of our country and its future well
fare, that il will meet with a prompt and pro-
per rebuke. How utterly weak and mpo-
tent IN itself, must be the cause that relies
tor success upon means such as were used
III the campaign of 1910 No reliance wha-
tever was placed on the intelligence and
calm judgment of the people; on the contra
ny 1t was necessary for the success of the
cause that there should be no reflection nor
calm judgment, hence the public mind was
pre-occupied with the disgraceful scenes and
excitcmcnts with which all are familiar.
The Wings have no more confidence now,
it appears, in the intrinsic worth and strength
of their principles, than they had four years
ago. The coon is again dragged forth to be
elevated Oh the wing banners; the wing pa
pers are again teemng with econ melodies;
log cabins arc going up and wing orators arc
harangueing from the ridge poles; all the
paraehern2lia of 1910 is again brought oat
and furnishing up for the present contest
Can it be possible that the great body of the
people will not turn with disgust from Ibis
disgraceful trickery en- the part of wing lea
ders. We can readily conceive hoy. gen
crous confidence might once lead the people
asiray, but we cannot and will not believe
that they can be again deceived, until we
have much more ample proof than at present.
The success and parpetuity of the republic,
the liberty and happiness of the people, de-
pend on the ascendancy of certain great prin-
c;ples. Ia Presidential contest, more full
ly perhaps than at any other time, are these
prime pies brought before the people; how
necessary then that they should be calmly
investigated and the truth earnestly sought,
and are they not enemies to the people and
the republic, who would seek to vtiatc the
SOuiCC uiOuC ICCQOiIl 10 ,uiIitti.
by these sonseless mummeries and excite
mems.
Among the wbig tactics too, Dragging in
advance hppears TO be necessary ingrcdi-
ent. Almost every wing paper we take up
is filed with this ridiculous boastng Clay's
success is estimated as certain, and the only
difficulty appears to be to settle how many
states he shall have; all this generally follow
ed by some federal wing bank cashier or pre-
sidcnt offering TO bet ten, twenty, or thirty
thousand dollars on the result This is the
sheerest kind Of humbuggery; nothing wha-
tever, as yet. indicates any probability of
Clay's election. Every principle now at is
sue between the two parties was equally at
issue between them during the late Com
gress.onal elections, the last of which was
decided in November, yet Clay has but the
most mcagrc minority in the House of Re
representatives.. What has since transpired
to inucate a d ff1rent state of feeling on the
part Of the people. Absolutely nothing, so
that this Dragging and betting is but part of
the paltry trickcrv, designed to get up ano-
Their hurrah and excitement to prevent all
discussion of principle. Whiggery dare not
come before the people relying on the
strength of IFS principles for success, and
hence the effort of its leaders to raise false
issues and to create excitements. We have
the strongest confidence that they are desti-
ned at this time to meet with prompt re-
buke at the hands of the people.