Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1844-10-11
LocOEocO Meeting at HillsbOrOugh.

Locofoco Meeting at HillsbOrough.
The Polkats of little Franklin, assisted by
some Of the pop guns Of this place and Centre
vile, had meeting at Hillsborough on Saturday
last, We had not tho pleasure Of being present;
but are credibIy informed, by those who were
present that it was a "caution.'' There were
2O3 persons prcsent-nll told. DR.. Duncan was
not thore! Weller not there! Test was not
there! But little sammy perkins was there, and
addressed in strains long and loud the unterritied
democracy of the Middle Fork. His speech
was made up Of the slang which has been publish
ed in tho columns Of the Jeforsonian week after
week. After no had been speaking some tlmo,
o,dea vorln2 TO provo hr. Clay guilty Of lncon-
sstency in regard to Texas, charging that IN his
Raleigh lettor Mr.. Clay opposed annexation
that in his first Alabama lcttor no was in favor
of it-that in his third letter ho would be ..glad to
500 it, About this time, worthy disciple OF To-
cofocoism, whose stomach was we'll charged with
Polk iuice and who was about drunk enough for
ono Of his make to toll the truth; but not too far
gone to be afraid to speak what he thought, cried
out TO little sammy, to stop telling such Che used
a loco word) lies" But sammy hooded 1t
not, and went on in his old strain Of falsehood
suppose the ono star, emblem Of foreign land.
The mootins is also said to have been spirited
affair. Sammy perkins having failed to inspire
his audience with any thing like enthusiasm or
spirit, they called upon their moro effective lea
der Tom Stepleton, and took it down by the
quart The statute Of tho State not permit
ting Steplcton to have liquor drank in his house,
or on his premises, his friends, independent souls,
took his Polk juice out into the public Streets and
drank it there in awful profusion! 1t is said to
have had its effect, goodly number soon fell
down to the embraces of their mother earth, if
in alteration of the principles Of their party
We shall not now contest the right of any man to
get drunk, and shall leave evory loco a. perfect
liberty to choose his own position in ''sweling
the crowd at their meetings, and he may cover
the ground with his body for the purpose Of filling
up space; but we do most distinctly object to their
attending whig meeting and becoming ntoxca-
ted, and then induce sam perkins to charge the
wings with being in similar disgraceful situation.
Wo mean by this, something, of which may
speak at another time. But as represented to US
the Hillsboro' meeting was rich atiair--the poor
souls looked out at each road until nearly night
for DR.. Duncan, and his "duellist friend Weller,
so positively were they assured that those dis
tinguished Polk juice votaries would be present.
Had they arrived Steplcton would have sold at
least gallon more, and tho spirit and peculiar
enthusiasm Of the occasion would have been in
creased just -four quarts Nothing more.
1t is frequently said by those who look upon the
political movements of the two great parties in
this country with degree of indifference,
that the politicians and public presses are corrup,
and dishonest. There certainly some reasons
be assigned for this conclusion if it be correct.
And in the first place we feel constrained 10 ac-
knowledge, that if the wing press in general has
fallen within the purview of this sweeping de-
nunciation it is because it has, like 'poor Tray,
Seen found in bad company. Our opponents have
resorted to every species of low. unbecomng and
unmanly finesse to defeat the Wing party, and to
divert public attention from those great and i'm
portan; truths. and axioms of political economy,
which, when seen and understood, must inevitably
become tho settled policy of the whole country.
When we have stated an important fact, which
the experience of every man of ordinary intelli-
gence confirmed, our unfair opponents, instead of
giving the truth her we'll marked cha mel in which
to flow to the unobssructed view of every one,
they have endeavored to block up and mystifv bv
fseld apnolnted