The Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1834-184?, 1844-02-01

ed 10 bribea weak and wicked instrument,
that treason might accomplish a resistance
to the will of that people whose organized
and desperate partisallism had been too feeble
to Withstand! Such factional fury and gov
ernmental corruption breathe nothing Of the
golden age of the republic! And yet such
as this is the path in which the leaders ofthe
mode IN democracy have trod, and in which
they seek again to tread Contrast, then,
young Wings ofIndiana, contrast before your
associates and the people and in your own
minds the ure with the impure-the exam
Pile and teachings of those whom the world
veneraies, with the practices and aims of
the designing men whom you oppose.
And while this retrospect occupies your
minds, lei not the more grateful side of the
p CURE be overlooked. Fail not 10 remember
those who never faulteied in bold defence of
popular rights, nor in earnest warnings, and
solemn predictions. We cannot forget five
would, we would moi forget five could the
bright side ofihis melancholy picture. When
purely military spirit sweep over the land,
10 oppose its progress and 10 invoke the sol
emn judgement ofthe country, by the lights
ofexperience,-t ITO contemplate its probable re-
suits. When that spirit, too formidable for
reason, had vented Itself in an excess of gra-
li;ude, and its idol laid hands on our civil in
stitu,ons, there were those who with bold
ness and firmness, with exhortations and pro-
phecy sent forth the voice of patriotic resls-
lance. When persecution attended their eff
forts, and when falling in their designs, those
gallant spirits reaped only the whrlwind and
/, Storm OF popular frenzy as the reward of their
exertions, nothing daunted by the opposing
force OF numbers they still clang 10 the pill.
!, lars of the Constitution. When this danger
assumed more formidable shape aud the man
tie of an incumbent was cast by the people
r about meriiless successor, this noble band,
relying more implicitly than ever upon the
ultimate triumph of truth, relaxing no effort
redoubled their energies. When,at length,
the sun had struggled through the darkness,
, aud mems eyes became opened, and looking
about them they appreciated the terrible full
, flmeni of the prophecies which so solemnly
had been uttcred-when the eye rested up.
ON common wreck ofcommon interests and
) men, fully aroused, ran shuddering from the
| further danger, this noble band, The WIG
, PARTY OF THE CoUNTRY-now resting upon
! the sure foundation Unpopular strength. throw
! ing aside all personal predictions, scatter
ed private ambitions to the winds, and rear
: ed high above all the banners ofthe country
: The acknowledged leader of these firm pa
e trots was HENRY CLAY of Kentucky. Early
4 among our friends, sticking closer than ;
/ brother when numbers deserted us, cheering
y US on to battle, ralying us in defeat, and lead
S ing us to triumph, his was not the nature tt
: suffer the thought of his personal advance
3 ment to hazard, even by conjecture, thu
v browning glory of the country. By char
IF acteristic act of self-devotion he yielded on
n guidance TO another-one fit indeed to re
e ceive the trust And when treason (which
If the strongest may in vain seek to defy) 70
l. the first time reared its loathsome head il
IS executive station, He was still equal TO th'
s contest. And now battling beneath his banner
II the flag of our fathers-we go forth Il
/ perfect the work so nobly begun-to secure
IT beyond the reach of trea son, the fruit OF th'
If political revolution of 1910.
d Opposed to this noble champion,as the re-
e preventative of their principles, our adveT
IS saries present the name and principles o
4 Martin Van Buren,. A name linked with n.
: personal weight of character, distinguished
l. by no honorable service, he stands Opposed
S TO him, who, poor orphan boy, now link
L his reputation with the greatest and best O
! men in history or on the worlds stage. Who's
: name is embaImed in the hearts ofihe Sonil
}, American patriots; for his eloquent voice
}, cheered them on in their struggle for liberty
$ Whose memory is cherished by the chival
.e Ious Greeks, for the remembrance off fer
is vid appeals in their behalf is among them
e. household words. Whose trumpet-note
b. reused tue country TO arms against the ag
I'd pressions of Great Britain, and whose wis