American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1845-07-30

WEDNESDAY, MoRNItG, JrLr 80, l846,
ANN BALTIMORE CLIPPER,

WEDNESDAY, MOaNlN"' 'VLf 'o' i'4'
u,roowrp CAPITAL. Business men are not
IN, onlv persons who trade upon borrowed ca
,.,,I--snch capital sometimes constitutes til"
',.l,ro amount OF stock in trade of politicians
.-,,, ,,so II most successfully. How many lead
:r,, politicians are there, who are entirely IN
4a,.ed TO editorial putting for their conspicuous
standing, and who too often repay their bonH-
-..,,-s with SCOTS and sneers for having raised |
,-an from obscurity. We have heard the OBJ
..a-ra,ion made repeatedly, that 1.-THE Woriu IS
.,oyeued By humbug;n and there is certainly
,,r,h truth in the remark. We have known
.,.s,,orcs IN which candidates for public favor
s,,e receyed credit for actions which they
,,.y,, p,rto-ocd and for intellectual powers
,,h,eh they never possessed. Others have eu-
',,iqod themselves in the public prints, decely-
inn, the people into the belief, that such praise
y,,s the d,snterestcd tribute paid to distinguish
ri merit. 49,,
A notable instance Of distinguished poti-
cans trading upon borrowed capital, has Just
come to light. For many years Col H. W.
I,,Ans N mas received credit from the people OF
Ola Irp;,ed States for having killed Tecumseh,
ana ne received it as due to the gallant acton
from his known bravery it was net supposed
lha, he would act with duplicty in this affair;
,ol oyerv one. therefore, conceded to him the
r,eri, Of having killed the gallant Indian. The
49,, mas successfully used as political capital,
.,.,,;,st il could be of service to Col Johnson;
,,,, ,or, ,bot he has retired to private life, lac
,.,r,;,cIv Yields hisclaim in favor of the man by
,,5om the deed was performed. 1t seems that
.r,o,,,ssn was killed by a .Major Figg, who
... r,ossm,to If Col. Johnson's-that the
5y,;or uarmitted the Colonel to enjoy the Clio
ar,bo action rs lorr As it could be service
.b,o and was not required to make capital fo
f5a rirh,r,l Owner. But the Major having re
.o,,Iy hecome a .and,date. desires to call IL,
,,, bo,os ne 1'ecnmssh to his aid, and there
+,-o ro,,os,s CoI Johnson to return him ''hi
,L,, =, ,rh;s hos haan done with urea
,,-o,nn,itnde by the Colonel, who remarks"
...,I, o,,,,b. n rost satisfied with what the re
.,u.,t;on of !. has done for me. and am nov
,,;i,;nr that Won shonld rean all the advantage
rom it Won can We confess that this trans
,,,;o, ,essans Col. Johnson in our estimation
.,.l,.;,,. ,uoo,;,oa - ,or,ritted To h
to' ne has ','''. P"o''Se"' - P'''''',0 .,.
pfactlsed, Tor his beneht' gross uooep'Io
upon the world-and now cooIIy says, tia
b,v;,r receivod ou the benefi, from the false
"a .L;,,, bo ,oo oxroot no ;s willinu that
'l0'u WIN" III Gun 49, ~.
.ua1. g.. oh;r,1,o,a ond n;rb-,o,ed foe
mo. and certainly believed him incapable
oeelrihs 10 appropriate u ",'i'S''i o''0 pD','o
OF tame WINCH f'ghuuiiy oelonseo 10 a"oVli'
Wepresume that we shall now have Major FL
a,tenp,iup 10 ride into power upon the back
.rr....,, h,,, mn s,s,oo, that tbe Ind
'0u''''", 'P
prophet VIII not prove so prohtaoie mach
the Major as he did to the Colonel-and hen
wa expect tina. Major Figg will 6ud his hob
., no north . sr 20 him IN his career
NV ~ " % -. :.
People may suspect '''a1'pt'le' o'''O'aN''
appear, and that there VIII De no eha 10
cumseh killers.
T,,o lo,,or or Col Johnson deserves to
,1. ,hor,c,ro oorv il nrsix;n,
P'eS'r''o' VIC '''''0'''1 1f' F ~ Al.
Figg, which is as follows:
'{n the course of human events, it has
rome necessary ior me 10 PteSou' ,,'{s1m ar, 1o