, 1848-11-18

The former Dy OIIerlng 10 swallow
Ill Mexico, and how he had proved the
by breakin his sword in a pas
and more than all that, since the
at Baltimore he was. the
greatest Democrat in the country. And
now says my friends. three cheers for
Cass, Constitution, and Californy.-|
Well they gin three loud cheers, and
that nail was well drove and
clinched.. Then a blacksmith with a
smutty nose and q leather apron on, gets
Ro ssS . an8 K Sssa SS'nf A ndee rs for 9,ns s,s
il went like q hurricane; full twice as
loud and three times as many as
cheers for Cass. ! had a good mind to
cut and run, and give it all up. But at
last | p)ucked up courage and faced the
l called out tothe blacksmith,
and says l, my friend, when we called
meeting without the distinction Of
party, it was all meant for Ginerel Cass,
the Democratic candidate, and it's very
hansome for a Wing to come here and
interrupt us in this way.
"You take me for a Wing, do you Z"
says he.
"To be sure / do" says 1; 'You are
no Democrat to act in this way"
At that he redeemed up so the smut
on his face turned blacker than it was
before, and says he, "I'd have you know,
sir, I'm as good a Democrat as you are.
My father and mother was Democrats
before me. / was born. and bred a
Democrat; and ] mean to live and die a
Democrat but | go for old Rough and
Ready, let who will 60 agin him.
Then he called out agin for nine cheers
for old Rough and Ready; and the way
they roared EN- out was a caution. |
sect was no use talking about Wings
and Democrats, ! must try some other
hook.
So | cruised round on the Free-soil
territory, and. got lip meetings, and
preached up the Wilmot Rsoyiso hot and
heavy, and told 'em Giperal Cass would
go tor it with all his might. to the day Of
.hik death- Then 1ih0ssht I would ger
sen on ~ ia 10y they couldn't
IhslP 1sslsisg sAE.s, 50 !
sfbres
coGie hSg gn!e4 and as true as
Ipad5 echo, or il was, s'Three cheers
~forfree-soil and Gineral Taylor ~
Iegun to think the only chance was
forAs to try to carry the South. So l
W eefed about, and jumped Jim Crow,
fM the Slave States. I told 'em they
must stir round and elect Gineral Cass
orthe whole slavery business would be
upset; but ifthey would only elect him
they might feel safe, for they had his
letters to show that he was in favor of
unfolding slavery all weathers, and of
carrying it into every Territory we could
lay u hands IN. They all answered
me very coolly, that they had rather
trust a straightforward Southern man,
that they new had no tricks about him,
than to trust a Northen man with South.
-ern principles; and they reckoned on
the whole, they should go for Gineral
Taylor. As a last chance, / thought l
would try to rouse 'em up in old Penn
sylvany. So | went t. 'em, and tod
'em their coal and iron was in danger,
and the only way for 'em to ave it
was to elect Gineral Cass, who would
protect it to the bats end, for he was
as good a tariff man as Henry Clay.
At that, every one Of 'em, Quakers, and
Germans, and Dutchmen, and all, put
their finger agin the side Of their nose,
and said, Friend, we tried a tariff man
last time, hut we didn't save our coal
and iron by it; SO we have made up our
minds to try an honest nun this time
we are going for Zachary Taylor"
BY this time I was convinced the
game was up, and it was no use to stump
it any longer. We've got into the cur
rent where we can't help ourselves, and
are going down the Falls Of Niagara
IS fast as we can go; and l hope you
and all the rest of our party will be as
calm and composed, and considerate, as
he Indian was, that went down them
awiul falls = great many years ago. He
'uggged and pulled his m against the
with all his might till he found
here was no chance let, and then he
lah' down his paddle, and took up his
bottle of rum, and sot down quietly in
he bottom of his canoe, and tipped the
bottle up to his mouth, and sot and
irinked, and took the good of ii, till he
head over heels down the falls,
and went out of sight forever.
Now. my last advice To Won dear