Evansville weekly journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 184?-18??, 1848-08-03

low citizens that they wanted me to allow my
name to be put forward by them for the highest
Office. and assured them that had always
been and still was willing to serve my country
The same folks wanted to know if would not
agree to serve them little better than would
serve some of their neighbors if became Pres
dent. Others wanted to know what party /
belonged to,-and some went so far as to say if
did not agree to go with their party and turn
politician they would vote against me.
Now Capt. Jumper let us look into this mat
ter, and what would have been the result if
had been politician, a real out and out party
man. At the battle of Buena Vista had un-
der my command small but gallant little ar
nv. about one-fifth IN number to the enemy
pouring down upon us-my little army had IN
its ranks men perhaps of all parties, wings, To-
cofocos, abolitionists, Barnburners, old hunk
ers, and all the other parties whose names can
not we'll remember. Now suppose had been
party man and said to my party, "Come boys
follow nae and let our party alone have all the
honor and all the spoils of victory,-and you
who don't belong to my party stay in camp and
play kettle tenders-I can't trust you for you
don't belong 10 the right party. What do you
think Capt. Jumper would have become of US
and our flag? Folks don't know what they are
talking ubout when they ask me what party
belong to, and if they want to know how it is
that am not a party politician, let them see
what have seen, and what Gen. Scott has
seen, and what every officer and man has seen
when the time Of trial had come, and the
enemy was to be licked. Such are the times
/ and such are the scenes that knock all paltry
party notions out of a man if he ever had any.
and then he learns lesson he can't we'll for
get, and he must be mighty mean man,
reckon, if he should ever after become so fal
ungrateful as to forget that when pinch
comes, our flag, our country, and every thing
dear to us, look TO the equal efforts of all par
ties; and that it was TO such efforts we owe
our success at Palo Alto, Resaca de la Palma
Monterey, Buena Vista, Vera Cruz, Cerro Cor
do, Churubusco, Contreras, Chapultepec-anC
finally to an honorable peace. If any one sup
poses these battles were won by any particu
lar party, it is sure sign he was not present
and did not see, as he might, ifhe had been there
men ofall parties standing shoulder to shoulder
with one heart and one object-looking to ant
fighting under one fag@-one constitution
and for one country.
In such a school, Captain Jumper, man i
not apt to learn as much of the party as he i
made to forget about all parties; if he live
through such schooling, and is a right hearted
man, you will find he has buried all his politi
cal party prejudices In the same grave tina
holds the dead bodies of his companions VIII
fell bravely fighting for the glory and honor c
that flag, that constitution and that country W
proudly claim as our own.
am glad the Two PoIlies is aaoat again an
hope she may be able to accomplish the tou
your have cut out for her, and hope the tim
is not far distant when she can 90 East an
West, North and South, and find safe an
chorage, and safe port wherever she may de
sire to go-from one end of this Union to tn
of nd / vii oil -ho1
you see, that if they want to be prosperous an
happy they must learn at once to manufacture
their own politics, and that the only safe rule
Fef doing this are to be found in the Constitu
ton. No matter what the disease is, they will
Y be sure TO find cure for it there, and no wher
S else, and an effectual one, too; and by no mea
i. to trust to f'patent medicines" manufacture
9 by those who deal and trade in such matter
| for If they do, they will be sure to find tina
S such pills cause worse disease than they pre-
9 tend to cure.
: A great many of these quacl doctors ar
z now busy--they will lose their trade if tn
a people learn to manufacture their own medi
: cine; aud hence you will be abused by them
2 and so will !, and SO will all men who thin
the people are safer in their own hands than il
} the hands of such doctors.
D In conclusion, Capt. Jumper, can only say
/ have been my own doctor ever since | was
S boy, and my medicine is exactly the same ad
t wise others to take, and have already told yo
where you can indit
| am sorry can't go along with you in you
y trip. ! must stay at home and help kill tn
caterpillars and cut-worms till get my presen
crops in; and if the people decide that l mus
t go to Washington, and look after their crops
a III obey, and if find any caterpillars there
: III do my best to get rid of them-giving Their
a prOvisoto be smashed or to crawl off to tn
other side ofPopocatapeu.