Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1848-08-10

Was this the policy which was 10 be sus,aine
by The people No, never!. A. different. re
suit was approaching; the mi,named Democ
rscy had selected leader. and 80 had III
wings; The former general that always SUI
renders, ihe latter general that never surren
ders. Under such leaders could the result b
doubted No. 1t was certain: The conles, ha
IN isci, been given up. The Union, tho orpal
OF The Administration, Father Richie bmsel
had given i. up. What did the Union tell US
II headed recent article with " Will the peo
pie endure The cheat'" He wen. on ,hrouel
half a column, telling how they were chea,e,
hy The Wings; and in other columns it wa
cheated. cheated, CHEATED! Now he woult
like TO know what man or party ever criet
"cheaied" that was not beatene! "Chea,'
meant j" beat" In 1910, when lhs Wings bea
the Locos. they cried ou, cheated !" in 1914
when the Locos beat, that was The cry of the
Wings; and SO when the Union cried " cheat
ed II admitted they were beaten ]" Cheated
was The language Of the loser, never of the win.
ner.
=, Mr. Hammons wished to PROFOUND cues.
lion TO the gentleman, but -
Mr.. Steward declined 10 yield for want ol
lime. He proceeded to read from one of the
articles, referred TO in the Union in which il
was said that 1t was unfair for tbs Wings 10
take Taylor. II they had taken, Clay, Web
ster, Scott, Mclean. or any other known Wing,
he would have been satisfied ; but they had
selected Old Zack, "no-party man." and they
(ihe Democracy could not keep their men in
The ranks that they would not stand fire lha,
like the Mexicans they were no, only retreat.
ing. but going over 10 Taylor, in companies
and regiments that they had not only Barn.
burners in the North, but, Barnburners in the
Soulh: the Van Buren men and the Yancev
men. the Alabama platform men" and the
z" New York platform men," NORTH. Sop!h,
East, and West their men were boiling"
boiling, boiling. Now this, Mr.. Richie said
was not fair; = it was palpabIe chea, - The
Wings ough, TO have nominated Mr. Clay-a
man they had often defeated, and could, he sup.
posed, defea, again. This would have been
lair; but 10 take up "Old Zack," " party
man" the very man who had Tough. their bal.
lies and saved their Administration from infa.
my and disgrace, how could The Wings vote
for hun! Democrats could do so with propri-
e'y. Yes, (said Mr. S and that is exactly
wha, they are going 10 do Democrats would
soIe tor him, because he was an honest, true,
patriotic, faithful old man, who had risked his
Iiie in fighting The batlIes of The country. The
honest. unsoPhis,icaled people, no, the polili-
clans. but The patriotic people of the country.
fel. and said, We owe Old Zack debt of
gratitude, and we are not like Mr.. Polk, Gen,
4 and fhu rartv h..
him with kicks and cuffs, we are homes, men;
We will pay our honest, debts; we have no
money, but We will pay him in paper; we have
a litle BIZ, of icket which we will deposit a,
the polls for him in November next, We don't
care what you say Mr.. Richie, or wha. you
politicians, say 10 The contrary; he has served
his country long and faithfully and we are
going TO Ltiank him, and thai. 100, wi.hou, Mr..
Cass's disgraceful proviso attached to his vote
Of thanks for his glorious victory. al Monterey"
You might as well at,emp, TO sop The Missis-
sippi river as TO stop these homes, men from
so'ng for. Gen. Taylor. 80.
Blu. prudence is The better part of valor.-.
Mr.. Richie is not going 10 wait to be shot
he starr. in time. He knows Old Zack and
Capt. Bragg are sharp shooters, and he no doubt
eeis Iitile like Crockel's coon, who from the
op OF tree seeing a weIl-known marksman
aising his unerring rife, said Is ;ha. you
Capt. Scott! IL il is, dom: shoot IN come
lown." So said Mr. Richie: SIS tha. you,
Did Zacki IF i. is, don, shoot; I'll come
Town." Much laughter -.
But, to make bad worse, The next day after
his candid confession and surrender, oui comes
lis old friend Van Buren, against Mr.. Cass.-I
iurrible-"e ct tn Brute % This rendered the
I'D gentleman quite frantic. and in his next pa !
,sr we may expec, 10 see him address Mr..
Polk in the language Of a certain celebrated
ong, lately applied 10 distinguished Senator
rom New York:
20, carry me back to Old Virginny,
To Old Virginny's shore"
nd ] never. never will come back to this place
ny more. (Ladghter.) Tha, was the kind
4 music that no expected soon to hear on The
ryan. now SO vIlanously Out of tune. But
nough Of this
Sir. we have been repeatedly told, during
ais debate. that the Democrats, IN their Con.
ention al Baltimore. had laid down a platform.
nd they complained thai the Wings had adop-
ID no platform whatever. Blu. he would tell
en'lemen the Whig. had platform, and they
ad II in General FayIor's Allison letter. of The
2nd April , and he would proudly con'rss,
ia, broad. noble. American platform. with the
arrow. contracted. party platform, adopted at
aItmo,s. Cours.', or, these Yls'forms,-