Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1848-09-19
Martin Van BHsUR,

when he stood upon the same platform
that the present standard bearers Of our
party now occupy, to witness his presen;
position. He is now at the head of
party composed OF abolitionists, disap-
pointed democrats and conscious wings"
He has connected with him,in his selfish
scheme, a massachusetts whig." What
has brought about this union between
the houses of Lindenrald and Quincy?
On the part Of Mr.. Van Buren,, it was to
distract the democratic party, and, If pos.
sibie, to ensure its defeat.
Thus we find Mr.. Van Buren,, notwith
standing he once made solemn declar-
alton that his name should ''never be at
the disposal Of any person whatever Tor
the purpose of creating distraction and
division in the denocatic party" now the
nominee Of a mongrel gathering against
the democratic party, and his name on the
same ticket with an anti.war federalist-
We are naturally led to enquire the cause
Of Mr.. Van Buren's degrading apostacy;
and TO shudder when we view his at
tempts to create a sectional warfare
between the North and the South, which
is calculated to destroy the Union and to
sink us in the eyes ofihe civilized world.
His friends contend that, thong his name
brought defeat upon our party in 1910. he
should have been re.nominated in 1914
The democracy thought otherwise at that
time, and subsequent events have proven
that that conclusion was wise one. His
acts now show that the confidence which
the democratic party has reposed upon
him in days gone by, was placed upon,
ungenerous and unworthy shoulders. That
he should come out at this late period in
his life, because his unsuitable ambition
was not gratifed, and give the lie to all
his former professions, is striking exhi.
ton Of the depravity Of human nature
He is now in the field in opposition to the
decision of convention. system that he
always advocated and regarded as bind
ding upon democratic; and a system that
took him from the office Of surrogate and
placed him in the Presidential chair. He
has deserted the party, to which, more
than any other man in the Republic, be
Is indebted for all his political fame -
The democracy have stood by him man.
fully, in prosperity and adversely. To
them, and to the very system by which
Gen. Cass is brought before the people,
he owes his elevation TO the first office in
the gift of free people. IS Il seems from
the moment that the Baltimore convention
chose other than himself for standard
bearer, he has been engaged, through
his son John, in dividing and distracting
the democratic party of the Empire State,
to enable him to accomplish his ends.
Whittier has his professed patriotism, and
his love of country fed, that he is guilty
of taking lead in a movement to weaken
the bonds of the Union.
The friends of Mr.. Van Buren, cannoi
conceal his real designs. His object il
to defeat Gen. Cass and the democratic
party. Because his party did not see fl
TO make him its continued faUorite, he
cries aloud for REVENGE. In order tc
enable him to succeed in his unhallowec
designs, his friends have adopted the
"free soil" Issue, as a fit trap to catch
abolitionists, unsuspecting democrats and
wings. How this desertion, trickery anc
demagogueism of Van Buren, will effec
the party. remains to be seen.
/ In conclusion, we beseech every mar
who has acted with the democratic party
hitherto, from principle; and who loves
its sound and liberal doctrines, not to be
misled BY the hypocritical cry for ''fTee
soil" as uttered by Van Buren's supper
ters. A democrat, by voting for Mr
Van Buren,, aids the election of a whia
President. We trust thatthose democrats
who have been led from the good ole
cause, will look around them and see to
what Mr.. Van Buren's course is tending
DEMoCRATs. look well to il and see thai
you do not assist in elec,ing the whie
candidate for the Presidency.