The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1848-06-29
THE "BARNBuRNERS" AND GOLD
lfuNkEES,

THE "BARNBuRNERS" AND GOLD
liuNKEIs."
The term Barnb1rncrs is known only AZ
significant of faction in the Democratic
party: but hundreds ask what does il mean
!. how did j, originate?
The origin at the term brrnbwncr WINS,
We believe, this: In the State Of New Yorl,
il is well known that politics were for very
many wears arranged and directed bv n
cnss OF men called the Albany Regency
They held the State offices and pnrcclle,
them out as their own domsin. OF course
this in time begat Jealousy and opposition
The Young aud new members of the party
could see neither justice nor propric,y in
this sort Of political aris,ocracv; and many
oi the old ones, who had fought long unrc-
wnrded, took sides with them. This mani.
tested itself in the Legislature. A radical
faction was formed, and the great point o!
dispute was, az il has always been. the off
ccs. "ih, {said the radicnls) what RICH,
have these old fcllows.--ihese hnnkcrs-tu
nc forever sucking NJ The public crib, while
no, teat remain Tor us?' Il was a sore
grievance md a trying time. What could
be done? Nothing seemed possible. The
iInnkcrs held on with n grip like vice
They acted most cmpha,icallv On the doc
irnc that "a bird in the hand was worth
two in the bush" At length, seeing there
was no chance without force, leader oi
the faction rose and said:
mir. Speaker: I see that the gentlemen
who hold the Regency power have taken
their course. and IRE not 10 be moved bv
persuasion ar cjcc,men, they are no soon
or driven ou, nj one corner than they come
IN nj the other. Sir, sec no way To get
them out but To serve them as some fellow
did the rats. lie wns troubled excessively
by rats in his barn: he tried all sorts oi
ways 10 get them out he set traps for them
he got terrier dog. he sent in weasel
and he put poison in their way; but all in
vnln-no sooner did they 20 out Que side
than they came in the other. Tho traps
they would not enter, tho poison they would
not cat. lie resolved what he would do
nc set fire 10 The barn. and burnt barn, rats,
and all, This is what we will do, sir.
In the masterlv language &c the immor,al
Jefferson. sir. few men die and none re-
sign. We must try u more summary meth.
od-we will burn the barn. rats and ALL"
The liankers understood the gnmc, and
resolved to anticipate little So at the mex;
election. when the great chief of the Barn.
burners (Silas Wright was nominated, the
iinnkers quickly gnvc him stab under
The fifth rib. mud laid him low in political
death. "Vengcnncc." then said all the
Bnrnbnrners. "Justicc 10 Sins Wright
now requires that we should immediate n
hecniomb Of rats" "Ihc harm must be-
burnt" Aud il was. Nothing hu, its
ruins remain. whilst hundreds ~ IIunkcr
rats. MI nicely faitcd. expired in the flower
Of political martvrdom. Cincinnati Chron
SHORTENING THE MISSISSIPPI. When VIC
speak of shortening the Mississippi We mcn n
what we saw. IL Inns actually been shortened
twenty five miles or more. nenr Point
Conpee, LOU, ms will he seen by the follow
ing extrac, from the Point Coupcc Echo:-
The Racconrci Cu,.O is now complete.
The largest class ofsicnmbonts pass through
up and down wiihou, any difficulty. Il is
about En'r hundred yards wide and the ba nix
constantly caving. We hnvc hccn told bv
nh eye witness that the lnrccst trees in the
forest will 90 down root foremost and the
tops of them entirely disappear. The
Na,chez in passing through on Thursday,
threw her lead and could no, find bottom.
This il truly work Of establishment. md
the State. and in fact the inh abitants or the
WILEY of,he Mississippi. are greatly indeb,-
ed Tor this great improvement, 10 the indie
intgnhlc cxcriions Of orr State Engineer.
Col. II. T. Williams. md tho contractor.
Col. Daniel Hoard, whose skill Inns already
been tested NJ an engineer. in putting in OPP
GRAFTON the West Feliciana railroad. The
distance, say twenty eight miles. in the old
channel, common running stearnbo at
would be three hours in going round, aud
now, we nre told. that fast boat can run
through the Cutoff in ten minutes up md
in one or two minutes down. thus saving
two hours and fifty minutes. and the wood
ihst n lnrgc Steamboat would burn in tho
difference of the time would he nine cords
which nj So 30 per cord would amount S22
SO, so TIN, every lnrge steamer will save
that amount at lcnst The expenses Of
large Don't nrc about S. per hour.
Fashion, il is said, will this SKINNER abnI-
isb the me of boots for gentlemen, subs,i.
tuting pumps in their places.
Quite change has taken place in the
style 81 Indies dresses. among the supper
ten" in the larger cities. ], is snid thsv