The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-10-04


Andrew Jackson was candidate for the presidency
in 1924, and then again in 1925 when he elected
against all the ISLANDERS and iasehoods of an unprnciped
and reckless opposition.
AT that time, "inter alas" the wings opposed his cleo
ton on the ground that he had killed people, and was
murderer" He had executed, they said, "Arbuhnoi
and Ambrlster" two innocent men. under petex that
they were 'spes-men known to be engaged in exciting
the Indians to the massacre of our countrymen
They opposed him also, because in his personal diff
cues, he had, according to the laws of chyary been
compelled TO take the life of a teiiow-citi=ea.
lie had fought the great and glorious battle of New
Orleans even without necessity, and thereby sacrificed
an immense amount of human life, ughterng their
ENGLISH brethren from behind cotfon-bagS he had taken
from their friends, the Torres without their consent thus
playing the trant in ruthless and Infamous
In fact, General Jackson was a who had killed
Ia great many men-Ehglih, Spaniards, Indians and
'niggers," and wholly unfit to represent "mora and
religious people" their first executive officer He was
"cue cold booded murderer and tyrant " and the exc
cratons OF mankind then invoked by this order and
peaceloving pious, AM phaanMropic party upon his
devoted head. To make this appeal the more effective
and to startle the imagnatons of men by something
tangible and ipabe-somethng TO embody their horror
at these atrocties-A PLATFORM UPoN-hey got
up the infamous ''cotn handbs," and circulated them
far and ,ctde throughout country The coffin hand
bills have not been forgotten by the generation of this
day. They made too deep impression to be ever
forgotten by those who witnessed eUer saw the sane
monious demonomists performing their tricks OF witch
craft and jugglery.
In this, as IN all other Matters presto has been the
word, and these angels have been suddenly converted
into dmontacs arguing that, Jackson benefited By
them, would be as well to try what effect they would
have in bringing about their resurrection. Buried
themselves in the "cofns prepared for Jackson, they
have sagey concluded that "he hair of the dog would
be good for the bite" and homeopathic principles,
striving to escape from purgaoy by assuming to be
the exclusive "murderers' Of 'nnocent Mexcans;" and
for that purpose that Gen. Cass has never killed
anybody, and that Gen Taylor has killed everybody
We should not be surprised if cofn handblls" should
make their appearance shortly, emblem of the
derous deeds of this great anti-peace aour party
In the first place, they have nominated candidate
whose sole recommendation is founded, according to the
country the supposton that he has killed Mexcans
Webster, Bos and host of Others say this is his onlu
claim the support of the countrythat he has no other
nexion Cass represented grossly criminal, because
he has killed anybody. What said an orator Nlr.
Yelo of Maryand at the wing eoonery this city not
long since He said he could not say what Gen. Cass
actually did with that famous sword except that he never
killed anybody with it. 1t reminded him of the prayer of
another warrior on his return home, which was, "Oh
Lord! never killed anybody, and nobody ever killed
me- Lord, bless all manknd!' For aught he knew,
this might have been Gen. Cass's prayer.
In fact, it may be safely assumed that the wing party
rely coffin handbills" to forward, as they once
did to defeat, presidential election Having been de-
feated in despite OF them before, if not By them, they no
think, having the murderer on their side, that they
will certainly elect him. But in this they doomed to
the is not "mutatis muandis."
There is this difference: they called Jackson "mur-
derer," and produced the coffin handbills prove it
The people knew it lie,' and elected the man |
thus abused They, not e, call Taylor murderer; and
to prove it, produce the coffin handblls themselves to
show that Taylor has killed people, not Gen. Cas-. This
is an important d6erence and the Quakers, at least, will
bear it in mind on the 7h day OF next November.
General Cass served his country in the field, and won
the first victory achieved by the American arms in the
second with England. He may or he may not, have
killed anybody. II he did, we sure he would not
boast of it, After hosities have ceased between
tending nations, of humane feelings, venture
to assert, glored in the havoc of battle field
When hosttes exist, every patriot rushes to victory
not appalled, by any amount of human carnage. How
stand the wings on this platform AS long as the war
continued, they urging the enemy to welcome our
brave with boody hands and hospitable graves.
AS as the war ended, they had the unbushng i'm
pudence to take their leader from the head of the army
and appropriate TO themselves all the glory of that
This is the party the honest of the country called
to rebuke.
The Watertown IN. " Union (barnburner) caps the
climax of ialsehood when charges us, among Others
with denouncng the patriot Jackson for vetoing the
Bank of the United States We undertake to say that no
in this country has ever been uniformly opposed
to the Bank of the United States in every point of view
consttutonay, expediency, &cthan the editor of this
paper We among the first who broke ground against