Fremont weekly freeman. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1850-1853, 1850-07-06
Tho Ritter End.

ministration, Previous to his election, the is
sue raised, by the model politicians of the .'im-
maculates," was whether the "Old Hero was
Wing or not; and after it had been sent
forth from the organ at Washington, it was
echoed by the whole Loco Foco press from
the mighty "Union" to the most contemplate
i''seven by nine," that is to be found in any
county seat
This then was their mainstay-the straw at
which these drowning men caught-on this
they verify believed their political salvation
depended. Already had the popularity of
General Taylor been made manifest; and the
murmurings of the masses as they thought on
the corruption of the party in power, and their
cheers and huzzas for "Old Zack'' were heard
from Maine to Georgia In these things, ''as
in glass" and not darkly. did they see most
clearly and hear most plainly, the crushings
of that political whirlwind. which was to over
whelm them, and so PROSTATE the genius
of Locofocoism, that the hand of the "resurec-
ZIONIST" would never be able to reach it,
''For coming events cast their shadows befOre.''
Then it was when in solemn conclave, after
days and nights spent in deliberation they
came to the unanimous conclusion to make
one 'long and LAST effort to retain the power,
which many of them had begun to consider
theirs by divine right-that they might still
plumber the pockets of "Uncle Sam )" (and all
for the love of the dear people; } and while the
ghosts of their former corruptions haunted
them with fears of coming retribution, they
said Ito them what fatal mistake!) we will
say to the people of these United States, @men
ofall parties, hearye! Gen. Taylor is no Whig.''
A discovery as valuable to them as would
have been the philosophers stone, for this
they hoped would turn every thing it touched
into gold
This. then. was the issue, for the Wilmot
Proviso was only a secondary affair,-none
doubling but that Gen. Taylor, if true Wing.
would give his official sanction to any bill
passed by Congress not in open violation of the
Constitution, whether in relation to Slavery
or any other subject of vital Importance.
What was the object then, in thus endeav-
|oring to force that absurd falsehood upon the
people? The answer is evident To destroy
the confidence of Wings in their nominee, and
thus secure the election of that model of all
modern politicians, Lewis Cass. The result is
a matter of history-the falsehood proved to
be worse than "moon- shine :" and the hero of
many hard-fought battle in the swamps of
Florida and plains of Mexico, was still victor,
and the civic crown decked the brows of the
warrior whom an independent and prosperous
people had chosen to rule over them, in spite
of demagogues, falsehood and chicanery.
After being foiled IN these prdiseworthy
efforts, then il was that "Father Ritchie', utter
ed these ever memorable words, II viii OPP
pose this administration to the bitter end"
words which he vainly hoped would intimidate
the President and his Cabinet, and cause
them to swerve from the path which honor and
the duty they owed to their country had mar
ked out. The war given, the onslaught was
terrible, and like crowd of canine serenaders
when the noble mastiff has swelled forth his
terrific bass to the silent moon,
"Both mongrel, puppy. whelp and hound,
And ours Of low degree"
Join in the concert, all sware by the mighty
Mammon they worship, "to oppose the admin
istration of Gen. Taylor even unto the bitter
end" Sublime resolutions! Heroic desper-
alton! Shade of Andrew jackson look down
upon and pity them! Desolate vast thou in
thy af1iction, o! house of Loco Focei
1t may be-and we have heard it said, that
a man may discuss the affirmative of propo-
sition which he knows to be false until he con-
vinces himself it is true-that "Father Ritch-
ie'' in his dotage, as he is, and Influenced by
hope, may have brought himself to believe
that General Taylor was no Whig, or if
Wing, was villain enough to sacrifice the
rights of the people upon the alter of the Mo-
Ioch he worshipped, and still retain in Office
the vampires, who had been sucking the
hearts blood of the country for the last thirty
years. As an original idea, it was well wor-
thy the great leader of a great party, whose
whole object was power, and to obtain which,
would sacrifice truth and honesty, and whose
cardinal doctrine was 'to the yictors belong
the spoiIs." Such was one of the scintillations
that eminated from the fountain of ight--that
shone at the head of the great party.
Disappointment turks in many prize, and
in this as in the other, the progressive demo-
cracy signally failed Then it was cry was
heard. The voice of the murmuring of the
hitherto "elect" in their tribulation went up
from every city and from every hamlet in the
land Their grief was terrible to look upon
their wailings smote upon the SOUL and woe
woe! woe! was heard from one extremity of
the Union to the other. Why was all this
grief? Why this repding of garments and
tearing of hair? Is not the answer written
- khe cbronicles of those kines9 Rehold II is