Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1852-11-20

,Eriver as we sailed on. Nwas the rery
first time ttathe lad been onthe stream
land every thing was new to him. IL
lam not disleartened," "said the old
veteran, ~ have troops Of friends a.
round me, who have fallen with me.
my life has been devoted 10 the Re-
public, and / bowtoits decision now.
This vote cannot strike out therecord
of my services from my country'sihis-
tory. Posterity will dome justice"
AS we neared the extremity oflthe
.stream, we passed many beautiful
country residences. At one of the f.
nest, in his large cabbage garden,
stood MARTIN VAN buren,. He had
not yet recovered from his grief at
seeing the Democratic feet sail by
without taking him on board,
"The buckwheat cake was in his mouth;
The tear was in his eye.n
We cnqpired for the Prince, and we
found that he had followed the fleet
in small skiff, and there were, many
fears entertained for his safety.
Alittle farther up was BUCHANAN.
Poor man! he looked haggard. The
Democratic garment with which he
had covered up his principles so long,
was growing thin, and the old Federal
lining showed through in many pla-
ces. 's2'. .sil
On the next turn of the river, we
found CAss, wringing his hands in ag-
ony at the deserlion Of his friends
with his coat and hat of, he was ex-
claiming amid 1.-THE noise and confu-
sion" Of the. surf around him, in the
words Of the Captive Knight:
g They are gone! they hayeall passed by!
They in whose wars | had borne part.
They that | lov'iwi,ha brothers heart,
i. They hare left me here to die!
Sound again. clarion! Clarion pour thy
aag blast! ~
Sound, forth presidential dream Of hope
is past. .yl
Soon after, we came 10 the place
where tho whole Free Soil party were
disemharking. john P. HALE, in a
very good natured frame of mind, was
making preparations fora permanent
residence, as he had no idea that four
years would carry him down stream
again. Many Of them were seated on
the rocks, with long black poles, stir
ring up the mud Of the stream, while
certainjinky looking fellowswere call,
ling upon them "to agitate, agitateP'
Most Of the Massachusetts members
were sitting in their boats, expecting
that the Democrats would charter the
old steamboat Coalition and come up
after them next week. e-. '-
| We found ournew residence con-
venient one, and we are, upon the
whole, "as we'll as could be expect
ed" The air is salubrioas and invig-
Grating, if we may Judge by the hun
cry looks of the Democrats, as they
passed us. The soil is fruitful, and
produces u fine crop of regrets and
unavailing resolutions, but we are de-
tcrmined not to cultivate despair.
Soon after our arrival a large pub.
lie meeting was called, which assem-
bled near Cape T&ra-again. Hon.
Stay-at-home Gr1,mbler was appoint
ed Chairman. and Job Doo.little; Esq,
Secretary. Hon. Mr.. Facing. both
Ways made some lachyrmose remarks
which were promptly Kissed down;
when Mr.. Stick-to-the-right Great
heart offered the following resolutions,
whick were unanimously passed:
Rrso'rrd 1) That, after mature de-
liberation, we come to the conclusion
that pe are ropedap Salt Rirer.
Rssolrcd, icy That we are not alarm
ed. -, .ts7, I.
Rcso1cea, (s) That every rooster of
the settlement that crows once shall
be Immediately dccapitated. a,.
Resolred, (4) That, in the invcstiga-
tion Of the causes of our defeat, we
do not think tits owing 10 Winfield
SCOTS splendid services, or to Frank
lin Pierce's littlencss, but to the fact
that ee had not cotes enough.
Resozscd. (5) That we stay here un-
til wc go down stream again. if
Rcsolved, ICY That in the words of
the poet, we say at mil .ncycr do to
girc itnp 50, Mr.. Btomar'
Irish Wit.
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