The Democratic sentinel and Harrison County farmer. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1851-1852, 1852-07-21
Fuss, Feathers, Gas, Glory, Gun
powder, and Fustisn can't come

! Wing politicians are Philosophers, much
like the sapient son of Esgulapius who re-
solved to build up thSpry aad practice
from his own observationsH Called to attend
an lrishman, he prescnkd for him, with
directions not 10 eat bacoMand cabbage; but
Pat consulted his palate, BOX the forbidden
proyender, and got well. 4 The young med
ical philosopher wrote in As diary, bacon
and cabbage good for 9 Fever." He soon
had occasion to prescriba for Dutchman
with the snme disease, aM he followed his
own experience and prAcribed bacon and
cabbage, and Mvnheer Ried. The doctor
was not Disconnected. IL penned down his
experience: Bacon and cabbage good for
an Irishman in fever, h8 death to Dutch
man." d.
, The whig party, hayi& had i'll luck in
measures anc principles#or long series of
years, resolved to cha@ge their practice.
They accordingly thNew way their learning,
talent, decency, dsc, @ch they had relied
upon as their capital stok and tried two dol
lars a day and rosst bdBf, seasoned with a
little saltpetre and glory They put them
selves through that tinS and rashiy under.
took to manage federal bffars in the face of
high heaven. They haze very disagreea-
bic recollection of how tAey came out. They
go sthsig cEesd and aeency again, and
failed. u u Mos stfafSg sasgss lg s4lAey-should
eschew decency after it had shown itself un-
profitable. They tried again the gunpow-
der and gas, with only seasoning of the
beef, and again they put through, and fell
upon the spoils with a vlgor and voracity
which put all previous practice of the sort tc
the blush.
! Now, after the lessons of experience SC
often received, they have it written down y
their note book, "Gas, glory and gunpoW-
der good for presidential election"
! The organization and policy of the whig
party is well illustrated by Il strolling pro-
cession with drum and fife, followed by a
crowd of boys and negroes The whole
country are induced to fall in at the sound
of the drum, and the sight of fuss and feath-
ers, epaulettes and soup. A few Scott men
are confident of success. They have always
believed that the smell of gunpowder elected
Jackson, and that Harrison won his way by
the same means, and that Taylor's election
illustrated and confirmed the great and par
amount value of military glory.
The plan of the campaign in its general
outlines lies upon the surface. A spontane-
Gus combustion was anticipated; great up
rising of popular enthusiasm; mighty noise
and confusion; a tornado which was to blow
up the masses into Juror for "fuss and
feathers" But the signs of the times are
NAL -omnious. The praries don't burn, and
Aolus don't let loose the winds There are
no symptoms of an uprising enthusiasm, nc
prenonltions of a coming storm. The hlgt
priests of whiggery must consult the Hazu-
Spices and tell the hopeful what's the mat
ter Gas, glory and gunpowder, have los
their charm, or they are getting slow II
their operations.
Wing practice upon whig experience il
likely to fall; very good in '43, but fatal ii
'5g-good for Taylor, but death on Scott
We congratulate the wings upon the pros
pect of their improvement in philosophy b.
an additional fact which will satisfy then
that humbugs won't always bear repeating
Whig editors and stump orators are goln!
through the motions of 1848, but they pla..
their parts to listless audiences. There
no response; laughter, nor applause, greet
them. Befoye November, they will be hiss
, ed off the stage.-Lsni ville Daily Demo
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