Fremont weekly freeman. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1850-1853, 1852-08-21
Faint. Fall and FizzIe.

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When Pierce and King were nominated,
and the office seekers and leaders of that par
| ty had found out Who "Pierce vas" they
concluded they must have some demonstra-
ton to make the masses of their party believe
that the Baltimore Convention had nominated
"just the men they wanted" Accordingly
they gave out that Hickory Pole would
be raised on stated day, and all the faithful
were importuned and begged of to be in at
tendance. Finally the day arrived for put
ting up the pole, and few of the faithful, of
whom the Corwines, the Clicks, the Anesleys,
the Pinkertons, DC, seemed TO be the leading
spirits, were in attendance, and after a great
Zeal of hard labor, sweating, swearing and
fighting hickory sapling, about the dimen-
sions of Pierce. (fguratively speaking) was
ereeted-and great was the rejoicings of the
office holders and Office seekers thereat.
The friends of liberty, equal rights, and
home manufacturers, mechanics and artists,
concluded they must raise pole in behalf
of their old Chief and Protector-W Winfield
Scott. A few days notice was accordingly
given that pole would be raised on the next
Friday. On that day some two or three hun
dred people assembled at the place appointed,
and in two or three hours as handsome Pole
as need be was erected, and the colors of
Scott and Graham run up.
Such proceedings in opposition TO the Lo-
cofoco party in Fremont, filled the minds of
its leaders with holy horror! they were aston
shed! and dunn founded! Such audacity
they never expected to witness here, where
pure unadulterated Locofocoism has reigned
SO long that the memory of man runneth not
thereto, and something mus: be done to stop
the mouths of the Scott men, They first tried
to break down the "Chippewa Club" by an
nouncing in their organ that they were all
"grand fzzles," but finding that wouldn't go
down, they commenced abusing its members
by pronouncing them federalists, tories, &c
But all this would not do. The more they
wished to break down the Chippewa Club,
the more it wouldn't break down,"-every
subsequent meeting was an Improvement on
the first.
Finding all their efforts in vain, they finally
held a council of war. "These id Scott
men," said they, (the British and Mexicans
used to curse Scott too, but he whipped them
for all that,) care getting too lrnpudent They
not only have a larger attendance at their
Club than we do, but they have had the au-
dacity to put up laundering great big Pole,
Fifty Feet taller than ours. We must put
up Pole SO feet taller than theirs" The
idea was no quicker conceived than they at
/ tempted to put it into execution. They got
hickory log and two or three saplings, and
hauled them into town, about two weeks ago
The next object was to find suitable place to
erect it. They first wished to put it up in
| front of Mr.. Bow man s tavern on the east side
of the Fiver but be wouldn't have it up there,
Notwithstanding be was a Democrat They
then hauled it in front of A. B. Taylor's pro-
perty, but he wouldn't have such a looking
thing in front of his premises. Mr.. Taylor is
a Democratic Justice of the Peace. They then
wished to place it in front OF Mr.. Pease's tin
shop, who is also Democrat, but he sent
them away with flea in their ear" They
then concluded they would put it up where
the old one stands, and then cut down the
little sapling, which they concluded wasn't
"mueh of a pole after ALL"
So they fastened on to their log and drag
ged it down to the only place where they
could get privilege to put it up. Last Thurs
day week Mr.. Isaac Swank, about as honest
and clever Democrat as we know OF, COM
menced working on it. In two or three days
he had it all well and nicely fixed for raising,
and word was given out that it would be put
up on Monday. Monday come, and also few
Democrats The rigging was of such poor
and fiimsy character that a good part of th e
day was spent before Mr.. Swank could get
hitched on, but finally they commenced win
ding it up, and when they gotit up some two
or three feet it was taken with a faintinq
spell and keeled over to one side. They fixed
it up, and again commenced raising, and when
it was about up, down it come, smashing the
trussel trees into pieces, but fortunately hur-
ting no one AT this moment Locofoco's could
be seen "streaking it" in all directions, with
their coat tails sticking out at an angle of about
forty-fve degrees A more chop-fallen or
forelorn looking set of human beings we never
| SAW bIIdH bHOSO 4OOOAOCOS. 4dOJ uOIO doiAoA1~
ed that their Pole had acted so much like
their candidate for the Presidency.
They went to work at it again, and FORUM
ately got up the first stick. The next day
they commenced raising the other piece, and
have been at it ever since, and it lacks about
twenty feet now of being up They have got
it to about halfmast, where they have fasten-
ed it with ten ropes, in the act of mourning
for the departed greatness of their party
In the days of Gen. jackson. hickory poles
were wont to stand erect, but now -a-days they
make most ungainly appearance, and don't
appear to be of much account. Hickory
poles have now got to be braced up, or they
generally faint and fall. Take this pole, all in
all, it is one of the greatest .fszlss We have
ever seen, heard or read of.
In justice to Mr.. Swank, however, we must
say that it is no fault of his that the pole is