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and out OF the Logs. Boys stared at him
as they are wont now to do at Buffalo
Bill. He was a picturesque looking old
coon. He emptied all his wrath-vials on
| the head Of the King.
The Kings enemies and detractors were
| as widespread as the limits OF the Union.
| The passion-play was not enacted so
| decorously in New England and other
sections, as the following excerpts from
the newspapers will show:
Il would rather see a thousand souls
lost" said a political person, than wit
ness the defeat of Harrisonw A man
who had imbibed. let us suppose. too
freely Of the co. be joyful" gave a toast
| In a large assembly: Van Buren, and
| the devil; may their political reign at last
cease on the 4th OF March next"
Still hlthier and more profane is this
one: Ivan Buren,. Cd, d-n him.
The lines below display the temper of
the times:
"A Wing Son-Addressed to the Loco
Foco Press. Tune, Washing Day."
Our cause IL is a glorious one.
There's none so free from evil,
Van Buren, is a sorcerer.
Tom Benton is the devil.
The Democrats retorted in this wise:
Question: Is Harrison in favor of the
bank?
Answer:
General Harrison, he is the man
To lead the sons of freedom on.
Question: Does he favor abolishing
slavery in the District of Columbia?
Answer:
His like again ne'er can be found,
So pass the cider round and round.
IN II, h.
Answer: Hurrah for Tip! Hurrah for
Tyler,
Question; Does he favor internal i'm
provements:
Answer:
Wen have cider, songs, and brandy;
Well thrash the Locofocos handy.
TESTIMONY AS TO LINCOLN.
I shall give as a fitting conclusion to
this paper the testimony Of one who lived
in the West in 1870 a neighbor and an
acquaintance OF Abraham Lincoln: "He
abraham Lincoln). without the chivalry
or the conscience OF Alexander Hamilton,
had no little Of his insight, and far more
than his frankness in the utterance Of
his sentiments. That is, he had
as little faith as Hamilton HIM
self in the capacity OF the people
order to govern them they must be de-
ceved and led by their passions. Hence,
when the great Whig party. in 1870 knock
ed reason out OF the ring. Mr. Lincoln
rejoiced as Justify as any one in the
victory and triumph OF log-cabins, hard
cider. and coon-skins He was as much
delighted as We we're Disguised TO wit
ness the melancholy spectacle. We saw
in IL the utter degradation and corrup-
ton OF the public mind OF the country.
He saw in IL only the success OF the
Wings, the defeat OF the Democrats and
the fulhlment of his aspiration for office
Hence, he did not mince matters He
did not hesitate or waver, first saying
one thing. and then another. as IL his
mind were divided against itself On the
contrary, coming directly TO the point, |
he said the great round. full thing that |
was in him, in these emphatic words. |
I'VE have tried reason long enough; II |
is of no use. For forty years we have /
appealed to the virtue and intelligence |
OF the people, and yet. during all that |
time, the Democrats have carried every |
thing before them by appeals TO their pas
sions II we would succeed we must |
meet the enemy with his own weapons; /
we must out-humbug the humbuggers; 1
we must fight the devil with firer
An honest Whig IL Is said. who heard |
these remarkable words. replied: III /
you fight the devil with his own wea-
pons will he not master you? But II you
fight him with light. will you not master
him. c. NJ. W.