The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-03-04

barrel became their symbols and HarriSOn'S In
dian-fghting record furnished them the ringing
war cry of "Tippecanoe and Tyler, Tool" Just
for good measure they threw in a few pointed
remarks at Van Buren, such as ivan, Van is
Used-Up Man" and with Tip and Tyler Well
Bust Vans Biler." They also anticipated the
full dinner pail" appeal to the voter with vans
Policy: Fifty Cents Day and French Soup:
Our Policy: Two Dollars a Day and Roast
Beef"
The most popular song of the campaign was
"Old Tippecanoe," a part of which went as
follows:
Let them talk about hard cider cider. cider
And log cabins, too.
1t will only help speed the ball for
Tlppecanoe and Tyler, too
Van, Van is used up man,
Hurrah for old Tippecanoe!
And surely you'll give him your vote,
And surely will, too;
And we'll clear the way to the White House,
For old Tippecanoe, and Tyler, too.
For old Tippecanoe, my boys
For old Tippecanoe,
Wen take mug of cider yet
For old Tippecanoe!
Four years later the campaign witnessed not
only the appearance of the first dark horse" in
a Presidential campaign but also another telling
slogan. The dark horse" was James X Polk of
Tennessee and the slogan "Ffty-Four Forty
or Fight" At that time the United States
involved in two disputes, one with Mexico over
Texas and the other with Great Britain the
Oregon country. The Democrats stood for "re-
occupation of the Oregon country and reanneXa-
ton of Texas" The Fifty-FOur Forty or Fight"
represented the northern boundary line which
the United States demanded-54 degrees, 40 min
utes, north latitude. What we actually got
(and not by fighting either, but by arbitration)
was 40 degrees. So the slogan didn't mean so
much after the election, but it did play vital
part in deciding the election in Folks favor, as
did the. slogan "Polk and Texas; Clay and No
Texas in regard to the Texas question
In the war with Mexico which followed so soon
after Folks election one of our victorious gen.
erals was Zachary Taylor and from an incident
in the battle of Buena Vista came slogan
which helped elect Taylor President in 1S4S. 1t
the famous "a little grape Captain
Bragg" which struck the popular fancy as being
just what great military commander would say
under the circumstances. What he actually did
say on that occasion was the laconic "Give 'em
hell" But that didn't matter so much as the
fact that the combination Of the grape slogan
and his popular nickname of "Old Rough and
Ready" ESQ reminiscent of 'O1d Hickory" and
"Old Tippecanoe') had much the same appeal
the Jackson combination and the Harrison COM
binaton Of slogan and nickname.
In the same year was born slogan that crys-
tallized in popular phraseology the most fatefu
movement in American history. 1t was Stree
SOIL Free Speech, Free Labor and Free Men,"
taken from plank in the platform of the Free
Soil party of 1S4S, the forerunner of the Repub-
lican party that nominated and elected Abraham
Lincoln in 1860. The stirring campaign Of 1860
was fruitful in slogans, it was one of the bit
terest in our history Among them were Mil
lions for Freedom Not One Cent for Slavery"
Intervention Is Disunon," Popular Sovereignty
and National Union" "Free Homes for Free
Men," "The Constitution and the Union, Now
and Forever" LET Liberty Be National and
Slavery Sectional" and scores of others, on both
sides of the slavery controversy, in similar ap-
pealing strains. Numerous catch phrases were
woven about the title @Old Abe" and "The Rail-
splitter" and Lincoln himself set current num-
Der of dgnifed political maxims that were
adopted as slogans by the orators, such as "a
House Divided Against Itself Cannot Stand" and
slavery Is Moral Social and Political Wrong"
Grants famous "Let Us Have Peace" was used
to good advantage as slogan In electing the
"Man from Appomattox' but the corruption
which marked his two administrations provided
the Democratic opponents of his successor, Hayes.
with the best possible type of slogan. So It'll
den and Reform" echoed throughout the cam
paign in 1876 as powerful rallying cry for the
Democrats. By all the rules Of slogan logic. the
brevity and the force Of that slogan should