Vevay Times and Switzerland County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 44, Vevay, Switzerland County, 8 October 1840 — Page 2

VI)VAY TIMES AND SWITZERLAND COUNTV DEMOCRAT.

VEVAY:

Jackson nail Hard Cider.

Eilracl of a Idler from Gen. Jackson to a gentleman in Cincinnati, July, 1S-10, “I think the attempt ol the Opposition to degrade our moral and national diameter, both at home and abroad, by their bitmbuggery of bard eider and log cabins, begins to recoil upon the actors. It is saying to the people, you arc too ignorant for self-government, and we can lead you any Where by-the scent of a hard eider cask. This is too great an indignity for the people to submit to. . ANDREW JACKSON.”

OCTOItF.lt 8. 1940

THURSDAY.

democratic Republican Nomination*

fob pbisidest,

Martin Van Bnrcn.

jFOR VICE PRESIDENT,

Richard M. Johnson.

BltECTOKS FOR INDIANA.

Jackson and Van Daren.

AVitu.iM IIksdrU’ks, of Jollcrson. Okoiuik W. Bwink, of Miami. 1st.-District.' Robert Dale Owen, of Posey. **,]. '* . IIesrv Secrest, of Putnam. d. “ Tuojias .1. IIkm.ey, of Clark. 4lli. . " ‘ John 1j. Kobisson, of Rush, fitli. “ Andrew Kkssedv, of Delaware. OiIk « WiWam J. Peasi.ec, of Shelby. 7th.. Jons J|. I»E3ios, of Capone.

Extract from Gen, Jackson V Idler la Mr. Bryce of Craufordsdlle , la., dated Hermitage, May 9, 1840.

“My relations with Mr, Van Buren continue, as they were throughout ray administration, of the most friendly nature. They have, if possible, been made more cordial, as far as my feelings arc concerned, by tho signal ability and steadiness with which be has steered the vessel of state through, tlio storm which has-of late threatened it. To think of abandoning him when * he is. so nobly performing his duty, would be treachery to' republican principles.

Circuit Court*

.. Tlio Circuit Court of this county commences its October term on Monday next.

ANDREW JACKSON.”

(£5“At tliC recent charter election in Savannah, Georgiaj.lhc Democrats elected tbeir entire ticket by a good round' majority. .As goes Savannah so.gocs the Slate. /.

The Hartford Convention.'

“Where will thou find a cavern dark enough, To thask thy raonMrous ri>ogc-

FEDEKIL WHIG TRAP TO CATCH VOTERS!!!

. The Philadelphia Sentinel publishes the Tot* lowing list of the members of the infamous Hart* ford Convention, which assembled December 18, 1813, who are still living: Roger M. Sherman, . ' Harrison Gray Otis, ' Calvin Goddard, . Nathan Dean, George Hiss,. * Joseph Lyman, Joslma Thomas, , Stephen Longfellow, Theodore Dwight, Sec'y Timothy'Uigelow, Daniel Waldo, ' Chauncy Goodrich, ■ Jamba Hillioiifb,Z, S nidi,

.IIoosier Pear— beat thiiwfw can.—A gentleman presented us a fine Pear yesterday, which weighs two pounds^one. ounce, and measures 17 -inches in circumference one way and 15 the other. - It is from the form of Air- Turner, in Craig township, and; is a fair representation of ]he mammoth growth of IIoosier fruit. ■

Wo this week give a device representing the manner in which the British Whigs catch voters. Yoit who arc farmers, have seen and perhaps made show bird traps. Von tie or fasten together a number of split ;boanU in regular gradation, terminating slantindicnlarly. Having fixed under the. little house or trap a prop with a notch cut in the middle of it, you place a stick along the notch hatted with, an car of corn, and when the little' rascals commence nibbling at it, up files the triggers and down comes the trap, and therein is caught a snow bird. Just so is their log cabin prepared only with this difference, instead of being bailed with an car of corn; there is,- as you sec, a barrel of hard cider, and by much sucking the barrel becomes light, the trap falls, and like as not a Whig is caught. Du I, gentle reader, our friend up town, the editor of the Statesman, was not caught with the cider bait. Some think U was with a ii/ccr hook, but we are inclined to think the time he was caught the barrel contained hard brandy— ; And when Willy did suck, . The barrel did rock, And down come triggers, The trap and all.

Mu. Editor:— Out of curiosity 1 visited Madison on the day of their great Barbecue, expecting to see wonders and Jack turucd up, at the same time holding the Ace and the balance of the winning cards, and I was not disappointed. They had a tolerable gathering there, and considerable fun. They numbered,; as far as 1 could count in the procession, to theamount of sixteen bund red and forty-nine, men, women and children included, a pretty considerable gathering I assure you, .

Maine Election.

We have seen nothing since Bur last (o induce us to alter the statement we then made, of'the probability of Fairfield's re-election; but on the contrary, additional returns tend more firmly to convince us that the statement we published was correct. :

Whisscry on the wauc in Vcvnv*

A loud call was*made oh'the Whig party, by the editor of life Statesman in his last paper, to make a grand rally at the Tavern of our friend Gilbert on the mst;| but it was po go. The old gentleman,' with Ins usual willingness .to servo the parly, out of pure patriot ism no doubt, lighted up his 'spacious dining room, hemmed and hawed, walked up and down (he room casting ag anxious look.Over and anon to'witness an in-gathering of the people; but scarcely a'soul was to be seen. • f : ■ - ■ V;. f-

Samual L< Wilde, t Miles Ojeott. ■ What were these men in 1813/ • They were b]ue*Iight-ami*war-federalists; every man was. actuated by the spirilof a Benedict Arnold, and every man of-them .from that day to this, has been considered by the trfle friends of the ccuntry, ; as blackened by (he deepest slain of disgrace. ■ ; ; ■ ■ - • What arc these men now! They are the warm and .ardent'supporters, every soul of them of William. Hexrt Hardison for the Presidency, and they arclliesamebluc-lightfederalisls now, that theywcrc in 1813. - Democrats!- can yon follow the lead of sech monl ’ Aro you willing to support their candidate proved to.bc a black cockade Federalist himSelf! ■ AW sot NOt

The following further statement, from the Boston Post extra of the 20th nit., we think, is sufficient to convince onr Federal neighbor of the Statesman that be “hallooed before bo was.oul of,the woods,” when he so emphatically proclaimed the election of Kent by 345 majority: On Wednesday.last, we stated-the result in the towns heard- from to be: Fairfield, 43,167; Kent, 45,153. In that statement, the town of Scaville, in Hancock county, which give 3 votes for Fairfield, and 14 for Kent, was added twice. Deducting this error, the vote stands: Fairfield, 45,164; Kent, 45,138. We have since received the voie of the following towns, viz; , ‘ Byron, ‘ Fairfield 37 Kent 9 Fryebnrg, Ac, Grant, “ _18 “1 Howard's Gore, ‘ - “ 13 “15 The aggregate now is: Fairfield, 45,233; Kent, 45,163. The towns now to be heard from gave 61 majority-for Fairfield in 1833. If these towns have done as well at (he late election as they did then, Fairfield's majority over Kent will be 130.

I have been between Hawk and Buzzard how I should vote until this great gathering of the people. I thought indeed at first .that all this pomp and parade which the Whigs make use of, was the spontaneous outpourings of the people, loviug liberty and loving laws. But I was satisfied white I was in Madison tbat .it was not the case—that there are sinister motives for all this liutnbuggcry. Being a little curious, you know, and bearing the whispers of a certain Junto of the leading Whigs of tbat place, I approached where they were engaged in conversation, and one of the gentlemen remarked as fellows: • " “ TAii it all right,. Let us keep up thit buggery until after the election, and by the God’s ice will succeed. Power is power , and the rascally Democrats have had it tong enough.

Hard cider has lost its effect, and like life gleam which a drunken man experiences after bis intoxication, the parly here, aftcf their ctpldsh revelry, have relaxed into torporandstupidity. Even ,the redoubtable editor of the Statesman himself was not to be.seen on the occasion, and for the want of a sufficient party excitement wo have, been told that be was regaling'himself quietly, as usual, of his favorite beverage at the porncr. .

Front the Chicago Democrat* '

.Democrats, Friends, and Countrymen!— There has not been a time, since the.days oHC, so fraught' with interest to,the lover of democratic principles as the present. Tn 1SC0, when the immortal Jefferson headed that gallant band of Spartans, who put forth those cardinal virtues and liberal principles, now professed by the present democratic parly, there wassomotbing Ike tl. But the Federalists,'then though desperate in the extreme, were not guilty of such intolerable bare-faced rascality as at this lime. -The recklessness, with which they set forth their many Nefarious plots and s eh corns to pros [rate our republican institutions" for the sake of power, is enoughtin the eyes of any honest man to dam their party to eternal infamy and disgrace. The course, they aro every where punning, show us plainly their infamous and unparalleled baseness. At their coonery, in this city; when the coonskiniics.are assembled, tea place of all others for vulgarity and .slang' below the most common brothel at the Five Points in New York. Language’is there (tsed (tory like) against the honest determined democrat that would,.if possible, disgrace a billingsgate baud—language, which my pen refuses to write and which, Mr. Editor, your respect for common decency would forbid you to publish. But I will leave this coonery to its ow.n distraction, and glance at some of their numerous frauds ijicut to bo perpetrated by this consummate party of desperadoes. Some of the leading federalist of Pennsylvania and New York design taking'thousands of their followers across the lines iuto the stale'of New York.on the eve of election, and permit them torole there. Thus smuggling thousands of votes into the ballot boxes of S. Y, for Harrison, imported from other */o/«. ■ The Kentuckyans.do their voting in October, and bands of federalists are lobe sent into Illinois and the surrounding states to give their voles again forHarrieon. And again. The Centers! Tippecanoe Club are, at, this moment, engaged in sending irere/circw/arr into every' nook and.corner in the state, instructing their tory minions to bargain with the democratic voters or otherwise keep them from the polls. '‘Keep the democrats from the polls peaccbly if you can —and.you can.” Such, democrats,-are the commands of the tory braggarts of Springfield. A morj infamous edict has seldom disgraced iho annals of party electioneering. Stand to your arms, therefore, democratic friends, and be neither coaxed by the'flattery,'" nor dismayed by the threats of your enemies!! Fear them not, but/for (hesake of freedom, for the sake of virtue, for tho sake of yourselves and your families, far the sake of your country, keep them out of power. A Mechanic.

This .statement agrees very nearly with that of the Augusta Age. After stating the great care they have used to make their (able as correct as possible, from information derived from'members of the Legislatures, now tn session, and other authentic sources, the Age says; “Gov. Fairfield, it will be seen, now leads 13 votes, which will, in our judgment, be increased to over 100 when the returns are all in,” * * * “The number of. scattering voies.is unascertained, but must bo very small; not enough, in all probability, to defeat Gov,Fairfield's re-election, with an honest count.”' ’ . :

Sympathy for- tub British Whigs. —The New York New Era gays that the ship Saratoga, Capt , Hathaway, actually entered a European port with a too cadin at Its hast head, and he ehtered for Iris noble display of Whig pa • triofirm by foreign Arittocrats and haters o/Americw Democracy.

Canadian Pat biots. — It is slated in an exchange that the distinguished Canadian patriot, Wm. L. McKenzie, has written a letter to his fellow patriots throughout this country, urging them to support Mr. Van Durcn as an opponent of a National Dank, which he considers the supporter of all the corruption in England'and tyranny in Canada, and as an advocate of the whole political system ftir "Which the <Jon««liau • fought and were banished from their Country. He advises them to support Mr. A 7 an Durcn with all the fervor they did their own principles in Canada, believing that all those principles are involved in the issue of the present canvass.

This was enough for me. I find they entertain a distrust of the American people for eelf government—the same sentiments of Alexander Hamilton, Alt I wish is, that the American people will arise to a sense of their duly, and let the world know that principles are their motto, and that they are net to be humbugged cut of their voles by coon skius, log. cabins, terrapins and hard cider. Paul Pry in Madison. .

Spike tuat gun.-—Uvotoxv rost, cays the one hundred gum in honor of the Jlqine efcc/ion, and wanted the Democrats to pay half of the expense, for they said the victory •seemed to hang between the two parties. JJut (he Democrats of 'old Hosting’ were not to be fooled, and like good Yankees they declined going halves for powder ip rejoice over the election of Fessenden, the Abolitionist.

Tho editor of the Statesman, in speaking of tho health of Weir Orleans, fays; “The latest ImcItigoDCo represents the the city to be unusually good for the season, but butineuvm* dull. 1 *

Suxoar, Sept. 27, 2 o'clock p. m. P, S. Since the above was in type, we have received the vote oftwo additional plantations, vizi

An exchange says, *it is cruel in the extreme to interrupt this good feelings of the Federal parly. Let them keep on in the belief of Harrison’s election. Their shame will only be greater in November.’ We think so too. Wc advise the Democrats in this quarter to be careful in-future how they draw upon their tender feelings. The large hard cider gatherings throughout the country haro led them to believe that Gen. Mura will be elected any how, and for God's sake let them enjoy their thinking faculties unmolested—the measure of duration will be short.

Clinton Gore, in Kennebec, II 0

- Plantation in Somerset, 18 1 These added makes the aggregate—Fairfield, 45* 261, Kent, 45,164; Fairfield’s majority over Kent 07.

Wo bare heretofore remarked that "Federal* ism only rises as our country falls,” and hence tb(| perverse disposition of our Federal neighbor to credit any improvement in the business of the country. Intelligence from every.point of tho compass represents business active and improving. For some weeks past the New Orleans papers hare been teeming with paragraphs, commenting upon the revival of business in that city, yet the redoubtable editor of tho Statesman, with a knowledge of these facts before his eyes, has not the candor to admit that there has be'en any improvement. For his special information we quote the following, from the New Orleans Dee: "The markets in general have since our review presented quite an animated scene of activity, altogether unprecedented at ibis time ol the year; the transactions in cotton and other deecriptionsof produce, have been unusually large, and present indications are decidedly in favor of a very active and profitable business campaign, which we already now consider fairly opened for the season.”

Recollect, my friend, that one blow aimed at intellectual exercises, J-care not where nor when, falls heavily upon the institutions pf the Republic. —Warsaw Pal rial. rfhen indeed have wc deprived the Republic of the valuable literary effusions of the editor of the Warsaw Patriot, for it was against his Cice? ronian eloquence alone wc aimed our arrow, and the ass wishes to make the ‘'Lyceum’’ the scape goat to carry off his literary sins. Whew! what q fellow,

[The vote of Abbott in Piscataquis county, is given in our statement at 85 for Fairfield 55 for Kent. We ’see it stated in some of the papers at 58 for Fairfield, and if this statement ts correct, it will reduce Mr. Fairfield’s majority to 70.

We now have returns from all the towns reported in 1838, with tho exception of No. 2, in Oxford, which gave—Fairfield 23, Kent none. A few small plantations, which did not vote in 1833, are also to be heard from. They cannot affect the result much, but it is supposed they will add to Fairfield’s majority. -Alt the statements we have seen, thus far, seem to concur that the Federalists ate altogether premature in claiming a majority in the House of Representatives. And their idea of carrying the State for Harrison, is preposterous in the extreme. Set down "Maine for Mr. Van Burcn. The folio wing' Slates voted - against -Mr!'Van Burcn in 1830.

From the Sash of genius and the flow of criticism exhibited in the fellow’s parody of the meeting of tho Warsaw Lyceum, a person would suppose, that wit itself-was a vendible article, and sold at retail at some doggery in Vevay. [Warsaw Patriot,

0^-Democratic Whigs abroad, what think you of mere Township meetings m patriotic Switzerland,’numbering from siXlo seven hundred sturdy yeoman —the tillers of the soil—ilia only legitimate producers of our wealth—in short tite bope and muscle of our county in warand in peace—all warmed up to a white heal in the cause of Harrison and their conn try \-Staleman.

That is more than tho Warsaw Patriot can boast of, for the political friends of the phrenzied cdiior never suspected, him of having even wit

**Whito heat,” ha! Wo should like to know, what “white heat” means and how it is produ--ced. Wc have seen men laboring under tho influence of intoxicating liquors, who turned pale and were still healed. If that is tho kind of while hem” tho editor of the Statesman means, we give it up, flie Whig party of litis place were considerably * l white healed" when they returned Rom the greatUarbecue at .Madison. .

or genius,

This rather knocks onr Federal neighbor’s bare assertion into a cocked hat, don't it!

■ - ’South Carolina, ♦Tennessee, ’Maryland, Delaware, ■ ’Now Jersey, Ohio, Massachusetts,* Indiana,' ~ Vermont, ■■ Kentucky. . ./

ViEQitiU.—Extract of a letter from one of tho most Intelligent politicians in Virginia, to the editor of the Wheeling Argus, dated Orange county, Sept. 20th,

A ‘Hickory Pole* was recently raised at Michigan City, la., with a beautiful banner! on which was inscribed, in largo letters, ' "laDiiSA host jje Redeemed!”

“You ask me lo inform you what are my candid opinions of Mr, Van lluren’s prospects, in this section of Virginia! I answer, from the best information 1 can get, as well as from my own observation, all is right. Whig litimbuggery is fast exploding, and Van Buret) is gaining ground daily. What! coulil you suppose, for one moment, that this old commonwealth, the mother of Democracy, would prove recreant to her ancient principles, and vote for an old Federalist! Such an idea is vain. Uives* Conservatism is greatly on the wane, and will good be perfectly extinct. Do as well in Northwestern Virginia aa you promise, and our majority will be at least seven thousand.’ 1

: Good.— Tho following paragraph from the New York Emancipator o'f the ITlh inst., is in-; teresting: “Wc should be amused, if the occasion were hot too solemn and painful, at the constant ex* pbstolaiionsof our friends against remembering the slave at tho ballot-box “at this particular/ time.** It was only a few days ago that wc£ heard a good Sabbath School teacher, who ha4/ lal'ored, and sacrificed, and contributed for tho fijave, declare that “this particular election” was too important for him to think of giving up his vote for the slave’s redemption. O, let not hie. scholars hear of this fact, when they wisli to excuse themselves from some uninviting duty “at this particular lime,” or to palliate the commission of some sin, "only ikit once,” God gives us no other time but NO W, in which to do our duty, and if we deliberately neglect it, we proclaim . rebellion against our Creator. The ‘devil asks no service except “at this particular time,*’ and ho is willing to have volumes ofpromisca of future holiness offset against present sin.’* The meaning of this is, that the Abolitionists will stick to their candidate, Harrison, at tho November election.

Mr. Van Suren had 170 electoral rotes,' In all probability he will get those marked thus (•) in the approaching election, which added to the number will make 235 electoral roles—leaving 69 for the tog cabin Hero, Harrison, and some of them extremely doubtful.

That’s tight. Roll on the ball until November, when if every Democrat does his duty at the ballot box, IMDIANA WILL BE REDEEMED!

“Specl'IiXTors,” says Napoleon, "trace their schemes on papet— fools read and believe them. All are babbling about general happiness, and presently the people have not bread to cat; then cornea a revolution. Such is usually the fruit cf ?ll their fine theories.”

How little, how mean and how fallen ho appears, Angel nor Devil hath fallen so far. [TFartaw Patriot,

CoLoxizixo.—The Federalists of Cincinnati, it seems, have organized a regular system of colonization for the approaching State eUction, to effect the defeat* of Dr. Duncan. The nefarious scheme has however been discovered in time, and it is to be hoped the object will be frustrated by tho vigilance of the Democrats. In a bomraunicalien to the Advertiser of that city, it is slated that a Federal purse of three or four thousand dollars has been raised, and accommodations bespoke in the different Hotels for 400 imported Federal voters. Never was there a more base design contemplated In the memory of our country.

The New York Journal of Commerce says;— fit must bo confeued (hat ainco the Sub.Treasury Bill has passed, there has been quite a revival of business in merchandize, and an advance jn prices, 1 ’

How beautiful, how grand, how sublime, how sarcastic, how withering is tho language andthe thought of this redoubtable editor. Surely Cicero must have dropt his mantlo upon you, Tom.

The following toast was given at a recent celebration in Ohio:

Coot.—A banker in Paris, not long since, lost hia pocket-book, containing notes to the amount of 61,000 Trances* He offered 6000 Trances for its recovery. About a fortnight afterward, the pocket-book was returned, emptied of its contents, with a not? to the following effect: “I will Telurtryou your 61,06o.rraQces;,with interest, when I am as rich as you are.”

Evary thing good, great of noble, appear upon (he side of the Whig party—/Farrow Patriot. Give that child a quarter section of gingerbread and a gourd of hard cidir.

The Ladies —Like the gallant Perry, brave and laconic— A meed of praise they will bestow * On him that’s high and him that’s low; To Uroghan, a ticord they nobly give, For deeds that will forever Jive: On 7Sp their Jlannel they bestow, To keep him warm while lying low.

Democracy appeals to reason—Federal Whiggery to a cider barrel.