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Ii IS TO the minor acts of a mans life that
we are to look for the indications OF his
true disposition In prominent matters he
is often led by The multitude or more proba-
bly, by party opinions. and often with a view
to impose on the world Mr.. Polk's sell
fishness has been shown by his vote a against
the gift OF few cords of wood TO abiec
poverty, suffering from the inclemency of
bitter winter.-We now show his posi-
ton in regard to the cIa inns of the old
Heroes of the Revolution.


MARCH l3, 1885, on the passage Of tho
bill for the relief of surviving officers of the
revolutionary war Mr. Polk voted ir the
negative-Cong Deb vol. 4, part 2, page
267O


March rs, $780, he voted agains, the
revolutionary pension bill.-Same. vol 6.
part |, page 629.


MARCH l9, "Mr. Polk spoke some time
against the bill" and voted against The bill
for,the relief of revolutionary soldiers
Same, vol. 7. page 83O


May 2, 1882, he voted against the revol.
utionary pension biii-Same, vol 8, part
2, page 27l3.


Here was an individual enjoying the
fruits of the toll, damages and weary suffer.
ings OF the Heroes of the Revolution. al d
yet recording his negative on every occas-
ion when a miserable piitance was asked TO
smooth the pathway of the feeble remnan
TO their grave. Such is James X. Polk
Ii may be said that Mr. Polk had constilu-
tonal scruples, for this is ever the plea of
constitutional selfshness When did his
constitutional scruples ever stand in the way
OF an appropriation " hich was to find ns
way into the pockets oflhe members. wheth-
er in the form Of pay or perquisite2 No
James X. Polk IS every inch a selfish and
unfeeling. and consequently a little minded
man. As such it is an insult to bring him
forward for the highest office of the nation.
Men OF meagre minds are ever grasping for
point and precedent as an excuse for unpen>
erouS acts, with views bounded by the mar
row circle OF self alone. His whole public
| life has been an epic of selfshness And
yet individual comes before the country
to ask for the suffrages of the descendants cf
the soldiers OF the revolution: He can sus-
tam the annexation of Texas, urge the as
sumption of the national debt and her pen
| slons to the heroes of the farcical battles of
! her revolution ;" but when the question Is
| shall those who followed Washington from
! the lines of Boston, marking with their
! blood the dreary pathway to the Triumph
CT Yofktown-shall they receive at our
| hands the patry pttance TO exc out their
| little remains OF life Mir Polk can find it in
his heart-if he has one-to say NO. And
he dares to ask their votes


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