. Life and reminiscences from birth to manhood of Wm. G. Johnston . two yearslater he so overwhelm-ingly defeated at theMaumee Falls. Pole raisings in 1840were of frequent occurr-ence ; and these, andpolitical meetings in general, whether indoors or in theopen air, were attended by me with the utmost punctu-ality ; often going a dozen or more miles, so necessarywas it that I should be present. Previous to the campaign of 1840, it had not beencommon to display the American flag from the house-tops of private citizens; nor were flags as now articlesof common merchandise. Those desiring them were
. Life and reminiscences from birth to manhood of Wm. G. Johnston . two yearslater he so overwhelm-ingly defeated at theMaumee Falls. Pole raisings in 1840were of frequent occurr-ence ; and these, andpolitical meetings in general, whether indoors or in theopen air, were attended by me with the utmost punctu-ality ; often going a dozen or more miles, so necessarywas it that I should be present. Previous to the campaign of 1840, it had not beencommon to display the American flag from the house-tops of private citizens; nor were flags as now articlesof common merchandise. Those desiring them wereobliged either to have them made specially to order, orto make their own. From a pole extending from anattic window in my fathers house, a flag of domesticmanufacture hung, and it was among my duties to seethat it floated whenever the weather permitted. A longstreamer was fastened to the end of the pole, on whichwas inscribed, Harrison, Tyler, and Reform. As arelic of the time, I still have that streamer, and whenthe convention was in session which nominated the. The Tippecanoe Club. 229 grandson of William Henry Harrison for President, an-ticipating the result, I took it from its hiding-place, andwhen the expected news was flashed over the wires,displayed it prominently, then and throughout the cam-paign, and it proved a harbinger of better things thanwhen first used. Early in the summer there was formed what wasstyled the Tippecanoe Club, named after one of Harri-sons Indian battles. The headquarters of this clubwere at the corner of Strawberry Alley and LibertyStreet, where now the Academy of Music is to accommodate several hundred persons were builtin tiers facing a large platform, and these were usuallywell filled, often crowded. As a protective tariff wasthe principal panacea needed for the times, one of thecalculated results of that policy was emblazoned on thewalls in large letters,— TWO DOLLARS A DAYAND ROAST BEEF. Immediately below this wasan extract f
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