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'Tis a happy idea. It will suit us here in the North, 

 exactly. We could not attend in May, but in July, we 

 will attend. I wish to alter the notice in one other re- 

 spect — instead of the "young men's convention," let it be 

 ALL men. Let the central committee officially invite our 

 friends from Ohio, Illinois, Kentucky, and Michigan, to 

 join in the great festival. Let the officers and soldiers 

 of the battle of Tippecanoe, be particularly invited to 

 attend. Gentlemen I want to be there — I do not want my 

 gray hairs to exclude me; for in this cause, I feel that 

 I am still a "young man." 



I shall go with my tent and camp equipage, prepared 

 for a seige — and advise every one to do so, that can. 



No doubt however that ample provision will be made 

 for accommodation upon the ground. As the field is in 

 the vicinity of Lafayette, there will be no trouble about 

 subsistence. Come on then — come young — come old — 

 come all. Let us have a national jubilee worthy the time, 

 place, and occasion. Dont let us be out done by the Buck- 

 eyes. If they had 20,000 in their convention let us have 

 30,000. Let every "log cabin" in the state send at least 

 one delegate to the "log cabin candidate's" convention. 



Let us make it known abroad, that the Hoosiers, can- 

 not, and will not be out done. Let us invite the Hero of 

 Tippecanoe to be present. 



Gentlemen, I am no "Bank Aristocrat," I am an humble 

 occupant of a log cabin, and I have been all this day 

 grubbing bushes; for notwithstanding I am an "office 

 holder," I am not able to Swartivout 1 a Price from it 

 sufficient to support all the occupants of my log Cabin. 



Lake C. H. March 30, 

 I have just returned from the Senatorial Convention, 

 and notwithstanding rain and mud, the attendance was 

 full of the most enthusiasticly devoted friends of Har- 



1 Samuel Swartwout was appointed collector of the port of New 

 York by Andrew Jackson. He later defaulted and fled to Europe. 



