Springfield 1636-1886, History of Town and City, by Mason A. Green ...

SPRINGFIELD, 1636-1SS6. 425
William B. Calhoim was nominated for Congress as a whig in
1834. The " Hampden Whig " called him a poor man, and the " Re-
publican " retorted: " They now sneer at a maia because he is poor.
The Old Hampden Coffee-IIouse.
O shame ! " This flier, sent to the voters by the whigs, more fully
reflects the tension of that canvass : —
What do the Tories want? They have got complete possession of the United
States Armory. They now want to get hold of the treasury of Massachusetts.
Van Buren has chained United States with his great league of Safety Fund
Banks ; and he now desires to put the chains upon us. Citizens of the Bay State,
will you submit? Will you bend the knee to the great Golden Calf which Van
Buren is setting up? "Let the aristocracy of Springfield support their own
So speaks the Jackson paper of our friend and fellow-citizen,
paupers !
"'
WiUiam B. Calhoun ! ! Yes —in order to defeat the election of WilUara B. Cal-
houn and to help 0. H. Warner and J. W. Crooks, &c., the leading Tories
denounce Mr. Calhoun as a pauper of Springfield. Men of honorable feeling
of all parties I
show your indignation at the polls
!