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DEEIO CRITIC B1SNEH
A . PICKENS ft. CO., EDITORS.
a,OTJI8UNJU MISSOUBI.
n BJ D A 1 t C E M B E B ft, 1 8 4 .
23" S. F. MniUT) Esq-, U our authorized
agent it Bowling Green. Any business left with
- bim ror m, win be promptly forwarded. -Affairs
aU vTashlngton.
At the latest dates from Washington, which
extend up to the 8th inst, the House of Repre
sentatives had not succeeded in electing a Speak
or. We copy the telegrapliie report) from which
it wtl be seen thai Onbu, the democratic candid
vie, has been dropped by his Friends, whilst Win
throf retains about the same vote with which he
commenced. The probability is that neither
Cobb nor Winthrop can be elected. The few
freesoilers hold the balance of power in the
House, and unless thiy unite upon the candid-
fcteef one or the other of the parties, they may
oeceed in delaying an election for some length
of time. The democratic vote seems to be divi
dad among various gentlemen, any one of whom
would no doubt make a good Speaker.
.The message of the President has not yet been
received;' ' In consequence of the delay in the
organization of the House, it has not been sent
in to Congress. We hope to be able to spread
u ocjoreour readers in our next paper.
.. 27" In the hut Record we notice an editorial,
eyincing mors rage than reason, and more venom
than judgment. In our last, we published an ex
tract from the letter of Mr. Clingman, member of
Congress from North Carolina, which has been
read by our readers, and enquired, what our
"whig friends of the press in this State thought
of. it." We uttered not one syllable in epproba
Uon of that letter, intending to adopt the-cherish-
d motto of the small brained editor of the
Record,: "Hands off a fair field end open fight"
among the whig. The reference was made to
shew thai the feelings of the South, on the sub
ject of the slavery agitation, was not confined to
individuals, or certain parties, but pervaded the
whole South, irrespective of party distinctiosn.
It was done for the benefit of those numb-skulls
who, whenever pressed by argument, squeak out
VNuUifier." They are like squeaking toys, that
always give the same sound and have just about
the same amount of brains. It is always a bad
sign to hear a man constantly condemning others
for any specific wrong. The assassin is elo
quent in depicting the horrors 'of murder, the
rogue in condemning theft, and the perfidious
wretch, in declaiming against the want of fidelity
Hew comaaon for the licentious to praise the mertis
of virtue, the ill-bred to talk about good man
tiers, the demagogue to talk about "studied mis
representation," and the unprincipled liar to
speak of "intended falsehood" in others. Con
sequently it is but reasonable to suppose that the
man who makes very free to charge "nullifies-
tion" against others, is a most perfect nullifier at
heart, or cherishes some low motive, too con
temptible to inhabit the breast of a man, much
less a gentleman. .
. It has often been said that John C. Calhoun is
the sole cense of the slavery agitation remove
him, and there is no danger to the prosperity oil
the Union as it is. But by the extract we pub
lished, it appeared that members of the whig
party were going farther than Calhoun had ever
gone showing, beyond doubt, that it is consider
ed above party, and is therefore to a certain, ex
tent a sectional feeling, both North and South.
We desired to impress this matter forcibly upon
the consideration of those happy gentlemen, who
are ever felicitating themselves upon their party
associations, (as though they felt it an honor to
be recognised by any party) and ever and anon
give utterance to such buckskin sentences as the
following,' .n .
" rIt (the whig party) has no sectional prejudi
ces. looks to the interests ot the whole Un
ion, lad endeavors to remove all unnecessary
causes of sectional quarrels and . jealousies. It
. . .. t . i .. ,
naa no aaraonaj icsu, a no, is us oniy naiwDai
party that now exists in the United States, and
. on them, for the present, must rest the responsi-
We point tmt to him,' on whig authority, the
; plpsHe enadiction of these facts, which should
disabuse his.mmd and awaken the gratitude of a
generous man. ni tell him that tne language of
ClusgBtsau atreiig that thsUmperanientof the
if SeatlDmer'b wsrtDathatoostc
. fenni' to threats and 'oppression, would nuke
5 bis J our friend." Te admit, as we said, that
feutaern sua is "at times too rath and Aatlv
butfcia leaning are all to virtue's side"-r4hat
be will Usie to "reason" and reflection that we
EsiieVed "the South loved the; Union, and would!
standby it in every peril and guard its honor."
Beeanse wo uld not come out aad openly de
nooibe tb soh and: declaim against the char.
afcUir of her brave cklse'na, this recent hopoita-
tkn of a SasdWwoodHmtneg Yankee,
Wbejf now toaobitf political mvZs to the bon
. est firdamea & litseari, squeaks out in nasal
- In ear estimatf on, there should be a feeling of
brotherly love, of. ftC.jaromiM and concession,
t. t4fasnB3 sswtioBs of our eemntry, and the vase
of reason be exhausted and filled ageia, before
,. , rJegto'eoBpeioir aci denuncktioa. let
- . us be permitted to speak of tne merits of the
' ysrtb, the Soufli, the lis andthWest ; Tfisi
man's a hypocrite at heart who professes an at
tachment for the Union and a love of his country,
and attempts to goad and browbeat his opponents
on a great national subject, when the purbBnd
can see there is danger of disturbance.
We feel untouched and unharmed by the op-
probious epithets of ignorance and the scandal of
malignity. We advocate the cause of compro
mise and conciliation the cause of the country
Which wenns the breast of the patriot, but would
seek in vein to find access to the heart of him,
whose brains are constantly evaporating, like
ether, in fumes Of malignant rage and Mack
euardltm.
To such men, it would be immaterial what
cause we might advocate. They look upon dem
ocracy as a canker to their Utile hopes, and cher
ish a venomous hatred of all the bearer of the
nan: e. Professing a regard for the whole Union,
and a love for every section, they are but factious
contemptibles, who will call us "nullifiers" if
we try to conciliate the South, and in the some
breath denounce us as "abolitionists" should we
speak a word in approbation ol the enterprise
and patriotism of the North.
We know no distinction, and shall continue to
speak of merit or demerit, wherever found, re
gardless of the ungenerous epithets of Proteus
like demagogues, who change the assertions of
their tongues with the same facility that they
adopt virtue and vice, truth and mendacity.
Such may ridicule this attachment as a " fanci
ful devotion," but be must be grossly ignorant of
the real sentiments of the community, if he im
agines that they are as destitute of patriotism as
he is himself. Record.
We have heard talk of fool-killers, and If one
should visit Louisiana soon, the Record will lose
its editor.
We deem that man a traitor to his oountrv that
thus lightly values it, and who dares to laugh at
the attachment which is so generally expressed
ior us preservation, as visionary or "joncipu.
Lnecora.
The old Granny gets worse. He fears a dia
solution of the Union so much, that in the midst
of his despair, he will probably commit suicide,
and deprive the fool-killer of a rich job. He
places the word "fanciful" in quotation marks, to
convey the impression that we used it. If so
intended, we pronounce it a forgery. Granny,
take a corner seat and smoke that.
There are undoubtedly some of the Calhoun
abstractionists in this county, but they have not
so boldly avowed their sentiments as this nulli
fier whj scribbles for the Banner. Record.
Impudence is bad enough, but when ignorance
is combined with it, eeme men would give the
lie to assertions based upon both. We are, how
ever, more charitable. Rumor has reached our
ears that the poor ninny of the Record knows
but little about the forte or construction of lan
guage, and he may have reasonably misunder
stood our language, and even replied in a man
ner that he did not intends Perhaps he intended
to use some word complimentary to us, instead of
"nullifier." ' Say, Granny, didntyou?
we are proud or tne great wnig party, it is
liberal in its feelings and sentiments and truly
national in its character. It has no sectional pre-
ljudices. iKecord.
Well, if there are no sectional prejudices, it
can't differ from the views of Clingman and Man
gum. They are for dissolution in a certain event,
and the whig party must be too, if there be uo
sectional feelings in it. This is the showing of
the Record. It is surely a slander on them.
Try it again, my friend.
Natbastih. Childs, Jr., Aco.uiTTtD.-The
prosecution of Mr. Childs, by the State, in a tri
al before the Criminal Court at St. Louis, upon
the charge of abstracting money from the Bank
of Missouri, terminated on the 8th inst, by a
verdict of acquittal by the Jury, in thirty min
utes after they retired.
This case had engaged the Court for five con'
seeutive weeks, and attracted much attention
throughout the country. The- verdict was anti
pated by the great mass of the readers of the
published evidence.
The London Times contains a letter from
Austria of the 4th inst., which says that
the Emoeror of Austria has carried his
point with the Turkish Government, des
Dite the interference of France and Eng
land; the Porte having pledged itself to
keep in safe custody, in one or more oi tne
Turkish fortresses, all the reiugees wnose
names may be mentioned by the Russian
1 . n j I .1 ;
ana Austrian uovernmenv, ana men to im
mediately banish the others. Under this ar
rangement there is so chance for Kossuth
and his compatriots ever escaping to Eng
land or the United States.
"No FaiiHDs to BiwARS, no Ehikiis to
PcBisH."--It shows ill breeding to repeat
this phraee in promiscuous company. : In
deed, if yon wish to be polite, in the pres
ence of whigs, iU Mttertoavcid the words,
friends, enemies, reward, punish. They
bring up anpleaiant associations. .
23"BuIlitt, who now figures as court edi
tor, wrote Ja the Picayune last year, that
a brother editor who first named Taylor, as
a whig candidate for president wasthe long
is& earedanimal in the community; to says
Delta did he?
Horrible Hews from the Plaiiil.
Citizens tikrdered by the Apaches !!
The Independence Commonwealth of 3d
inst, under the above startling caption,
says:
Mr. Patton and other gentlemen, just ar
rived from Santa e, met tome Jfuttaio
hunters a short distance this side of Vegas,
who informed them that company from
Independence had been murdered, near the
Point-of-Roclr, by the Apaches.
This intelligence induced them to return
to Vegss. but they subsequently proceeaea
on their journey, and when they bad arrived
at a point between Whetstone and Point-of-Rockc,
they discovered that what had been
tali them was too true thev found the
hndips of several btrsons whom tbWJDff-
nized. anions the rest, those of Jssaiee M.
' Ml.
t01"1
man, (colored barber) of tias citys ;;H
It is supposed that Mrs. Whv taJf child
were taken prisoner. Therr jrehi
killed in all. V
White, William Calloway, and JJaUsvioy me aose aiiuaea 10, is not encouraging
t QjT' , J VWs4a -all remedies have failed, we can bnt
EJ-The new'cabinet of France?: riUlafcUae course of treatment generallv ao-
potatoes much like ours. We caftsym
pathize with the French. This is a day of
great events and small men! We and France
have lately followed a high example, in bur
peculiar way. We have chosen "the weak
things of the world" can't say yet that we
have confounded the mighty.
2f Mr. Farrally, the new euditor, has as
yet made no changes. It is thought he
ill move slowly. It would be difficult, in-
deed,to decide very promptly & understand
inelv where applications are so numerous
It is a pity that this ofilce chasing should so
infatuate our peoplei f Washington Cor.
Journal.
Taylor has no friends to reward. Simple
old man. He had no idea how many friends
he had!
US-Bennett, of the New York Herald,
announces his intention to bring suit against
the Republic for Slander, in publishing
Breea's card. He will do so to vindicate
himself from the charge of garbling and
altering, but more to enjoy the sport of ex
posing Brega and the cabinet He says he
will make the development as funny and as
frightful as" possible that's right
This suit, and the one against our friend
Harper, of Pittsburg, will be refreshing in
dry times". A few hundred copies will sell
in this region. In this Way Bennett and
Harper will gt some of the spoils and a
good deal of the sport. We hope that Clay
ton will be brought out, of course, to tell
the truth, about the confidential disclosures
in the letters in question. A general ex
pose Is desirable. This is the only way to
get at the policy of the present cabinet
Bring them before a court and extort the
truth, unless they place themselves behind
the provision that a witness cannot be com-
Eelled to criminate himself. Louisville
lemocrat.
Cholkka in Niw OfcLKARs. The Louis
ville Courier tit the 6th inst says:
Private telegraphic despatches were re
ceived from NT Orleans yesterday, stating
that the cholera had again made its appear
ance in that city. No particulars civen. A
negro trader instructed bis agents to cease
puichasing and shipping negroes to bim,
as it would not be prudent to send tbero
down.
BENTON AND CALHOUN.
Old Bullion has returned from bis slaugh
ter of the Innocents in Missouri and resum
ed his quarters in Washington. We see it
announced that he is preparing for a hout
in the Senate with the great Nullifier. It
will be a grand struggle, such as the walls
of the Capitol have not resounded with for
many a day. The two greatest egotists
and hearties tbators, if not strongest men
of the Union, squared off against each other
Ui uut luiaeiuiuE we wuoie oouia is
striking through his arm, the other believ
ins; that the entire country has made him its
Champion the world will scarcely ever
have witnesssd a spectacle ol self concsit
ana vanuy mourning u uizh up imo sub
limity.
.When the people of Crotona made, in an
cient times, a huge marble statue of Milo
so huge that it was found difficult to trans-
on li 10 ine urove uie orawny giant
. . .i i .
imself shouldered and conveyed it to its
stand. Benton and Calhoun, much more
forcibly the former, remind us frequently of
the ancient 1 rancisco. They cany an un
mensa statue ol tnemieives wrougnt oi
m .a a . m
self-importance, pomposity, arrogance and
all kiad red material, and they swell and
strain and stagger beneath it to purposes as
little useful as that of the strong nan of
oiaLLancnuurg vs.; ratriol ? ; , ;
Cot. Bxhtoh in Miesocai. Aenton has
has left the field to the anties. and cone en
to Washington. He has fought hard, bnt
to no nurnose. 'The oninlon that he could
not sustain himself with the Democracy of
mar e . ...
, . . .
Missouri, nas necome conviction with us.
His day as Senator from Missouri Is over
the nextLeglstatore will not contain a res
pectable minority of Benton men and the
U. d. Senatorsbip will be civen into new
hands Democratic (Iowa) Enquirer.
COMMUNICATIONS
For the fanner.
Truly I was delighted to find by the last
Record that my friend "Bentonian" Is not
dead. " I bad concluded, alter 10 Ions a si
lence on hispart, that bis tweet song would
be heard no more : but his last effort re
minds one of the spasmodic jerks, produced
on the nerves and flesh of a dead toad, by
the galvanic fluid. I fear that he can not
survive the shock given to hit weak frame
by "Democrat." I did not intend to pros
trate you, my friend, so suddenly. The dose
was severe, and your suffering must have
been great. But I assure you my intention
was not to kill, but to cure, some persons
are so weak, that the physician often adopts
the wrong treatment,
This last article, evidently brought fortli
II . S 1 U ll . mm.
anxious pnysician, out the case is
not boneless. Warm teas and bot baths,
Llistcrmg and cupping, together with a lit-
plied to mangy pigi with the fclind stag
gerscut off the tail. T
via now i iiani ior you cure I We can
then again hear the war songs of "enemy,"
siege, starvation and "supplies." From the
depttis or thy literary lore, we will once
more be tickled by the beauties of Latin
poets, and listen with delight to the pomn
ous harangues of a telf-made Captain to
his clans, who would scorn to be caught un
der his banners. Oh, "Bentonian," won't
you sing? j
Under a faUe guise you had for a long
time been braying through the Columns of
the Kacord, in a manner well Calculated to
divide and distract the democratic rarty,
though your cries were of so feeble a char
acter as to attract but little attention, till
your long ears protruded from your mask
and discovered to us, that you were impu
dently attempting to put yourself in the
place of a decent animal. I knew that there
were Benton democrats in the couny, and
men too who are democrats from brincivle
gentlemen- whom I esteem as highly as
"Bentonian" can possibly do, but that sure
ly will not prevent an expression of my
opinions, even though they should conflict
with the- view of others. I am free to con
fess my sentiments as expressed in my last
communication, and I an always clad to
v. uiguuiiu ! vu vtilivr Viae Ol UllS
question. "Bentonian" says that my "love
and sorrow" "tend to a re-union of the
democratic party." The truth sometimes
escspes the man unintentionally. If the
party were soriously divided. I should re
gard it as an honorable and a patriotic task
to unite ii ior uie eooa ,oi me rountrv.
But, as I befnre'remarked, "there are other
and higher ends to be attained by our party
than an animated squabble about men," and
I don t believe any serious division exists.
The good sense of the democracv will in.
dignantly frown down the senseless clam
ors of such men as "Bentonian," who seems
bent upon demolishing the party, bv foment
ing the anger of factions and dividing our
sirengui.
I again repeat the wish expressed in my
last, that all persons interested will exam
ine into the democracy of this chanting
u l. r . -L r ... . . P
wuuiu-uo vauiiui) uriurc accepilLg MS ad
vice as good practical doctrine. We are
liable to be deceived. Eve thought that the
serpent in the garden was prompted bv the
sesi leeiings, in explaining io ner the ways
of knowledge and truth, and we are taught
that the miseries of mankind are the fruits
of her credulity. Christ was betraved bv
me kiss oi juaas, ana my learned and clas
sical friend will recollect that Troy fell a
victim to the well disguised perfidy and ly
ing deception of Sinon. Serpents, Isca
riots and Sinons are yet living, and it be
hooves us to watch their movements.
It is very doubtful whether the Benton
democrats want- this fellow with them or
not If he should succeed in crowding
himself into their den, it is quite probable
that a contan wouia tate place quite simi
lar to the one between tne coon and the
skunk, when the latter animal had intruded
himself into the den of the coon, and at
tempted to pass himself off as a brother
coon. The coon acknowledged that the
skunk "looked like a coon, talked like a
coon, and acted like a coon:" but said he.
"yon don't smell like a coon."
"Bentonian" may try to act like a demo
crat, to write and speak like a democrat,
but under all the circumstances, he "don't
smell like a democrat"
Now, if "Bentonian" is truly a democrat,1
and intends nothing but the advancement
and prosperity of the principles of his party,
let him coma out and argue upon principle
like e man. ni says ttiat"tney have aban
doned lynching for logic, and seek an asnal
gation of the extremes, the abolitionist aad
ilia iiuciaiS) iu euoiiuonisi BBU
ioniat" Some enthusiast any
ed of "lynching," and Col. Ben-
bave talked" of "banging" bla on-
the disunionist"
hare talked
ton may nara talked or "hanging" bit op-
ponents, but is this the wsy to preserve the
Union and mainUin the rights of freemen
fft I ha .is. a. .a
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UEIDHIa BU1U M. ailUUtSX MM T UUUB 1UV I11UI1 YSJl I
AMAn an1 B aainsSiateaAlM B & sm
will ha annrafiUtud !! onnA nmtvinim rA
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others whose skulls are susceptible of thefjoa should dare to make a declarattoa
penetration of an idea. .-.., f,, , c , demoeratio prihciples in opposoit.i
Ho lays the tone o the ceamunicaUon
or "JJsmocm" wUl be followed. : I thank
him for the compliment, but tfegret'that he
uim iwv u9 vompitmeni, dui regret inai oa
should have misconceived or wilfully taliJ.1
construed the tone t that lettsr. f I wjrota
it as my $w opinions, without the vanity of '
supposing that it would be followed, except 1-M'
upon the merit of truth. Would to God
that it msy be followed that idle strife my , 4
cease, and the peace of the State and the J
country at large may become tftt polar star ;
of all our political actions'. , .
He asks, "how is it that office hunters era. ,
against him (Benton), aad seven-tenths) of
the democracy are for him who seek no
office." J$ this your cry of. "stop thiet," V
to cover up your own deformity, or are you ' i
so short-sighted as not to see your own k X
consistency, in saying that vnvriacisied
fioliUcUna, comprising three-tenths, wfuld .
eague against sevm-tenths to secure offire;
Why, "Bentonian," where are vol f If tlis V
were true, wbatJietter evidence tosndjr
their honesty anoTpuf Hy of purpose, in sup
porting principle against sue mighty odds.
Try it again, my friend! ... ;
You say that they stack in and on him '
(Benton) like, dog-ticks, and. when he
wrenches them off, they set op a pitiful
whine about his inon bxxl. Well, bow
that he has wrenched off the ticks, yoQ
should neither makeyoarself e fee to mas
ticatotem for him. nor at ir V nnr ftim '
gry bflfinto theCarcais that has been suck
ed dry by these loathsome things. Will
you,"Bentonhn?"
Again: "Bentonian," why did tou not
take up the letter of "Democrat" and an
swer those things at which you took efienct?
Was it satisfactory to tou, after emptying
your receptacle of filth upon me- through a
uuu coiumn, io leave u unanswerea, ana
. M. aI AataaB m m V.
J 11 1 " : . " " I I
cry out inai "iue nean Bicxens ai sncb re i
nality." Whose heart? Yours? Your read-;
ers are perhaps surprised. If they are will- M f
ingto concede to you one, after your last. .
they will at least wonder that nature has
failed, and the bird of Jth should ever
"sicken." A DEMOCRAT.
For the Banner.
Messrs. EniToas : A writer in the last
Record, over the signature of "A Bento
nian," is making a strenuous effort to write
himself into notice. He aspires to be the
leader of the Benton forces in Pike, and if
I don't mistake the man, he shall have my
vote for the post for which his "ambition
pants. There is but one man in this coun
ty who could indite such a compound of
"alligators, beautifully variegated with the
tints of the rainbow" "amphibious fish"
"croekodiles with snouts protruding from
the water" "innocent looking m utiles and
watery eyes," and all that. Such talent- is
rarely to be found as that article exhibits
and. altogether, with its bits of threadbare
latin, to "make the vulgar stare, and its
bold and- unblushing impudence and' un
founded assertion, I have come to the con
clusion, that thvie is but one individual in
Pike that could or would originate such a
fanfaronade. Can your readtfs fctiess who
he is ? He is the man who, "solitary and
alone," out of the nine hundred democratic
voters in Pike, voted for Martin Vah Be
axif against Lewis Cass, in 1848. He was
the only man who wrote himself down a
Ba ANBunNca in our county. Bold man that,
thus to bear testimony to his abolition pro
pensities by citing that vote barren and
useless as he knew it to be. And he is "wf
Bentonian. and rightfully. More than
that, he is a Benton democrat, and gave
the best evidence cf hie democracy last 1
year, when he voted for Porter for Congress
against Bay the regular nominee of the dem
ocratic party. And if, Messrs. Editors, you
desire to know the cognomen of this coun
sellor of Cass democrats, I refer you to the
w aa w a m
roil BOOKS 01 1843.
When I learned these facts. I ceased to
wonder that the lucubrations of his pen were
to be found ia the quasi-abolition 'Record,'
instead of the democratic journal of the
county when, too, the very object of his
efforts was to reach and counsel democrats,
not whigs. But, with this load of political
sin weighing down this would-be Benton
eauer, I must give him credit for consist
ency. A Barnburner in 1 848, he ought to
be Bentonian in 1849. A supporter of the
ingrate Martin Van Buren last year, ' he
ought to be the supporter of the ingrate-
Thomas H. Benton this year. 1 A voter for
the whig candidate for Congress, he ought
to make a fit correspondent for a whig joar a
naL The advocate of the disorganixer ia t
the last Presidential election, whose un
chastened ambition and hellish vindictive
ness, defeated Gem ral Cass for the Presi
dency and elected General Taylor,' he it
consistent in ' worshipping Benton, whose
only object and hope now is to break up the
uemociaiio any in cuusoun, ana give u
State to the whigs.
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FortheBaaaer. '
Messrs. Editoks :
Surely Jour !ieirtt :
must quake, and your kneei tremble m W
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wrien you see hurled at you, thro" f
elumns of the whig Becord,ihe awfvf I j
missiles of that JupiteTonanir'Beitoj h4
mmnm oi mai jupiier. Aonansrr;""""!
nI" How can you, oor little fellow , 7
xpet' to gain the coofidenqa w 11
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