, 1841-10-30
THE JOURNAL
THE MISSOURI COURIEE-AND THE
CONGRESSIONAL CIRCULAR.
OCT. 80. I84I.

As we anticipated. our gundam friend OF
Of the Courier, in his paper of the 18th
inst, is out in defence of the circular, letter
published and commented upon in this pa
per Of the 9th inst. To defend the commit
tee of nine, the Courier finds it necessary
TO cast some unjust and contemplate insin-
~uations. upon US, which w shall not con-
descend to notice. They only serve to show
the weakness of the defence here set up.
In order that the reader NAV have an op-
~portunity Of forming a correct opinion Of
the grounds, upon which this circular is JUS
tilted, we extract the whole Of the article of
the Courier relevant to this point:
"1is sensibility has been greatly excited
because we suggested the necessity of har-
monious action on the part Of the Conven-
ton, and for the purpose Of accomplishing it.
desired TO know Of the democrats in the 9TH
er section Of the State, who their candidates
would be. We were doing no more than
the Editors friends in Pike have been doing
in regard either to HIMSELF or his ~favori,e
and we will venture the assertion that the
denunciation Of the Journal would never
have been heard If some Of the democrats Of
Marion had given satisfactory answers to
the letters from Pike, in behalf Of one OF
their aspiranls. The letters we have for.
wnrded were addressed to gentlemen of the
first respec,ablity and standing in the State
I-cenilemen who would be rs far from the
commission Of dishonorable acts, as the Ed.
tor Of the Journal. or any other man.
We shon'd like 4" know what the Editor
means nv The insinuliion contained in the
iialicising the word "sEcREr" in regard to
placing the name If Mr.. Wright before tie
public. We though, proper to print our let
tiers instead Of writing them, which would
make them fully as public as If they had
been written. They were addressed 20 gen.
tlemen in different portions Of the State,
without any injunction Of secrecy, for If that
had been the case, we presume the editor
would have been deprived OF the opportuni-
ty Of giving Us the ~castigation we have re-
ceived at his hands.
In reply To the interrogatory "what are
the necessary steps to he taken forthwith, to
harmonic the action Of the Convention" we
will inform him what we meant bv using
that language.
p,,hlien4.N,o ho,,a baap .a,la ~ .1,oo -
the democratic papers recommending the
meeting of the Convention during the pre-.
sent Fall. and we think in the month o. DC.
toher. The democrats here did not know
who might be the choice Of the p1rtv in 9th.
er sections Of the State, and for he purpose
Of harmonious action upon the subject. we
inform them whom we should prefer. and as
sure them hat we would unite 10 their selec-
ton"
If we supposed there was the slightest
semblance Of truth in the chirge, that this
mode of eIectioneering, had be,n adopted for
the benefit of our humble self byany Of our
friends, in this county or elsewhere; we
should be ready to e1claim il the language
of the Spanish proverb "sdu me from my
fiends'! an exclamation, which we fear
Mr.. Wright has made bebre this. The
stratagem however is too shallow to need ex-
posure, and we sh-'l not solar underate the
readers discernment, as to attempt it. To
the Courier, we award the Ionor Of beingthe
frst.to mention our name in;onnexion within he
nomination for Congress. If zone the aspi-
rants from this County," rave been gagged
in a similar business, o if our "favori,e'
has been writing simibr letters, we are|
at the first OF it. w. should hardly sup
pose that either Of them was so soft as that
to write to Marion with the view If Cd
ting the democrats 4 Marion to sur
port bis professions On condition that 10 and