Independent Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1842-1844, 1843-10-07
For liz LnLelendenl Demoera..

editorial head, we find the following char
acterstic sentence: They (the repudia
tors) know nothing of Conscience they are
am Zed at a man who acts from its dc
tates-to'aly unacquainted with The high
honorable maa." We have selected III.
above sentence, not because IL contain
all that is reprehensib'e in the article iron
which it is extracted, nor because we in
tend TO confne our remarks to the coLsl !
Grafton OF the sentiment which it ombodiss
but because it bears upon lis face tia
stamp Of ScaseleSS rWlgdrity, which vii
enab you at once 10 claim its paternity
and call up The whole Of the brilliant etiu'
sion of which it constitutes so elegant d
pat.
If you had not, in the superabunGance
of your caution, proclaimed to the world.
wnen you mounted The tripod, that your ed
itoral eff ,rts would be labor of love- We
might well be excused for entertaining a
fear that the purity Of your moral princi-
pies had received faint from the lament
able venality Of the times. But yours is
the purity the noble Roman required in
the character of his wife-the Bohon U pas
breath Of foul suspicion cannot rest upon
your spotless name. High and noble, In
deed, must be The sentiments of one who
feels such holy horror at the approach oil
reputation. that he eXclnims, in the lnspl-
red language Of an ancient prestess, ''pro.
cuI, o procuI este profani!"
Those who do not lnlIy appreciate the ele-
walton Of your character, and whD witness
your indiscrininate and virulent attacks
upon your late allies, are SO much under
the influence Of narrow and contracted
prejucices as to miscall your "lsbor of
love" the "auri sacra fImas." You have
doubtless counted the cost Of your present
position, and calculated the consequences
of ascribing dishonest motives 10 the gteat
mass Of those w.lh whom you have hitherto
acted. FMS ascri ton Of corrupt motives
be it known, belongs to those who them
selves feel most sen,ioly their influence;
and a MAJ, with the vain hope Of conceal
ing the vieness and depravitY OF their
own hearts, ard in order to secure to them
selves marketable reputation for honesty,
are wondrous apt to reu i mankind Il hon.
lily on the prevailing vices OF the times,
and TO exclaim with classic pathos, 80 TOM
pora! o morcs!'
It certainly required no very profound
knowledge Of mans heart 10 make dis
covery OF those obvious principles OF hui
man action. Uni! lately, we have not inn
aginel that one who had enjoyed your
advantages Of intellectual culture and dis
cipIine-thc benefits of two Colleges
could have so long rcmainel ignorant of
principles, which daily force themselves
upon our observation. Bat an anccdote
recently told US by an honest, hard-isteI
old democrat, of the anti bond school, en-
aIIes US to form more Just estimate of
the true value OF such advantages. Saws
he, "Bainbridge and his two colleges very
much reminds me Of a calf | once owned
that sucked two cows" "Ah,n said |
"what was the consequence" "Why, as
was to be expected" replied the old man
sit made a mighty great cuff"
As little as you deserve at our hands
we would yet advise you not to deceive
yourselt-misake not the notariety which
you have gained, for the true celebrity OF
''the Statesman" Even if you should sue
cceG in your unholy purpose Of blightng
the prospects and dashing the cup Of tri-
umph from The lips Of the democratic par
ty, yours will lie the fame of the ancient
who sought to hand his name down 10 pos
terity, by burning the temple of Diana at
Ephesus. But, clay not that hattering
JUNCTION TO your soul,' that your puny arm
can tear the laurel from its brow, or arrest
its onward march to victory. Your posi-
lion, and that of the handful with whom
you act, excites pity rather than anger.
The great body of the democrats party
regard he stercctyped SANDER and abuse,
the wishy-washy and twadJe, the rant and
fuStian Of your columns as the insane raw
ings of mailman, who, in the mapnj6-
cence of his own conceptions, fancies him