Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa Territory [Iowa]) 1840-1846, 1844-01-20
From the Missourian.
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80. 1,c,Socra,iE meeting recaaiiy held
.s.s6rls. Ftankih county Massdchus
a.'',h4 Resolution which We append
slss,1 among others, was unanimously
10 e. !. one Of those nnumcrdas ssiAags. q
..ssxsl,ed talents, extraordinary fore
= hs slern, inteerity, and iniomilablc
.,sr. Of sIissouri's greats statesman,
~ we frrqucsaly,s meet with 'front.'
-,or,ioa OF ,hesUnscn orso,lfer; and
sx;,hsr 70 prove. as we have perhaps a
...sd times. first and last, asserted,
az 40 man. in our opinion, living or
"a vas ever more thoroughly. en-.
.s.nebed 10 the hearts of the great mass
.f,he true. Democracy Of our country
.s,a Thomas II. BENToN.sfsI .a.eg ,tam
This. We are are aware, is pretty
s,cong lasgrage,l put j, rs used dsliber-
.,sly. and based upon no slight d.quaia-
,.oce withJfbe sentiments if the people
ii the West alter pearlyl . dozen Years,
s..,5sace III their midst, not cooped Up in
rl,y. but in daily intercour sci with THIN,
III wl,a. some Knowledge also. we Rat
.,r ourselves, Of The feelings Of old FASH
med leaersonian Democrats in our ma
ire State, New York, and other poriions
q the North. 10
And while such is he feeling of true
democrats in all sections Of the Union;
lat pfe-elninenily so in the North, and
rgrea, West, and while no man was
ever me re favori,e with the people Of
his State thans Col /, I}eliion Is this day
Siih, the mass OF he Dsmhcracy of
Missouri. whit do .ce See here III .hs
oiy Of 81. Loats! We see "a desperate
lille iaciion, calling themselves Demo
rrs,s.-5ut Ia truth Conservatives, OF
p~eiseiy the acho,! Of The. Tal!medge's,
,hs Rivcs'. tic uili'S and the uenshaw's
Of other. Sta.ess--moving Heaven and
ear,h, by cvert SPICES Of POLITICAL trick:
ery.Ao break dossn Col. Benton at honei
Bus never did Fiction enter upon 4
mort hopeless tass. as The people Of Mis-:
surs are every day teaching them 10,
know. ind as Trey az. door.,cd get more
saIer,y 10 learn. They have dug a
craze inlend..i idr at:Ciher; but into
which ,hey iEcnl:escs mus, Inevitably
.amiblr IKE c!ods 6. tile saliey. is,
& The sioloSing is the resolution above
referred,a, which 1as offered by J. w.
Tabor, Esq. Of Shelburus Falls; and
unanimously adopted: - s's4' =
Resolved, That in designating distin
ro,shed Americans, who deserve the con,
iaeace and praise. ot their cuun,ry. the
merits OF The Iilustrinus statesman who
has fdr more. thar twenty years repre-
ssaied Missouri in the United Siaies
Senate, stand nvbiy aud honeraijly con
spicuous. The consistency and uhif6rnt
i,y Of his political coarse duslHs near a
quarter Of ccniury, the ardeli', signal,
uafrfficien' supp'iri Ne rendered A,.drew
Jackson during the attacks aud nialcdlc.
isoIls sui. the Cu,ed ates Bank. and
nowthsmirlmga ll,fn,ur personal 'di!fJr
tncc; the extraordinary foresight he Dis
played lwcn'y FIVE yeats ago il. relation
!,ihe Oregon ltrrrory, It's Importance,
AMI lie ~. ip,.Ss oi the British upon 1t !;
his rr"at speech against the Webster
lrsa,t. ,ai,J hl> prophecies respecting i,
tvsn INV bes',nsie history; his rssolu.
tions sstihs, renewing the United States
Ink twelvc years before its charter
'xpircj, a,id wEcn democrats Memscires,
IN Ia" Sena'e. though, him too fast; the
ssaaI aes Z .ilsI Upon the Senate TO take
against the assumption OF State Debts,
When 'epabli ans ntf wings concurrcd
IN mi, king no such designs were enter
ialned IN this cnlntry; tho famous and
g.orieiis Expunging Resolutions which
he urged and carried through the Senate;
Es sc'rn If poi,ticdlintr gazing ard Tatiy
aaanrarr'ng; his readiness TO de .lare
hts opinions, his detesta!,sn If treactery
and cosceaimeni; his we'll known talents
aud Sast intellect; his exalted and Just
Views OF governmental p'i!cy; and his
ma gaaninous withdrawal frOn the HIST OF
presidential canlidates TO ard TIE union oil
The democratic party upon cue. ar.an--all
lhese circumstances, aud many more
which might be enumerated, and, III fact,
his whale public aud private life; stamp
THOMAS H. BENTON as one Of the
MASTER SPIRITS dF THE AaB; and as one
tminentl y worthy The. ad,ni alton .. and
ldaudits Of every freeman in the land. e
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