Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1844-11-02
c. F. JACKSON AND T. II. BENTON.
"How WE APPLES SWIM.


What are to be the results Of the dissen.
tions which have arisen between the annex
ationists and Col. Benton, is matter of
some speculation and much interest to all
parties in this State. Will he, as hereto
fore, by his peculiar system of drilling,
bring the disaffected into measures, and by
few more of his "thanks" confirm them
in his support Or will he, like his great
prototype of the fifth century-Mahomet-
90 TO the mountain when the mountain re-
fuses TO come to himl Various are the
surmises upon this point. From the reso-
lutte stand he has assumed upon the Texas
question, and continues TO maintain, de-
spite the no less resolute scruples of Messrs.
Jackson, Fort and others of the same com.
plexion, it would seem he is resolved that
the mountain shall at any rate make the
first step towards the reconciliation: while
on the other hand these Texas Titans, by
whom this feat can only be performed, are
apparently disinclned TO any diminution
of the distance between it and their quon-
dam prophet. We are disposed to think
that neither Col. Benton nor Mr.. Jackson
care much about it. The former has his
eye upon the Presidential chair, and any
flinching from his first position upon this
in "decent humbug" of Calhoun's would
ruin his chances of success to the north
where he must rely chiefly for support;
while on the other hand Mr.. c. F. Jackson
thinks to slip cozily enough in the Coloneps
vacant seat. This individual--the last rem.
nant of the Fayette clique extant-who
was elected by majority of two over
man, whose knowledge might be said to be
contained between the first and last letters
of the Alphabet, is absolutely "erpiring'
for a seat in the Senate of the United
States. He is in the real Malvolio vein of
greatness; but if he is ever great, like the
poor steward, il must be "thrust upon him"
Strange as it may sound, Mr.. Jackson is
thought by some individuals to be mar
velous proper man to supplant Col. Benton,
and though of late we have heard strange
sounds, this is the strangest of all. We
have heard of some strange tastes too in
our time, such for instance as that of the
vulture and carrion crow among birds; as
that of,he Hyena among four footed beasts,
and of similar one with individuals of
the human race, who like the birds and the
beasts just mentioned, reject the daintiest
viands to fatten upon filth and garbage.
But of all the vitiated appetites we ever
heard Of the rejection of such man as
Benton, bad as he is, and the selection Of
such man as c. F. Jackson, does appear
to us the most unaccountable taste in ma
: ture, or rather in politics, for it is viola
ton of nature; it is an appetite depraved
; to the last degree, betokening moral as
well as political malady, which nothing bu
a thorough securing out, a total revolution
Of the body polite, can eradicate.
AS man, we have but little to say of C.
F. Jackson, because we know but little. TIC
call him man of talent would be an utter
perverson of the term. We have beer
told his advantages were bad, conclusion
we should have come to had we received
no information upon the subject. But to
compensate for the want of advantages
nature has bestowed two other qualities
for which Talleyrand would, perhaps, have
given him some credit--a certain kind Of
low cunning that betokens species Of
diplomatic ability better suited 10 some othe,
spheres than the Senate of the United
States; and a wonderful faculty of enve
oping his ideas in such fog of words a:
to render the most of them unintelligble
except to an audience specially versed in
democratic bilingsgate, which really seems
to be the gentleman's vernacular tongue.
We take it that the above mentioned
accomplishments are hardly sufficient to
entitle him TO a seat in the u. s. Senate
where, we have gotten the impression
some degree of honesty and certain pro-
portion of hard sense is required, and
though we will not claim any superiority
for COL Benton, over the gentleman in the
former particular, the Colonel has more
sense in second than he ever thought OF
possessing in life time. Col. Benton ha:
too much sense to become the tool of any
party or to follow up party measure to
the destruction of the interests of the