, 1844-11-02
''He wires in, and wires out,
And leaves the people still in doubt,
Whether the coon, that made the track

whether the coon, that made the track,
Was going south, or coming back"
Then, with all these issues. have
we not aus for a glorious rally.
A few words in relation TO our
own State.
In the contest that has Just closed,
SO trluml hantly for the Democracy
OF Missouri, no question was ore
prominent before the people, than
the reelection Of our distinguished
Senators, Col. Benton, and Judge
AtChISon. The convention that
nominated the other candidates, de-
cIared unanimously by a solemn re-
solve, in favor of the reelection OF
these distinguished gentlemen, and
placed the issue fairly before the PEG,
pie. The true democratic press pIac-
ed that resolution at their mast heads,
as the banner under whose motto, the
battle was to be fought and won.-
No issue was ever more honorabIy
tendeIed, or more fairly placed be-
fore the people, by the true democra-
cy. Benton, and Atchison, were the
watchwordS in the contest for the
State. On the other side the com
blned forces, joined issue in The CON
test. Or rather issues. For not con-
tent n meet US in a fair field. and
open fight, upon the direct issue ten
dered. they multiplied their banners,
TO suit every hue of malcontent, and
every hope Of whiggcry. 70 catch
both Christian and Mahometan, the
/ crescent aud the creSs, were both hum
out from the battlements of the for
tress of the allies. The wings met
the issue. animated by the hope of
; carving all their forces by it. They
proclaimed to their followers, a clean
sweep, if victory should perch upon
their banner. The Soi;s, On inr U;':-
er hand, in order TO deluGe follow
ers from the democratic ranks. and
aud conceal more e;fec;ualIy the alli,
ance. proclaimed that one viction
would he sufficient to appease The
wrath Of their offended chief. They
ever bore a practical flag. the more
eflectualIy TO deceive Democrats,
ProcIaimlng hyPocnticaily, friendship
for Judge AtchiSon. For their own
foul purposes. they wen inflicted up
on him the odium of their eu!ocies.
from which his true friends, conscious
Of his worth, were constrained TO de-
tent him, and place his reputation. a.
bove the assaults Of their false praise.
No man can doubt the motives, or
the policy of this method, Of main
tanning the contest. 1t was to arouse
antIpllhieS between the friends OF
these TWO champions Of the democrat
&c Cause, and in their divisions con
quer Them. The wings were recon,
ciied by the assurance that these
false eulOgleS, We're only intended to
destroy their object, and that they
were to be the recipients Of the bcne-
fits secured by the joint triumph.
Thus We had not only 10 fight the
allied forces. but under a variety of
banners, antagoniStIca to each other,
and multiplied sufficiently to suit the
complexion Of every actor in the po-
litical drama. Wings and Demo
Gratis, bank and anti bank men. diS,ri-
button and anti-distribution mcn. pre-
emption and anti pre-. emPtion men,
Oregon and anti Oregon men, Texas
and anti-Texas men, could all find a
flag under which 10 fight in the ranks
OF u opponents; whilst we bore a.
loot but n banner to the breeze, in
scribed upon lis ample folds the demo
cratic faith, Polk and Dallas, Gre
gon andTexas; Benton and Atchison,
for the Senate.
Under all these disadvantages re-
lying solely upon the intelligence
and integrity o. the people; we went
mo the contest against the wings
and their allies the ''softs," we main
tanned it in a fair field and open fight
against an ambushed foe. By the
strength OF u cause and TIE virtue
of The people. we triumphed over the
combined forces in the election
The people rendered their solemn
verdict against them by the over
whelming majority of upwards Of
sever thousand, and the Democracy
against the malcontents in their W
ranks, by a vote of more than twenty
10 one. Not a member was return
ed from the ranks OF the solts to Ell
Their House, and if they have not sue
ceeded in apostatizing who held seats
in the Senate by former elections,
Softism will not have a representa-
tive in the halls OF Legislation in this
The softs in this contest
present the humillating spectacle of
no representative in either