, 1844-05-11

OF hehluchI, 10 uIctdte laws loE lHe PSo-
pie of Missouri, a more delicate task re-
manned TO be performed.
An cx-dclrgatc 10 the Clique Conven-
ton propounded the qucstion-"Will
you 90 for the nominees CT the State
Convention?
This was a poser. What was to be
done?: The unlucky candidates well
!. knew that by an affirmative answer they
l would incur the d~ispleasurc ofthe libcr-
al democrats. Whereas a negative re-
ply would put in motion the wire pull
lers Of the caucus machinery, to their
, destruction. Here then, was a dilemma
!, indeed. To hang on either Of lis horns,
was death 10 their prospects. They
must have exclaimed, mentally, in the
anguish of their sculs-"Hcaven save US
from our friends"
But at this awful crisis an old p%roverb
/ came in 10 their relief-"Discretion is
the better part of valor'-and they esca-
ped, by giving their answers after the
mode Of a Delphic oracle, so that by a
little classification they could be made
to mean affirmative, negative, or neither.
Good heavens, thought |, is this de-
mocracy? Is q republican freeman bound
to pay fealty TO a set Of political sub die
tators-the Nicegcrants Of a I. States
Senator, in order 10 avoid political OK
communication.
, Talk no more of "Whig dictation,
prescription and intolerance Your
: last weeks ~scribbling democrat" who
complained SO boistcrously of Wing dom
i, ination, had better try his hand again. l
= never knew a Wing to be read out Of
his party for choosing 10 support mcf-
I surcs rather than men, or for refusing TO
: be whipped into the traces. l was not
before aware that Democracy and per-
. soual liberty, were incompatible with
e each other.
: One more item and | an done. \
= principle reason assigned by one Of the
gentlemen for being a Democrat, was the
- circumstance Of "ha,iug been raised in
e the arms Of a revolutionary soldier
f This struck Inc as strange. For most
assuTedly, that old soldier, Ike every
= other man, who honestly fought for the
I freedom VIC now enjoy, was a Wing,
. The party ame in those days Of heroes
? and patriots, were not as not Us now,
+ Wig and Democrat, but Wig and To
\ ry. 1t occurred 10 my mind that that
gentleman afforded al least II cxcmpli-
; fcation of the ~inaccuracy Of Solomon's
c provcrb, "Train up a child in the way
= he should 90 and when he IS old he will
. not depart from it," WIG.
, T:Xss-Hs oa'tioa.-Thc editor
OF Inc Galveston CTcxa>) Nindicator.
in writing IN article on the Annivcr-
AIRY Of Texan independence, gives
lie following gratifying picture Of the
= present candi,:"h Of tha, country:
r Texas, which up to within a few
wears Of tie revolution. WAS only
, known, ycn to tie W!s-st statesmen
Of this continent. from the uncertain
. and faRciiui accounts Of wild advcn-
iurers and icnorant savages. and as
= the iuIkIn" place of pirates and out
laws. now Crg2-cs tie attention of
he most civilized nations. and claims
4, jhcIr w1rmrst symPsrhies and re-
yards. Agriculture h'csScs with a.
hundancc The pIaIrS that were DESC
late and unpToductive; the axe rings
mcrriIy IN the forest; cities now count
> their tecming inhabitants by thous-
ands. and rrsound with the hum Of
r industry. where cight wears ago man
had 10 hanltation and the reign O! 81
|Icnce and solitude was scarcely ever
broken by the voice or presence of
! human beings; the harhor Of Calves
ton, which then was only known as
, the late rendezvous Of pirates, is now
white with the sails and gay with the
FLAGS OF MANY Of the great nations Of
Europe. as we'll as of America, lurcd
hither by the lucrative commerce a
waKencd by the industry Of the har-
dy possessors Of the soil. Agricul-
ture, arts, trade, learning, asd reIig-
/ ion are steadily advancing side by
/ side, and show on every hand, as the
evidences OF their onward march.
beautiful farms and luxuriant fields.
busy workshops and rising cities;
ports and BAYS white with