Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1844-10-04
INu MBER Al.
Texas.

Nhilo Mr.. Ewing was speaking al Now Lisbon
recently. stone was thrown at hun from the
crowd which canlo near hitting him. Afterwards
he was 10 speak az Canton, bat tho Loco Shorifr
refused him the use of the Court house. and the
wing handblIs announcing the meeting were torn
down. \ National flag was stolen from whig
pole IN Baltimore. A Clay POLO erected at Ell
wells, SIX miles south of Springfield we learn
has been bored down, and we arc informed that
wing national flag was stolen from lis elevation
at Danville. There is good deal of tho Texas
spirit IN all this.-Springield Republic.
Democrats Reason for Renouncins his Party.
we have seen q good many renunc iations from
loco-iocoism; but Mr.. SToNEBURNER, Of Shenan-
doah county, Virginia. has of the best letters
wo have seen. He concludes thus
IL saw that men ought TO profess what tbcv
practise. and practise what they profess. if they
would DO thought honest and sincere saw orr
democratic party IN tho House of Representatives
with large majority. protesting the mos, inveto-
rate hostility TO this tariff yet when brought to
vote for its repeal, they would not rencaI II, ard
further saw them, with camorous tongues for =
SubTroasry, and with tho full ability of pa ssino
1t through It's body We. dare do it: and could
not give thom credit for honesty in thcir profess
sions but could for dt;plicitv.
saw the Democratic Convention tramplinr up
on that sacred principle Of a republic, viz: .tbn,
liz bitI''Il' SohCTH DIV CASING aside Mr..
Van Buren. tho choice Of the majority Of tho mar
ty. as actually ascertaincd by ballot and subst-
tutlng therefor their own creature. James X. Polk
| no longer beloved them democrats saw tho
wings fighting for tho restriction of the Fvcctivc
or one-inan power, and ondeavorng to make the
will of the people paramount to tho will of ono
man; and saw the democrats oppose them. no
longer believed them democrats.
| saw the democratic party in Congress. for tho
purpose OF retaining thor ma oritv. ACTUALLY tram
pie the Constitution under foot. and nullfv an act
ofCongress constltutionally passed; and when the
wings entered their protest against tho high nd
cd act of tyranny, that same dcmoc ratio party OK
plunged from the journals the evidence that tho
wings had raised their voice against it. In this
| saw tyranny. and not democracy.
| saw the Democratic party SO eager for power
that they stcklcd not to steal from that poor man.
John Tyler. his only capital, with the expectation
that 1t would gain them tho power they sought. l
thought this was not honesty.
| saw thom willing, for tho sake Of power to
make that stolen capital tho cause of war; to SEQ
assd the hnsha nds Of your daughters call
I'd TO tho frontier to perish by the sword or disease
IN contest where victory would be disgrace. |
saw no patriotism here. | saw moro: / saw n
man, whose fame has extended to the ends of the
Garth. abused, villifod and ba rkcd at by men com
pared to whom he is as tho full grown Lion is to
the Whelp Of the Cur. | thought this ridiculous.
Let any man take the trouble to read and he
will soc what have seen.
Yours, JOHN c. STONEBURGER.