Democratic banner., 1845-05-24

. PROMISED IL al vino rcltsIr N oul
|, glorious Rsde,met, who died for n,
that we TigHi hive, and " whose
atonemcnt / hop for blessed IA.
mortality.
tm, with great respect,
Your fcient aru tcllcw.c eli
zen. ANDREW JACKSON.
To Com. J. ID. ELLIOTT.
l. United States Navy.
? Last weeks New Era, brought us
some structures upon the Democratic
meeting held at Troy, during the session
OF the last Circuit Court. Our brother
bachelor Of that concern must have slept
while part Of the proceedings of the
meeting were enacted as lie seems 10
have recollected only a part; and given
that Iart in the f~anciful drapery of a
dream. He are not willing that the
statement of the Era should pass for a
correct expose Of all the proceedings
OF that meeting; much less, are We will
ling 10 admit all the far-ietched c%onclu-
sions drawn by its dreaming editor
The Era says ..... "and the
chairman did appoint thirteen of.he har-
dest description of loco focos. The ap-
parent object being 10 exclude entirely
those who constituted the soft party Of
tina, county. The Hards seem to think
that hey have their heels on the necks
Of The sS%of-.: and sintend to keep ih..n
there ...... No person said any
! thing but Mr.. Martin and Mr.. Murray,
unsupported TO be the factotums OF the
party. The primary object would seem
TO lie TO degrade the Convention into a
partizan caucus" Now it would seem
10 lis thai the primary object Of the E.
ra, was 10 create dissension in theiranks
of the democratic party: Or, why is this
mock sympathy about the down-trodden
sofls? Why this anxious concern a.
bout the Hardism or the Softism of our
delegation? Why does he endeavor TO
produce the impression that the Softs
were trodden upon? The object is man
iiest-he wishes 10 e~ngender a feeling
Of dis,rus, in the minds.of one portion of
the democrats against the other. To e1-
cite their jealousy, and alarm their fears
10 create chickering's, and heart burn
ings, az. if possible, to fan this dissen-
sion into open strife between the wings
of our party, in order that it may fall an
easy prey TO whiggery. But the editor
has %overstepped his mark-he styles US
facto,um Of the hard democracy, while
5u, the other day a sheet of his w po-
l~itical faith, sneeringi. called It's soft.
Now il o constant and unremitting
exertion for he union, Ind IA. harmony
of our party, vii. entille us 70 hal ePi'
thet, we are hard or soft, lust IS he gen
tlcman may choose to call us. hat "t
gives us far more credit than we are WI
ling 10 assume, while he unjus'E de
TRACTS from others. He calls usa facto
tum Of the party because We offered on
resolution and but one, which was luck.
enough TO pass-yet he passes by unno
+ ticed, an other gentlemen who offered
resolution which was passed.
: We never aspired to be the iac'o
! tum of ary party, however EeaiOusly W
j may have labored TO promulgate the pr'n
T ciples Of democracy; much less wou'
we aspire to be the factotum OF a "'i,'
American party; while defending III
the rights, and advocating the claims
Britain and Mexico. Our Americans
though rot of the natirist order wouI
prompt US to defend the name and h0'
. or of our country, from the foul aspe,
!. sions cast upon it by the enemies OF Ii
sral principles. We would not masni
,t the errors of our country; and call Il
ID attention of onr epemies to them. b
te If a blot stained u e~seutcneon' v
r - a. x;ne Il out, and