Democratic banner., 1845-10-25
TIL M K.
THE BOOK AND THE SEVEN
DAYS WONUER

for We could not iui II II our heat
70 r?rnrasnt freely upon II; Unul the
holy horror eyinced by NJ Wing
,,i,n!s n what they conceived Il be
downright corruption. lad subsItrd.
Tina, consums,i Il s,Atvout'r to be
wished is a, hand. After Mrhenstc
..d failed in realizing tie rich profits
.Dcn which he caicu,a:.a-at'cr tie
M newspapers Of The day Ind blown
ali. ipsi-nifcau: concern iutn a huge
Bulk OF moral and Pn'uis:A rorrnr-
zion. tie bubble Is suffered 10 burs,.
aud every thing y suffered to - On
{. -usual. But tbs terrible hook has
developed 10 the w'r!d that a>t"und-
ing fact which every woman and
child in the land knew. before Wi
liam l.. Mckensie crossed The Can
ada lice. wiz J that TIE Editor Of the
y. Y. Herald. Jas. G.. Bennett, WAS
. man devoid OF 2 incjp'e. aod i, may
have proven tina, Phelps and Allen.
knd & fsw more obscure ro''tlcnns
40 New York. were corrupt. No
e,sn o. conGaon sense looks for any
hing else; that 4 few among all par
,irs are corrupt. is a fact 50 clearly
iemon,,ra:vd hat 10 par.;Zan, how
ever heated he msy be, viii deny il.
Against the two Van Rurcns we see
TO evidence that could possibly con-
vict them of any wrong. Oar Jour
nal friends ,s!l Us tha. they made
politics a trade by winch To win
money-as 10 The morality Of betting
UsJon elections we are nUi called up
on 10 decide; all mcn must Judge Of
tina, accOriing - III" Dictates Of their
own consciences. NJ. Van Buren,
and his SOL wrote 70 Jesse hOyt 10
lake Up bets for them upon the cleo
tnn-e1 ~ at. thing more he charged
2gsins, them? OIe of the partners
IL the Journal office made bets du-
ing the las campaign, himself, not
by on agent. Now We take II that
,hete Is not 4 ""hi'sn difference tie.
tween the man who authorizes an
oIher 10 BET icr HIM and the nan who
tets Tor himself, and tie "poi>nous
rnalice is presented to tier own
lips" Betting upon elections IS
wrong beyond question, but we were
not aWnTe before that II Was corrupt,
.or, TO Nj own Personal knowledge,
some 81 the best men IN u cnun,'y.
VI both partiss. have INDUCED in II;
and for ii they have never been cen
scred. ;ha. We know Of; but vet, IN
Van Buren, and his son, il is enough
10 justify the3n IN making this sweep
ing charge that they "are gamblers
N politics, making j; 4 game for the
purpose OF winning monev." We
'hi.S tho unfair. Give the Devil
Ia, doe" is an Ok adsoc Ov which
onE friends wculd profit By paying
moro attention 10. We have no
mercy for The base and corrupt. and
we rejoice to see every blow which
Is given TO those vino are corrupt
But in this affair iniignation has SO
far mastered discretion that he lnno-
cent have been confuunded with t.
guilty. The bind Goddess of Justice
as she was represented by the an
clients, has struck il Tie dark with
out knowing upon whom the blow
would tuii-simPly because the let
:ers Of the Van burcns were found
10 tho same bundle with Benefits,
&c; they have been severely CEN
sured without cause or p~rovoca,ion.
as we can conceive.
AS TO the manner in which Nc
kensie came by these letters we
shall say nothing; deeming it of no
importance, So FAR rs the letters prove
fraud or corruption, whether they
were obtained by All. or frul means"
A call session az ,na ~Ill;ro;s Ie,.