Democratic banner., 1845-04-19
AT IT AGAIN.

upou Senator Welborn. But they have
aot yet glutted their vengeance. Their
wrath is not yet appeascd. "They in
lend to hold him up to the public gaze.
Thy intend to keep ii before the peo-
lie, that DR.. Welborn has violated prin.
iples which ara held sacred in a re-
publican government" ctc. etc. Yes,
they'll do a-grcat mcn hey. DR.. Wei
born should prepare 70 he inundated
upon the altar Of their wrath now; for
their blows are powcriul-pe!frct ami
hi!aiion awaits,him. But what has sc
stirred up the gall of these indignant
gentleman? Forsooth, DR.. Welborn
aided in passing a bill for districtins the
State, by which they were deprived of
an opportunity, of getting two wing
representatives 10 Congress; "anl that
is the head and front of his offending
Had his bill secured TO them those Two
wing representatives, it would have
been all right in their eyes, the zig
gag" boundaries OF the districts TO The
contrary notwithstanding.
The editors Of the Journal admit iha,
the second district in Wilson's bill is
i'll shaped. But then at is 100 miles
wider than the longest in Welborn's
bill.' "1t is sparsely populated" The
Missouri river is in the way, and there
is a dozen other excuses for it the wings
pet. But Welborn, wrctckcd t6Nou, he
cheated the whigs-there is nc excuse for
him or his bill. He should be murder
ed outright, river or no river.
And again, if this bill should be re-
iected on account Of this ugly district,
saysthe journal, then Welborn's bill
should be four times rejected; because
it contains four ugly districts. Aye,
''there lies the rub" Wilson, in his
utmost kindness for The Wigs, had laid
them off tpo pretty lille districts, from
which they expected to send two wing
representatives to Congress; but Wei
born's bill, confound the thing, it frus-
-trated all their hopes and disappointed
all their calculations. Now we would
say 10 the editors Of the Journal, That
this same second district, for which they
can find SO many excuses, is not only
"l00 miles broader" but 20 miles Ion
ger than the longest in Welborn's bill;
and contains NEARLY twice the number
of counties" But Wilson, magnanim-
Gus fellow, framed two nice little dis
tricts exactly TO suit the taste of the
editors Of The Journal; and what cared
they, if the democrats, naughty fellows,
were thrown into a district go miles
long-yes, as lorg as the whole length
Of the State from East TO West, and
noarly as long as the State from North TO
South. But the seconds no. The only
long district in Wilson's bill the first
is sbou, as long as the longest in Wei
born's. He had no regard 10 the num-
Der of counties o. 10 tie extent OF terri
tori in forming his districts-his OILY
ain seemst TO have been ~ secure those
wing districts; hence Your excuses fr
him. In his bill iha democratic districts
certain about twice the number Of coun-
ties and nearly three times the extent Of
territory contained in your pretty little
districts; but you can excuse it. Il is
all right, because you gain by it.
From the earliest agitation of tic
question we were decidedly in favor q
tho district system. We wished TO see
the State districtedsqusrcly and fairly
without regard either TO loss or gain
Senator Welborn's bill We haze before
said, was not exactly as we would have
framed it. But how could the State bt
districtcd TO suit the nelion OF every in.
diridual? Though we preferred the bill
of Senator Acock, wewill not impuc,
the motives Of Senator Welborn. II i.
perhaps the very best that could be Oh
tanned under the circumstances. 1t i
much better than that of Mr.. Wilson
which Mr.. Biggs said presented such
show of fairness at lis first blush, that
every representative ought to volt
FOX il.
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