Democratic banner., 1845-05-03
THE BANNER.
Hswing.Green."..May Srd, lS45

Eoslai department Of the Banner, We
promised thu. our columns should never
be stained by the admission OF any arti-
ole 0! = lew or personal nature.-How-
eve much We may desire 10 meet the
Journal upon its own ground, and TO
fight it with its weapons, we must
r~efrsiu, for the reason that we are stop
ped BY our " promise and further be-
cause the ARROWS sho. by that canine
concern, and winged with all the force
which they could give them, have fallen
harmless Of orr feet; and lastly because
We cannot forget, as men that We owe a
ceE'hin su.uEnt Of rsspec; TO the society
iii which We live, and that the hvorite
game Of the Journal. and played so skill
fully called 'dosa play" i. beneath US:
that mes should secretly engage in that
game is c~ommon--bu, that men should
so far lose all respect for the public and
themselves 90 to come OIL, bold and op.
emily and proclaim i; to be their inten.
lion 10 act the dog, i, beyond ccnpre-
hcnsion unless imbecility now, as she
has before, pleads for them with all her
tongues. We have never desired to m
bruii ourselves il a personal c~on,royer-
" With the conductors Of the Journal,
We shstsi: e | fro n a d,fe &C ctr. Wei
born unit. terbearsnce ceased to be a
virtue. and when we did attempt to de-
'snd him in a calm and dignifed man.
n.s as s,hought-this Issue is forced
upon usi we STALL not shrink from a
bold and manly maintenance of our po-
siticn. We shall battle as well as we
knew how svoiding every thing like
''does plsy" and ifan arrow should hap
rca' accidentally upon an exposed or
vulnerable par, let them blame their
rash folly ia provoking it.
We are good natursd to a fault pro-
sssbial for Il evenness oftemper-but
yet this serenity Of disposition cannot
protect the man who grinds our toes
with the heel Of his boots, from a blow.
Il 10 principle early instilled into our
mind by education, it Is a doctrine born
with ". and which has followed Us
through life, TIA, there Vas no wrong
for which there was no, speedy ven
aenee-ns ia%sinua,ions made against US
tha: we could not repel with utter con-
tempt. We shall repel these base in.
situations in 4 spirit of digai6ed can.
dva., ere We dare hope that they may
never again be reiterated, i: they are
they may pass for their worth "as the
wind unto the rock"
Our contemporaries not content with
pouring The ,ia's o fh:r wrath npoL DR..
Welborn, and attributing to him The
worst Of motives foiled & disappoint-
ed in their desire to hunt him down.
They turn because we have had the
hartihood 10 defend DR.. Welborn) ant
thus speaks Of ourselves. "Such snuff
ing and evasion might be expected from
those who were ~"sof,." before the Au.
snss election, and who now pretend
there is 10 such party. in order to b.
restored TO the arms of love and embrac.
ed again in tho fold Of democracy. Blu
we frankly acknowledge, that we ha,
not expected such conduct from the edi
tor Of the Banner. Do they think thu
TO fulfil tho borgain into which the,
have entered? If 80 they certainly d
not gire the people Of The democ.ati
party credit for half the honesty and in
te!!isence they possess"
ii the editors of the Journal in say
ing tina; we were both "soft" before tn
August election, ment honestly to tell tn
truth, then We must inform them ths
they have filled in SO doing.
The resident editor, and the writer
this article, (and we wish no more sill
blunders upoA this head.) was
sof. previous 10 tie August election, VI
ted the soh ticket, is not ashamed Of j
and hereby authorizes the editor of II
Journal 10 tell it in every place, if it
any source Of happiness 10 them. tt
other editor We are informed the Hal
ticket, and has ever been a firm ar
consistent Democrat irrespective Of hal
or soft. This /, a full history OF Il
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