Democratic banner., 1845-04-19

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IL Are e to be silent as TO me
course of a public Servant, because we
differ with: MIN in opinion? Surely we
/ haze fallen OIL evil times, if the voice Of
truth is TO be hushed becauseit is spok-
en- by a whig.-Mo. Journal.
We are decidedly in favor of the
Journals speaking out, for fear if it
does not, it will like a certain witness
"JSi." Nothing but the most bloody
tyranny could prompt any n TO attempt
to muzzle the ~Journal--,o seal hermeti-
cally the mouths of her Editors; in
short, to spike the noblcst gun that ever
Numbered in defence Of civil liberty.
HorriG. From the style in which they
write, they doubtless think that should
the Journal be actually prevented from
e~nlightning the age, that the wheels of
the universe would be st~opped--that
the "sun would wander dsrkly, ranking
in the eternal space, reyless and path
less; "and that all creation would show
signs of deep mourning. But We turn
from the contemplation Of the bare pos
sibili,y Of such a misfortune to the
world as the stoppage of the universal
newspaper called the Missouri Journal
to something more serious.
ave have surely fallen on evils
times" when the editors of the Journal
are not allowed 10 throw their filth and
abuse upon a man standing deservedly
high in Pike county, without being OPP
posed. Their principle is to ride rough
shod over those unwilling to aoknowl-
edge the supremacy Of Whiggery-to
heap abuse and vituperation upon them,
10 attribute the most dishonest motive
to them, Gas in the case Of DR.. "elborn)
and if defence is attempted, they desire
to produce the impression that we
would (even if we cculd) keep them
silent. "Surcly we have fallen upon
evil times" when the Journal Editors
are not allowed TO say and do what they
please, uncontradicted and unopposed.
Speak out we say 10 the Journal-if the
spirit already evinced by that mammouth
concern, TO override all who oppose it
to domineer over those who will not
tamely submit to its rule. Substituting
vitupera,ion for reason, and finally
knuckling when it can no longer play
+ the tyrarr does not ef>ctnally annihi-
late whiggery in gallant old Pike, we
are mistaken. The Editors Of the Jour
nal know that We have no. even in,ima-
ted, much less said that they should not
r speak Of DR.. Welborn-are they homes,
in thus understanding orr language? or
are their mental visions so utterly be-
cloudedt that they cannot comprehend the
simplest English? if SO 4 shaved head
and a straight jacket would more be-
come them than the Editorial chair. i
il be the first, we have no remarks &c
, make about il; if it be mental imbecili,y
we pity them, and refer them again tc
the article, where they will discover
that we denied 10 them the right 0
speaking for the Democracy Of Pix,
county. The article in the Journal
!, which called forth our remarks was
lengthy philippe, set to music asains
, DIR. Welborn. in which they spoke a
by authority; and that The article in cues.
ton was but the echo of public sen,i
a ment, including Wigs and democrats
: 1t was the truth Of the statement, am
=; not the right of the Journal to speak
D that we contforertea.
/ What the Journal editors mean b,
4 the assertion that we say that the SeIa
tor is The representative Of The party