Democratic banner., 1845-02-01

RowIing-Gre Feb. I. 1916.
We fling our Banner to the breeze.


Without misgivings as 10 The result o
our enterprise, we u~nloose our, cable.
and eo1n.lmit ourselves to the storm,
ocean of politics. To suppose for
moment tha, we should be. exsmpte,
from tia; universal law which expose.
all TO trials and difficulty. would be ii,
height of foRy. We do not expect f,
san forever upon an uhruffled sea. W.
have never been vain. enough to hope
that tie '"wind and the tide" wonld for.
ever.bc with US. We shall encounter
the angry pillows of political calumny
and vituperatisn. OF these things VIC
have mol been unInindful-but We shall
buffet them with 4 stout heart and stea.
dy arm. VIZ feel that we arc right in
the advocacy CT, the political principles
which weihold. We feel .lnatthc Cause,
the glorious cause Of Democracy, might
nerve and Stimulate the most timid TO
gather around her affairs and defend them
from the sa~crileeious touch of her foes.
We are cheered by the thought, that to
the utmost of our ability, we are serving
the cause of The Lion hearted Demecra-
cy, and that we should receive from
them SO long as they maintain their pre-
sent exalted position, upon the bread
platform of equal laws and eqpal rights,
the voice Of praise and commentator.
1t would be in us awork Of sapercfoga.
ton TO ailude even TO the Importance,
the absolute necessity for tie establish
ment and maintenance of ! Democratic
press at this place. Between St Louis
and Palmyra, there is, comparatively
speaking, a densely populated country;
a country destined perhaps from its fer
tile soil, salubrious climate and vast re-
sources 10 become the garden spot" Of
our faveured State, and capable Of con-
tanning twenty times its present popula-
tion.-At the recent elections in the
section of country alluded TO, the party
with whom we corporate were in the
minority, and for the reason which must;
be obvious to every thinking man, what
our opponents needed in strength and
piausibility, they made up in zeal and
action. They not only spent4heir time
but they spent their money. They cir
culated their incendiary documents, they
establisheda Wing J%ournalin this place,
and an almost necessary consequence,
growing from this activity and ener-
gy of u opponents. VIC witness the
mOrtifyng spectacle Of gallant old Pike,
under the dominion of Modern Wing
ery..
There was a time in the memory of
man, when Pike stood the mos, honored
among her sister counties for her stern,
u~nbending, inflexible principles Of De-
mocracy. But she has fallen-inaction,
apathy, family jars and discords, those
heaviest curses OF. the Gods, have low
cred her from her former commandingl
position. Democrats! shall we stay fal-t
len? Shall a foe whom we have afore
this conquered (and can AGAIN. in man
ly contest, keep us forever in a hopeless
minority. Shall we not rather rise in
the majesty of our strength and demon
strate 10 our opponents the bitter lesson
taught them elsewhere, that the spirit
of Democracy, is ~indoniitable, and that
her progress is onward. Let US then
rally TO a nan, to the support Of orr
cherished principles. We may differ
upon non- essentials, whereHere is noth-
ing at stake. We may lay upon our
arms when no foe threatens us. We
may disagree, but not now
Arouse. awake! or be forever fallen.
We are requested TO say that there