Democratic banner., 1845-05-24

curse we have taken. We are diSgraced
~ the eyes of the civilized world. ou'
character SO fair and spotless which we
have borne since we became q ha'io",
has received & foul stain which years Oh
neniteuce cannot wash away; and Tor
wbat have we sacrificed our peace, hoh-'
ar and renown. Texas, 4 little spot OF
Garth living between us and MeAico.-
For !, we have bartered our peace sac
rificed our honor and ruined our repa'a-
'tion.-Mo. Journal.
Slch is the language, such Tic I'M
disguised opinions Of the organ OF '"e
Wing party in Pike county. We con-
fess our surprise, yea. our modification.
-, lis first reading, not because 1t con-
tanned an attack upon the party with
when we cooperate, but because II was
,be frs, time tha, we had evcr known
publishcd in our midst, an article SO well
calculated in all its bearings TO make The
citizen forget his couniry-and her
household Gods.
For ourselves we envy not the ieei-
inos Of that man who seeks every OPP
~rortunity TO expose the faults oil MS
Government: who is evef watching with
eager intensity every trivial indIscre'lph
of his own country, ready and willing
TO degrade and disgrace her in the eyes
OF the world.
If the number Of the Jonrna! from
which we have quoted should ever be
circulated among the English, a nation
ever keen and anxious TO make any dis
covery by which our reputation might
be damned to all immortality" how
sweet then would not this article be
minis,ering as ii does TO the worse feel
iags of our most malignant foe. The
London Times and the Tory prints OF
the kingdom would doubtless copy the
article with vast glee, and herald it forth
~ the world as public sentiment in A.
ii erica.
Are we di>graced in the eyes OF the
civilized world" is the question, and II
.l!eh 5e the iact-are we TO hold Bp TO
She world in glazing light the shame and
di4honour of our own parent, are we
Ike Ham to exposetie make dness Of our
parent. s. become the herald OF our own
slame. We thank God that if such an
exposure be necessary, that another
pen has been found TO do il. We should
fear that the heavy curse which rested
SO long upon the author of this sin and
extended from generation 10 generation,
might rest upon us.
For ourselves we know Of but one
leading principle which guides us, and
that is love for our country, and her in
stitutions, reverence for what she has
been, and hope for what she may be-
1.-THE Government under which we live,
errs and disgraces herselfs and becomes
involved in difficulties with other ma
iions. ours will never be the arm to i'll
feet additional disgrace upon her, we
shall never play the ~Clytcmnestra and
carry out the game far better becoming
an English emissary than an American
patriot.
We adopt as our motto, the words OF
The g~allent Nelson, as brave aman as ev-
er faced 4 cannon, or walked a stormy
deck" when the established Govern
ment Of England had been overturned,
and Cromwell had usurped the throne
of the S!uarts; although a bitter foe of
the great reformer, yet he nailed TO his
flag Staff the glorious motto ''our coun-
try, right or wrong" Bat all this is 60
ing upon the supposition that we are
''disgraced in The eyes Of the civilized
world" Upon this point we take issue
with the Journal, and call upon the Edi-
tors in a spirit devoid Of all personality
to make good the assertions which they
make in saying that tive have violated
treaties and iniringed upon the rights of
Mexico" And in the eyes of hat ma
ton are we degraded, save that Of Eng
land, and in her eyes well may we be
disgraced.
England a synonyme for meanness 6
treachery, whose history is written in
tyranny s. oppression, whose march has
been marked ' blood s. carnage, she