The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1845-07-04
Communication.
OUR CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATE

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What. unjust still
tell thee Caiydon, ear disprove il
LIS prejudice, my friend, that blinds thee"
In these days of detraction and SANDER,
when every man who is before the public
Tor It's suiirages, becomes political target
an object against whom is hulled in Ian.
guage, without The least qualification Of
decency, every vltuperalive missile which
deprayed mind eau invent and 10 whom
is applied, wlihou, the merest regard TO The
truth or fitness Of the application, every
eplthet which may be found in h.h mark.
Ell vocabulary, every species Of Llling,gale
which foul Imagination dictates. It is
truly gratifying 10 the Wings Of this Con.
gTessIonal district, that "a the person Of
Col. Barringer, candidnte for Congress,
they have one, before whom oil such d..
grading, such puerie implements Of attack,
fall as harmless as pebbles thrown by
wanton boys, against the fortress which
has stood the brunt uf war.
Col. Barfinscr has experienced cam.
palgu and every thing which could be
urged. how base -less.socyer, 10 stigmalizo
ham as a federallst, every crudu charge
WHICH mdlign Ingenuity could suggest,
we're the appliances Of his foes to defeat
him boz he passed through unsca;Led
too honorable 10 have STOPPED TO the same
base means OF defence too proud, 10 hoyc
felt himself wounded BY such weapons, had
he been defeated, aud TOO noble, t. exult
when he became the victor-nhe truth
reared rs mighty standard, over The scat
tered fragments Of malice nud defamation.
Tie wounded serpent, writing from the
inaciua 81 rcceu, blow, ral.es its head
10 strike ils cngcnomed saliva into It's az.
gfessot, and often instead, inhict, NOR
tai wound upon Itself; and so the patty,
that opposed our Congressional candidate
rising from It's recent defeat, II would
wound him with The poisonous fan.s of ca
Elimination; Will II not inlet deeper
wound upon ilselfl
'' TIE beast f,Op roaming, when tie noonlido
Wc-uod ana warm, 10 his lair returns - Ef5jo
pad
As>eitgous-- mere denuncia,ory urcc.
tUes, caanat stand the full glare oil ruth,
rs etiu gruce 10 too bright for the dark
hearts q sbo,o who propagate them; rid
i!ko thc Oeas, that goolh forth seeking
= hum i! way dsyour' they wt,l be sure 10
solu5n 10 the I'M. from whcace they
came.
Col. Bsrruger IS enc Of school, that
wc are utsaid ate too fast DIMINISHING he
!. one Of the few, tand there are such IN
both paHies) who, by their high bearing
aud seuiemlnly demeanor, preserve and
maintuIa what Of dignity reInains in Iho
House of Representatives and for this he
&. sugmaiized us being an ignorant mem.
ber-a YEA nay man We wonder by
aha, standard, the Judgment Of persons SO
disposed to caIumny, may be weighed
Could 1 be found IL LilIpu,l FIND LlHt
put aud va dare say it might-he IS one
who prefer, what may be logically de.
ducod from n train Of reasoning, to lrothy
dec who uses argument, IN pre-
lercuce 10 rlbAldry ard personal abuse. II
has been said nv some that Col. Is. IS de-
void Of talent: how devoid, those who made
how blinded by subserveucy to party big
otry ha has talent, and that Of no mean
order, and were We 10 Indiy.duaiza lis pc.
cullar characteristic, we would say it were
conserfGglyc, know edge If how to pre-.
serve medium between = high wrough;
eXcltabilty on ,nomea'auS subjects, mud =
ncitun egatl To them even Sir Robert
Peel display, this sort of talent in his min.
is,er'-, capacity need Col Barjngci then,
b. n'herwtsc than proud Of us possession
Such men know, in the language OF M,lton,
" Whether 10 settle peace, OF to unfold
The drl Of hollow states hard to 10 spelled
Then 20 advise how War may, hos, uphold
Move D., her two main nerves, iron and gold,
Ia al her eqg'pase,"
A brief TRADE, dcfamarory Of Col, Bar.
ringer, which appeared IN a late number Of
the Mccklenburg JetIersoni1n, called forth
Ibis hasly production; The Editor Of that
paper had the tcmcri'y, "s'i.i harplng OF
my daughter to renew the charge lhat
the Colone is a federalj:t Now one Of
two things is palpabIe, he CHE Eduor) Is
either blind and ignorant, or he affects to
be the latter; It he be blind, AMI in con,e-
quencc ignorant he should have his eyes
anon,ed with some Of the " r rs7lm plScsS'
in such repu'o of yore Tor morbi oculo
rum, but if hls ignorance be affected, he
/, iuexcusable and his editorial deserves no
comment; but us we are al loss 10 know
which Is lie case, We may be pafdoned for
asking that Editor, is he aware, or not,
that no such party ts FoueralIsls AT present
exists II he be rot aware, he is rs will
fully in the dark, rs the man who grope5
his way nj midnight, with an unllt lantern
in h,s hand and box Of matches in bis
pocket, because the means Of becoming
better and more correctly Informed, are
within his reach, and hence he is ignorant
through choice It he be aware, he is ~
ono very censurahle particular, like the
priests of ancient Egypt, he has one belief
himself, ani publishes to and would deludc
his renders by another: to either horn Of
the dilemma he is welcome, and for his per,
severance in either deserves great credit.
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