The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1846-02-14
The Danvi.io Democrat ora Dc
CenOy.

The Danvile Democrat, judging from an
editorial in lis columns last week, has had
its sense OF dignity greatly outraged by
some re marks made 10 Congress by Felix
Grundy Mcconnell, Of Alabama, in reply
10 sor, OF mongrel whig and aboIi,ions,.
from The state of New York by tho rams of
Culver. 1t heads an article on The suhiec,
with the caption OF Loco 7oco Decency,'
us! as if party was accountable for the
vagaries OF oddities OF al individual mem.
ber. Our neighboI goes on TO say dur-
ing the deba,s on the Oregon question 10
the House Of Representatives, &c. Now
i. happens that it vas curing the considera-
ton Of ths bill 10 establish post routes in
Texas; a measure indispensably Decpssary.
and which no one was foolish enough 10
make speech ABOUT, except ihis Culver.
Our nsighbor was very careful not to give
Culver's speech to which NcCanDe'l re-
piled. |, is about the moanesi speech ever
"OiFe.eu W SOlblCsS, NV C'Sh 'A'' P'hE
Joshua X. Giddings negro hafangues, and
/, merited the reply gwen TO ii by the west
ern Oddly Felix Grundy Mcdonnell, who
is sort Of Dsvy Crocken wilhou! his re
markabie ugliness.
Our neishborof the Democra, is eeranr
y rendering himself famous for pungenl
paragraphs. Like veuemous it,ls foreign
er he appears inclined to put the licks into
The naughty natives Of 'hjs country for their
iuncoulh manners, go different from those OF
he polished and oourily subjects Of eastern
monarchy. He spultera away upon the
discovery of plain republicanism Of ex-
preston, or a lack OF black-Ieuer learning
in our citizens, as if the salvation OF the
country depended upon his lening of i
criticism upon the occasion. He is quite
persuaded wiIhal, that 'all the deceney and
all the learning as the saying is, belong 10
the political party Of which he is a member,
and do no, exist with the opposing one
WhenPresiden;Pok put forth message to
the people of the Union, among other things
distinguished for The purity of its s.yle-a
message compimerted for It's literary merit
even By opposing journals abroad-theDan
vile Democrat pronounces verbose -
when from the far-off Oregon there is for
warded TO Congress a memorial for prolscs
lion to It's settlers against British and savage
Ihosiility-for tho exteHsion Of our laws
Ithitherwsrd and the formation Of .errilori-
al government--,he Danville Democrat is
horribly shocked because some of the sign
ere make their mark, instead Of writing
their names in full in good copyPlae hand,
or Hssslan hyeroglyphicS. We ale remind
ed by this of revolutionary anecdole,
which we will repea, in this ccnnecnon.--
During thOwsr, while il ragged in The Caro-
linas Colonel Tarlelon; one of the mos, ac-
tive and daring officers in the British army,
was defeated at the battle Of Cowpens and
his disordered troops were holly pursued
| by the American cavalry Colonel Wash
iing,on during the pursuit, i,oyertook Tarleton
and came very near taking him prisoner.
In the encounter between them. Col. w.
by a sword blow Gu, Off some of'Tarlelon's
fingers. Some. time sierwsrd, rarlelon,w
was Of mean spirit, being in company
of ladies' where Colonel Washington was
spoken Of, remarked tha, he understood
.ha. Col. W. was man Of no learning and
could not even wits his own name, 'Ye','