Democratic banner., 1847-11-22

TERRITORY.--Tke Wing meeting at
Louisville, KY, declared in favor OF the
Mexican proposition to Mr.. Tiist, and of an
nexing only a part Of Upper California TO
the United States as an 'indemnity for the
of the war, and in liquidation
of all our claims against Mexico. MIR. Clay
made a spcecI, a few days sfter, in which
he took decided ground agaius: the acqnisi-
ton of any territory at ALA position much
more unfavorablc to us, than even the offer
of the Mexican Commissioners. Since this
declaration on the part of the great "Em-
bodirnent of Whigery" will not the Louis
vile Wings crawfish it from the. position
they have taken in favour of the annexation
of Upper California to the 37th parallel Of
North latitude? Will they not like the
s'CodAe Dan1ei" also favor the recall of
our army without remuneration of any kind?
"You don't suppose that the Wings are
going to tell you everything they are in IA
vor of? Wait until the next meeting, and
perhaps they may satisfy your curiosity on
this head?"-1Eo. journal.
The above is the reply of the Journal TO
an article in the last number of the Banner,
in which We showed a want of candor upon
the part of the writer of the resolutions
that were passed by the late Wing meeting
held in Bowling-Gre Those resolutions
told the people "tlat masmuch as we are
engaged in war with a foreign power, we
arc in favor of putting forth the most rigor-
Gus and energetic measures to bring that
war to a successful, honorable and speedy
close" They tell the people also, "that if
a permanent acquisition of Mexican terrific
ry should be the result of the war, we 1.-THE
whigs) are in favor of leaving it to the PEG
pie of such State or States as may be FORM
ed out of such territory, to settle by their
fundamental law, the question whether such
State or States shall be slave-holding or
non slave-hoiding,"-whic is very good 50
far as it goes; but here we called the atten-
ton of the people to the fact that they had
left undecided a most important point-tbe
point on which a question has been raised,
and rendered to US by the Wings in other
sections of the Union; the point on which
the abolitionists have seized with avidity,
and which they have urged with a frenzied
zeal upon the country-we mean, the ques-
ton of "Territory or no territory" We re-
peat, that we called the attention of the
people to their want Of candor, in purpose
Iy making this important omission, when
the Wing organ of the county, replied,
"You don't suppose that the Wings are 60
ing to tell you every thing they are in favor
.of?"-no sir, concealment is apart of your
policy, and you have many principles which
it is not at all times expedient that you
should expose to the public eye. But says
this celebrated organ, "wait until the next
meeting and perhaps they may then satisfy
your curiosity on this head" Now we had
thought, that your last public meeting, when
and where an expression Of opinion was
pretended to have been given, on some sub
jects at least, was a very appropriate time
and place for a candid expression Of opin-
lion on "this head" also. But as the Jour-
nalrefuses to speak out, we will tell the
people why we think they are so silent on
this subject. The Wings Of the North are
opposed to the admission of more territory
on our Southern boundary; and if we can
Judge from the tore of the articles copied
into its columns the Journal wishes to
be opposed to it too, but it has not the nerve,
it has not the manly frankness to make an
open and candid expression of opinion con
this head' at this time. No, 1t seeks to
feel the pulse of the people by copied arti-
Giles, before it commits itself editorially up
on this question of territory-else why does
it dodge the issue, by saying 'wait until the
next meeting and perhaps they will then sat.
isfy your curiosity" The great body o.
the people Of Missouri, Wings as we'll as
democrats. want no more time to make III