Democratic banner., 1847-05-17
We read the article in the Hannibal


We read the article in the Hannibal
Journal confirming an extract from a for
mer Banner, with Il short string of structures.
OH the article from which the extract was!
copied. We mislaid or lost the Journal, so
that We reply from memory.
The Journal does us injustice in at
tributing the contents oft!Iat extract to the
mhotc of the wing pres; and much more
injustice by inferring in an insin"atJm|
that we meant the article to include the
whole wing party. The Journal docs lis
injustice also in mutilating the article,
ind endearoring by a CARRIED extract 10
exchange the entire nearing Of the para
graph. This may 10 for a beginning:-we
hope it may he the beginning of the end.
The very first line in the article from
which the extract is taken, commences with
the following words, "THAT PORTION OF THE
WIG PRESS which has been most rahid in
Its d%rnunciatinmS Of tile War. and those who
|suprortcd it, has suddenly v"crcd round
iaId run up the name Of Tie veteran war
chief to their mast head" Is there any
in This. that will warrant such an in
ference, as is drawn by the Hannibal Jour
nal. The whole article points to 't!iat por-
ton Of the wing press" which had denoun-
crd the war, aud lis supporters, of whom
we proclaimed Taylor, the chief. lie pro-
ccedrd still alluding to sMat porhln" and
which cannot by any reuding be perverted
from that meaning to say,"wIth that bright
name now flung to the breese, they have
started on a crusade for plumber. Under
false colors they expect 10 clutch the sroils
Of Office, and for that purpose have seized
upon his name. But the trick is too shall
'nw. The n-npie will turn. with disgust
ilom such brazen-faced hypocrisy And
we arc much mistaken in the man, if old
Rough and Ready does moi administer to
'thrm that rehukc which they SO richly de-
serve" What is there in this that points TO
any, except to "that portion Of Tie Wig
'prrsS"to which VIC have before alluded.
He ave always lone full Justice to the
gallant wings who have 50 nobly supported
their country's cause. Ue have taken &C.
.~casion TO refer not only to officers, the Co.
%Ionels, Captains, Li~cutenants and o,htrs in
office, but to the whig p~rivates also, to the
bold men, who, without office, or the desire
of office, left wives and children. fathers
and mothers, brothers and sisters, friends.
all that man holds dear, and p~eriiing their
own lives, rushed to the contest, and fell
advancing on the foe; OF still living, as trur
patriots, are battling for their country's
rights in a manner WORTHY Of all praise
from the American people. lie have allu-
ded also in terms of comInendation to that
portion OF the wing press which has nobiy
done its duty to the country, and We would
again do 50 with pleasure. 1t is justice,
Isirnple Justice.
lie endcavnr TO act fairly towards our
exchanges, by not mutilating an article in
to reply to it, and hope that this ex-
ample operating on TIE Hannibal Journal,
may cause that paper t" ~iuitate us. Ue
even now believe that had the Journal sta-
ken time to reflect the sheer C.MY Of the
thing would have startled ii frcm publish
ing an extract, 50 cut up and disfigured.-
He say in conclusion, tia we had more
y apes in tie rccti,ude of Gen. Taylor's in
tcntions, than appears TO be entcrtaiaed by
ne Iour ii, and advise that paper to deal
fairly in future. Those who fight under his
flag must at up to the ~strictest discipline,
or suffer "that rebukc which they so richly
deserve"
=" The coincidence of action, between
a portion Of the Wing press and the Next
can partiZans, is not more apparent, than