Democratic banner., 1847-08-30
For the Banner.

RI journal.
Nh. EditOr:-In replying to the article
from which the foregoing is an extract, you
will excuse my manner of treating the sub
Iject. | am compelled to the mode by the
course of him whoever wrote that commu-
nication, for there is difficulty in touching
it not so easily seen as felt. One cannot
tell whether the authorship may be claimed
by one or more than one; it has the sigma
ture "J." but in no other instance is there
the slightest indication that the author was
one individual-ssus" and "we" being the
words used in reference to the author.
1t may be that the clique, or that a mem
Der of the clique was the author. An ed
itor might claim it, for whom, through cour-
tesy, they had surrendered the "columns
editorial" The suppOsition would receive
strength, from the writer's calling upon
you "to tread the paths of editorial COIL
troversy' and "to deal gently with an erring
brother" 1t may, however, be, simply, an
iindiridudI, who by using that arrOgating
pronoun "we'' thought to impress his read
ers with the notion that its author must be
"Every body"
Permit me the use of that zee, and WE
will consider who this author is. 1t cannot
be the clique. You let loose the lions, jack
alls &C., &C., too suddenly upon them
They might have thought of running, but not
o fwriting. This writer was however neither
scared nor angry. He must be the clique's
riding horse. A stolidity toe natural not
to be native, and an ignorance too appa-
rent not be real, mark him as tie champi-
on to fill the imminent deadly breach
Were it possible to conceive this writer to
be a member of the clique, an individual,
and at the same time an editor, an actual,
awful, bona fdc editor, the undertaking
would be dangerous-tlirk of that. Yet
we will essay.
In reply then to your statement app that
the Banner had forgotten to mention one
animal renowned &C., &C.; permit me to
say you are mistaken. It had not GorgOt-
ten to mention that animal. The editor
knew that no mention of it was needed, for
it would make itself heard distinctly, whetli-
er mentioned or not. Relying thus, on its
betraying its whereabouts in its own recu-
liar manner, and knowing that one species
of that genus requires a paper trumpet TO
aid it in transmitting its sOnor'us warblines,
he concluded that as the Journal had been
often used in that way before, that We
should be favored with its braying through
that medium. doubt might have remain
ed on this point, had the thing not branded
its article with the animals distinctive
Initial "J".
But is it customary TO mention animals
of that kind in every case. The only de-
~scription BALKAN made Of his beast, was TO
describe parallel lines on his ribs with a
cudgel, and the good effects were evident
on that "J's." organs of speaking. Is it
too much to say, that the cudgel wieldedby
the Banner on your carcass, "J", is entitled
" VI ~ CAcuA1 VI JOUI Wiling We III
inclined to think the cases equally well au-
t:enticated, and equally astonishing, with
this difference, you broke down under the
weight of some half dozen quack Politi-
clans, Balaam's beast under asinsle proph-
ct. Balaam's beast did not complain until
after the third beating, you roarcd out at
the first. And though agreeing in many
particulars, you differ in some-he had but
one rider and more endurance; you have
t more riders and longer ears. 1t appears
that during your remarks up to this point,
=, you had been ndulging in a playful gam
Dol, a kind of wild %canter, merely to show
the manner in which you could kick up be-
hind, for, now you say, Sin sober serious
ness" But what is the cause of this seri-
BUSINESS? Fable, (your example is my war
I raL.t,) tells of an old man and his son both
mounted on one ass. The b~ystanders rid
iculed the idea of two peoples riding one
j. He ~dismounted himself, leaving his
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