Democratic banner., 1847-03-22
In another column will be found the cal

Under the new law which has been passed
by Congress, it is expected that Missouri
will be called upon to furnish her quota Of
volunteers for the war; and in anticipation
of a reguisitiOn we presume that Mr.. Mar
tin now acts, with the hope of securing the
reception of his company into the army,
before others whici! may be more tardily
formed. He has some knowledge of mill
tary tactics, and possesses the requisite
courage and energy of character to make a
good commander. He has commenced the
work in earnest, and we sincerely trust that
he may succeed in forming a company
which may win honor and glory in defence
of their country.
Col. Benton has declined the Office of Ma
jor General rendered him by the President
and the Senate Of the u. States.
We acknowledge our Indebtedness to Mr..
johnson, the polite and geutlemanly Clerk
of the Ocean Hare, for late St. Louis
papers.
II Gen. Scott arrived at Tampico on
the 18th ult. and proceeded to the camp of
General Patterson on the morning of the
18th. He was received with an enthusiast
tic welcome by the soldiery and the ships
in Port. Immediately after his arrival,
Gen. Twiggs was despatched for Lobos.-
Gems. Pillow, Quitman, and Shields, were
expected TO follow Immediately. The force
to be embarked from Tampico it was said
would be about 5000. They were to be
removed to a point about 6 orr miles by
land from Vera Cruz. The whole force
under Gen. Scott, when concentrated at
Lobos, will be about 10000. The Mexican
force at Vera Cruz numbers about $4,000
strong of their best regular troops; and they
are said to have fortified the place with the
determination of interposing a stout resis-
lance to our troops. 1t is said all the move
ments Of our army are known to the Mexi-
a n every one of whom is a spy. The
Louisiana volunteers, the Baltimore battal-
ion and one company of artillery, are to be
left at Tampico for the defence of that place.
While Gen. Scott is publishing forward
his troops with the hope of stOrming Vera
Cruz, Santa Anna, the Mexican General
in CHIEF, is advancing upon s~altillo, where a
bloody battle is expected with Gen. Taylor.
The Wilmot, or anti slavery proviso was
rejected in the Senate by a vote of 81 to 81.
The yeas and nays will be found in anoth-
er column. The House afterwards recededI
from its position, and concurred in the a.
mendment Of the Senate. So the bill max
ing appropriations for the army was passed
without a clause forever prohibiting the in
stitution Of slavery in any territory which
may be acquired by the war.
u The editor Of the Journal seems del
termined not to understand us. We have
never said that an editor endorses all the
matter which he may transferto his columns,
but this we now say, that when the editor
Of a little county paper transfers to his
columns the political address of the Govern
or of any other State than his own, without
a single remark of disa~pprobation, the in
ference is fair one, that he endorses it
BY this record we are willing to be judged.
Has the Governor of Ohio the admins
tration of affairs in Pike county, Missouri?
Is he an executive officer of our county,
our St2te. or our Union? If not, then how
are we more directly concerned in the pub
LEGATION of his inaugural, than those of the
Governor Of other States? WHEN did the
Journal ever publish, without comment, the
entire inaugural Of any other Governor n,tll
of Missouri Never. Then why is this
selected in preference to others? Why
does it fill several columns to the exclusion
of other matter in which the people of his
cO"Hty are more directly interested? What
purpose can il serve but a political one? eh?
Prom the 81. Louis Union of the 18th