Democratic banner., 1848-07-31
T DEBATE.

10 represent this dlstfict IN the n0Kl va
met,at Bowling Green ON Saturday
the 22nd inst, when the citizens of thai
place had q fair opportunity &c witnessing
tile comparative strength Of each in debate
and we venture to say, that no imperial
man who heard them, will hesitate to de:
eide as to whom the victory belonged.-
For certainly, a more complete and deg.
|sive victory was never gained by any pc,
|litscal debster, than that won by Mr.aBsl
|on that occasion. Mr.. Porter led q
la q speech of one hour and a half, ina sty3.
familiar to the people Of the County, AMI
followed by Mr.. Bay who made . most tril
lumphant and overwhelming reply Of twt
hours, in which every position taken BY Mr.
Porter vas completely overthrow. MI
Porter attempted arejoinder Of a half hour,
but his every effort, to remove the impress
sion made by Mr. Bay proved wholly inef.
I~fectual. The first question touched By
Porter was that Of internal Improvement
|by the General Government, which he
|ttbeka6ored." in q most awful manner
His great effort seemed to be, to prove that
the Democratic party was committed q
|gainst any Improvement for any purpose
whatever, and to this end he read gsrbled
extracts from the late veto message of the
President; butby . connected reading Of
this and other documents he was afterwards
completely overwhelmed. Mr.. Bays ex-
position of the principles Of the Tariff Of
'42 and its operation, was peculiarly clear.
He showed up in glaring c%olors, to the peo-
pie ofPike, that stupendous system Of raad,
in which by the aid Of nsininsusn and spsc;-
fc duties, they are actually taxed in some
cases two hundred per cent, under a pre-
tended duty Of only fifteen or twenty per
cent. On the Bank question Mr.. Porter
took issue with his party. He declsred
that the currency was now IN a healthy
condition, and that he shonid be opposed
to the recharter of a National Bank-He
was willing to let well enough alone, .an3
not be willing to tinker with he c,ps
nationaTbanE,
which wouidBe a dangerous experiment. Nj
Bay congratulated the Democracy Of Pike
upon having converted Mr.. Porter on this
question ; and thought that if he could
keep him out of the hands of Mr.. Broad
head and the "regency" for a while, be
should be able to make a pretty good "lO-
of him. Bays reply to Porter
upon the question Of the late war with Mex
leo was extremely severe. He reada an anti
war editorial published III the Missouri
Journal while under the control. of Porter,
to which he replied in language, every
word of which, seemed to raise a blister
But through his whole reply, mssterly as
it was, there was a degree Of courtesy ex-I
tended towards his opponent, which could
not fail to make a favourable impression up
on all who heardhim. Well may the Demo-
Gratis be proud of their principles, and
proud Of this champion selected to bear
banner of those principles.
The editor Of the Sexenty-Six says that
'sone- Of the editors of the Banner isl
''shrewdly suspected Of being the author
the communication signed ga jefferson,
Jackson, Cass and Butler Democrat"-l
The suspicion is false, and the insinuation
neither "shres0d" nor witty. The suthorI
Of that communication does not liveswithinl
Ten miles of either editor Of The Banner );
and neither Of them was advised Of It's. con-
Tents before it was prepared for the press.
He is q high minded and honorable man,
whose standing in the community is fully
equal to that of the editor Of the Seventy
Six and as be has no wish to .bs kept out|
all danger we a give his name at any
lime. Can the editors of the Seventy Ski
a. much Of their communication signed
'M:"? Can they say, that neither editor oil
hat paper had anything TO do with prepal-
ng it for the press2 Aye or no, Messrs.
'ditors for a reply - hs
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