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oMs MseRA7s Mr. atasasisnhs recent
ly bsea casla d a eouple oF cenadnics-
tons isstts rSssentSikp dnesf ths eIas
deal and nkasd, c6Es6uh Of .Anos Ret-
segsp and 'sGrnbbif Hos,i certainly the
imosf ffopsr annea farsthossRkS 3writsyto
effect so vile a purpose. One Of them
psndering to what he thought public taste.
Tor following the vent Of his W nature, for
i seemed as natural to him Is the spots Do
to the Leopard, writes in negro or JACK
Downing styls.1 Doubtless he Thought bis
task a delightful one and that he had dis.
charged Il admirably, and yet with those
who saw through bis design i. would excite
only contempt. Human judgment h faiiil
tbls at the best, and I may ts wrongsfbut IL
aistake potthe public heart in Pike coaa-
lty, it will sicken and loAths at this attempt
to array classes against each other, and in
troduce among US I, spirit AZ war with our
institutions. II No one class Is indepehdsntof
tthe rest, there being o mutual Dependence
among ell end yet for the purpose Of effect
ling % small . matter a., the relsetian Of Q.
member to the Legislature, these scorres-
pondents are willing TO throw into inextri.
cable confusion ai the elements of society.
Great design and great heartsAat could con-
~csiye.t $ The desigaiof these eonmupica-
tons cannot DO misundsrstood, they, appeaI
in, ,p~nequiyocal language to the, people, to
discard John B. Henderson. .lst,. Because
lis BY profession q lawyer-trde he belongs
to this accurssd profession, which has done
more, siugiy and unaided, the other pro-
lfessions holding back } than any other class
Of men, the world eyer saw, in the path Of
progress and Improvement, and has given
Ia greater impulse to human freedom and
fearless thought; than any other b6dysofI
men, and yet that fact Is to disquslify him
for . sestin the Lsgislature.s Surely those
honest men forget the position they o~cearisl
ed but four years back, when that prbzneI
and genhemsniy lawyer, ,Gilchrist Porter
was sscandiiate for the same office All
willrecollect that an attempt wss made to
effect him in the saE.s way, and it was met,
il ] mistake not, By this same Amos and
.Grubbin Hoe, with q storm. Of Kisses and
.denunciations as q foul attempt to appeal
to the bssest passions Of the people
Has four years changed the o~principle? III
it has let US come down two years, to the
race Of '46, and We find these same worthless
{ know their ear-marks not only laboringL
and toiling, but actually voting for James
o. Broadtlead, Esq, q lawyer snda worthy
gentlemsn, ana yet when Henderson il toI
be voted for they oppose itbecsuse hs,is oil
the same profession. So much for that point.
The second objection to Henderson is, that
he has no property. here and censequentlyI
can have no interest 4 snppossthis is trus1
John HendersOa 10 poor; Of this sin neither
he or his friends are sshsmed-honest pow
erty was y yet criusin any code that
| have seen, except Of these two gentle
men, and If one Of them will but unmask
and tell the world who he is, bel
will Do found the greatest sinner Of all, ast
70 my knwledge ahe has but little Of thet
worlds goods, but that matters little to this
issue. II the voters Of Pike county, .byI
their verdict in August next, sanction thist
principle, they at 0nce disfrsnchize them.l
selves and strike q death blow 81 the Con-t
stitution, from wtichows may never ~recoS-l,
er.! Because . man has no property he can
feel no interest in ths destiny Of bis ~natiye[
land, is but stepping back four centuries
and affirming all the heresies Of the Feder-f
II ages. Has love of country nd noblerF
s,imulsnt than love oil, money!? Has patri.i,
otism no "star Of destiny" but lanes, and
Away With the base slsnssr! a.
Has pride Of character, has the hope of
! dsathIess name, has the burninst,
gratitude the young and ihgenioushesf Wilt
eel for those who have made it's fortungs, mol,
n~ducementto urge him forward in the path,
If rectitude? Such . principle 0nce exhih-
ted would destroy at once the aspirationsI;
II the young and gifted, and plant 1 sprie,
II arfstocrGcy upon the good ola Democrat!
10 tree that the men Of old planted sndnur.
'ursd, as would sap n its foundation sndl,,
it soon, . blasted trunk. How .muchli
property did Mr.. Porter and Mi. Brosdhead[..
'wn in, Pike when they became the repre-.
'entatives Of the re6rlePl sna how did Aal,,
nos and GrubbIn Hoe vote thsus: n Of I'D
John B. Hsndsrsoni isiboth q poor and d,
1oung man-+hs could, not control sither,,
u, else he would hare been rich-hut if,hel,
possessed the power he would not hsvsl,
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