Democratic banner., 1849-10-22

helped the Sotts IN 1874, n as one gooc
turn deserves another, we SUPPOSE that the
lSofts Of lS49, will help the Wings in IN
attempt to put down the true hard densoc-
rdey.-[Lexington Journal.
We take the above extract from one Of
many articles-of the same character tina,
weekly grace the columns of the Lexing-
ton Journal. The Journal processes to be
Democratic in politics, and is one Of those
heterogeneous presses that denounced
without stint or measure, the encroach-
ments Of Northern fanaticisn, aud scoop
erated'' with those who passed the Legis-
Flative Resolution of Instructions, and conld
see no harm to the Union until he looked
through tho abolition s%pectacles used by
Benton. Since then, the editor has been
raving like a msdman, and d~enouneing the
best men Of the State AZ "~disunionists,"
"nulIifers," and "S6fts," because they
cannot see disunion, notification, and high
treason in the Resolutions Of the Legisla.
iurs' He screams disurion, Modification,
and high treason like & young raven, and
with about as much sense, because Benton
said it, and to please his master and be
smarter than any one else, and %denounces
every one opposed to Benton, as "Softs."
We have said this fellow processes to be Q
Democrat. Now we appeal to the good
sense Of every Democrat in the Ststs, let
him have belonged to which division Of the
party he may in 1874, if it is evidence Of a
good Democrat to be constantly endsavor-
ing to rip open the wounds just healed.
caused by the unfortunate division Of our
party in days gone BY. We all know that
it is a dsrnier resort Of Wing dsmsgogues
whose only hope to conquer Is to divide.
Let it BE- remembered that the writer Of
this article was neither . Soft or Hard Ia
'44-not having settled in the State at that
|tims--but claimed to be q member Of the
great Democratic party Of the Union. In
the application of those terms, then, we
mean nothing invidious to gentlemen who
may have sided either way. Gentlemen
with whom we are proud to cooperate in
sustaining the living principles Of Democ.
racy un~degenerated, We find, who belonged
to each wing Of u party. The local
questions that divided rs then, have passed
away, and blistsrsd be the tongue Of him
who would have them return. Ths hists.
~ of that division is familiar to every read.
er 10 Missouri and need not be repeated
here ; suffice it to say, that nc man with &
decent understanding, will hold that the
present controversy in this State has any
analogy to the days ofhards and softs. The
latter has reference to the supporters and
Opinions Of an exclusive metallic currency;
the former to the right Of our State Leg
lislature to instruct our Senators, and theil
duty to obey or resign. Nor does the sub
ject of the instructions bear any resem'
blance to the subject Of the former divis
ion whatsvsr-it being the right Of Con-
Igrsss to legisiats upon the subject Of sla'
very in the territories, and the views o.
Missouri thereupon. Where then is thu
sense or the honesty in trying to drag
former quarrel into the present exciting
controversy? Its a dsrnier resort Of th'
Journal to divert attention from the mon
strosities Of its doctrines, and bamboozl'
some silly old man into the belief that Ben
ton 10 good hard Democracy and sD Wit
'~|opposs him are "softs"-thas soft signifies
deposition to the true Democratic party o.
the present day and i. is enough to know
that without reading OF enquiring sftel
truth from himself. II believes that TIN
Herds had q majority 10 the State, and it ]
only necessary to make it . hard and sof
,controversy to insure success to its lori
and master. Democrats are neither soft o
hard headed enough to believe the rsving
of the Journal without looking to facts TO
themselves.
The Journals point upon which he harp
90 much, 10 ven as truthless as the issu'
lis false. We draw no line between mel