The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1849-10-06
urfasrnes- OF Party Politics.

The Baptist Banner Of last week contains an
article with this heading, which is about as good
an Illustratiohef tho ''unfairness Of party poll
tiles" as the writer could have found If he had
spent month in searching. After we had
read the article we threw the paper aside, intend
ing to say nothing about it, We have always
had habit Of considering ourselves geHtlenten !;
and when an individual speaks Of us as any
thing else, we usually take it for granted that
he does not mean us, but that he has before him
some phantom Of his own creation which he has
clothed with our name. We accordingly leave
the phantom 10 answer for ITSELF as il is no con-
Germ Of ours. But some Of our friends think
We ought TO take some notice Of this writer.
and We proceed to do so. though we should pre-.
Ter 10 have foeman more worthy Of our steel
We know nothing of the editor of the BAN
ner, who signs himself l.. We see that he is
accused Of being ga young man." and he seems
te admit the soft impeachment. We hope for
his sake that he will never grow younger, but
become older and riser.
Mr.. L., after quoting some remarks Of the
Georgetown Herald, which we have already
published In the Examiner, proceeds as fol-
lows
81 then called upon the Courier and Examin-
er TO answer and give the information sought.
La the last number Of the Examiner, IA conceal
ed correspondent, over the signature Of sCal-
vinus' processing great sympathy for me, as a
young man, attempts to defend the Examiner
against the charge made by the Georgetown
Herald and repeated In the Banner.
This bold defender, who fights In ambush,
alter quoting my article, says: "But let me ask
you, Mr. L., II you believe the Examiner is an
abolition printf" In turn ] would ask IL its
founder was not an avowed sbolitionist, and
ihat OF the Garrison STRIPED Has the Examiu-
r changed its IDENTIFY Has the force Of truth
compelled Il to change its doctrines1 IL il has
netchapged 1t is the same abolition print brought
INTO existence by rabid and an avowed aboli-
uonist And moreover, sir, when we see a man
VINO processes to be honest, constantly associa-
TED with band OF highwaymen. we readily
conciude that he 10 one of the clan. Ii is a
we'll known fact that the Examiner has been ex-
eeedingly cautious since the agitation of the
emancipation question. but Il is supported by
the North, sts,sss snsst apd file with the N ORTIZ
ern abolitionists, Gnd Is regarded by them as
doing battle vaIiantly In their cause. know
the article alluded TO by this concealed cores
pondent appeared In the Examiner, but the Ex-
aminer is aware that II he does not skilfuIly
conceal the cloven foot, that his infue uce Is At
an end in Kentucky. But while he carefully
conceals this deformity, he may find access TO
numbers who would shrink from the prese nee
Of the monster undisguised.
Ii seems that was not alone In making this
charge against the Examiner. t. 1 only repeated
In substance the charge made by the Herald
But the whole corps of Northern editors have
quoted from the Examiner, and Joined him in
his "erroneous imputations against the official
conduct OF the Trustees Of Georgetwon Col
lege." Certainly any one who Is "ten degrees
above idiocy" can see, II he has eyes, that the
Examiner and all the Northern presses, have
echoed the imputation against the Trustees of
Georgetown College, that DR.. Malcom was vio-
lently removed from his Office. But the fact is,
ewhole matter of the resignation grew out of
most noble and magnanimous christian shirt
The President and the Trustees In council came
10 the conclusion that from circumstances.
neither their party could control, the interests
OF the College and Of education required his
resignation. And both parties Were willing
ANONYMOUSLY to sacrifice interest and prefer
ence 10 The one great end-the promotion Of an
institution they loved and the cause of eduea-
ton. So they separated in the best of feelings.
which exist to this day."
In our reply to the Georgetown Herald, we
stated that We had given "the authoritative
statement" to the publisher, who told us he was
afraid there would not be room for IT, We re-
que'ted him to insert 1t II possible, as the edito-
rial remarks assumed that 1t was inserted. We
found 1t could not be printed in our paper Of
that week, and we made the necessary changes
In our remarks. We. however, gave all that
The statement" amounted to; which was, that
he Trustees of Georgetown College had ueith-
sr ordered nor requested DR.. Malcom to re,is