The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1849-07-18

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associates are tall enough to be within
Its agniGcent range. Was it aimed
at the oak Of Kentucky, towering
among the clouds, and more within the
range Of the bolts of this modern Jupi.
ter, Tonans? It was an ungrateful
bolt, and he who threw it. is not Of the
West! He is no native of four magnifi.
cent, valley Of the Mississippi. You
say the Percy is down, prostrato and
decapitated Itwas q Falstaff thrust.
There is species of gallantry that al.
ways rises as its antagonist falls-re-
wives US the blood spouts from his jugu.
lar; ]; and vice versa, always sinks as he
rises: This species is always buster
ing, bullying, and hectoring, in manner,
Emien, and tone. It is the true Falstaff
order. It was an ungratefnl thrust in
the thigh la reare, and he who gave
| 1t is no native of our valley. Ho came
TO us unlimited complained Of having
been driven by tyranny and persecu-
tion; desired our hospitality and auspi-
ces, and little room to lie down and
repose. The Percy found him weak
and distempered, politically; and nour-
ished and medicined him--put on his
own collar and inscription at large, with
q special B@ pointing to the words
"cousin to Percy's wife," These gave
him currency and consideration, and
introduced him osthe grand hunt
Without the help of this collar and in-
scnption, itwould have been rs impossi.
Bile to have elevated him to his present
rank, as it would be to drag up from the
depth of the ditch, by q frail wooden
thread, somo ponderous and inert mass.
Others thrust q finger under that collar
and pulled, who have since had cause
to regret it, and washed their hands of
Ethe whole affair. In what you call the
fallen fortunes ofthe assailed, and In
his acknowledged absence, it was an
ungrateful thrust. And why was il
made now, at the first session Of the new
and promising administration, and be-
fore such an audience, attracted by this
:fflasrtisan I'M. massacre and E>illage2 accom-
panied, too, by full remuneration Of
the American system--l like tho shrewd
animal in the fable, casting the lions
hide into the bushes, or Thersitca pull.
ling off Achilles arnor, and dashing 1t
against the pavement in which there
has been so much roaring, and 50 much
glittering in arms, on the western
| plains, for near fourteen years. #
+ FtH... y.
;sIt was an ungrateful stab: for, but
for the kindness ofthe assailed, there
would have beenn oppol tunity to have
introduced the graduation bill !! There
would have been no opportunity-after
riding the noble spirited Kentucky
i:steed, until surrounded and shamstrung
by she, Catilines Of the day, he stumbled
to the fall. of ieaping with a true, cir
Gus somerset, upon the back Of, the
parallel and winning horse, and going
on and claiming the stakes. Are these
paid, or are they still In prospect !?
Was it adjudged fair riding, or gross
ljockeying? The assailed stands to the
iassailant in the relation Of Action to
his dogs, that unfeelingly pulled down
and devoured their master, who had
kindly fed them with his hands. The
minority in the West standto the as.
sailant in the relation of the husband.
man to the adder found chilled at his
door, which, when brought in and sufIi.
Ieiently warmed, suddenly threw itself
into coil, and stung the fayorite son
lofhis benefactor. We found the as.
sailant Of fonr characters and our mo-
sivesI Q scrubby political scion; and
Thought it q fruitbearing species. We
nourished it, and it grow when 10 ii
proved a political bohon npas, and
blighted and desolated all for miles
around iis STEM" q
The frieEds Of Generals Taylor and
Scott can never pardon Col. Benton's 8
Eungenerous and presumptuous attempt
to supersede and disgrace both these
distinguished officers, when he claimed,
Eas junior Major General, the authori..
ty OF command derin-chief Of the armies
lin Mexico. Other reasons for asVhiia
opposition could be easily given; but i
hasten TO state the opinion, founded up,
lon some iny yestigation, that the Demo,
cratic party as such, can never take
up Issolnas Hart Benton, Of Missouri,
1for to-, the Presidency. And, list. They
Ecannot and will not do so, because It i
an tindeniable fact, thnt for some ears