Democratic banner., 1849-12-24
TIE aRECoRD.,,

q, once more TO notice the contemplate BREATH
inc, of malice, which continues 10 flow through
tbe eOIunns Of the aRecord." And 10 order to
place ourseIyss j ina proper Light before our read
ers, and to merit their pardon for having given
undesstysd notOriety to the filthy slang of the
pompous ignoranus who assays TO conduct the
editorial department Of the Record, we desire to
state that this controversy, together with all its
consequences, must rest Upon the shoulders of
him who made the first aggression, who threw
the 6rst gauntlet and manifested a valor which
we knew to be false, and like the valor of a SINH
lar ehieftain would finally 'soose from his fingers
ends"
In the Banner Of the 10th inst, we took &C.
casipn to copy an extract from the letter Of Mr..
Ciingtpan, a leading wing Of the South, and TO
make d comments on southern character at
large. Tbs wing prints had inserted this letter
in their c6lunns, almost invariably, without COM
ment. The question was.an important one, and
us desired to know the feelings Of our wing
friends in regard to the sentiments of two of
thsir most distinguished men. Their desire to
play = silent game, to concealtheir own opinions
upon sh important topic and prevent, if possible,
the divisions which must inevitably spring up in
their sEu party, but increased our anxiety to hear
fronthe press the voice Of that party upon which,
the poor ddle-pated editor Of the Record says,
rests the responsibility of preserving the Union.
Our language upon this subject was d%igDifed,
and suchas deserved a digni6ed notice. We de.
sired to hear an expression from those who might
Be presumed to speak the sentiments of the wing
party. Hwas scarcely to be presumed that SO
''recent an importation" as the Record man,
would have undertaken TO speak for the honest
wings. Of Missouri. But vanity never forsakes
the ignorant. With the associations and princi-
pies Of early childhood clustering around him,
deeply imbued with the doctrines and tenets Of
the land Of his nativity, which was much nearer
the scenes Of the Federal Hartford Convention
than his present abode, and with the characteristic
venom that iniames the breast of malignant vice
against the authors Of good, he deliberately de.
nOunces Us as Substitute Of patriotism" declares
US a 'nulliier," and insinua.es that We were
guilty Of .tintended falseAood."
This was the reply Of thai complete specimen
Of This tipered gentry, who, failing 10 procure a
certificate Of complement TO teach a district school
Of children the first rudimeDts of an English edu-
cation, commenced the glorious work Of steam
aritkusetie, until finally with bursted boiler and
collapsed fues, he assumes the task of opening
the treasures of political history tothe benighted
wings of Missouri, and expounding with the
power and wisdom Of the experienced statesman,
these great and salutary principles Of political
economy, ''upOn which rest' the prosperity and
happiness Of our country.
Notwithstanding those charges were made
without the least shadow of truth, and bore the
marks Of refutatiOn upon their face, yet their
vindidiye character required a passing notice
from o., that we might expose TO public gaze
such unfair conduct, as can only escape censure
when il escapes observation.
BY our reply, we threw this Record man into
50 complets a raroxism, and so signally exposed
Ais igaorance and unparalleled impudence, that
re . compelled to adopt a course Of silent with
drsWsl N regard to the unfounded assertions
Which md before oosed from the gloomy recess
e. Of ha diseased imagination. The cry of ab-
stracticn b husbed, and "nulliier'' is no longer
sfgsre of hif rhetoric. Necessity has forced
him to repent Of his indiscretion and eager haste
to stFike Sin the dark'' and injure a man who
had always treated hin, we presume, with prop
e. rsspsct asd politeness, until his lucubrations
exhibitsdthroughthe Record, discovered a riekay
mind destitute Of common courtesy, a dimin.aivs
ssS 's1~warsaedby the finer feelings, and a skriv-
go heast groaning under the weight Of ~inveter-
&c malice, aud gangrened by the presence of en-
sisos and eorrupting passions.
Hask manly to epen the swollen str.ans
@An snrestzined sad u~ndignifed abuse 10 be-
sF.efsr us undeservedly, and when cas:igated for
ysnr strange and unfselng conduct, to empty The
sna of yeur contemplate wrath, and then
Msksr yoursef behind the taste of your readers
squsak on, "we cannet ~blackeuard with YOU.
hse too much respect for our readers to do
'otf wseoaf'i Your respect for your read.
- q highly ssincsd In the oaen.iv. counound