Democratic banner., 1849-08-13
For The Banner.
TO GOV. A. A. KING:

For The Banner.
TO GOV. A. A. KING:
I sn n Of those who spent time ant
labor to elevate you to the position
which you nov occupy, and therefore / hav.
q moral and legal right to address you, be.
ing in one sense Of the word remotely 70.
sponsibls for your acts; yet, Sir, it affords
me nc pleasuFeto apply to you the language
which truth and Justice cempslls me to use
be assured it shall only be such as q be.
|trayed, outraged aud wronged constituency
feel for . recreant and faithless officer. II
! speak harshly, it is because I find no words
in the English too level for one who has
coilsd himself, adder-like, around the Of.
Elections Of his Pariy-who has bssked in the
sunshine Of their favor, until he hes warmed
into life, and then with ell the venom Of the
reptile has stuHg the bosom that nurtured
him. Could ] feel kindly for the renegade
or the traitor, l should mistIust myself: !
.sTrsign you, Austin A. King, stripped Of the
."little brief authority" which fraud has won
and falsehold now wears, before the Demo
cratic party Of this State, for grave and Sc.
|rious offences against that party,up whose
|~favours you have fed and grown corrupt:
true you cannot repair what has been done
-yon are on the Northern side ofths shigh
wall and deep ditch" which Off ial insolsnce
has built-you have passed the Rubicon,
wearing
"a lions hidel--dof it for shame,
And hang q Calls skin on those recreant limbs"
/ know not by what slight of hand you at
tanned your present position-surely not BY
any display Of t~alent;-but certain It 10, that
you were the nominee Of the party, and that
you received . majority such as no other
candidate had sver received. The party
with its characteristic want Of suspicion
which has successfully rendered it the dupe
Of q REEVES, q Van Buren, and q Benton,
and cOn6ded in you, and you betray-
ed and deceived them, and the evidence to
prove the deception is ct hand. In the can
vass you took higa ground upon the slavery
.9~usstion-you spoke long and loud Of the
Wilmot Proviso-of its violation Of the cor.
s~titution-of its impolicy, it, injustice, and
the Inequality to which It would lead-you
said the new territory was acquired by the
blood and toll and treasure Of these eonfsd.
Grated States, and that it was open to the
property Of eli: and now Austin you adopt
the language Of Puffendorf aud Vattell,
Of what you have before said, to
prove that slaves cannot be carried to New
Mexico and California without an enact.
ment Of Congress; forgetting 10 your wilful
Mndness that we live under q written con-
.stitution, which limits the powers Of the fed
eral. and reserves to the State govsrnmsnts,
and the people, all powers not delegated
away. You denounced Van Buren, as a
traitor, not foresesing that . few months
would find you, Gov. King, the impotent
catspGtO Of q traitor more unblushing than
Van Buren,. By the open ayowal Of princi-
pies like these you foisted yourself upon the
Democratic party. The Legislature, con-
vened, why did you not thsn ~rscollsct eli
the musty law which you strung together in
such promiscuous nonesense to Judge Duuni
Why were you so oblivious Of your lawr--
Why take the ground which you did IN your
~shaugural Geo. different from your letter
70 Dunn,) In which you agsin In the dis
charge Of . high constitutional obligation,
forgetfnl Of Puhendosf end Vattsl, you take
Southern ground end denounce the Proviso
upon grounds Of policy and The constitution?
In q short time sftsr your Inaugural was de-
liysssd, the Florida and Virginia resolutions
% sisvery, brimfull of dssun,on and huIk-
fcation, were rscsivsd; Why did you not de-