Democratic banner., 1849-02-12
STATE REeIsrER.--A. p. Richardson, Esq,
has been appointed and confirmed Register Of
State Lands for Missouri.

l STAT8 nEGlSTE6.--A IL p4CiidIdsOh3E S4.3
has been appointed and confirmed Register OF
State Lands for Missouri.
Then to elect a man whose views are in en-
bryo, is, according to the Statesman, 10 decide in
favor Of Wing measures" --Banner.
The Banner lodges the issue. To elect a man
who invariably and cmphatically avowed himself
"A whig-''a wing in principle"-is, according
10 the Statesman, TO decide in favor of Wing
measures. Will the editor face the music and
deny Mat!---C.Mo. &afesm1n.
Yes sir. We unhcsitatingly deny that Taylor
invariably and emphaticaIly rvowed himself a
whig--a wing III principle" We think in one
of his letters, when intcrrOgated, he used SEINE
such language as this: ".Ny position on his
subject is immmtaJlnA that / shall not be brought
forward by them ( Hhig, pcai 0crai az .Ncfirc,)
Jas the candidate Of their party, Or considered Iy
them as the opponent Of tier party doctrine. -
When asked for his views upon particular inca
sures 1.-THE Bank and The Tariff Lis reply was,
substantially, that lie was not sufficiently &C.
i%quainted with them TO give an opiniOn.---h is
plain to tic understanding of common sense, that
Gen. Taylor's success depended more upon his
personal popularity and military fame, than upon
the strength of wing measures. II is well I'M
.d~erstood by community that he carried, by his
no party notions, a heavy vote that could not
have been carried for a Uhig upon pr inciplc.--
1t is well understood by the nation that for these
reasons alone, he was nominated over Henry
Clay, the great Apostle Of Whiggery. It's well
understood by the people thai the wing press and
wing orators, in view of these facts, instead of
conducting the canvass upon the merits Of wing
and democratic measures, glutted their columns
and harangues with eulogies Of Taylor and his
military prowess, and Trades of abuse of Cass.
Some of the leading wing presses Of the uesf,
and elsewhere, went SO far as 70. declare those
measures obsolete, and no longer issues before
the people. While in the wing camp the war
of party [Clay,) or no party (Taylor,) was wag-
ing, the Statesmen was as dumb as an oyster,
waiting the cue to mingle in the mele for men or
for measures.
This is the kind Of a politician that takes is
sue with our remark, made some time ago, that
the election Of Taylor could, with no sort of fair
ness, be considered a decision CT the people in
favor Of whig measure. 1t is true a few others
Of the press, with about the same degree Of con-
sistency, attempt an argument that in Taylor's
wing measures have %triumphed; but
their notes are scattering, weak, and powerless.
The people. taking them at their word, regard
the Bank question as an "obsolete idea" The
democratic tariff of 40 has so far met fully the
expectations of its friends, and silenced the
croakings Of whiggery, that their majority in Con-
gress can scarcely be brought to a talk of IFS re-
peal. The great measures of the democrstic
party are firmly ingrafted in the hearts of the
people, and cannot be eradicated until their judg-
ments are convinced, by argument, that the pIb-
lie interest requires a change.
In the Legislature of Illinois the Vincenne,
Railroad bill, from St. Louis 10 Cincinnati, has
been defeated, and the Terre Haute and Illinois,
town bill, between the same cities, passed.
Truston Polk, Esq, Of St. Louis, has been
elected Bank Attorney by the Board of Direc-
tors Of the Bank Of Missouri.
The Savannah Georgian says the prospect Of
wheat crop in Georgia is very fattcring.
ILLNESS OF THE Hon. JonS C. CALHOUN
The Baltimore Clipper Of the 10Th instant, has
the following:
We regret to learn from a note from our Wash
ington correspondent that the Hon. John C. Cal
houn was seized with an apopletic fit Yesterday
afternoon whenthe Senate was in executive seS-
sion. The Senate Immediately adjourned on the
occurrence Of the painful event. Mr.. C. had
been very unwell for the last two or three days.
CHOLERA AT HousToN, TExAs.-The stean-
boat BIlop arrived from Houston this morning,
and we regret to say, thatthe accounts represent.
the cholera there to be worse than ever. The