Columbus Democrat., 1849-09-08

eur deoeut from this lofy rare. L..ngi lung ave
/ the n.blrss ld best Il our land wIapPd ihr man.
/ tie Il aHssaral C0neeii around them, aud laid
them dOWH 70 their mighty TrI, With Ihe pleas. /
iug bslief that they bad che heroic bod Of The
ancieni great in their tispd, BIT Alasl zls1 this
Injury from which the sons and daughters u 4.
iueriea have derived 30 murh Of enjoyment IN |
fines gone by. has drpaned fJrevPr. The hand |
: cf Buin Swraringen, with cruel ausirrity, has
spatched fom your shuulders the comforting robe |
YOU bsye % long worn and LEFT yuu naked to the !
aililess charge IL bastardv. tie has pucked tie
gorgeous peacock pumes. ia which you siuiled, !
and exposed the jackilw'- plrban form. Where
now are your lathersl Whose sons are you7-
y hat are you Lu Gl,io popul4 The hera'dc
4 brush OF the democratic chairman his erased:
with one tell swoup every symbol from your proud
e.culcheonl Whose arms will you quarter in
their placel Alasl too, for American poetry and
oatonl What havoc has not this announcement,
committed upon the rares aud richest products OF
their lovely d0nanl From The first discussion
on Texas annexation an / the Mexican war down
10 IL recent pcrul, all the deciples af The De-
musihenian act. from the iae,t spirits in our
Senatorial chamber down 10 the hnunblcst spout
rr :, couniiy baihecnee. have fred the air OF A.
mrrica with the ervor 0i their defamation on the
past achievements and the future gofips q the
Anglo Saxon race. Poets, TOO, have struck their
golden strings 10 the glowing theme, and walked
each soul TO patriotic ccslacy,as they sung ofthe
future grandeur Of the Anglo SaXons, aad the
splendid destiny which waits MS, ms their de.
scendanls. But the breath Of Bolin Swearingpn
has passed over these lorely flowers of rhetoric
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fore the angel 0f ths Lord they have perished in
an hour, and now lie strewn, hligh,ed and dead,
DER the garden Of American geGns. here be
hoId the finest paragraphs Of President Pulk's +
Message, the noblest cifjr,s Of fiannrg,n,
and Allen, ard all The Ciceros Of the dem.
ocrat party mingled in promiscuous ruin. The
historic hoe ot lon SHear.ngen has done the
deed, aud The members OIlhe BIi,erm conven
tion have sane ioned the Nandal act with deaf,n
Ing applause. All thai the palrSOlic American,
whose soul has been wont tn goat with delight /
ed plde DER these visions OF ancestral gloryran
now do Is to weep DER the desolatiOn which has
reached them, and seek his origin in some less
noble source. Let all who loved the sweet de- (
asiou which persisted on the 2lN ult., gather
round the tomb where Bon Swearingen has de.
posted their pride OF bith, and celebrate The n.
neral with becoming grandeur. But LEI not the
luxury of mourning be monopoliz~d by America. /
Let England, also, Join the loud lament, and min
gle her requem with ours Ger The melancholy
aud untimely f,te of the Anglo Saxon race cut
down in an instant, as by ApopleAy. when alI
Supposed il in the very bloom o strength and glo,
ry. OH Swearingen! Sweirugpn! Why did yuu
do Ihe foul and bloody deedl America, England,
and the world viii call you 10 a teatlul account
Even the tremendous influence oI the EY.Sher- |
III cannot protect you. although he doubtless, be-
licyes YOU perfectly right in what you have done
and said. The Lord Of Heaven aud earh, him.
SELF viii not reach forth his arm to protect you
from the vengeance which viii soon howl on
your track. although, according 10 your showing.
he belongs 10 your party,and us true blue Dem.
Ocrat. Nor need YOU expect help iiom that
other '!lnsr'nus parsonage In thr invisible world,
whose secret and unreyealed history you kindly
vouchsard To give lis On the same occasion $50
For he will moi soon forget the insult you put up
Oh lis Satanic majesty, hy charging him with
the folly oi "sheallng a hos f1r wool. Friend
as he ooubtlrss i Of yours, and great as may be
tho interest You are cntit.ed 10 have at his court,
yet be will nul light y forgive such m accusation
Aimed with the courug. o. conscious truth, snJ
inspired with a hannibal Ike hatred 70 efroryou
have boldly demolished some ot the talest dud
proudesI delu,ion Of he past, hu. the comfy Of
those WHO haze. heretofore, sustained them vii!
pursue you, and your only solace, in falling be-
meath their assaults, s,will that YOU die a mar yrto
the truth vi history. Friend Of mankind! apostle
OF tolpra'ion! model OF Democratic libera.ity Toe
to political bgo,ry! may you rest in peace! all
may q monument Of cOngpnal mud malk the last
resting place Of the greatest Of Mississippi !jsto-
, rians! Farewell Farewell
Space fails us 10 ielatr, in the manner we had
proposed, ,Ihe remaining and most interesting paIi
. OF the grand farce ot L Butte milk Ctnen'ion,
Suffice it to say that after the lustrious divine
and orator. whose remarks have been the theme
, Of our comment, had taken bis seat, the En- Shcr-
if, his short stout friend, and one or two Of the
more active allies of the old ticket, who had sat
impatient ring this long aud unexpected TRAD.
olthe great Swea'ingpn, brsan, in great haste ia
A run around from Que to another. 10 make motions
and whisper. a, before. in the ear Of the Cicero
OF the Chair. At length. the bi|oting was reach,
1 ed and the dtfrreut beats came up IN Succession
. to cast their votes Prominent am,ng these wa,
. Beat Mo- Pecnar interest attached 10 tbc
delegates Of this heat, from the fact that they hat
Il been chosen in meeting, SUNNI 'ned by the in
n stigaiion Of the Er Sheriff, whose chairman wa
r called to that distinguished honor by the Tx Sher
. f most OF whnse delegates 10 The convcnIlnl
n ws.c nominated by tn Ex SherItFand the remain
y ing small portion, by more youthful asplrah f.
!. the same nomination, before this beautiful am
:, hold movement Of the ES.Sheriti was completed
e began to perceive va "hIect. and s'eped I'M
IS finish tine WORK his competitor had so modest
a begun. True to the patron To whom they owe
), their places in that d stinsuished body. the de C
" gates OF Beat No. came up, and cast their bal
l. 10, for that same o'd rio. When the varlou
r ballots cast were read ont, it appeared that wa
At no one Beat. W th the exception of the lwo tow
r Beats, which wanted the service ol all their loi
e ner representatives, some of them leaving OF
-, - ,,.d e,r,a nother nf tho lonu hnnnrad trio -