Democratic banner. (Bowling Green, Pike County, Mo.) 1845-1852, 1850-10-23

Ofs W. d. AudmSs DduVAIISs
Col. William Priest, New London.
G~ Answer OF John smith,
To the Letter Of Col. Benton. published in
the last "Onion" and "Laquirer."
WARSAW, Mo-, Sept. 81, 1850.
N.Y. Dear CoE.-Your highly esteemed
favor dated Washington City Aug. 25th.,
reached me here by the newspapers, Jcfer-
son Inquirer, and our own st. Louis Union
BY last maitland hasten by the first is
sue of the 'Yhig' published at this place,
where I am sojourning for time, and whose
gentlemanly Editor has kindly consented to
insert it to, reply to you. You say "The
n. Y. Evening Post Of the 18th inst, con.
tains letter from this place which con-
Germs me, and which it is right that should
(condescend to) notice, to prevent my
friends from being led into any mistake, or
doubt with respect to my future course" /"
This candid course of yours, my dear
Colonel, gives great deal of satisfaction
to your friends in this part Of the State, and
with them, as one of your old friends, am
truly gratiied that you are so much more
explicit with us, upon this subject now,
than you were during your tour through
the State last year. You doubtless remem-
ber dear Colonel, that then you refused to
anI Iwer civil questions, and to define your
4 r ton, BY which course, as you will
douS,less have seen before this reaches
Jou, ''The Party" has been split, and ssh
60 to say to you, Tin confidence howev.
6 , .nat swe,' that is, "Me and Mine, ," 9TH
tr6ise "The Benton party" are in minor
! A5si h the people, and the old democratic
y PEt, n the sscendency. Notwithstanding
| mSa. ar Col. It .couH seem that t'Me and
mine" have small majority over the An
It's, as you choose to call them in this let
4 ter to me-and even this is doubtful, yet in
the popular Democratic vote of each Con-
gressionat District, there is certainly a
strong probability that the sold Democrat
ic" party as It existed before tive took our
appeal' is little ahead of US, and should
those members Of the Senate, who hold o.
yer, consider themselves instructed, by the
j, vote in their respective districts-aDd as
hskest men, vote for u. States Senator,
d obedience to the will and wishes Of their
eoIstituents, then and in that case, really
fsI that "We" will be in a minority in the
kislature, as between yourselves" and
Al Democrats. That idea Of yours, my
1 Afr Colonel, about the establishment of a
1DRmocratic paper at Washington, and that
4 III should be established for the benefit Of
t aparty" and not for your SPECIAL "ben-
81, !. 10 certainly good one, aud allow me
i Acpnmend you for your candor. What a
Litis, Col. that you had not expressed
siAiiar sentiments to our mutual friend
fAAEcIs P. BLAIR, ESQ. Of st. Louis, in
that"6, 900 dead, who died Of cholera" let
M Of yours, dated at Washington lest
| HFing,-if you had only come out in that
4ter, as you used to in old times, and said
% the Democratic party "Unite," and be
victorious, as usual, over our own common
snsmy, the Wings, how much better would
hings now look. But alas, Colonel your
sander was up, you had got hostile. and
aas wrothy, and advised "Me and Mine''
Eego for the Wings, rather than see Demo-
sssts elected, and that EVEN the election of
n Whig to fill your place had no terrors for
yeu. Confdentially dear Col. I would
Hggsst that in that portion Of your letter
Ishere youq say "The election ola Senator
lAnow c0nsidered in hebands ofthe Wings
Rd Eslliferss" ,pd the report we have
AsHe, sis that 4!he, latter .'( the Nulli6ers)
I'm Join ths, former, (the, Wings and cleo,
Ia Nhig." You, are, cer,sinly guilty Of an
Agafsight You remember your "Orders''
sE Hes,. .to 90 !, ,foI the Wings in certain
Fsitaes. and the result shows how, faithfully
y ebeyed The command, Now then it Is
erdly fair play, OF viii not be 90 consider.
byaisipteFesied parties, for you to accuse
% yul4fsrs" With the very thing you
MeEed ~ 70 do, snd which % before re-
aaskea, the Iesnls proves, We did do. You
naZ HsA say Colonel. that We done nobly
SaintL Louis. city and county. We bad
Flassf,din, ,a there Colopsl, you eau
issly snasipes how veil We rnsnsged The
nd slish Rspgla alton, thsy. are ocss.
he nest s1efeptakla .coJ1munity o!