Richmond daily times. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1853, 1852-05-28
COLONEL BENTON AT HOME.

Colonel Benton has got his blood up, and is, to
use one OF his own figures making an anvil of one
wing of his party, and using the sledge hammer
in behalfof the other. The Colonel spares nobo
dy, and If he goes as he has commenced. he
must satisfy the people that more profigate set
OF politicians cannot any where be found, tban
now have the management of the Loco Foco par
ty in Missouri. Here is an extract:
"And who were they that dominated at Jef1er-
son City, and prescribed the ancient Democracy
who were they? They were the old nullifers of
1888, 1914 and 1849 They were the Wing
allies in all the elections in the General Assembly
IN the last session. They were men who hold
the right OF n State to secede when it thinks pro-
per, They were men who deny the right of
Congress to legislate upon slavery in the Terrific
ties, and assert the right of the States to resist
the acts OF Congress when they please. They
were soft money men, always for banks and shin
pasters, and ready to 60 for them again. They
were old Wings turned young Democrats. but
no body knows when OF how, and cannot vet
repeat the Democratic creed. They were neo-
phytes in the Democratic garden-exotic plants,
without roots or branch. They were hedgines
from the Wing nest, pinfeathers of Whggery
stllstickng out oftheir backs and just big enough
to run after worm. And some still Younger
little chicks just got out of the Wing egg with
pieces of shell still sticking to their behind
these were the chaps who assumed jurisdiction
over Benton and his friends, and prescribed the
ancient Democracy of Mssour-who thought
themselves the State, and acted is such at JEFF
terson City.
do not date upon the enormty of this con-
duct A bare statement announces its own enor-
nifty. A conspiracy to attack a public man for
dsobeying resolutions before they were passed, or
even offered shows that the plotters knew the
character of their work, and that it was
criminal and ought to be opposed. A conspiracy
against an individual to injure him in any way is a
crime at common law, for which the parties might
be indicted and punished 1 had a right to in
dict them, but the Judges were the criminals and
to indict them in their own courts would be like
sueing the devil and trying the case in hell
But there was one court that was open to me-
the areopagus of public opinion! and to that |
determined to resort. There was another opened
TO me by the folly OF Birch, and there will have
them arragned.
come now to the execution of the conspiracy,
and the means adopted for carrying it into effect.
These We're some of the means: the State was
laid off into districts, and confederate appointed
to dog me through each, and to attack me. To
those paid 40 attention. Men who would act as
dogs were treated as such. Men were appointed
to Interrupt me, and insult me with questions
when L was speaking to all such gave the hot
end of the poker to hold .-4boLitionist freeSoier,
prorlSolSt," were the universal lies which all were
to repeat; and all this plan carried out, and
more At two places at least, at Fayette in How
ard county, and at Platte City in Platte county,
arms We're brought to kill me if case of g self.
defence'' could be organized brought by men de-
termined to insult, and prepared to kill. | defed
and cowed them in both instances. exposed
them to the people and TO scorn and the people
We're with me-many Wings. But, was the like
ever seen in civilized community =! A public
man of thirty years standng-one whose name
was known in Europe and America, and will be
known to posterity, to be plotted against to des-
troy him, and himself to be pursued, insulted.
and killed if he dared to speak to the people
in his own behalf. did dare and whipt them
like dogs. Only minority of them got into the
General Assembly, where their combinations with
the Wings enabled them to elect Wing over
me. That combination shows what was in their
hearts; that they were Wings to the backbone
liver, lights, and gizzard and never wanted any,
thing, (their leaders mean,) but their price to
show it,
Whoever read the like of this before, from
Senator OF thirty years, and from one known |
IN Europe aud America % IF the Colonel has
only been kaown heretofore, he will be immortal
herealler-N Y. Express.