The Planters' banner. [volume] (Franklin, Attakapas Co., Lou.) 1849-1872, 1853-11-24

John,D as he is sometimes denslvely
called much such kind of prince, |
suppose, as is the ruler of the pit" the
prince OF DEVILS" the "prince of hum
bugs" and the "prince Of liars" He
is now, l am told, perambulating the
State, boasting that he has got " Bron-
sons head in basket !" reminding one
forcibly of another prohigate prostl-
tute of ancient times who was seen
with very good mans head in a
charger" which, to crafty a base pas
sion, had been severed by order OF a
drunken Governor of Judea, at bac-
chanalian banquet given at the " White
House, or bestial mansion of that
wicked prince, near Jerusalem. Why,
ask, was the head of the victim call
ed for, and the slaughter demanded? !?
1t was simply because Judge Bronson
had the independent manliness to indi-
cate to the unscrupulous cabal of Tam
many Hall, who had insultingly, and
with characteristic efrontery, under
taken to use his great name as de-
coy in furtherance of their intrigueS
against the democratic party, that he
should exercise an inalienable right, of
which no power on earth but that of a
revolution can deprive him, or any
other citizen of this State, the right of
suffrage, in support of the regularly
nominated democratic ticket instead of
the short boy nominations, which he
utterly repudiated and entirely disap-
proved of. That is the true reason !:
that is the whole amount of the Collec-
tors offending from beginning TO end !:
for which he has been so unhandsome-
ly used by the President and so basely
traduced and jeered at by the minions
of power and John Van Buren,; who
scoffingly itinerates through the rural
districts, diffusing his falsehoods, and
boasts that he has " Bronson's head in
a basket" That is the true reason, and
that is the only reason. If any man
doubts it he will have abundant evil
dence TO relieve his mind from any fur
ther doubt on this subject by reading
from the Washington Union of October
%, 1853, the recognised official organ
of Gen. Pierce, an editorial article,
headed "The Presidents Policy Vindi-
Gated - Official Insubordination Dis
conference.-the Factious Disorganiza-
lion Rebuked," from which | beg leave
to quote few striking extracts, which
will fail to make the truth of my as
-sertion very clearly manifest.
Mr.. Cooley here read the extracts
alluded to referring TO the Bronson
difficulty, and continued:
Here is the proof, strong as, Holy
Writ, that the delirious occupant of the
4. White House." and his inflated Cabi-
net at Washington, have undertaken
the rather difficult task. | apprehend,
of controlling the local elections of
this State! Secretary Guthrie's letter
transmitting 10 Judge Bronson the no.
tice of his removal indicates only the
pretext for that injudicious and unjus-
tifiable act, while the editor of the
Union, in alphabetically laying the
whole subject before the public, letters
and all, gives, beyond every peradven-
ture, the real motive which instigated
the perpetration of the deed. Aud, fell
low-citizens, what a pitiful spectacle
does this paltry meddling, on the part,
of the United States, with our local
State politics, present for the contem-
plation of great, intelligent, free and
independent nation! Its President
STOPPING down from the height of his.
exalted station, and so for forgetting
the dignity of that position, no less
than what is due to his own character
as an honorable man while occupying
it, as to mix up with the party State
squabbles of the day, and attempt to
control the fsuds which now unhappily
agitate, and disturb the once harmoni-
ous ranks of the democracy of this
commonwealth How are the Presi-
dent and his Cabinet belittled and low
cred in the estimation of all honorable
men, if anything now could have that
effect, by such reprehensible undigni-
fed, unmanly and despicable conduct?
Everywhere, in and out of this State,
throughout the whole length and
breadth of the land, except with the
short boy bullies and slung-shot incefi-
AuC Sui-kAlOniS; boHdLtS dId
of Tammany Hall, and their
pressgang adherents the unjustifable
removal Of Judge Bronson is condemn
ed as fragrant outrage on the spotless
purity of that gentleman's character,
and violation of public trust, injuri-
Gus to the interests of the Union, and
an act of ingratitude and injustice re.
voting to the moral sense of every
and honorable man. '
This foolish and unjust act of Gen.
Pierce, without one palliating circum-
stance to redeem the perfdious motive
that prompted its perpetration, stamps
he administration Of the President
with the black seal of public reproba-
lion, to which it will be henceforth
glaringly exposed. Let not Presi-
lent of the United States, even though
exalted be the station, become SO giddy
md delnded as to suppose he may not
20 reached and exposed for fragrant
lcts of injustice towards those whom he |
las cheated and betrayed Gen. Pierce
vent into the presidency on the popu-
ar sentiment pervading all classes of
,ur people, contained in the compro- |