The daily union., 1854-10-26
ATTACKS ON PARTICULAR SECTIONS OF THE
COUNTRY.

made but by the anatcal the interested, OF te h-eh
pered But by whomsoever made assaults upon masses Of
upon whole classes of interests are UNJUST and
sanctioned by other masses of men, and countenanced by
rival interests the country itself is injured by the evil con-
sequences sure to flow from the discriminating attack
These reflections are forced upon us by perusal of
long and exceedingly violent attack upon the south
ern States made in late number of the St Louis Demo-
crat The taking title of the article is
PROGRESS OF MULTIPLICATION.
Open formal attempt combine all the ore Staes into
cotederacy build the souern sectional railroad to the
Pacific"
Whether we consider the internal evidence which the
tcle furnishes governed by the popular belief in
Missouri that of the leading articles of that paper
are p,pared by Col Benton borne the conviction
that this article with all its sarcasms and quota
tons flowed from his prolific pen But whether issuing
from the mind OF The statesman or from source
infinitely less important, pernlcous an article publish
ed in newspaper known be entirely IN his confidence
is deserving of the public condemnation Tor II so
old man. with ripened judgment and sobered passlons
deems right and escapes rebnke therefor to assam an
entire section OF country because eneprsng citizens de-
sire put forth united effort to develop Its physical
interests by the construction of railroad within Its own
limits may reasonably expect still worse things from
the Young the impusve? Against these very attacks
upon sections General Washington warned u.s. And be-
cause COL Benton is neither fool nor boy nor yet with
out influence it is important that his evil example shall Dc
viewed in lis true aspect that may become beacon to
warn the Young to avoid rather than friendly light to
guide them into similar paths of uniustiabe dcuuncation
and folly
The very object of the whole article and which leaks out
near its close with the object which Col Benton
pursued with amazing vgor for twenty years Dur
- hoc to
government and laws of this country, and to eztrpate
both whggery and abolitonism; saying Substantially
on an occasion he had caused whg to be removed
from office he ,coia reove 40 900 James 4us there
so NAM 10 reuoyei TAen Mr. Van Buren President;
then Col Benton gave the toast The reelection of Mar
tin Van Burena of form rather than OF contest
b,u Mr. Benton had not even doubt of being Van Bu-
rcps sucfessor then met the wings more boldly
than Benton called louder for union harmony con-
cesson7 or more imperiousy demanded "ecerythg for
the cause nothing men in order to secure democratic
supremacy and whig defeat
AID how is it noe whsu his chances for the presidency
hay disappeared when he has lost his seat IN the House
and when he has less than onefourth of the members OF
the legislature OF Missouri in favor OF his re-elecnon 70
he Senate? Has he in adeersiy, borne himself lotthy,
preserved his democratic integrity and sacrificed sy
hing for the cause which he had often eoquenty de-
Tended indispensable the best interests of his country
A few words will answer.
In 1919 the Missouri legislature passed series of
u,ions and instructed him to obey them; he appealed
from the legislature to the people, and at the next election
the people turned him of office One OF those old
resolutions reads SO much like portion of the modern Ne
braska bill that we give IL in full 1t is follows
The right prohibit slavery any territory belongs
exclusively to people thereof and only ba exercised
their fttuo fnr
mept, in their sovereign capacity Independent
State
These famous resolutions Col Benton always denounces
IA qualification resolutions" and his enemies held
'nul6ersr
With this explanation, We give the following extract
from the article of the Democrat upon which are
commenting This extract will show the immediate prac
tica e Of the whole of that article and the intentions Of
Col genon and his ST. Louis free-sol friendsfor the ST.
rou;s Daily Democrat thoroughly free soil the
New York Evening Post;
Tbe traitorou resolutions which have brought this dis
grace upop us will be rescnde and repudated and ono
known to favor them will be elected to the Uned States
Senate The patriotic part Of The whgs and the anti nuii
cation democrats will be sufficient to do the one and to pre-
vent the othersucien annul and repudiafe the nigh
treason resolutions and prevent the election of nulfer
Far hg for they friends to the Union
and were in the Webster and Clay, tbe bodest de-
nouncers of the traitorous doctrine.
In other words and in plain English, Col Benton and
his ST Louis friends inform the Missouri wings that they
stand ready to aid them in the election of whigl As
he cannot be elected himself il is announced to the wings
Of Missouri that no democrat shall TO the Senate but
that of their party may
In reply to this contemplated eachery 10 the democratic
asv we saw to the free-so clique of St Louis that we do
not beey, you those democrats in the State of Msson-
ri who voted for Col Benton; zee do not baiers that they
u alo,p yoa 10 transfer them 10 hg; that you can
- go, them TO vote for an Nebraska man. for a
man in omen opposition the administration of General
Franklin perce Nor do believe that the gallant wings
Of Missouri will unite rh The 81 Loas free-so1srstor any
purpose whaterr!
If we are right in the high estimate we place upon the
honor of the democrats and wings of Missouri Col Benton
will deserted the party which him the only othce
he ever held and whose service he all the dstinc
ton he ever wore without sufficient either
the sympathy the support of his old opponents Repu-
dated by both wings and democrats his only sympa-
hizrs are found be of character too ncenday to al
low Of an alliance with either OF the great parties that have
ruled the country during his entire public career He
alters his allancehe even offers unconditional alliance
we deny that he has the power of transfer and also pre-
dict THAI the wings will to accept it, even IT il shond
turn out that he hc boasted power OF transfer and
the humiliation will have been in vanl The wings OF