The weekly pioneer and Democrat., 1857-02-19

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We should b. ungratchil, indeed, IL We omit.
toi To mention personal obligation incurred
at ,hi. time You hal deGai'si Mr.. Ofxnro,
BY your snHust, snd had elcet'd Mr.. Rev
bs yDar cppcai,i0l "a -on "a ,yon made
sure Of this attr event, yoo generously
turneI yous attention TO the esiif'r II this
paper Yoa siarts-i ,be fiee Pres a. al
oppei,,on Democratic journal, ard through
il, columns on ihe public sireais, IN repuia-
biz hot..Is, anil in disrepufable groggeries
yoa emitted the venom u your sb,re, as
das thc disgusting reptile wh"-e breath
giys- il protection AMI name. Not, how
s,er. with . hkr fatality. For whik that
of the reptile is destructive, your venom il
nnari-hins. What it ~oald have rs,uirsl
yuus of labor uo accomplish, in business and
reputation, yon ecur'sl for us in as many
mssih- simply by the generous energy Of
yoar opposition and Distraction. Nor should
W. foryet tbe psuniary sscriiees which YOU
mad. Your Exceilepeys money gave point
anil force 10 your Ehcellency4 slaBier. AMI
the joint product Of both was u more worth
To as than the devoted lai,ors of regiments
Of friends. Mean~hile the paper which
you hal ealIet into life gave early signs Of
premature decay. 1t lingrr,l along through
sskI, existence. until. having shown ~.
markabls tenaci,y in withsianding the effects
Of your Ehcellencys patronage il expired
f,eisy AMI noisels-ssly in the ,lsndly warmth
Of yoar EscelIency's e'nbrae.
Your present position gives high .atisfsc-
tim Ia every Democrat During your whole
lib'. which has sr-n sllei w,h daring rIi,..r.
pri-ss you never fought 81 efficiently for the
Democracy. as YOU are doug u, the present.
moment Secretly alli~l with the Republi-
cans. that organization alr,ady shows signs
of your disastrous c"mpnionship. Repab-
licau, ARE not @Irrhuman, AMI il requires
more than mortal strength 10 conquer the
assaults ri your friendship What they
have gained in two years, there il now every
pro~Is~t you viii deprive them of in ~ many
months. This is inevitable ani W. woald
tcHler yon III advance the grateful thanks of
the Democracy. Vet. while W. thus Iaoi',r
In your Exoellency onr acknow igrnents
you will pardon Us il We vcnturr upon
gentle eSpostulat'"n While il Is heroic to
'o conquer an eWiny. Il Is not chivalric To
destroy The simple, uuabeitej circum.
stance ii your afiilistion. Is in it.slf more
than they tan bear But when in addition
To this y,s sSluce them into the sdvocacy of
n masure " your Excellency, which strikes
at the foundation of all law. anil nverrideS
all justice. you do them not cnl, fatal inlu-
~, hut YOU make them inihnrous The lie
feat or party W. can rrloice al. hut the
Disgrace of individuals is a fahlic calamity;
| and there Is stretch IL cruelty involved in
tins last proposition. at the lsrpctraiion
of which eyrnyonr fy~'llrncy should shrink
in thus clo-ing an analysis "f your pnlti
cal character. and ia r,viewing some Of the
more prominent of your political acts. We
i,cl that We have rendered your Eye.llency
an efficient servir Without a suggestion
of the hypothesis on which We have account
~i for YOUR political exploits. your admins
tra,ion must have remained incNplcable AZ
we'll as cmtemptihle. We have done same
thing il We have thrown any ligh, whatever
on vha, appearsi to be shroude,I in impen-
etr~hle mystery and il Ne have not reno
y.i III. odium which has hitherto cloth-i
YOU as with garment, W. hey yvur Ey-
crllency 10 believe that the failure resulted
less from wan, of disposition than from
N" intrinsic diliiruItie- surrounding the at
tempt,