The Kanzas news., 1858-06-12
AFamiiz ouarral.

Ine people oI W eStSIH misSouii Heso
heretofore taken so deep an interest in
our affairs that it is only natural we
should feel corresponding interest IN theirs
We have been somewhat edited IN watch
ing the progress of the fight concerning
the member of Congress next TO be cho-
sen from the Fifth Congressional District,
including Westport. sKanzas City, ETC.
Woodson, the present incumbent, was
elected two years ago as Know Moth
ing alias an .'American,' - but has voted
steadily with the Sham Democracy, every
time in favor of Lecompton. The st.
Louis Repu6Zicas insists that both he and
his yoke-feHow, Anderson, from the Sec
ond District, shall be re-elected-for be-
ing fright on the goose" A Demo-
cratic Convention lately held In the Fifth
District seemed to take the same view of
matters and adjourned without making
any Democratic nomination; whereupon
the Kanzas City journal. Of Commerce
grumbles most decidedly and hoists the
name of John W. Reid, of Jackson coun-
ty, as its Democratic candidate. Now
comes the fun.
| Clay -pate-the immortal Clay pate-the
man who took t&Old Brown" lover the
left THE editor of the Westport Star Of
Empire, comes down upon the Journal
Of Commerce editor as a factionist and
declares that for him to ''kick up" under
such circumstances, is calculated to ruin
the fortunes of the Democratic party
Whereupon the editor of the journal afore-
said wakes wroth at Clay pate and ex-
claims: owe would like to know who
is this Censor General that hurls-h evic-
tions about with the air of one having
authority ?'' What! not know Clay pate?
Clay pate the celebrated author? Clay
pate the statesman? Clay-pate the hero
of Black Jack? Fie upon such Journal!
Not to know him argues oneself unknown.
But the Journal further expatiating grows
Shakespearian, thus:
| Upon what meat hath this our Caesar fed
| That he has grown great?
Upon what meat, eh? Why upon Uncle
Sans meat-even his goodly pap-for.
i'behold, is he not Post Master at West
port; and have not the letters of the
ID Abolitionists been given him as
spoil?
But why should he be styled Caesar
To be sure the bard informs US that:
Imperial Caesar, dead and turned to clay,
May stop hole to keep the wind away
But, does that signify ay-pate? 'tOh,
what fall were that, my countrymen!"
But Clay-pate further continuing his
attack upon the Journal, accuseth the
editor thereof of the heinous crime of
having been born In Free State; and
therefore not to be trusted upon the goose
question: And now the ire of the Jour
nal man kindleth to white heat. and he
repelleth the vile insinuation in this wise:
eve will just inform the Star (videli:
Get, Clay -pate) once for all, that we rec
ognize no such offensive meddling with
our opinions or origin. 1t is a species
than that against the foreign born citizen!
JCOLO-O-UUXS
mast produce evidence that HE HAS BEEN
SUCKED BY A NEGRO, before he can be
considered sound by a class of men
who assume to speak ez cothedrG for the
South and her Institutions. We have
felt this fling more than once, and we
wish no more of it. We profess to know
what the rights of the States are-we pro-
fess to know what Democratic principles
are-we profess to be States Rights
Democrat and we allow no one to ques-
ton our orthodoxy merely because every
body aCas Chite achere are acre born and
reared"
Thus saith r. T. Van Horn, editor OF
the journal aforesaid. And with all due
modesty and humility we hope we may
be allowed-although it's none of our
s'funera''-humbly to suggest that we
are astonishad at his doctrine. Why, one
would almost fancy Rip Van Horn had
for the last few years been snugly en-
sconced in Sleepy Hollow, by the side OF
his illustrious countryman, Rip Van Wink
lei He talks very much as though he
thought man might be a sound "Dem-
ocrat'' without having been ''suckled on a
negro" at all! a tremendous heresy, un-
doubtedlyl Why, what else did the Gin
cinnati Platform require in proof of 8
mans Democracy? And the new Le-
compton test-surely, the man who could
swallow the Cincinnati Platform and the
Lecempton Swindle, must be in an out
rageously bad humor to object when sim
lply required to be sucked on a negro
It's the old trick of the Pharisee-strain-
ing at a gnat and swallowing saw-mil.
; Yet we are nearly sure our beloved broth
Ter Van Horn does not understand il so