Gazette and sentinel., 1860-02-18

men % l-e i'-inCC.a'C party auL aHgla-
them my colleague, Mr.. Taylor made The
same record, and ye, | am the onv one WIN
gave this yot- who has been selected to bs
denounced. How is this. What IS il for
1t can be accounted for in no other MANN,
than that Of m~alignity to me. The man bs
could not have beaten with all bis efforts 10
be denounced for a betrayal Of nv c~oDstitp.
cuts, a betrayal Of the old-line and s,erlin,
Democracy. Sir, if the collector Of the nor,
vii. attend to his duties, ! vii to mine. If bs
does not manage the aif,irS Of Govctnment
better than he does his political affairs. be viii
not lat long: for, whilst he is dcuouncing me
for a betrayal Of the Democratic party. does
he know what the people think Of lis faith.
fulnesS to that time. honOred party, after his
prominence in aiding in the inaucuratinc the
thug ticket, with The notorious Ben Harrison
at the head Of it-that man who thucced
Chief Justice Side, at the bslIo;.box.
| ask him if he thinks the people will be.
lieve he was more anxious to preserve the
old line and sterling Democracy, in that, than
! Was when ! voted, under The circumstances
for Maynard, Of Tennessee. lf he had been
more anxious for the success Of that sterling
Democratic party he would not have been
found among those Who inaugurated that thug.
ticket there by surrendering the or eanization
in New Orleans, nor would be have been found
using, as he did, all the power his position
gave him, at the last State convention, 10 place
on the State ticket fr treasurer, which he sue.
ceedcd in doing, one who bOltcd the senatorial
caucus when he could not get the person he
wished, thereby defeating n true p,mOcFst,
who was carried in the Legislative Hall, on a
blanket, to save this cld-ljue sterling Democ.
racy from being beaten " this boiler and his
friends, as he was too III 20 walk there, which
was the work, in a great measure, Of this
man, and gave preteXt t. the bold and ambi-
tious men in our State 70 disregard nOmina.
tons; for they openly charged that traitors TO
the organization were preferred, thus getting
many o. our best men defeated; and this is the
man who is deuOunciug me. Oh, shane,
where is thy blush!
! presume, sir, that lac is working rs hard
for the DemocracYEow as thcA | hope that
the gentleman has been convicted. ! hope he
IS converted. ! trust, sir, that he has seen
the error OF MS ways, and that for the future
he W standby the organization. If he does,
It i more than he has done, unless he saw
sci at the end Of that line.
Is the above the attitude and the Ian
guagc that should characterize a mem-
Der of Congress, Mr. DAyIpsoN calls
upon members to look to the facts"
and they will LauconviBccd that no
dthsr motive than thas of pcrsoual ma.
|lignity" induced Mr.. HArcH's attack =,
What attack The attack which Mr..
DAyIDsoN's susceptible and too credulous
mind perceived IN the article in the
Cearier, and imputed TO Mr. ~lIArcH, but
its editors unqualiiedly denied in a
subsequent issue. The balance Of Mr..
lIArcH's ~malcvoleuce was evidenced 10y
communications from the Piney Woods,
(from his political enemies of Cour+c)
probably irresponsible characters, 49,
scrting (most terrible SANDER. if trueD
that liArcH was going about saying
that while he was working for the old
line and sterling Democracy" he (the
speakeB) was 'hctraying it by voting
for MAYNARD &c. This last charge is
undoubtedly as lame as the first. Those
who are acquainted witlythc Collector,
are well aware that he would not BELT
tie his character and his dignity by
a COURSE of action thus demonstrated.
with reference 10 any gentleman. He
may cXclaim-the whole House of Rep
~rcscntativcs might well have exclaimed
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