Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1837-11-25


whnse course has heen 80 plain and straight forward
81 entirely unevcepuousbe in every respect as
llrat Of the Hon. James F. Trotter. It was tn be
hoped tlst an individual 50 nnsssuming IN his de-
pertinent, so mild and bland in his manners, so
strict in the discharge ofhis duties and kind and
ahectionate in his every act, would have escaped th
attacks Of party maice,-But M. Judge Trotter
has comnitied the objectionable sin" in the esti-
nation Of the Whigs.-He has permitted himself 10
be proclaimed democrat He has allowed il to be
publicly asserted that he is a friend Of the Admins
traiion friend ofequal rights and an opponent Of
lle bank monopoists; and that he does not wish the
supsort of the PIE bald wing party. This IS Ger
tanly great offence in the eyes of the bank ieder-
aIists, and they are justly indigna" al II lhey
cannot buy the Judge, and they consOie themselves
by making sly attacks upon him-attacks which
they know he will not condescend to answer per-
sonaly, but which they hatter themselves viii
wound his feelings and injure his standing asa pub
lie man. But they are mstaken--the Judge is arm
ed in the panopy Of innocence and truth, and their
missiles fall harmless at his feet. The Argus some
| time since let OFT whole broadsde against the
Judge of course in the most friendly spirit. He had
no unkind feeling towards Judge Trotter. He did
not wish TO miure the Judge Not he But at the
same time he slyly iutimated that the Judge was in
consisent-that r,lmor had stated that he had been
wing, that he was once in favor of Judge White,
that he had opposed the election of certain officers
BY the people, and that he ought now, he thought,
to lie wing, or, that he ought to be id. Such
are some Of the Sig limitations and inuendOes of the
whig paper Now for few facts.
That Judge Trotter was at one time in favor of
Judge White for the Presidency is true. He had
personally great confidence in Judge White--he be-
lieyed him to be pure and honest politician and
devoted friend of President Jacksons Admnistra-
ton But as soon as he found that he was deceived
in this latter particular, and that Judge White had
abandoned the Administration and gone over to the
opposition, he abandoned him, and voted I" with an
open ticket for Mr, Van Buren,. Judge Trutter
was originally in favor of White from principle.
The Argus and its party here supported White
merely to prevent the election of Mr.. Pan Buren, if
possible. Principle never entered into their views,
or formed part If their calculations. This fact
the wing party here will scarcely dare to deny And
| if we are not much mistaken, they are now little
ashamed Of having taken up so poor an "available"
as Judge White. If they are prudent, they will
throw the veil Of oblivion over the last Presidential
canvass. Their argument upon this head against
Judge TrotIer recols upon themit cuts the other
way, and they wound themselves with their own
weapon
But Judge Trotter voted, in the Convention to
amend the State Constitution, against the right of
the people 10 elect their own Judges, "and in oppo-
ston too, to the wishes orhls constituents" This
is not altogether fact. But we will let the Judge
speak for himself upon this subject. We have
been favored " it'll letter from HIM to friend in
this place, from which we make the following ex-
tract and with which we close this article. The
Judge is speaking Of the attack Of the Argus upon
him, in that paper ofthe 18th ult.
"The grossest Misrepresentation is made in rela-
ton TO any vote to deprive the people Of the right to
elect their Judges. i did vote against The clause
in the New Constitution upon that subject. 1t was
known to every man in Lowndes county, who wish
ed to know. for months pTo, to my election to the
convention that was opposed to the people elect
ing some of their Judges. made my sentiments
known, and was voted in with full knowledge o.
what they were by the electors But this is not all
for Immediately alter the election, published call
over my own name, in the only newspaper in Co
mmbus. stating my sentiments, and what would b
nv vote but acting upon the principle that dele
gate was the agent Of the people, and bound BY
their Instructions stated distinctly that if MAORI
ty of my constituents would instruct me TO vote 10
the popular system Of elections, Itroad do so; thes
are facts well known and dare not be denied. An
vet the editor of the Argus has the unblushing e
Irontry and audacity to say THAT my vote was nc
lation ofthe wi shes Of my constituents. They di
not instruct me called for nstructlons-they wer
I not given, and if could conclude any other wa
than did that they were satisfied with my view
I am unable to perceive how it could be done; ii
truth is they were then in favor ofmy views,
i, they would not have elected me"
y A E!-DEMOCRATIC TRIUMPH
Extract Of letter to the Editors, dated Cotle
:, vile, Yalabusha county, Nov 8, 1887.
y Il have the pleasing task Of communicating
you the "gorious result" Of our last battle with Il
tory-wigs. We have "lcked 'em up" in fine styl
but they fought like bulldogs, cheering each 9th
. till the las, vestige Of hope departed Never We
partzsns More ea,ed before an election, than they
never did party crow more ustily-whlle, from Il
apparent nsction OF the farmers, one might reaso
" ably have inferred, that they were for once going
= let the scrub nobility" gain an easy victory-b
" they were ready "aying low and keeping tn,
u breath to cool their adversaries' ire, and cons
to them after the election.
10 "But | can't stop to palaper. Suffice it 10 S
n our ticket shines like Benton dollar, while the viii
cause looks as dull as counterfeit shin plaster
"Irhe wings have elected one man to our thr