Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1837-08-26


Major Edwards, unless he is as reckless of
moral feeling as of the con6dng~ol fiiend-
ship cannot say that have violated any
pledge Of support. Having declared expIi-
clly, that should support no man, except
the one who could combine the republican,
party. | was under no obligation to support
Edwards, when every development proved
concluslvely, that he was not the man to ef
feet this object. Almost the entire north
and east so tr as can be learned, have de-
clared against him. Not democratic pFess,
save one, 10 my knowledge, has spoken Of
him, but to oensure his course vet he grave
| " cotendS, that he IS tower OF Strength
sort of batterng ram candi late. who is to
take all the votes of the country BY Storm.
Admitting thai | had pledged myself to
support the petcnsions of Major EDWARDS,
believing him TO be opposed TO a national
bank, would lave been under any obiga-
ton to continue that support, after he de.
clared himself bank man, thus abandoning
his friends on the most vital question Of the
| admnist atlon.
The bank question is now the only polt,
ical topic OF any magnitude before the coun-
tr,. The republican party have warred
against it for eight wears, aud have AT length
su ceedrd IN prosra,ing it, Can one of
that party. who has opposed it, turn bank
man, and st,Il clim the democratic sup.
pot? As well might Arnold have expect.
ed his companlons in the cause OF liberty, to
follow HIM into the camp of the enemy =
The tate OF hat worthy otght to be wan.
ing man, OF the pol ticiaus of the da,.
TheIe are many, who think, tia, the Per.
>onal pc uia'ty alone of General Jacksol.
carried through ma of his measures; and
that having retired on the scene of &C
ton, the policy o! his administration will be
readily abandoned The, are Mistaken
| The secret OF his success, was his advocacy
OF hlman liberty No man who has ever
lived in this ,untry, has left so indeIbIy
upon the publ mind, the impress of his
character aud his principles His name will
| be a watchword, and his admins ration n
beacon to popular rights, for centuries TO
come.
Politicians who have once shouted Jack.
son for popularity sake, bu now thai he is
reclining on hs laurels at the Hcrml,are,
think they can play tru ant TO his Principle
with safety. will be undeceived, and len
"hlone in their glory" whenever they make
the experiment
In the political parties Of this country.
there is much devotion to principle; and no
man need expect to be sustained for political
office, who does not adhere to enc set Of opin
ions or the her. No man will be elevated
N this county by a cIimatiou, simply because
he is good fellow. There is too much co =.
petition in that way.
Mai. Edwards prefers very grave charge
Of Inconsistency against me- by saving that !
oppose him and support Colonel Claiborne
for congress, whom the Major alleges, to be
with h m on the bank question.
Now, it so happens, that Colonel Clai-
borne has published an address 10 the people
in which he pronounces all su h charges TO
be SANDERS. Col. G. has distinctly avowcd,
that he will not vote for any national bank,
without an amendment of the constitution
and has said to me aud TO others, that he is
opposed to amending the constitution for that
purpose.
With what propricty MAJOR Edwards can
aPege that Colonel Claiborne is with him on
the subject of the bank, leave the reader 10
determine There is RENE y called the
polls, for all prominent administration men
who 60 over to the bank party, and run up
the wing flag.
The Major in his assault upon me and my
humble course, is not only vindictive and de
mandatory, but over polite aud classical.
Hear him:
"Uni of late, viewed you as my warm.
est friend, and you gave me repeated assur.
ances OF the iact--nay, more, you ayowed
your gratitude to me for friendship which YOU
never could forget. But, o Temporal morcs
how the times have changed! You now
stan arrayed against me, aud must | cx-
claim in the language Of the dying Caesar,
when he rccei, ed the vital stab from the
| hand Of Brutus, and thou too my son !"
This d, ep debt Of gratitude, TO which the
Major has so gracior>ly alluded consists in
his having voted Tor me to carry he returns
of this state 10 the city of Washing on; and
although it was no more than what l had a
right to expect, from The position ] then oc-
cuped, il was.an act on his part, which
4 would have repaid IN kind, had he oot forced
me, IN common with his other old political
friends, 10 abandon him in the present n.
test. The public will doubtless fully aPPre-
ciae his magnanimlty in The aldsion.
| It will not be neccssa y for me TO reply TO
tho Latin and French, wi which Gov. Ed
wards has 50 richly spiccd his proclamation
against me; ! must do him the justice to
say, believe him profoundIy ignorant of both
languages and above all, Islall not common
on the pure Latin, Of 20 tempora mores. =
But the Major can read English and must
be permitted to carry out little his ausion
TO Shakespeare. He represents hmse as The
dying Caesar, and me as Brutus, riklng tor
IL. e II H. co,,r,f.r IL hn L euiished