Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1838-08-21


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Hon. Slan1ers, SIR ~ lfaull
Ihe Pontotoa IntelIigeueerof the ia inst.
d s article Of more thana column .inlength.
has attempted to prove ar. Clay 70 Be !
! eonsunaate hypocrite and william" We have
said that paper has atteupte1-it Is hardly an
attempt, fof with the limited means Il possess
ed to redeem its pledge, its puerle effort fell
stil-born. Mr.. Clay must feel relieved at the
failure Of the great Pontotoc paper thus At
zone fen SCOOP" to destroy bis political pros
poets forever. This reminds Us Of lady who
was abusing the charactero Of Napoleon Bona
Iarte ii q large company, inWhieh number
Of Franchmen wero present. After she had
finished her TRADE against the Emperor, one Of
the Frenchmen arose, approached the lady,
placed his hand upon his breast, and said: sAh!
if the Emperor krelO your sentiments, he sooatld
de Of grisfp' Thspetty ISLANDERS propaga-
ted by the Van Barren press against the best
men in the nation, merely because they differ
with them in political opinion, is as contempti-
bic business as r@H can be imagined. These
same presses wsse as bitter against Mr.. Cal
houn two or three years ago as they now are
against other master-spirits Of the age, but be-
cause he has joined the vile herd and bowed
submissively to Mr.. Van Buren,, be is now
lauded by the same men as 6emi-god, while
the echoes of their anatlemas against him
have hardly died away m the distance. SIAN
der and Hnfounded assertions are the only wea-
pons by the Administration party, as far. as
we have knowledge, and such IS the amount
of the LnteTigencer's article. 1t is unanswer-
able because it is mere assertion. We gave
facts as recorded, and facts as recorded we pre-
sumed would be used to convince US that Mr..
Clay was such an abandoned man as he was
promised to be proved to be. In relation to the
concluding sentence of the InteIligencer's ar
ticle we can only say that we neueT, as yet
hadany alternatives to choose between, and, as
it has failed to prove any thing,--unless asser-
ton is to be taken as proof-we hand it back
the horns Of the dilemma" as the party
whose right Of choosing between them is bet
ter than our own.
We learnby the Democrat that Judge Trot-
ter /" hare arrir, !" (to use the language of Gen.
Davis.) in these parts. He came roiselessly
-a Not with sound of trumpet, or with the
deep roll of the drum" nor was he welcomed
by the shouts Of the multitude. We think our
Democratic friends ought to get up dinner
for their distinguished Senator, to repay him
in part for the. arduous services he has per-
formed for them IN Congress
No dissatisfaction prevails respecting
the location of the Court, except with the
Columbus Argus, and perhaps few other
discontinued spirits in the same town.
PontOEOc Iptelhgencsr.
The people of Columbus are perfectly salts
fed. They have the officers, and as it re-
spects the locationof the Court, although they
expected il, still they have a quid pro quo.
The location Of the Court 81 Pontotoc viii IN
jure its usefulness; and, in afew short years,
it win be placed where thought to have been
in the first place. We shrewdly suspect, how
ever, that if its officers had been appointed
from Pontotoc and the Court located at Co
lumbus, our Northernfriends would have been
better pleased Are there no discontented
spirits amongst you, Mr.. Intelhgencer!
p COLUMBUS AssocIATIoN-This eve
ming Doctor M. Estes win deliver the stated
Lecture before the Association, in the Pres
byterian Church, at early candle light. We
are not aware onwhat subject the Doctor viii
lecture, but have no doubt he has selected an
one. The public generally are M
vited TO attend.
SOUTH WESTERN JoURNAL.-We have re-
yeived the July number of this Interesting
work. It is rapidly gaining favor in the State,
md VIII exercise great influence in the for
nation Of a taste for literature and science
amongst US. We have one objection to it. Its
orIn, a quarto, rendersit rather large for bind
ng, and, By the way, it is size rather sigfasb-
;onable. Why will not the publishers adopt
he octave form, in which all the literary Pc
iodicals Of the day are published!
Why does the Democrat call NJ. BoND
bank bought attorney 2" Has it any proof
or the assertion! Does it conceive that as il
$ bought" by Government patronage that
very individual who disagrees with our pres
mt wasteful Administration is bought alsol
The Democrat IN giving description Of a }
Wolf hunt in our neighborhood, says that du-
ing the chase one horse died under The sad
e and three more aoere nearly killed in the
hass," and concludes by hoping that such
port WI be continued!
The Democrat says We have no claims to
e considered State Rights man.,' We
hould Ike to know the reason why.
The Democrat treaty hopes that Judge
erOtteT win be able to 60 out electi0neerinp
IN the adjoining counties before the sDecisl
SECTIONS IN Octobere This Is too bad.
We think the Judge has done suffic;entservice
q the party u Congress without taking the
tlnp On big return. The Democrat wishes to