Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1838-09-15


ny on the Government that induced him to give
his consent Can the federal party Of this day
ask ii as a matter Of necessity or even of expe.
diency The OVERLOOKING condition Of the Tteas-
ury gives them the lie Then, with these facts
before the present administration acting under the
solemnlly of an oath TO maintain the Constitution
of the United States, could they consent 10 re-
commend or advocate that his irrcdeemable pa
per of Banks should be received IN payment Of
public dues, when the fact was known to them
| from tbsr owR rstnns that they had seven 10
eight dollars Of paper representing one dolia' ~
specie Whit guarantee IS there that the same
will not be the case again and again! There is
! zone whatever
Tie Federal Government, has not attempted to
interfere in the great struggle between Bank md
anti Bank opinions; oil II asks is that ii may be
allowed the privilege of occupying strictly neu-
trial ground, and lati will be allowed to discharge
its federal duties on stricier principles Of hmta-
ton of construction and Of action than has here
iJfore been possible since the fatal Haniiltonlan
ascendency-leaylng each State 10 regulate and
reform lis local institutions and local currency on
its own principles. II was with this view that
the Sub Treasury bill was iuiipG2Hedi 1t was Tor
the purpose of collecting the revenues oil Inc
country IN the only currency recognized ~ the
Constitution, the only one possessing intrinsic
and uniform value, safe from Depreciation eco
nomcal on compulsIon, from the very nature of
tina, medium rendering any large redundancy of
revenue, impossible. Tbereyenues of the coun.
Try being collected alone III gold and silver would
have a most saluary effect as a check on the
l.. ,I Al,
create at all times a moderate demand for the
precious metals, thereby preventing those who
govern local banks from forgetting as they here
tofore almost have done that it is necessary their
paper should represent some specie and prevent
the nation at large from falling into the belief that
this is exclusively the age of paper.
Our present United States Senator and canJi-
date for reelection, the Hon. JAMES I,
TROTTER, has boldly and earlessIy stood by
that band Of patriots under the broad folds Of the
constitution, who arc determined on carving out
| the acknowledged intention Of the " hard money
i men" who framed il, or sink with the ship, of
State rather than yield to the Bank influence
brought to bear on that body Since he has serv
ed US in the capacity of Senator he has pursued
the same even tenor of his way, never losing
of his State, opposing with all his power the
charterIng Of a National Bank, both on the
grounds Of ncxpedency and unconatiuonollty,
and also as southencr who wishes to see The
south import the articles II consumes and export
its own productlUns,,he profits arising from which,
we know from sad experience we have been de.
prived Of, owing to the great facilities afforded to
the northern merchants by the United States
Bank, almost to the exclusion Of those Of the
South. Through his exertlons we have obtained a
United States District court for the northern por
ton Of the State--through his excrtIons a bill
was introduced and passed through the Senate to
continue the commission established by the act Of
1886, to adjust the claims to reservations under
the 18th article Of the Choctaw treaty OF $780,
,a~onoa rs h., exertIons new land district was es.
,ablished for the acco". modatlon OF the people OF
the southern part of the State. The BIZ 10 cc9n-
firm the purchases made under the pre-emption
act of 1884, by which the land of many worthy
citizens Of this and adjoining counties will be Sc
cured and which would otherwise have been lost
to them, was proposed and introduced by him
the bill TO authorize the State Of Mississippi to
invest the two per cent fund belonging to the
State was through his efforts alone passed through
the Senate--the bill for grant Of land to Mis-
slssippi for one million ana nearly $4,000 acres
Of lands which was read the LIST and End time,
referred to the committee on public lands and re-
turned lihout amendment, was introduced by HIM
by his Efforts private bill for the relief of Al.
voney Fisk, tho object Of which was TO refund
him some five thousand dollars with interest paid
for land not subject Of the time to private entry,
was passed through the Senate, and by him, was
brought forward sundry resolutions for Inc es!ab-
lishment Of some thirty five new mail routes,
&c. &c. This is the man VINO some Of the
federal party Of this county have the hardhood 10
say has done nothing for his State since he be.
anne member of the Senate defy any wing
or Democrat in this State to say, that they ever
applied to him to attend to any OF their private
AFFAIRS in any Of the departments, that did not
meet with prompt and satisfactory attention, not
wthstandng the unparalleled amount of private
business which devoved for some time on him
alone 10 attend to,
Can you, fellow citizens, forget the uniIrlng
zeal with which Judge Trotter has discharged his
duties towards you and the nation whilst United
States Senator Can you forget the faithful
manner in WHICH he has always discharged the
duties Of public officer ] cannot and will no,
believe that the yeomanry Of Lowndes, will ever
prove ungratelu lotp past services allow to pass
unrewarded his moral worth and merit.
In voting for Samuel Butler, you vote for a
man who has once yoled for Judge Trot,er, and
who, if elected, will do so again in voting for
him you vote for man whose character as ju-
dicious legislator is established by The experience
Of the past--for one who is opposed to the char
tering Of Banks either State or National when
connected. with thegovemment, and whose untr-
ing efforts will be directed towards improving The
condition Of our currency.--In voting for Seth
Peebles, you vote fora man OF whose capacity
as legislator nothing is known-in voting for
, him Won vote apainsi Jndon Trntter--in voting