Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1838-03-31
LETTER TO THE EDITORS
NlrCHEz. Nliss- NT,r,LIe,

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strong terms lie claims OF Messrs. Clsi5orr.
Davis u the sulfages Of the people Of tbs
This document reflects Lonor upon Gen. r.
and will endear him more than ever to the ~
raey. Roger Barton, Esq. Las also declined :.
minatioa, and viii no. be candidate IA ~
distract the Democratic party. This IS As a.
be. Wehave clear field now, Claiborne a. :
Wis on one side; and Prentiss and Wori on a.
or. Il therefore becomes the friends Of eou,, !.
to prepare for the contest in the comm, ,0.s
April. Prentss has arrived at Vcksblr, -.
tends to scour The State, preaching his dso,~.
| ing doctrines wherever the people viii cons.
hear him. He viii make a speech at III.
House IN this place next Monday; from hem.
viii direct his pilgrimage to the interior. ss.r
whom he mly devour. The Feleralis,s win NJ
desperate effort; with them it will be 4 A.
struggle. Defeat now will efectuaIy check II. !
litica aspirations of their leaders for years To ,O
Aware of this fact, all the ingenuity of their IA,
san warfare viii be put in requisiton to encOaDg
their unholy purposes The democracy mus, s,,s
firm, and contest it inch BY inch, with the yasa.a
Nicholas Billle and the United States Bank A,
from what know of the unconquerabe spirit ora. /
freemen ofthis State am sure they will never coD
semitic yield up their stern patriotism, and be Trans
ierred, hand and fsot, to the tender merces Diana
ney oigarchy
The Democrats Of the river counties. the Ss.
tan Band ofAmerican invincbles will, on the AN
Of trial. be found at their posts, ever ready 10 ID
or die in the holy cause Of freedom. They vii
sustain Claiborne and Davis to man. There VII
oe no dodg ing, no shifting in our ranks. On IL
other hand, disunon among the piebald wings
now inevitable. The State Rights party, thO,
who believe in the doctrines Of Mr. Calhoun, or A
least goolIy proportion of them will not suseh
Prentiss. They cannot consttutionaly, and viii
not, from other considerations, support an undngis
ed, open and avower National Bank advocate
They Will either vote for Claiborne and Davis, o.
not vote at all. That they will pursue the lattt
is the most probable conclusion.
The news from the Eastern portion of III: Stat
is olthe most cheering nature The. democracy
that quarterare firm and united. phe9wl givei
larger vote for Claiborne aud Dayis.ih April thai
has been poled there for many years Let ii
North but do her duty, and we shall, we MUST, sue
coed by at least 1000 maj,rity. Nothing shoa q
Chs majority will sufFice-we can give IT, and Nv
due to Democratic Mississippi that her political pf
| ciples should be faithfully reflected.
| ask, with all due Difference, can Mississippi he
great Cotton growing State of the South west con.
sent to bow the neck to HENRY CLAY, the friend d
the Tariff, the friend of National Bank, and tht
1 quasi friend of Abolition' VIII not the support
Prentss, the friend and champion of Henry Csy
place Mississippi precisely in the attitude above 10.
dicated How then does il b'come the ireemcno
this State 70 act They should 20 to the polls Il.
solved to place the fat of their universal indignation
upon any man who will come before them as Tie
advocate Of federal men and federal measures Wiz
that will trace the current Of events cannot peneR
TO what end the advocacy of Prentiss and WOdU
this critical junction would lead Would moth
hailed as the triumph OF Bankism, federalism, IT,
rfIlsm and AbolitionSm, over the mighty spirit 4
Democracy, and as due evidence that Mississippi
avors the election of Henry Clay to the Presiderg
AN individual who has uniformly been arraTi
against her dearest, l.er vital atcrests' Most VI
questionably such would BE- the natural inference
All that IS wanting TO ensure our success in Aph
is that the people understand the true issue nOEk
fare them, and that they turn out, and go to ils
polls on the days ofeleciion. You must arouse toe
lreemen ofthe North; present Prontss course o.
the Chickasaw question in its true light, together
with his disorganizing course generally and ny
word for it, the Independent Seutherners Claiborne
and Davis, will prevail by heavy vote over af
Northern federalist. As 70 WoRD, we have nothing
to fear; large number of the wings here will %
support him. He is altogether out Of the quest'l
United STATES Csurt.-The subject Of a new
District Court Of the United States for the Nom
ern and Eastern portions of The State Of MISS
sippi, to held its sessions at Columbus is nov b
fore the Senate Of The United States.-We kOo'
Of no subject now before congress which isoln@
actual importance to the people Of this imusS
ate section OF country than this, and we trust h'
the Bill reported will speedily become Law.
Gainesville RepOrIa.
The last Mercer, Pa. Luminary says that t'n
siderable excitement prevails in the southwest
part OF that county, on account Of the developna
of the following facts in recent trial before
magistrate.
Dr.--,(a physician Of some standing RS
ding in that part Of the county alluded to- rsg'
ed from trip to the eastward last fall bnngn
: with Lin young student, apparently ahod
. years Of age, who continued to live with hn y
til within week or ten days STAGE, whea--'
: reasons best known to themselves--susp'cloa'
) were excited in the minds of the citizens thai Y
A aforesaid student was a--FEhALE Un
strength Of these suspicious, application was ns'
to Justice for warrants 10 arrest the Dr' y
!, his student. These were granted. The aTeas'
made-The suspicious proved true--and y
II were bound over, in the sum Of $500 each, y