Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1838-05-05

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The Administration insists that the Govern
ment and people shall have the sans currency
and that il shall be gold and silver or their equiva-
lent, as provided by the Constitution and laws OF
the land.
Its opponents insist that the Government and
the people shall have the same currency and that
il shall be deprecated bank notes and worthless
shin plasters IN violation Of the Constitution and
laws, in subyersion of the public faith and in de.
rogaton of all moral principle.
Let those who raise this cry Of better cunen
CIV for the Government, and worse for the peo-
pie, come out and tell US what they mean. Bank
notes redeemable in gold and silver, they tell u.s.
are better currency than the gold and silver
themselves II the notes be redeemable, and the
Government do not take them, and the people do,
tho people, according to these gentlemen's theo-
~, will have the better currency, and the office
| holders The trerss They cannot mean, there
fore, that to give Office holdera specie, and the
people ,edeenGbis bank notes, is 10 give the for
mel better currency than is enjoyed by the lat
ter What then do they mean by this cach-wordi
Do they mean, that the people are forever to have
no other currency than lHedeemable bank notes
and miserable shin-plasters Is it TO make the
people forget their constitutional and legal rights
| and be forever content 10 take for a currency,
whatever paper may be thrown out by broken
banks and banknpts Of all sorts, that these men
wish TO force the Government to receive this
ubominabe irashf Having crammed It down
tho throats of the people, do they wish 10 make
them content with their situation. by examining It
down the throat Of the Government also We
have forced tho people TO submit to a violation OF
the Constitution and laws, sound policy and NOR
Il a 4 Ia.
mt also See the people will submit forever
TO have deprecated and fraudulent currency
why should moi the Government submit also
This is in substance the language Of certain pol
iticians.
If.hs cry be not wholly insincere and hypo-
critical, those who utter II are striving to impose
on tho people forever, or Of least FOR an indefinite
period, a deprecated paper currency and TO force
the Government into their policy. Instead oil
making the Government and people equal, by res,
toring currency ofspecic or its equivalent, they
would make them equally the recipients Of ire
doemable and fraudulent paper. Which platform
of equality will the people stand upon Will
they have currency Of specie OF its equivalent
or, will they be content with iredecmabe bank
notes and shin. plusters, and compel the Govern.
ment to receive and pay them out also' They
will answer these questions at the polls.
(T'o be ContinWed.)
SIN Isaac NEWTON The wonderful saga.
u city and discoveries Of Sir Isaac Newton being
: :, the subject Of conversation in mixed company,
some knowing person observed that he thought
c the Philosopher must have had intercourse with
II Demsa. AYE, that he had" said shrewd
= fellow, "and can tell you his name il was
demon sfaon,"
q The Canton Register Of the 9TH Nov. states
that tho probable stock Of tea on the LIST Of April.
Il 1898, would BIO 47,9o6,O00 pounds, which is
y about year and quarters supply.
:, Capt. Jcnning Of the barquo Leonidas, at N.
= York from Malaga, reports that when he sailed,
it was believed in Malaga, that the troops Of Don
: Carlos were within thirty miles Of that place, ard
!. un attack was expected.
: A letter from Trenton, N. j., dated 9Th inst
s'n,os there are Is cases Of small rox in the N.
= Jersey state prison. The ., pero,n WHO sick.
! ened with the disorder had beon in solitary con-
:. finemcnt for more than year.
i The Governor Of Tennessee, in accordance
;. with the provisions Of the act Of tho last Lcgis
!. lature, has subscribed S650,000 in behalf Of the
A State, to the stock of the Charleston and Ohio
e Railroad Company.
e The Boston Post gives US tho following as The
) result Of tho mission Of Bldde's agents 10 that
!. city which was noticed in our columns a day or
;, two since. AT the coming election, the people
r, Of Baltimore will have an opportunity OF record.
e ing by their votes, the opinion OF the Bldde
d shn-paser party. Ball. Rep.
Y alt is currently reported that Mr.. Bddle has
y coaxcd or frightened the Boston Banks 10 join
lr HIM in refusing TO resume specie paynent-we
=. have no doubt but they have acceded 10 his wish
cs viii our Legislature do nothing 10 save tho
l. people Of Massachusetts from the curse of shin
II plaster currency! VIII ii suffer the banks longer
,r to mock the peoplel
l. FoLLY ASD DiscoNTEST.--Thc following
II little anecdote Of person who had contemplated
&c self destruction is very beautiful and touching
Is II was weary of life, and, after day such as
1t some have known, and none would wish to re-
4 member, was huryng along the street TO the nv
at or, when (oIt sudden check. | turned and
c, behcld title boy, who had caught hold Of the
n skirt of my cloak in his anxiety TO solicit my no
IN tee His look was irresistible. Not less SC
CT Oas lhe lesson he had learnt "There are six Of
O. us, aud ~e are dying fol The want of lood,, "WbJ
IS should not sa,d to myself relieve this wretch.
ch ed family ! have the meuos, and il will not de.
d. fay me many minutes. But Via, if it does! The
mt scene of misery he conducted ne to, | cannot
hs describe. | threw them my purse, nd their burs
he Of gratitude oyercamc me. Il filled iv eyes-I
Of went as a cordial to my heart. | wihcal to
he morrow,I cried. Fool that ] was, to tE,k q
.se leaving world where such pleasure was 10 !,
ost had and so cheap Rodgers Italy.
nd MArRIMoHIAL SrATisrics--ANah age {
70 sixty there are but twenty-five unmarried men
ch live for AS married; seventy, for eleven bacl
"a elors who may chance 10 be uhve there are min