Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1838-06-02
COLUMBUS, MISS.
SATURDAY, JUNE ?, 1888.
Demserais Ceseidate for United Siaies Senator.
JAMES F. TROTTER, or LoaDEs.

gan" We do not know what idea our federal
neiehbor attaches to the term ." loco ioee.7 We
suppose be intended ], as an epilhei Of rProach,
as conveying a charge Of agrananlsm, Of hostility
to the oxisiins institutions Of the county, and
particularly to the credit system. BeIt 50, We
care not. We have the consolation to know that
tho same charge might with equal justice be
brought against the best and purest pairioh, and
wisest statesmen Of the land-agaInst all, indeed,
who are the genuine disciples Of the JeileFsonan
school We are not ashamed Of our political
prnciples. We have never hesltsted to ayow
them openly and fearessly. We have never
swered from thom in the slightest degree. We
have never advocated one doctrine at one lime
and different one at another. We have aver
masked our opinions, and pretended to be shat
we we're not, we have never attempted TO atch
the popular breeze. yeerng about from the tght
to the lelt-at one time nulIiiier, and at anOiher
bank man, now a strict construcuonlst and
anon disciple of Daniel Webster, passing from
the extreme Of notification to ultra federalism,
denouncing the Force bill as it is called, and az
forwards supporting its wamest advocate for the
Presidency, holding up the public character and
principles Of Martin Van Buren,, at one moment,
as worthy of the deepest damnalIon," AMI at
the next recommending his early lrond--a man
who has supported him in all his measures save
one, as a fit candidate for the Vice Presidency,
From such charges as these, at least we arc
free. How far our paper can justly DO termed
Z" loco ioco organ" will be seen from thu fol-
lowing declaration of pnncIpIes--a declaration
which We have frequently made before, and to
which we have adhered, through good and though
evil report, in tho hour ofdcleai as well as Of tn
umph, and to which, come veal or come woe, We
mean 10 adhere 10 tho end
/. A literal Interpretation of the Federal Con
silution-opposilion to National Bank, to a
protective tariff and internal improvements by the
General Government.
9. The total separation of the government from
all banks.
3. The support of the State governments in
all their rights as the most competent adminlsra
ton for our domestic concerns, and surcst bull
work against anti-republican tendencies"
4. 'Rhe preservation OF the General Govern
meni in its whole constitutional yigor."
5. That gold and silver are the only con,i
'utional currency"
6. That credit should be free and unres
trained, and derived from the confidence which |
men place in each other"
We are not opposed. to-tho State banks 'h~'
properly conducted and under proper restrictions
As society exists, We could not do without them
They are indispensable agents in well regulate
ID credit system, against which We have never
oisod our voice. We have never, indeed, SAID
much in favor Of tho hanks, because, IN truth,
heir conduct has seldom, of late, been such as to
deserve communication, but we have never con-
lemned them ndiscriminately, and our columns
always have been, and ever shall be open TO their
vindcation from any charges that may be brought
against them.
Such is our political creod-such arc the prin-
cpes of government which we have always ad-
yocated. Ii they constitute Loco Focolsm, the
Argus may make the most Of it.
But, says the Argus, " The Sceptre has de-
parted from Judah, and the people are begin
ING to assertion the source from whence 10 derive
correct information" What characteristic mod
esty Go, all yc honest democrats Of Lowndes
to your new organ, the Argus, Z" for correct m
formation" We ale no lenger deserving your
conference.-the Democrat is no longer worthy OF
your support. VIVA, though, we have ever re-
NAMED the same, firmly sustaining your prlnc'-
pies and interests, and what though your new or
gan has been every thing by turns and nothing
long, yet you must 50 over TO him and desert
your long tried friend You have ut length walked
up flom your Rip Van Wrinkle sleep. For a long
time you have been supporting men and measures
that YOU must now condemn. You have been pur
blind lor halt score of years; your eyes are
now open, new and shining light has appeared,
light which has dssipated the msts ofcrror. and
shed abroad the gores Of federalism. in all the
beatty and sublimity with which they haze been
clothed by Inc God like Daniel, and this light is
tho Southern Argus You once knew it as a red
hot notification print, it has now become the
"real grit" and is the source from whence you
are to draw correct information" Al least
the Editor tells you so, aud you know you must
believe him. But take care lest this new light
prove Win o the Wisp, and lead YOU among
the boggs.
TO be serious, however, if the Argus thinks
that temporary defeat, a defeat not so much Of