The Pearl River banner. (Monticello, Miss.) 1837-18??, 1838-04-14
TIE CONTRAST.

Onlhe arrival Of Nj. Prentiss from
Washington he was received with open
arm. with the roar ~ cannon, and the
welcoming plAudils Of thousands .! free
meD.
4 On the arrival 81 Mr. Claiborne fronp
Washington hp as received with so gen
eral congratulations, no applause Of hon
ors. He came and il was unkuow; went
AID il was mol cared for At Washing
ton Mr., Prent,ss was admired BY all,
was honnred with the approving smiles
Of thousands, AID received the homage
Of hegreat; while Mr. Claiborne va.
permitted 4, dose ~ seeius,on Or went
his way sbeutthe streets of the capitol
unwept, unbonorrd and unsung. He
was ~ representative Of Others, and 10
ne thuueht he ought 10 be tie was
neither So great a genus as % command
sympathy. 81 80 great aknaye as to ex
cite ,u,nult II had erred, and erred
"a ally; h. had committed suicide upon
birse Il aod npon his own cause FL
tne sake 81 'ilt alitr his psrtisan- would
,u>trn bin; lor be sake of the former
lis errors perulWlrd the assignment oI
Jew bouors What now Is the relative
position q these two gentlemen. at home,
auong the treemrn who have known
hem long and intimately? While Mr.
i'rentls will goas with . triumphal marc
through the Stste ra!lying immense
crowds. and pouring forth before every
assem5iage resistless torreots OF eloquent
demonstration, Wide he will rouse as
with war cry thousands OF patriot hearts
ltotte rescue Of the insulted hooor and
rights Of the young giant of the South, 81
itnce every quihble Of his adveries in
the simple presentation Of facts apper
tanning to the great issue which has arts
en- o4,ween State .dyereisnty "a the one
hand and Federal eiIcrcachmenl ON the
other. and hush into utter scorn and deri-
sion the futile attempt Of tbs advrrssries
ofthe Stale 10 agitate those who should
be united az brethren tor Tie common
protection and welfare. into opposition
and entniiy among themselves upon a
| question 10 relation 10 which they all
have been and ever ought to be united as
one man; Mr Claiborne will wander a,
bout lonely and disconsolste as Death
bestrlde the pale horse upon an expedi
ton as hopeless as !, will be useless, as
lille likely to succeed as il would be
m,scb,eyeous IL il did He cannot con
vince The citizens Of M,ssippl that they
are abolitionists. or likely TO become 50,
until argument would be useless 10 in
stnctiye conviction fits truth He can
lnol convince one portion Of Them that
this is Is true Of another uniiIhe has sue.
coed in an effort. the seccess ofwhich is
not commensurate with his genius, TO
prove thai men willset al naught their
own interests, their own rights and their
own honor end duty % violate the consti
|tntion or their choice'and trampIe IN the
dust the valuable institutions under which
they have been reared. While Mr..
pren.iss comes home aud gives faithful
account Of bis stewardship, Mr.. Claiborne
comes under the protection Of his guar
dian spirits at Washington to ride Grip
pied hobby Of THEIR invention; aud
while the former satisfies all who but hear
him with candor that he has done his du
~. The latter Does no, coudescsnJ to say
any thing about il. The forner is arm
ed with The. eloquencc Of truth; the latter
wilh the 6rebranjs Of faction, In the
hauts uF the former, tie weapons Of hon