Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1838-01-20
INAUGURATION OF GOV. McNUTT.


ted for the performance Of the ceremony.
At IL o'clock, the procession moved to the
State House, in the following order;
Sergeant at Arms,
Committee of the House,
Committee of the Senate,
Governor Elect, supported on either side by the
Chairman Of the Committees,
Judge Of the High Court Of Errors & Appeals
Chancellor of the State,
Secretary of State and Attorney General,
Treasurer and Auditor,
Members Of the Legislature,
Distinguished Strangers,
Members Of the Bar,
Physicians,
Citizens Generally.
The Senate, in the meantime, came in and took
seats assigned them. The ladies' occupied a
prominent position in the Hall. Silence being re-
stored, the Governor arose and delivered his in
augural address. A br.ahIess silence prevailed
while his Excellency was speaking, until he made
aIluson to the gallant Chieltain, whose services
had conferred lasting benefits on the State. A
spontaneous burst of applause then rung through
the spacious Hall; the feelings Of tho multitude
could not be represscd. There is a charm about
the namo of General Jackson, which can never
fail to produce thrill of patriotic emotion in all
true hearted Americans.
After Major McNutt finished his address,
Judge Sharkey, the senior Judge Of the High
Court of Appeals, administered the oath Of office.
The Sergeant.at-Arms then pronounced Alexan-
der G. McNutt, Governor of the State Of Missis-
ss;;,E, and commander-in-chef Of the army and
navy thereof.
Col. Bingaman, President of tho Senate, on
behalf Of the Governor, invited the members of
the Legislature, and citizens generally, to meet
him at his house at five o'clock in Me evening
The Legislature then adjourned for tho day,
BY six o'clock in the evening, the Governors
mansion was filled 10 OVERLOOKING. The ladies',
with smiling countenances and rosy cheeks. were
seen minglng in the joyous crowd. The town
Of Columbus had representatives in The fair circle,
which Wed with the "lovellesi Of the lovely
Democrats and Wings, Nullifers and mo party"
men, oil met on terms Of intimacy and good feel
ing, paying their respects to one Of the most ibe-
raj and intelligent chief magistrates we have ever
had.
The company separated at an early hour, de-
lighted with tho hospitality manifested on the oc-
casion.
CANADIAN NEws.-The eyes Of the public
here are now fixed with great anxiety on the
course Of events on our northern frontier We
have reIrained from publishing the various ru-
nots, hoping to have received by tho last north
ern mail some authentic information. But we
have been disappointed. No northern mail came
on Thursday evening last, and our readers must
wait with US until next week to get a true account
Of the state of things at the porth.
The only news that can be relied upon as cor
rectis the capture and destruction Of the steam
toa:: Caroline, which called forth the special mes
sage of the Governor Of New York, published in
another column of Our paper. This was Ger
tainly a most uniustifiable and outrageous act on
the part Of the Canadian Royalsts, and if sane.
Toned by the British Government may lead to
war between the two countries. The next mail
will probably bring us important and authentic
news.
" Our neighbor of the Argus, COL ?. b.
Barker, who has recently become The sole propr,.
etor of that establishments has enlarged his paper,
and much improved It's appearance. The Argus
SNOW one Of our neatest Journals, and is, every
way, well conducted. Its politics are the very
opposite OF ours. and Of course such as we con-
denim, but we will not on that account, withhold
tho commentator due to merit and enterprise.
Why does the Argus still perseverc to misrepre.
sent Mr.. Van Buren, on the subject Of the abol-
ton of slavery in the District of Columbia Does
it act upon the principle that all is fair in politics,
or does it believe that its readers can be gulled
by garbed extracts, and are so ignorant as not
to know that Mr., Van Buren, is solemnly pledged
to the South and to the whole world, to VETO any
bill which Congress may pass to emancpate the
slaves of the District In his Inaugural Address
Mr.. Van Buren, declared in effect that no bill to
interfere with slavery in the District, VI else
where can ever "receNe his constitutional sane
tiOn." This is all that the South expects! Why
then attempt TO excite the prejudces Of the South
against Mr. Van Buren,, on this exciting topic
II is unjust and illberal in the extreme, and evn-
ces the weakness Ct party that can resort to so
miserable an eXpcdient.