Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1838-08-21

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Yet vehea tie praises IL Judge rrot.
lerheralded forth lor the admiration 81 tie
people aGreai s Diana s. he Ephe-
sians " blind leaders of tie blind. %
YOU suppos his IDOL, lot s. gold norof
silver, but 81 wood, the workmanship Of
your own hands can be Imposed upon tie
Intelligent people, f Mississippi tor I Godl
The days q idolatry are oyeF;ihe seeptre
hus departed from your political Judah;
the braying 81 the ASS can be no longer
mistaken for the rearing Of the Lion.
We wanta man IN llie Senate who has
talent and ability TO serve tho people. and
one who win not barter away their rights
lor the win 81 he party. Judge Trot.
tor has not obeyed the win Of his consti.
tuents. Democrats Of Lowndes, You are
deceived IL you think that when you are
supporting Judge Trotter you are support,
ing Democrat He has joined himself
to the idols Of Iocofoeoisn. He has fol-.
lowed the file. leaders Of the party ii the
Senate with as much certainty and tame.
ness as does a young duck follow the old
one. It is only necessary upon any par.
| ~ vote 10 read "Alleps Benton, Brown,
TO know that the list will end with @Trot,
ter, Wright, Young" But Judge Trot.
ter went further than even Allen 81 Ben.
ton & Co. in voting for Mr.. Buchanan's
bill, scheme which the great humbugger
himself was not willing to support. Mr..
Wright's abolninable bill, as it has been
justly termed, repeating oil law in refer
encc to the safe keeping of the public mo-
ney and surrendering Of the treasury to
the absolute control of the Executive, re-.
ceived also the vote Of Judge Trotter,
thereby placing the millions Of the peo-
| PIES money in the hands of the Secreta-
ry and bis locomotive subtreasurers. Judge
I
Trotter is hard money man, one Of those
who thinks that the officers Of government
ought to have gold and silver and that
| filthy rags are good enough for the peo-
Iple. He gets his pay IN the yellorO boys
the real Benton mint.droPs. The jingling
of-the specie no doubt creates a very
pleasing sensation in the mind of the
Judge, and then, too, aohen that thirty per
cent. is added to his per diem allowasce,
and travelling expenses, to reduce it down
into the kind of money with which he pays
the mechanic for his labor, or to the farm.
er for his produce. Say, for instance, the
Judge leaves Washington with sixteen
hundred dollars all in COLBY the time he
gets home he can have $1,000 in that kinc
a of money with which his constituents arr
t compelled TO be content. What comfort
: able reflection to think INIT Gopernn.en
n aOhich l serre take such geOI care Of IL
5 officers; that it even makes our pocket
G like the widows cruise of oil. Who cal
d blame Judge Trotter for voting agains
J striking out the specie clause in the sub
r treasury billl This would have been il
!. favor of the people it is true, but can yol
II blame man for voting in favor of his owl
= interest andt interest of his brother OF
j. ficers Just for the sake of the people?-
Ie This would be too much to expect fror
5? SO disinterested patriot. This is tn
). man, fellow citizens, that has turned des
le ear to your cries of distress, and VIII
d probably thinks like the organ Of his por
4. ty, that "there is no pressure that any hor
c. est man ought to regret"
re The House of Representatives has bee
l. reformed; the peoples own represents
es tiyes have heard their voice and bowe
he submissive to their viii, but the Senate
er endeayoring to ride rough shod over I'll
&c will of the people. The people of Lownde
e. county now have an opportunity OF adm
u ing the reformation. For six long yeal
m viii your voices be raised in ain if yo
re let the present opportunity pass unin
fe proved. Letus raise the old watch or
i'd of the.republican party ''the price of lii
J. erty is .eternal vigilance"
m Judge Trotter, it is true, is nota cand
he date for the immediate sufIrages of Il
ed people Of Lowndes county, but samu
nd Butler Of the same political school is, an
On who, if elected viii vote for Judge Tro
its ter. Mr.. Samuel Butler, like the otht
he great legislator, has also set at naught ii
I'M will of his constituents and disobeyed the
d. known wishes. The majority of the
m 1ectors of this county signed a petition
nut the Legislature requesting a charter of ii
ed Real Estate Bank Of Columbus an i
he stitutien based upon correct principle
it and which has, indeed and in truth, bec
sc "lhe poor mans friend. I" II has steppe
ms forward nobly at "a time of unprecedent,
prs distress and relieved many worthy citizel
le; from actual bankruptcy, saving their pr
nd perty from being sacrificed BY the sheri
"a and giving the planter time to realize Il
1iS incnoaa frnyio 1,ss ,g.a-e.r4 ,,,.r, II