Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1838-11-17

a,l ibe niles ,hey have. there Is none save dis.
That noi ou.y weeks b0h wsvS, bui Crp ircu and
s,sry ;-as, and proves Itself the mere correct IN
proportion 10 The balance II shows "a their lyour,
no matter what ths H.E.iiplifr IS, whether homes
iy, 'nck, OF S.-otig5m. That they VIII s,ay "a,
aome WITH their goods, SO long as We 30 10 them
70 buy, ls true but that they would come 10 US
70 sell il they found it TO their iniefos, - d. So,
after We cease 10 60 20 them Is, think, equally
true. Do you seHegsly think thar Mason and
DiNon's line presents such barrier as 10 prevent
Yankee enterprise from crossing. when there
would be prospect Of gam on the South side OF
~ What object would they gam IN seeding
from the Union because the South imported IL
own goods Nogd they be more respected
abroad as little Republic, than as they now arc'
Would they be more secure from foreign invasion
than they now are The reply IS obvious. You
nsmualon "ihat tie effort At direct lmportaiions
was mere political movement, to7 the advance
meni OF some YOU did not thiak proper To name"
Is worthy OF As much consideration as your ag-u-
ment against Southern Commerce. A,e you a
Georgian; ard do not know that the arrumcn,
of the party Of which YOU were member, mas.
that her domain could not be settled because IN
the hands Of Indians Are YOU Toup man.
and do not recolleci, that your patty would once
have taken up arms because some obstacles had
been opposed by the younger Adams to the pro-
per performance Of the compact OF 1872 Have
You forgotten the fact that the two States Of Ala
bama and Mississippi claiming under Georgia
and b. virtue Of chartered rights extended thryr
jurisdiction over an immense territory vet IN the
possession Of Indians
That every argument which could avail, was
employed by Southern men to induce the several
/ Treaties with the Greeks, Somnolcs. Cherukecs,
| Chocaws and Chckasaws; and that so soon as
made, the government required to offer these
ands Tor sale SO that the country might be settled
and our political strength increased DO YOU
not know that the great object Of Mr.. Clay
was to have the land parcell,d dmoHg Tie States
/ giving Connecticut and The rest share Of the
! domain OF Mississippi Have YOU not WiinesscC
and did you not describe with peculiar felicity
1.-THE immense augmentation Of om population
! although attributed to another cause AnC
/ finally, do YOU not know that more lhan on,
seventh OF the receipts iot Land came from these
/ States You blame the administration now, fol
inducing speculation, when 1t only acted il
obedience to the express wishes Of all the ragtie
! South OF tho Potomac, and iursoojh, becauSt
she has loaned tWenty.ScyCn millions of dollar
to the States and has fifteen millions TO her credi
IN Banks and cannot control a cent Of either yo
now jeeringly say, "shc wants one currency 70
The officers and another for the people"
You did not attempt 10 prove that this immcns
IN I,,G / ,.,,1 g. I
5. Money; and as You have compared the Stat
Bank circulation TO the material with which you
brooches pockets were sometimes stuffed, SC,
nc alternative BY your own slrcwIng but TO requlu
Speclsi not indeed ro destroy credit not to pa
officers onc,-bccausc you must know that no
a 1.-THE Of what is expended goes 10 the officer
Of government unless you choose to denominat
as such every man VINO furnishes supplics-vh
performs contracts at labor, or has claims pryat
or public under appropriation Of law; bu simpl
to prevent, as YOU say they should DO, any inc
quality III The currency OF N the collecting Of d
revenue,
Asto the requirements Of cash Tor Lands an
Customs "beng an effort TO abolish credit as b
tween man and man. at the awful effects
which YOU seemed to have such holy dread, perm
me 70 remark mat no system was ever so perm
clous as when lands were sold on time an
foreign importatons could be bonded or store
entitled to dobenlurc. The evil was dscoyere
long before the golden humbug," as YOU plea.
TO call the suspension Of small notes and whC
by subsequent legislation lands and customs WEI
reduced, it was also required, that cash wi,
, some few EXCEPTIONS should be paid. The on
difference Of opinion, then which can really oSl
: between YOU and Mr. Leakc is in regard to Il
"lndependont Treasury as proposed by hin
and some substitute for the proper receipt al
disbursement of the public revenue which "
: may imagine but did not express which sh'
: operate, until, in solemn convention, your "cont
: entious scruples, rs to the constiiuiioaalig Of
u Bank" can be removed or rcmedied. This th
d brings me TO the last of what heard from %
;, but for fear Of trespassing TO much on 70
q patience, must conclude with the best respects
Il Yours &c. LoWNpFs