Columbus Democrat., 1838-08-25

Hiei saoald have been expressly excepted in the
cessiOn, as we believe it has been dcnc IN the
Safe Constitution Of Arkansaw.
We have thus answered tue first question Of
the Argus clearly, We hope, and ially. Ii The
Editor wishes to know more Of our views upon
the subject Of slavery, we will cheeriully lmpart
them to hun. As the writer Of this article was
born, raised and educated ., the south, and has
never been beyond The limits Of slave holding
State, he may perhaps be better acquainted with
The subject Of slavery than one jus, from the
north, who may not have seen a iro5llg head un.il
he passed Mason 4 DYou's line, and who pos
slbly, had he continued in the land Of his nativity,
might now be member of some abolition So
ciety, and engaged in printing and disseminating
the tracts of Arthur Tappan & Co. We do not
make the charge.-But man we know, is, in a
great degree, the creature of circumstances.
"2l If you believe that Sub-Treasury, such as
proposed by Mr. Van Buren, and advocated by Mr.
Calhoun, the best plan for the collection and dis
burSement of the revenues OF the Union, do yod
collection and disbursement OF their revenues =
Perhaps It would be, perhaps not. But does
the Argus recognise no difference between tie
general aud State Governments We, Demo-
Gratis believe that there is considerable differ
ence, and that what might BE a highly wise and
prudent measure in the one, might be equally as
unwisc and umprudent in the other Besides,
there are many things which the States have
right to do, thai the general Government has not;
among these is the power to incorporate Banks,
which the States have assumed as one Of their
reserved rights. This power is not granted to
Congress by the Constitution, ana of course 1t
cannot rightiully exercise IT, II the States will
charter Banks, they are bound by moral obj
gaton TO receive their notes in payment of all
dues so long as the banks act in good faith, and
conhne themselves within the limits Of their char
tiers. We have never been opposed to the State
banks, properly modelled and conducted More
than two months ago June I'd ult.) we made
this same remark But if they cannot be better
modelled than at present, and kept under due res.
traint, we say, down with them ALL Let the
State Governments like the federal, sever all con.
neetion between themselves and the banks, and
return TO the constitutional currency gold and
Silyer.-Let US have no more banks and monop-
o!ies created by legislative enac'ments- bank
ing be free and uarestrained, and credit dery-
ell solely from The cosiidencc that men place iii
each other" To this system, we shall most pro-
badly come at last. The lei olon. policy ap.
plies, perhaps, with greater force to the credit
system than to any other.
"3d As the uh-Treasurv scheme, as propo,ed
by Mr. Van Buren, requires the revenues Of the
country to be collected and disburSed in cold and
silver, do you not think it highly proper for the State
Of Mississippi to ctdect aud disburse her revenues
in gold and slver:"
This question is answered above. 1t is, indeed,
ideudca with the 2nd,. Of course the same an
swcr applies to It.
cath Under any circumstances would you sup.
port the Special Deposit System;"
Yes, we would prefer it to National Bank If
il was the only alternative.
"5th Under any circumstances would you refuse
your support to any measure that Mr. Van Burcn, as
The head of the modern Democratic party should
propose "
And would you, under any circumstances,
gics your support to any measure recommended
by Mr. Van Buren, unless you thought it would
have some tendency to bring the old federal party.
into power and make their leader, Henry Clay,
President We supported Mr. Van Buren, pre-
vIous to his electon--since he has been presi-
dent, he has conlormed strictly TO all his pledges,
and 1t would be Inconsistent in US to desert his
administration while he pursues the same course.
Should he change and recommend a National
Bank, we quit him at once. But how has it
been with the Argus. BY tho magic Of shinplas-
tiers. and bank promises, il has been suddenly con.
verted from hot state rights into federal jour
nal of the first water. Being in the immediate
neighborhood Of The Banks. It's masters, whom it
fears as it does old nick il has had to "whee
about, and turn about" with all the nimbleness
and dexterity Of Jim Grow.
There are other articles IN the Argus which we
had intended to notice, but we have neither time
nor space to-day.
COLUMBUS ASSOCIATION, The Lecture Of
DIR. Estes delivered before the Association on
Tuesday evening last was particularly nstructng.
His subject was health" and by the clear and
common sense way in which he explained how it
might be preserved many Of his audience were
convinced that they might in future be their own
doctor. lie recommended frequent bathing as a
preventive Of disease, and stated that cold water
poured upon the head from height Of five or six
feet, would cure the headache. We hope DR.. e.
will consent to repeat bis Lecture on some future
evening
Col Barker, the editor of the Argus, will deIiy-
er the next Lecture on the 4th Sept
BY Alexander 6. M'Nutt,
CoVERSoR OF rHr STATE oF MISSISSIPPI