Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1838-09-29


rJ-An adjourned meeting Of the citizens Of the
town and county wi be bed at the Court House
in this place to-day, at 10 o'clock A. NJ. for ~,
purpose of appointing Delegates to me Merchants
Convention to be held at Augusta tGa.) next
month. 4 general attendance is requested.
We certainly had no intention IN the few s,rlc.
lures we made some weeks since on an article OF
tho Macon InlclIigencer, to misreprcsent the Ed
tors Of that paper, or TO charge them with lalse-
hood. WO gave their own words, and IT, IN the
hurry Of composition, We said any thing which I'M
rlicd such a charge, or which could be tortured
into Misrepresentation Of their views or state
mcnts, il was clearly what we did not design. At
the head OF our structures appeared the entire
sentence of the InteIligcncer charging Mr.. Van
Buren, with having supported tallil, and not so
mach Of It only, "as would suit our purpose. "
That purpose, was not to msreprescnt the Inielli-
gencer, 10 charge it with having told "an nbso-
Lutte unlruth," but simply to correct the erroneous
impression which ii was the obvious design of the
article, we were commenting on to produce, that
Mr. Van Buren, had always been a tariff man, and
that upon that subject the account between and
Mr. Clay was balanced. The charge against US
OF "vilhfyIng and making wliul pcrycrsons of
the writings Of our ncighbor" is wholly gratuit.
Gus and unioundcd, aud the Editors of the Intel
ligcncer, if they have paid any attention to our
course, must have known it, In our controversies
with the Argus Of this place we have mostly act
ed on tho defensive, and have never yfed, or
pcrveued,or misroprcsoa,ed wiliulIy single state
mint Or opinion expressed by that paper.
The Editors of tho Inteigencer say that they
I" have yet TO learn that Mr. Van Buren, is an An
u-TarIif man. Then the gentlemen have n
great deal 10 learn. II is well known that Mr..
Van Buren,, in a letter addressed to committee
Of gentlemen from North Carolina in 1892, de.
clared himself opposed to tho protective system.
His biographer, Professor Holland, distinctly
says, that he was always known TO be opposed to
u high tariff. His vote for helrorif Bill of 1928,
is no evidence of his opinions upon the subject,
rs that vote was gwen under positive legislative
instructions. Mr.. Van Buren, pledged himselft to
olow generally in the footsteps of his predcces-
'or. Can the lnlolligencer point out u single opn-
on officially expressed Of Gen Jackson, while
President which favored the protective system
On the contrary did he notropeatedly and earnest
y cndcavor toSmposs upon Congress the policy
ln1 necessity Of reducing the tariff! We think
his message will prove that he did. BY following
II his footsteps, therefore, Mr.. Van Buren, viii
make a very good ant'-tartf man.
The lnlelligcncer may be right in saying that
Gen. Jackson sanctioned appropriations to the a
mount Of some three millions, FOR internal i'm
hut the Editors remember to forget
that he prevented appropriations for the same pur
pose TO the amount Of hundreds Of millions, and
by his vetoes almost completely aunlhllaed this
system OF extravagaut and lnjudIcious expendi
turc. One Of the first joremads poured out by
Henry Clay after his election to the Senate Of the
United States, was over the prostration Of this his
favorite system. Gen. jackson put i, down. Mr..
Van Buren, will "iollow in his footsteps By keep
ing II dotrS.
As to a National Bank, every body knows that
M, Van Buren, is luecOncilabIy opposed to such
an institution, aud thu. Mr.. Clay il dcvotcdIy in
favor of it. That the latter is Supported Tor the
the Presidency chiefly by the federal, ana the Tor
mcr by the republican party, are truths which no
intelligent man will deny. Our account current
between those two distinguished individuals was
correct in every partcular-thero were no er-
rors TO be excepted" in it. 1t was not taken
from our blotter, or from any Of our books, bu,
from the recorded history and public acts of the
two gentlemen.
II the Editors of the lntclhgcncer are il
search of truth, and wish to understand the polih
iered 10 Mr., Madison's report of 90, and tn,
late Address Of the Democratic members Of Con
gress to the people of the United States, These
documents contain the true principles, and EN-
body the political creed Of the present udlunistra
ton. To understand the opinions Of Herr,
Clay they must consult the writings of Alexan
der Hamilton, and to know how he would shap,
his administration, and what measures Ne woul,
recommend should the American people ever b,
SO infatuated as to elevate him to the Presidency
they must look TO the reign Of the elder Adams
and that of his son, the notorious aboltionist
Johnny q.
Choetds Coaniy.-one Of the hate Represen
ta,iyes from this county has resigned, and an cleo
ton to supply his place is TO be held on the 22