Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1839-07-13
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/ The Columbus Democrat, brawlng stiper1ary
+ OF fi government, tnti, ue iauillgg 1nsuasr 20
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f s1-.fy Uf ibe Msmtcrs ui congress, a 5lHt ih
te legislature, aud sha. c.eet q demncralc senator
mex, u.nrsr in she place Of Ryts. THIS Is a three
y,r1as rtsuL--Il settles the question: ieEiefs
tie rejection Of Martin Van Buren, absolE.e.y Ger
tain
Nov how stands the fact 10 Congress we have
/ cerihnly nine members Ose scat conceded 20
I nclsco g.. be contested by bis wing competitor
/ while 10 another the result IS extremely doubtful.
! Bat giving to the spoIsmen The contested seat and
/ the doubtful one and we shall have nine aHi they
neelrs Wonderful large majority tbs MAJOR
/ IT'S 10 ihe legislature lar from this beng the
! fact, tie wings aud conservatives have on Jolt bal
/ jo,. majority of sizfscn. We cannot believe that
/ file editors Of the Democrat were ignorant Of the
true state Of the case al the time they put forward
| this aisehood, and we are bound 10 believe y de-
berale attempt 10 deceive their readers and con-
| eea. rom Them the truth. The ru'e viii not sue
coed, il wlI not affect the Mississippi election, The
wing press viii give the people correct Information,
aBd these who have attempted to deceive item VIII
! be visited with their seyerest Indignation.
Vieksbwg Whig.
The above did not strike our eye, until II was re-
aectcd in the beams Of that bright lumnary at Jack
son. called the Southern Sun. There is scarcely
fact or a word Of correct information in the state
men's Of the Fick'burg paper It's assertion that
the wings have certainly nine members from Virgin
ia 10 Congress is clearly and undeniaby wrong and
it is barely possible that the Edror can plead ignor-
ance as an excuse for the mistake He claims we
presume, Il. NJ T. Hunter as wlg and opposed
10 the leading measures Of the administration. This
is not So Mr. Hunter, every body knows, is
warm advocate Of the ub-Treagury--he is, in fact
no more Of a wing than is the Editors neighbor,
Dr. Hsgan of the Sentinel The delegation to
Congress from Virginia stands eight wings to thr-
teen democrats, and of those set down as wings,
two, Messrs. Garland aud Hopkins are pledged TO
oppose the Administration only on the Sub Treasu-
ry. So we have clear majority Of five, and, one
question only excepted, Of nine in Congress Tins
we call pretty considerable majority. 10 the Leg
stature, we still believe the democrats have ma
joriiy, tho It is impossible to know with certainty
until that body meets. The insinualon Of tie wing
that the statement which he copies from us relative
to the Virginia result is /" deliberate attempt to
deceive our readers and conceal from them the
truth, is false and unl0undcd. We spoke what we
honestly believed to be the truth, from the returns
before us. There was no ruse, no attempt on our
part to deceive or impose upon any one. In the
same number of our paper, and in the very same
column, from which the wing quotes, we cdndidly
declared, "we mean not to cay that this statement
is entirely correct, but it is founded upon the latest
and most authentic information that we have receiv.
3D." Does thi, look like an attempt to impose up
On any one, or 10 conceal the truth
So much for the correct information of the
wing press. Mr. Jefferson recommended it to the
partisan press Of his day to divide their columns in.
10 the true, he probable aud The false,
n order to keep any one from being imposed upon.
rhe only division which could prevent imposition
N the part Of the wing press Of the present day
you'd be /" the probable The improbable" and
the false" The article from the Vicksburr pa
er, on which we have commented, and in fact all
he wing statements respecting the Virginia EIec-
ons should come under the last head.
The following article respecting the congress.
iona election in the neghboring district, in Ala
anna, is from the Tuscaloosa Flag. All tho in
ormaton that we have received from the district |
toes to confirm the statements Of the Flag:
CoNGREssloNAL ELECTION. Our advices
rom the several counties in this district are of
he most cheering character. Every thing indl-
ates triumph for MIR Ellis, the democratic can
ldatc. In Taedego, Perry, and Plckens, three
counties in which General Crabb received major
ties Mt the last election 1t is believed that Mr.
Ellis will beat the General farther than the Gen
raj beat him last year. If this belief be well |
ounded-and we cannot doubt It our selyes-the |
,hange in these counties alone will secure the |
election of Mr. Ellis. But these are not ALL In |
Greene and thus county, the two that gave the |
General his heaviest support IN August last, his
mniorltes will he much lessencd. We should |
moi be at all surprised if he found himself in
minority in thi, county. In Sumter, the parties
safely be made if, however, we were TO Judge |
Ilom the fears we heard expressed by an lntelIl
gent whig gentleman a few days since, we should |
say that Mr. Ellis would receive majority |
The balance Of votes will not be large on either |
side and in estimating the majority in'this dis
tricl, Sumter may be reckoned as q stand off In |
the remaining counties Of Bib, Shelby and JEFF |
Ierson, Mr. Ellis majority may be reckoned at
upwards Of four hundred votes. Ills entire ma.
lority in the district we estimate, in round mum.
bers at six hundred.
ave do no, make these remarks for the pur. |
pose OF inspiring any one with false hopes. We
believe what we say. We do not think we have |
estimated his majority too high in any county.
We could adduce many good reasons or our con-
cluAon IN this matters but neither our time nor |
space will permit There has been change in
avor OF the administration gradually working its
way through the district ever since the last cleo.
on--lt has pervaded every county, bu, the effect
/ has wrought will be seen and felt more in
Greene, Perry, Talledega and pickeus, than in
he other counties. Our opponents have either
been ignorantly or wilfully blind TO this change,
md they therefore reckon Spon the same vote
low for their candidate, when he is opposed up.
III the stump b, such man as Mr. Ellis, that he