Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1839-06-22

No man was ever more artenty Or enthusiast
lca.Iy supported by any party, Than Htmm G..
Runnels has bsen by the democrats. They have
adhered To him through evil and through good re-
port. No imprudsu-e, no calumny, ever shook
Their devotion and support, When he vas up as
The representative Of principle. And there we're
many men who did have personal objections, be-
leving h'm To- be liierule sud TO violent yet
none Of these considerations prevented their
warm and ardent support.
have no pish to DO Gov. Runnels the slight
est injustice. | make Oh due allowances TO- has
want OF education aud early advantages, lor hs
ungoyernable passions; bat must be permitted to
say, that DO Is making bat "A poor return Tor The
high devotion With which he has uniformly been
sustained by The democratic party. Its not nigh,
Tor hun to attempt 10 prescribe any member oi
his party who does not agree with him about the
policy Of the Onion Bank Why should he seek
10 drag that institution into the political arena :
Let II be Judged by The merits OF dement's of rs
policy independent Of party considerations. Is
the wrath Of the officers Of that institution 10 be
visited upon every man of either patty who hap
pens to dsappfobale us policy II so. tho bank
will, in a short time, be the government aud rule
the people And above all, is an officer Of the
bank, who attempts TO coerco the Governor OF
the State, - be entitled to that peculiar consd
Grafton from The democratic party which your cor
| respondent would ntmalel Is he to be applaud
ed Tor making this personal ground Of oppos.
ton 10 the democratic candidate, and then TO be
held up 10 The peculiar sympathy Of the democratic
party appeal to the calm reflection Of all
men
Your correspondent assures you, that Gov
Runncls is not Wing, and has no intention Of
abandoning the democratic pnny. trust that il j.
so but one thing Is certain, he is alleualtd from
nearly all his old democratic friends and associ.
ales, and has become quite intimate with his for
ner political enemies, much 20, that he aud
the late Governor aro hand and glove, than whom
no man was ever more hercely denounced than he
| by Gov Runnels. These things may be nothing
more than the courlesies Of HE; but they look
suspicious in man Of Gov RunneIs' lempera
Inent, especially when taken III connection with
his course IN other matters.
II is also known IN this county, that while the
notes Of many mechanics have been rejected, a
discount was gwen &c II printer i,,-;lll,e Of means.
~aosc oh,cc was TO establish bank press ut
jackson 10 oppose the nominees Of the demo.
| cratic convention. Gov. Runnes may have had
nothing 10 do with this project on foot; but it is
hardly to be supposed he was ignorant Of the in.
tcnlion and the project proposed.
My object Is to place this affair in It's true light,
that you may form an accurate dpinlon on which
side the. injustice lies. One reflection must be
gratifying to all who have at heart the advance.
mont Of truth and principle. Gov Runnels, oxlen-
svp MS his influence once was, has not been able
to produce any scism IN our ranks. The demo.
cratic party is a solid phaanx. That gentleman
cannot, throughout tho State, rally an hundred
democrats N opposition to the present Governor
| So lrendIess IL be who swctvcs from The tgue
faith aud hia old friends. Tho why's aud Gov.
Runnels can bill and COO as much MS they please,
they cannot defeat The democratic party and its
nomination. individuals mny abandon us; but
the people are with US with redoubled confidence
in the integrity Of on principles.
An On DEMocRAT.