Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1839-03-05

on the roadto that city we were informed that
the Hotels we're fulI, and that unless We we're
4 Major d COlousl. we would find It diff
cult to prodlre comfortable lodgings We felt
j odlsI having By sort Of Iegefdenain
pfoce pjocured one Of the above titles
y obo tint ago. Someof our fellows asser-
GERS locke rather blue at this intelligence, and
various wire the suggestions made how to pro-
.curo a It'll. t was arranged. however. that.
if any difficulty presented ITSELF we should all
be Colonies and Majors. 0nCuFaTival M Jack
son, we found that our informant had exaggera-
ted the ruth somewhat, as we all obtained
lodgings without the necessity Of resorting to
our titles as an open sesGnse'' to our landlords
hospitality. We soon, however, had to be IN
troddced to the sojourners ia Jackson, and,
nv eyes, how asDnished we were to find our
self becoming acquainted with Generals, Co
lOnels and Majors BY the score. It seemed as
if the whole of the General and Regimental
stats were tone time congregated in the me-
trCpOlis Of the State. One evening we were
sitting with our Senator from this county, (and
man with better heart never existed, al
though he is a Van Buren, man, when IN step
ped one of the Bank Commissioners accom-
panied by another gentleman. A conversation
commenced, m the course Of which the Com
missioner addressed, particularly, the Senator.
q General" said he We looked up to see
who was addressed, when, to our astonishmenf,
we discovered that our plain Democratic Sc
nator had received this high sounding title.
We came to the conclusion that, as titles had
become so cheap and so common, we would
throw ours away, and call every body by the
plain and Republican title of MISTER. In ad.
diioh to this article we cannot refrain from
republishing the following from the Boston
Mercantile journal, in further illustration o.
the singular love of titles which pervades ON
whole community:
"We have often been amused with read.
ing newspaper reports of Judicial proceed.
ings, in various parts Of the common.
} wealth, and in other of the New England
States. Every other lawyer at least, by
receiving the appointment of aid to a
Governor, or a general of Militia, or a
commission in crack light infantry corps,
, becomes dubbed with military title,
which is applied to him on every occasion
, and which is henceforth his prenomen for
life. For instance, we may read of a case
having been tried in the Supreme Judicial
Court or the Court of Common Pleas, as
; the case may be, where his honor, Justice
: Brown, presided with great dignity and
] impartialily. The Plaintiff was the. Ho-
} nora6le Nicodemus Noodle, and the De-
t fendant, Timothy Twist, Esquire. Ma.
ny witnesses, all Esquires, Captains or
! Field Officers, were examined. Colonel
f Cornstalk, and Major Muggins, displayed
? their usual legal acumen, and surprising
1 powers of eloquence, in favor of the HO-
5 norG6ze Plaintiff while Captain Golget,
/ and DR.. IL. L. d. Draper argued with
astonishing ingenuity in behalf Of the de-
t PENDANT. The cause was submitted by
!; his Honor in voluminuos charge to an
intelligent iury-who retired, and after an,
: hours deliberation. came into Court, and
by their foreman, Deacon Nonsuch, de-
ciared their verdict in favor of the defen-
dant, which was duly recorded by General
Joliffe, the Clerk
''No foreigner, unacquainted with the
customs of New England, or of the Uni
ted States generally, for the ridiculous fol-
lily of which we speak, is not confined to
the New England States, can read such a
statement, without believing, as matter Of
course, that the cause was tried before a
military tribunal; or that a large proper.
ftion of our legal practitioners are disban-
ded officers Nor is this an exaggerated
statement; such things occur every day
as all our readers can bear witness. Plain
Mr.. is now days dwindled down into a
most Insignificant. parsonage this,
100, among people who pride themselves
more than any nation on earth, in their
pure democratic habits and feelings!
aHigh sounding, distinctive appellations,
after ali, neither add to the dignity of a
mans character, or increase the respect of
his fellow nen-what can convey a stron.
ger idea of commanding. talent, of. illus.
trious worth, of devoted patriotism, than
the simple word WASHINGTON p