State rights and democratic union. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1839-18??, 1839-09-03

! people. Well, ii the people have actual,
. decided against you on this test question and
I pivot principle Of your policy, would not Jus
Difference TO popular wishes have induced
Q you, when thus condemned in all that should
!. honorably connect you as . party, TO forbeaI
4 10 urge upon them ], our claims for prefer
] ment and power? But who are they, thai
} affect this reverential respect for the wishes
j of the massl Those who have been for gen
erations past, pressing this measure, after
repeated reflections, and abusing the ''many
. headed monster" the "gulIlble rabble" for
} their obdurate opposition to this very scheme
Eof 1 National Bank!
! But this is not the only somerset, Of which
have It in my power to remind my political
opponents, Though very warm personal
i friends,) in this quarter. The people Of
Greene remember something of the agitation
of the subject Of direct trade; by the candi-
dates in last years canvass. No topic was
more warmly or extensively discussed. MY
colleague and myself were exposed to the
most overwhelming torrents Of the gentle.
mems patriotism, for our unfortunate advo.
cacy Of this Sectional" scheme; for, by a
monstrous perversion Of human speech, the
friends of Free Trade are always exposed to
| the charge of "Sectiona ism, !" whenever they
attempt to remove the expressions of the few
favored rnonopolists. My dear Sir, would
South require the appropriation Of the rom-
mon funds to its improvement; the deepen
ing of its rivers, the enlargement Of its har.
bors, the construction Of its canals, lts turn.
pixies or Its railways; the protection Of its
manufactures, OF the pensioning of It's bank.
ing institutions. Nothing of all this-No.
thing but that our common parent would
permit Us to enjoy, unplundered, the natural
resources of our situation; should only leave
US TO or God, our soil and ourselves. Yet
it avaIled but little. Our unbacked argu
uments weT. OF feeble force against the SUI.
perior eloquence and standing OF our oppo-
nents, and we were defeated. Well, as YOU
had left me, gentlemen, sufficient leisure I'D.
on my hands, concluded some time after
the meeting of the Legislature, to pay visit
to Tuscaloosa. The day after my arrival,
while stan ing in the lobby of the Lower
House, halt squeezed TO death by crowds of
anxious candidates for Legislative favors,
scene took place which forcibly arrested nv
attention. A resolution came up on its pas
sage. offered, think, by Mr.. Payne, of Sum.
ter, declaring that "Direct Trade with Eu.
rope was of vital importance to the interests
of Alabama" Of course, expected that
Wings and Democrats would be divided, as
before the people, on the proposition--the
the latter supporting it, and the former vo
ting it down as a humbug. Bat Judge of my
establishment, when found it had passed b |
universal assent! Sir, was so little disposed
TO trust the evidence of my senses, that had
almost to pinch myself, to make sure that |
was not dreaming. But, looking around me,
saw the same eager faces of the candidate |
Bank Directors, md before me, in all SO. |
IeInnity, the collected wisdom Of the State |
There | saw the classic profile of that very
intelligent gentleman and once good nuIlii. |
er, our s'rather not run" Governor, the mem.
Der from Tuscaloosa There I recognized |
the eternal smlrk of Mr.. Preacher Politician |
Ilillyard. here the Demosthenian Inca. |
ments of that notable orator, Mr.. Jones, of |
Butler. There, the courteous expression of |
the truly eloquent gentleman from Greene, |
and there the honest features, Mature never !
less belied its characters,) of my warmly es
teemed friend before me. There they sat in |
their Curuie seats, our Conscript Fathers, |
with all the gravity Of the Roman worthless, |
who calmly awaited the arrival Of the con-
quering Gauls in the Senate House. SIR I
have said that all this surprised me. must
be understood as abiding to the suddeness of
the event, and the excellent acting Of the
parties; for, had never from the fist doubt.
ed. that they who had breasted like oaks the
rising zephyr, would bend like courtly osiers, I
when it should have freshened into gale and /
gathered into storm. was full well assured,
that this scheme of commercial emancipation
would laugh down the puny opposition of in.
terested politicians: that they and theirs
must retire before the chariot wheels of its
destiny.
Admirably well suited is this loosely prin. +
cipled party, in the very consistent individual
who stands most prominent amongst their
for the Presidency. will not
urge Mr.. Gays early and able opposition to
the National Bank, on constitutional grounds,
and rules of Interpretation, which no consid.
erations of expediency could vary. | will \
only point yon to the fact, that he has lately
written to friend in Mississippi, declaring
his readiness to abandon the Bank, at any
rate for season This we will set down as /,
No. i in the list Of his REGISTRATIONS, his dis.
graceful confessions Of fundamental error.
Il there he any Of his friends near, he may
check them off on his fingers, and if time al
lows, will give him employment for every
one Of his digits:
Cncnndlv rnne;jor HE Hs..;Sr ..,a.... L.: