Piney Woods planter. (Liberty, Mi. [i.e. Miss.]) 1838-1840, 1839-06-29


THE sublime truths contained IN the
doctrines Of his political sect. When.
ever the Wing or the letter writer
whom it quotes, are ready to discuss
those doctrines in dispassionate and
statesmanlike manner, ! doubt not
they will find ample opportunity ofdo-
ing so by applying to Gen. Brown
but he has that respect for himself
which forbids grog-shop Oulgarisnas even
with 'sthe knight Of the grey goose
quill'' who stands at the head Of the
Vicksburg Wing. ] trust he will not
suffer himseIfto be betrayed by any
invective or dirty ribaldry which may
be heaped upon him. into expressions
or conduct unbccoming the position
which he now holds beiorethe people
of Mississippi. The principles which
he advocates are the principles Of lib
erty and truth, and SO long as they are
sustained by reason and arguments
they must be invulnerableto the shafts
ofcalumny.
One Of Gen. Browns ardent and en-
thusiastic temperament, can preserve
proper equilibrium in times of high po-
litical excitement. only by pursuing
the even tenor Of his way, needless of
denunciations, whether from places Of
high or low degree. / trust he will 60
on as he has commenced, discussing
with fearless energy the great princi-
pies of our government, and exposing
political dcformity in all ITS various pha-
ses-refusing to be called off to collat-
eral issues-or to notice any other than
the great questions Immediately an
properly before the people. He ana
the whole party with whom he is uni
ted in this struggle, have nothing, to
fear from investigation fit be properly
conducted. Let the object be a diE-
gent search after truth-an earnest de-
sire to arrive at proper conclusions,
and the day is ours.
Ihcard the speech Of Gen. hrovn
at Columbia, and ! have listenedtohln
attentively OH one or Two ogher coca
sions since the canvass opened, and ne
thing can be mole Unjust than the
statements madein the Wing OF the
9th, nothing more untrue than the
statements of the letter upon which
those statements are based. His man
ner Of discussing the leading political
questions Of the day,is exactly the re-
verse Of what it is stated 10 be in these
prints. He avoids whenever have
heard him) with scrupulous attention
the repetition Of what the Wbig terms
"cant phrases Of the party" No such
words as ''monster, tyrant, enemies 81
ourliberties, destroyerofthe poor n5.4
rights &c. &c. were used BY hirA ii
reference TO the United States EaDlS
With whatever propriety lie might
have introduced these and similar eL
pressiops, to convey a correct ideA
Of what be and doubtless many Others
thinks of that institution and its .'dis
iinguished head" yet it is undeniably
true, that he did not do so. On tie
contrary, when Mr.. Henderson in hia
reply, charged Gen. Brown with tie
use OF some such words as these, TIL
letter writer will remember (if he wers
present indeed that Gen. B. made 10
an issue with the Hon. Senator, ard
in his rcjoinder, said with strong en-.
phasis, that he threw the impatation
back upon the gcntleman--he had
used no such language as that impu-
ted to him by the honorable gentle
man.
He had been particularly careful not
to employ any term Of expression wich
might be thought hacknied or worn out
last charges like those of the gentle
man might be brought against him.
Conscious that tie would be sustain
ed, he appealed to the audience wheth-
err his language had not been iris
quoted. This letter writer must be
exceedingly short Of memory il he
does not recollect that this appeal
elected murmur of applause which
ran through the entire assembly.
Mr.. Henderson, the letter writer
and the Wing, arc equally unfortu-
nate upon another point. Gen. Brown
brought no charge ofabolition against
Mr.. Clay, thoagh Mr.. Henderson Ia
bored for more than an hour to prove
hat Mr.. Clay apas. not an abolition
ist. The '.yapid and senselcss accIa-
about which the Wing speaks
with SO much contumely, consisted in
Ehis--Gen. b. when he camo to that
part Of bis speech which rehted to
the fashionable mode Of conducting
popular elections, and ofthe thousand