Madison Whig advocate. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1839-1841, 1839-06-01

/ anu now, MT InaI rmal, what do YOU
think of this Secretary Of the Treasury?
Of his episloIary talent? of his capacity
aud fitness for the station he occupies?
| He resembles much. both in manner and
morality, that worthy old lady who liv-
ed at ''the Mug" in BuIwer's paul Cliff.
ford" and reioiced in the name of "Mrs.
Margery Lobkins," more Familiarity cal
led Peggy Lob"
| His correspondence with his subaIterns
cannot tail of calling to vour recollec-
ton the exquisite admonilions Of honest
Peggy" to "Leetle Paul.
Thus moralIzed, not Levi, but the
kind-hearted dame:
"Mlnd thy klitychiSm, child, and rev.
erence old age. Never steal De-iaI-
~ Dlen any one Be IN the ray. Be- modest.
Paul, and stick to your sifiva.ion in life.
Read your bible and falk ike a pious 'an.
People goes by your WORDS more than
your ACTIONS If YOU wants what is not
/ your own, try and DO without il; and. if
/ you cannot do without il. take it away
/ by iheiHiratj5n, not 6usfer. Theg as
/ suindicS does more and risks less than
they as RIBS
| Yes, sir; ''people goes more BY your
lrordS than by your actionS." Well has
! the President studied this maxim, and
cunningIv did he practise upon il when
/ he recommended that declaration should
be made penitenriarv offence Peggy
Lob placed n eelIe Paul'5 hand the sum
Of five haltpeuce and one farthing
There, boy" quoth she, and she stroked
| his head londIy when she spoke, Gust as
/ Levi carcsSes his subordnatcs.) '.vou
does right not 10 play for nothing. ~
loss Of timel but play with those as be
less than Yourself. anil then V04 Gun 90
for 70 leat en- if they says you 90 for to
cheat"
Av,and it has not been long 81 nee this
was the doctrine of those in power; and
''io e. far TO beat f,0 c lrio sag yoR z far
10 cLeat' became the wafchword OF the
party. ! recolIcct well, and my h0nora-
bic friend who sits near me (Mr. Wise)
rccollects still better than | do, those
DAYS OF terror, when he bad 10 Iegislatc.
as he told ms the other day. with "har-
ness on:" when the best argument was
the pistol, and the onIv law was club
law. l. was the time when '.Hrrrah for
Jnrksou' con stiruted the ''Op-n Sesame
Of power, which gained at once admit
lance INTO the robbers cave, and partici-
patton in the plumber.
Then General jackson had but 10
whistle, and
".ustaat from COPS and heath arose
B,nnets. aud spears. and Blended 3 VS."
His followers. like those OF RJderick
Dhu, started up in every direction, rea-
dv and eager 10 perform his biJIing
He had but 10 point his finger, and his
fierce biooi-hounds buried their muzz.eS
a" the. nnfor.una victim of his wrath.
Then WIS thesaturudlIa OF tn Ofli-c-
holders; and, like the locusfS Of EENpi,
the plagaci the Inn !. Few dared TO
whisper of corruptious or defaIcatIoas;
and a bold man was he who proposed To
investigate them, for IL was sure 10 bring
down upon his head the rage which NV
er reIented, and the anger which moth
ing but furious persecution could assuage.
There was o &c man, however. who
bienched not before General Jackson's
| rrown. and who dared to propose an in
YES .igefion into frauds and corruptions
which had become so paipable and gross
as to be an offence in the noStrlIS OF theS
community. He occupied, n that time,
seat in the other end of this building,
as Senator from my own State; a Safe
upon whose laws and Institutions his
| talents and genius are indelibly impress
sed. The political history of MsSissip=
pi is illustrated by his name. from lis
very commencement. lie served her in
all her departments; and as legislator,
Judge, and Governor. advanced her pros
perity, and added TO her character. What
he was as Senator YOU all know. lie
stood proudly among the proud, and lot-
| tv among the Ioftiest, at time when the
| Senate Chamber contained the garnereI
talent of IN country; when It's Intellec-
tual gian's shock the whole nation with
| their mighty strife; when, sir, X enclos-
| ed within IFS walls the most transcendant
| dcliberatiye body that ever was assem-
bed upon this earth. The floor of that
| BODY was his proper arena. 10 cor
RICHNESS Of Judgment, which would have
given him reputation even without The
| capacity Of expression, he Joined pow
er OF debate which, for parliamentary
strength and effect, was unsurpassed
! To ali this was added a stern, unvIeld-
| inc attachment to his political principles.
and an ind5mtabe boldness in express
sing and sustaining them.
Do YOU not recolIect, sir, when Gen.
Jack son, like Charles /, strobe TO the
| legislative chamber, and thrust among
the Senators despotic edici. moro IN
suIting than if he had cast at their feet a
naked sword? 1t was that fierce mes
sage which commenced with breaking
down the independence and character OF
the Senate, and finally resulted in that
worse than feIon act, the desecralon OF
| its records. But the mandate passed not
unopposed or unrebuked.
/ When it burst, like wild beast from
his lair, upon the astonished body whose
degradation it contemplated, and 10 the
end accomplished, most of the distln-
guished Senators were absent; but he OF
whom speak was at his post. Single
handed. and alone, like Coolies at the
head of the bridge, he held at bay the
Executive squadrons, and for a whole