Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1839-05-18

N.- '-" i-iI il. F4 e-~ published u uUr cts.
must p satisfied ts; t.ls IS literary caun4-
n''t' judging iran the letters which 1ccas.aaal,
grace i-..r columns, over genuine saa a-aaaus
Signatures. There IS a. one w.l ig,,, a greater
pride than do IA the literary sea.as ii our iowa.
or H3ae Win Is ,n1,e wiling % give raeit lis lust
uibuie Of praise. |, Is, however, amen,ao,s
TACT, that IN every K and IN even country, gs-
mus has almost invariably been found as pre-
clouS metals are, aNo,ed with some baser ore,
aad A. the crUcloe - re>0lted 10 iUr lie purpose
OF separating tie pure from lac baser metals, 50
with TIE productions Of literary genus, they have
to pass through the fiery ordeal Of the "reView-
er's furnace that he brilliant passages may be
separated from their alloy lor the public good,
and that the winter might profit BY the hints
thrown out, touching has faults and has merits.
Is The office OF Reviewer Genera has not
as yet been filled by any OF the i!tsroh Of
Lowndes, have been induced by an influential
! friend 10 accept 1t for a season, uati some one
more competen; vii pfesen, hs CLAIMS, when |
shall most cheer.uily resign my preleuuous.-
! Having thus briefly stated how got n,o office
wall enter upon tie duties ot It without further
comment.
The literary productions which | have selected
as the subject Of the present review are the lel-
tiers Of lwo aspirauts for the office Of Sheriff,
which have appeared IA the recent numbers OF
your paper. But before proceeding, it may be
well lo.silte that i Is customary Tor "Ievlewefs'
to trace the motives Of the writer as wei. as To
descent on the merits Of his composition, for
my part do not intend violating general rule
IN this my maiden attempt.
ltappears that some eighteen planters OF our
county good uen and true, invited Colonel
Byro, by letter, to become a candidate for The Of
flee OF Sheriff, rendering him their warmest sup
port should he give his assent. This letter To-
gethcr with the Coioael's reply accepting their IN
vltaton, was published inyour paper Ii also APP
pears that the Office Of sheriff is fat one, and
that there are several who are rather lean IN the
region Of HE pocket and who have strong de-
sire 70 be CREASED thereabouis! Amongst the
number of asprantS for this delicate moroccan,
there is one who, from some unknown cause, I'M
agnes lhy bis acts judge that he ought BY all
means to have il but, why, bis m0desiy alone
iorbds his saying. He could not think OF allow
jng this ilatering testimonial Of the Colonel's
past conduct to 70 undisluIbed, for he attacked
It IN the next number of the Democrat over the
signature OF Brute ass (" which, by the way 10
do justice to the onginal) IS very appropriate
name for the sequel viii prove concIu,rey that
he Is possessed m every sense Of the word with
all the qualities Of thai gehUg. Some may be so
incredulous as not to believe him worthy of this
compliment its truth, however, Is SO apparent,
that all who are capable Of Judging Of the fitness
Of things must see il at half gnnce. To those
whose perceptve faculties are mol sufficiently ac-
cute, will present presently some elegant ex
tracts by way Of Illustration. RE commences
his attack on the Colonel By giving the gentlemen
who signed the invitation to hHn an indirect
6roadsidt for be tells them n substance that thew
are ignorant that they knew not icho or tghal
SORT of man their sheriff is, but that he would give
them light on the subject and then goes on in
the following strain
" And | this day have heard Of three others,
Who upon reflection now say thcy viii not support
him any anger--thatis TO say, since they dave
booked tar themselves, they are unwilling to be
engnlied IN the great and mighty tD,tpooi a
mong those touler elements OF hypocrisy, bnbory,f
cunning, intrigue, &c. where there shall be
weeping and wailng and caashiug Of teeth.
They were not aware Of the fact that this yeier-
an lender of his clan now proliers 10 sell the
fees that are due him from the office and to give
to boot two $500 bills on the Mississippi Union
Bank, and all nula bona cases, aud the Office
likewise Qntll November"
II is rather strange that this luniany Of
Lowndes could not venture on any thing more
than inueadoes, after having been pressed and
dared BY the Colonel to bring forward and sub
stanlato any charge he might have 70 make be-
fore the public. He may think that he has mode
out plain case by lnuendoes alone, on the
principle that a rink i as good as a nod to a
blind horse but the noble " Bmle.as5o can ne
yer make the people Of this county believe that
he can see further into mill stone than those
who pick It,
Aitor this attack on the Colonel made its ap
pearance, he (ihe Colonel was determined to
find out who the simon pure was, and with this
object in yiew, he took some friends with him TO
the printing office and demanded the author. To
his great surprise he turled oal not TO be a vol
in Sleeps cIothlng but the Identical animal which !
his sobrgtst denotes. most thoroughly enyeoped !
in caB. As | could not do justice to the racness
and point of that passage IN the Colonies leel /
exhibiting him % pubhc gaze, BY quoting CARRIED |
portions Of it, viii insert il entire.
Who, gentle relder would you suppose this |
generous disinteresied writer over the signature I
Of " Brute-ass" Is I You may have fallen into
the belief thatlt is some one actuated by high /
and patriotic motives; it so, let me undeceWe /
YOU for no such feeling can be traced to sach |
source but will no longer keep you IN sus-
pense, stand forth then most noble Brute ass"
in the shape OF ypnr degenerate representative
NAT MITCHELL, one Of my opponents ior
the Office Of Sheriff. What an interesting aitI.
iude does Mr.. Mitchell occupy before the people |
Of Lowndes, when he holds the following lam
guage over fictitious signature, Moreover,
those eighteen sgners were not apprsed OF the /
fact that the Colonel IS not the candidate Of the |
Democratic, Wing, State Rights or Democratic
Gtaie R1.hts paLilns hul Lnal he almnIY N lie !