Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1839-08-24
Fer he DamorlaL
THE WHT OFFosED TO THE Srh-TEuUAT," OF
Carr. Jons Ckg.ot.

The polticsl essayst, whose name appears al Tie
head Of this article u candidate for Ministerial
Office, and having M particular claims upon the
people generally or his party Ia particular he seems
determined To render himself conspicuous, BY a.
rade against the Sub-Tfeasury and IL layor Of
Bank.
The Capt more skiI,d in navigation Than politics
has hauled bis land facts aboard, snd Is now fairly
out upon the ocean Of eoniroycrsy-he las even
grasped the helm Of The Consiiiution,and hope will
not consider II as intrnson in = fellow voyager to
show him some Of the shoals. just ahead, and the
danger OF standing m The course be now IS sailing
We'll Capt. II THIS Is necessary as a fair exponent
Of your creed and your party cord have wished
you had been abe "to shed Some new hight " OF AZ
leaa followed tie nooa,de glare Of the Argus"
IN stepping forward 10 exercise right dedica-
ted BY the genius Of liberty" you should have done
so according To promise with deeeney aud eandor,
the iornIer you know belongs eyciusire;y 10 your
party, and the latter, i tie property Of Jack Tar,
Bot Capt you forgot your reckoning, & lmust sup
pose you only wrote or elect IN tins you will sue
coed, but possibly, not III the way you would desire.
Col Barker was Of opinion, that your party was bea
ten in pickeus because his luminary did not shine
there" oil doubtless II yon viii have your numbers
put in pamphlet and launched out, they viii accom-.
plsh greater revolution before November, than
did Polk and his principles 10 Tennessee
You said "you had shed no new light" BIZ. think
you have made darkness more obscure, for the idea
a. a. ar al
cd upon moral probability and confidence must
have been dedicated by The genius Of lberty,' or
some other deity. Here Capt. You stump me, un.
lcss you mean 10 say that the great system of
commercial credit" peans the banks, and ,ha, they
are based upon mot speee) but moral probability
and confidence.
We gods and little fishes, what an admission for
wing and yet tearing we might forget your postu-
late 4 deny your carrohry you again repeat, 1--WE
mus, never forget that banking q thought guessed
right depends upon moral probability resulting
from confidence" land soon we have D annihiate
the latter (or coniidcnce) and The system pershes
For this new theory of banking, you deserve lea
Their medal, and would advise you at once TO get
out patent right
Owe Real Estate and Brandon Bank" mo-
street I" hear H. il YOU want to 90 ahead" bank
ing depends upon moral probability resulting from
a confidence" that although you have no specie
you can get il, AMI that II you are called upon for
payment, you can say 10 the impudcnt dun Just
consider the bill paid" But Captain, let me ask in
the NAM common sense, not "oi Jackson or
Van Buren," il you would suspend, the commerce
Of England and America, banks & al, upon a "ntere
probability and that too resulting from confidence"
which has been and might be, interrupted by a
thousand causes, you could neither ioresee or
prevent II this be your system and creed OF
your party, you will find the people will not
be too injolent 10 make comparison" between
il and IN Independent Treasury and loosing con-
fdence" may never adopt your creed nor ask your
scrvcesn auditing their accounts. Now ctus sup
pose case II we were beside an aeronaut on the
Baptist Church steepe, aud saw him preparing his
wings for an excursion over the city, admring the
dove like shape OF the silk and whacbone, we might
have confidence" --but would this sustain hnl---
and Il upon closer examination we found them on.
" connected To his body by wax, would you not ad
wise him 10 have some metallic hooks and bands
made, and upon his refusing, would you not lose
confidence" in the "mora probability OF not hav-
ing his neck broken
SIhe Republics Of home and Greece may
have "been DESTROYED by uniting the purse and
the sword" The former was also saved by the
cackling OF Geese, but take ftiend's word for it,
that the sword of the Constitution or the purse of
an Independent Treasury regularly growing less un-
Ill 1919, will not keep the Ouch from Holland Or
the Cossaks ifum Moscow. In the hame of tho
rank and file Of your Democratic fellow citizens"
pcrni, me 10 thank you, for your dslnierested SYM
pathies in their behalf and 10 assure you That you
presume much upon 'mora mprebabllltles' in sup
posing that your attacks upon their principles will
change them or gain you their confidence or sup.
port. PuRLIus.
u you continue" please give il to US in bro
ken doses
Louis Phiipps The correspondent of the
New York Evening Star, writing under date Of
Paris, July /, 1899, says "Pans, in fact, is now
a garrison and lite more. The poor king! Iplty
him. lilo does moi venture out except with
heavy escort Of tloops, At the 1ulIerIes, ST.
Cloud, Versailles and Neuy, no one is admit
ted II he be there or expected. And nine years
ago, this was the popular "CllIzen King" lie |
lives IN the midst OF alarms. -.imsrican, .iug. g.
Correcting Blndr. Lieut.. O'-when |
cadet at West Point, visited the city Of n York
IN company with friend, and was particularly
struck with the City Hall, which no examined
with the eye Of an architectural commosseur.
"Wc" said his friend, "you seem rather
pleased with that affair o.; what do you
think Of II Z"
why I'm thinking by tho powers, without
any dlsrespect TO you here ut all that same edI-
ihce was never built in this country"
Such beautiful bull, and it So agreeably en-