Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1839-03-23

Ihe bdl Tor The military occupation Of FLORIDA
by armed settlers, invited 10 volunteer 70 maintain
a conquest Of the country by embodying and Tor.
lhying, ~ particular sections allotted 10 them in
The heaf Of the peninsula occupied BY the Indians
was also smolheTed. The motive for ihe sacrifice
o. ihese useful and well maiured measures Of the
Senate was obvious 10 Ell. II The public reYe.
nue. had been guarded with sufficient care, the ap
pretended mischiris, the delalcalions and disss
tiers BY which alone Federalism can hope to make
head against an honest Democratic Admnistra.
ton, would have been suppressed Ten thousand
Wing tongues would have been tied IN the effor
10 excite panic. and throS back the peoples mo-
nsy on deposite IN the great cities, twhere II ID
eollecled,) TO be devoted 10 the private uses, ~
The speculhlions and peculaiious, Of their politi.
cal friends, the Wing merchants, bankers, bro.
kers and stockholders.
The defeat Of the Florida bill had also its orr.
gin in party purpose. While The Federnl party
IN the North are pressing Iowa into the Union
might and main, they would surrender the South.
err Territory, which ought to come in as State
nj the same lime, to the Sennoes- have
], depopnlaIed by savage mAssOcres, and the pa.
mic they produce. The expense Of its occupa.
lion by an ermy Of regulars paid on, Of the Urea.
sury land not, as proposed by The Senate bill, by
embodied volunteers converted into settled Gill
zens, paid for their conquest, aud induced to
maintain It, by small portions Of the land whic h
they redeem from Indian vlolence,) would have
tho effect OF dranlng the Treasury, at the same
that The Territory was drained of a resident DO
pulailon. Thus, Opposition policy was designed
TO accomplish two political objects To keep
FLORIDA 1ut Of the Union, from which they hope
nothing IN subsequent Presidential election, and
to embarass the action Of the present Admins.
lration by The greater expenditure Of the war.
Naged Us II has been
While the mahgnlIy Of the Opposition has been
propagaied like virus by the contagion Of the
two factions which gave 1t command IN the House
OF Representative, IN regard to every thing of
political aspect at home, they passed, almost with
unanimIIy. bill having a foreign aspect, which
proves, incontestlbly, the discrimination of all the
terror they have affected in regard TO Mr. Van
Buren's designs on the public purse, the sword of
The nation, the abuse of patronage, and his want
OF patriotism. They have left to him to decide
IN tho bill comforting on him Traditional portr,
for The defence Of The United States" when the
attempt Of treat Britain 10 enforce, By arms,
h'r clam 10 srcinsire jurisdiction" over the dis
Pu'ed district Of Name, amounts to an invasion
and to resist Il, they have put at his disposal The
"dral and military forces of the United States,
and such portions Of The militia as he man deem
advisable" They authorize him, in case "or
danger of such invasion in his opiuioo."
" he deem The same sSpedieni, 10 dccspi The SER
rtces " any number Of rohnietrs NOT exceeding
NY thousand" They authorize him to arm,
equip, and employ N actual service, all the naval
iofce Of the United States, and to build, equip,
and man, such others as necessary; and " The
sum Of Ten millions Of dollar, is appropriated
and put al has disposal for The p,n po,.,a etc.
Mr. Senator Southland opposed tho bill, (altho
sent by the almost unanimous vote Of his own
putty from the House, six only voting against H.
On The ground that volunteers were moi be uust-
nd-thai the people we've not to be trusted--but
he did not intimate fear of the Presidents pru.
dence, iirmness. or patriotism; aud his was the
only vote Of his whole party in the Senate against
any one clause Of tho bill, aud that was based ex.
pressly on the ground that the volunteers would
cmbody, and run into Canada, without orders
from the President. The emergency has shown
the unbounded confidence which those who abuse
the Chief Magistrate most have in his Republican
Writ es--hs sacred regard for the public inter
ests--his superiority TO every ambitious seduction
which can tempt his well balanced temper. The
sword and the purse OF the na,ion--,he power
and patronage Of fifty thousand volunteers are
committed 10 his discretion. The enthusiasm of
tho whole North is awakened, and Presidential
election is close in the perspective and yet those
who oppose the President. North, South, East.
and West, know so well that his single.hearted
devotion 10 the public good is absolutely above
all selfish considerations with him, that they com.
init 10 his hands, the vast discretion Of this bill
without an apprehension. Their confidence, we
doubt not, will be justified.
We are favored with the following extract of a
letter. dated
WAsmSeroS, Feb. "a, 1888.
General Scott dincd with me to-day On
tuesday he goes to assume command on the
Maine and Brunswick Frontier, not as a War.
rior, but as the grand pacihcator There can be
no war between two enlightened nations, merely
because the borderers are b,hgerent.
bali. Chron.
The French steam ship Neloce, left Baltimore
on tho 2Oth. She touched a, Annapolis, on her
way down the Bay, in order that her Commander
might pay his respects to the Governor of the
State and also that the members of the lecisla-
luro and citizens Of Annapolis might have an op.
porunI,y Of visiting her.
Connecticut. The Democratic State Copyen.
lion which assembled a, Hartford the 2O,h Of
February have unanimously nominated John M.
Niles for the Office Of Governor, and John Slew.
az. for hat OF Ut, Governor Of Connecticut.
Banking N 0hio.-- The people Of Cincinnati
are IN state Of agitation on the subject of bank
my - OHIO. One party goes for general bank.
ING law, and the other for State Bank and bran.
ches, on the old established system. Several
public meetings have been held, ut which the
matter was discussed, Mr.. Jedediah Bon1s be.
ing chairman.