Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1839-06-25

Docs not every man feel the incubus of loco
iocoisrn pressing him into the earth every day!
We are persuaded that we speak the senti-
rnents Of a great majority when we answer in
the affirmative The question then arises
how can we relieve ourselyess We answer, by
hurting the present administration from power
and putting honest men in their places. As
van Buren, man remarked few days since, in
conversation we had with him, "if Henry
Clay IS elected President Of the Uniled States
at The nert election, confidence and prosperity
iciu be restored to the country in sir months -
This gentleman, although welded TO the de-
mocracy Of the present administration, spoke
the truth, in our opinion; and we.haye no
doubt but thousands Of all parties concur in the.
sentiment.
Planters Bank IF Mississippi New
York Journal of Commerce of the 18th Of June
contains the unpleasant announcement Of the
failure Of this institution to redeem her post
notes which were issued twelve months since,
and are now arriving at maturity. The amount
is between three and four hundred thousand
dollars and were made payable at the Bank OF
America, but the Planters BanL has failed to
deposit funds in that institution to meet them.
The Journal says: /" One Of the most unpleas-
ant features about this new defalcation is, that
these post notes were most of them taken by
our merchants as the proceeds Of their debts
collected in Mississippi, al d were then sold in
the street at heavy discount; and now the
men who by that process had obtained pit
lance of their dues, are notified as endersers
upon the dishonored notes of the Bank, and
holden to take them up at their face" 1t is a
matter of much regret that this has happened /;
we had believed that the Planters Bank was
one of the best, if not the best institution in the
State. Her credit at the North stood high
and to her the people of Mississippi mainly
looked to preserve the credit of the State. We
still hope that she viii meet her engagements
REUBEN DAvIs.-1'his gentleman, so far as
we have been able to learn from those of our
citizens who have seen him in the Chickasaw
counties, has won golden opinions. He enter
ed the canvass with the firm intention of not
being put down by DULLES or threats; and thus
far he has walked through the course trium-
phantly. The bitter denuncations of him by
the press in the charge of the Postmaster at
Pontotoc, the lntelligencer, are the very best
evidences we have of his increasing popular.
ty with the hardy yeomanry of the North
When government officers, who are fed and
paid by government, become alarmed at the
success, among the honest farmers, of an OPP
ponent, the reason is obvious; they feel that
the tenure of their Offices is frail and that il
demands strong effort to hold on to them
Any course, then, that their talent, tact OF
wantof principle in the least qualities them for,
they pursue, in order to hold on like leeches to
the "spoils Of office" Mr.. Davis must expect
to be prosecuted, and we know right well he is
able to defend himselfin any way it is necessa-
ry. He has talent, industry and perseverance
and he viii always be ready to say =
-"Lay on Macduff
And damned be he who crys out