Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1839-08-17

. sgad BIZ para.ei-ii IS astounding 10 our opponenis.
ADD surpTlslag even % our trends. BIT when we
CONSIDER tie Eoodaess Of the cause, Tie noble leader
who led the gallant band Of democrats 10 he rescue,
and tle Tile and SPIRITED press tiai chscrrd BIN on
we ought not towondcr at the re-ulf Tie democrat
ie press IN Tenn have gained an ehyabic pro-em-
lnenee far the zeal sal sbty which they manifest
, ed throughout the ate arduoua struggle. Their e.
oqueni appeals have told with pro ligious effect up
90 the minds Of the people Where al have done SO
~cu II were perhaps invdtons 10 single out any one
for prai.e, but we cannot iorhear mentioning two
Who ever stood foremost on the battle field and man
fully combalied and resisted the caumnious charges
Of their adyefsaries, with the overpcwering Ian
guage Of truth aud argument. We mean Mr. Har-
rs Of the Nashville Unlon and Mr. Van pet ol the
Weekly Record. The latter paper Of the SIS, ul,.
IS nov before US, and as a sample Of the able and
/ spirited manner IN which il was conducted during
the canvass. we extract from Il the following thrill
ing appeal TO tie people OF williamson county
/ With such guardians on The watch tower Of liberty,
wlocan be surprised at the total discontinue Of
federal wlhegcry in Tennessee.
FREEMEN OF WILLIAMSON
! The declaration has been made that there is
"a cordial sympathy Of mind, Of understanding,
aud Of feeling" existing between you and those
entertaining the feelings and principles which
assembled the Hartford Convention. The words
were spoken on the very ground where that MIA
nous assembly conyened--aHd 10 many OF the
traitors who composed II. They were spoken by
John Bell the leader Of the Wings Of Tennes
see. lie has pledged your alliance with tral-
tors whom he assures "lu the great cause for
which We Tcnnesseeans and Hartford Convcn-
lonlsis have been struggling. We have been
united for years" What causel What struggled
While you have been Iaboring 10 preserve the
Union, and to maintain tho simplicity and purI-
~ Of our Republican nstilutIuns-Ihey have
been struggling TO Dissolve the one, and impose
the eneSaling and deadly schockles Of Federal
ism upon the other. Was there "sympalhy' here!
What causel When the outraged honor Of your
country pointed to her flag nsulted upon the high
seas; when the death shrek OF the tender le-
male, and the FAINT moaning Of helpless infancy,
rung and mingled IN your ears with the yell Of
the frontier savage and you rushed forth TO bat!
lie, prepared 10 endure alb and dare all in the
catse Of country and humanity, were Mr. Bells
late audience al Hartford standing at your side
shoulder to shoulder When YOU gave your
days to toll and danger, aud your nights to watch
ing and hunger, did they share the former, or
sympalhlze with The latter! When you rayers.
cd the painless wilderness in pursuit of the say.
age foe, whose knayes were red with the blood Of
your wives and children, did their sympathy en-
courage or their couusels throw light upon your
4 A,
wasted with hunger which would drive the fam
lsbcd wolf from his repast, did they, cloth feed,
and sustain youl No MOI No!ll
While you were struggling" oppressive the
Union, they were struggling TO dissolve il, and
make a separate peace with the enemy. Your
appeals for food and ralmenl, were answered
with iuunls and insults. You were told that not
dollar would be appropriated to your necessities
even II the enemy were laundering at the gates Of
the capital. They denounced the war you had
undertaken for the defence OF your liberties and
your iresidrs us UNJUST and unrighteous While
bonflres bnzed IN the west, aud The patriot reo
cod, and the hearts oil all were made glad at your
dear bought trumphs- they were buried IN sack
cloth, and ashes, and mourning, declared II to be
un5ecomlng in moral and religious people to re
loce IN such victories In short they relolced in
your deleal--mouned at your suceoss--starved
you in the forest, and fed your enemy upon the
sea board Was Ibis being "UNITEDn--Wa
this +" struggling in the great causen-@as this
/" SYMPATHY ~ Yet Mr. Bell assures US it IS
| so and with such as these, no has dared TO offer
the ALLIANCE Of the free aud chivalrous sons
of Tennessee. Doyou acknowledge the sym
pathyl" Can you latiiy heueatyi If so, vote
tho Wing ticket
| But ii, as untranslttable ireemen, you soon
the union; deny the sympathy and spurn the al.
| lance, vote as your fathers did before you,--as
| you have always voted, for men entertaining those
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLICAN PRlNCl-
PIES III which you have found our safety and
happiness.
a erWmb Of Comfort. The Argus TO console
ITS readers fur the complete proslraton OF Ieder-
al wnggery in Tennessee, announces the prodl'
glous gam OF 80 votes for Cannon, since the last
election, IN the county of Knox "Surely all's
not lost thatsIn DANGER The milk IS moi at
spit then what's the use Of crying Take
comfort ye wings Of Columbus, from the phllos
ophIc reflection Of your organ, the Argus. i
you have lost more than twenty thousand votes II
Tennossee--if you have los! your governor anc
three members Of Congress, ard the State Leg
lsaturc, still all is not lost You hare gGineo
50 rotcs IN kRoI county
Extract ot letter 10 he Editors, dated,
kosoIusKo, August 8, 1899,
ii have jus, heard one Of tho very best and
most eloquent Arguments that have ever listen
ed to on political subject Jacob Thompsot
addressed the citizens Of Atalaths day. nect