Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1839-06-08

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TO the nomination Of Gov. M'Nutt by the Dem
ocralic Convention. For one, II seems to me 10
be small business 10 inquire who's for, or against
that nomination, particularly when il is known the
nomination vas made by the largest assemblage
Of intelligent men ever known ia The State and
with the greatest unanlmity as 10 that individual
Being delegate TO that conventions speak ad-
vlsediy aud OF my own knowledge, m saying
| thus much. Ii senator Williams has claims, (of
which | am not disposed to doubt, his friends
we're very luke-warm, they we're not urged upon
the convention.
The Democrats have been charged with being
| the shIn-plaser party; the convention, by the
nomination Of McNuu, has given this charge the
he, and all true to the faith Of democracy viii en-
dorse It. Another charge, where plas,ers don't
stick, is, We are real loco-locos, nothing but hard
money men. Now who could suppose two
charges so dameircally opposite, could be bro't
against the same person or paTtyl But as IT an
swers the purpose Of those who wish 10 mislead
and cheat the honest ploughman out Of his vote,
/ let II pass, and let US see how stands whggery.
| When called blue wings, it is denied but is 1t
not true as applied to the feds When called
Clay wings, il is denied but is il moi true as TO
those tariff and internal improvement men!-
| When called abolltlonists, II Is denied; but is II
not true that all of that fraternity opposed to de-
mocracy and our candidate for PRESIDENT When
called White wings, II is denied but is II not
true, that White and his strikers are all now
opposed 10 those principles they once in common
with US supported Now, throwing all these to-
gether what sort Of dish would II be called
Call II by any one Of the ingredients and the name
IS refused have been thinking Of one that no
doubt "iIl embrace ALL and possibly will l0ac
kno"ledged-l, therefore, call the wings the
TURTLE SOUP PARTY Here you may
mix salt, pepper, tomatoes, potatoes, corn, beef,
bacon, onions, garlic mustard in fact every
thing, with small turtle, and il is all called Tn-
lie Soup. think the name the more approprl.
ate, seeing how easy a Nullliyer swallows Tariff
and Internal Improvements State rights man
swallows Bank, &c. Now, most Of the ngre-
dents OF the soup, would require much masca-
ton, but mixed all together and boiled well, they
20 down without the least danger OF choking,
The OH out OF the turtle, the grease out OF the
bacon, or ralher the money out Of the banks
makes all slide down 80 easy you hardly know
you have swallowed any thing, and strange TO tell,
after swallowing it produces no Nausea. Now
salt by ITSELF OIL by itself, and many Of the other
ingredients, are impaable so bankism, internal
Improvements, turtf separate and alone, Is also
bad to take, but all together, and what fine dish!
Messrs Editors, TO be serious, II We are to have
pitch battle, upon principle, 1t seems TO be the
easiest thing imaginable to know to which side
we belong. The battle has once been fought I'M
der the blue flag of Federalism on the one side,
who assert rs their creed that Congress IS the
sole Judge Of lis own powers; who assert that
the constitution has given Congress the right 10
create bank, TO make internal improvements, to
lay protective tariff, and to do in all other mat
tcrs as may see it, On The other side, those
who hoist the state rights banner, assert as
their creed, that Congress has no right to exor-
else any powers not expressly granted, that the
constitution has granted no such powers as the
feds claim; that the government is federal and
not consolidated government; IN conflicts be-
tween the Government and State, that Congress
Is not the sole Judge, nor Is the judiciary OF the
United States; nor has tho majority OF the whole
people right TO settle it, but assert, that three
'ou'ths of the States being for or against is the
only arbter that the government has no right to
raise more money than is required to administer
its affairs IN an economical manner that the peo
Pies pockets are the best repositories of lkeiI
, own money.
The lines that have separated these two parties
have been plainly marked, and are yet distinctly
visible. Choose We, now, on which side you WI
f fight! Martin Van Buren, is the State rights OF
Democratic leader while Henry Clay, DAME
Webster and Harrison, arc the captains of the
Other party; and while glory in the conflict,
r have to lament that so many Of our friends anc
= brethren are seen on the feds side. Merely
because they don't like our captain, they will turf
round and fight her best friends, those who have
stood side by side with them in every confilct fo
fifty years, except in the solitary instance OF null
> LITIGATION, aud while the MULES coDpian OF this
: do they not know that the feds did not fight 10
+ them, but on the contrary, were their worst enc
# mics. The democrats only asked Them to hold
;, They were gong too far with their State right
notions that while we guarded the constitution
=" from iniractlon by our enemies, we should no
$ break it ourselves. Standing then as now, upo
lie the broad basis OF constitutional law, let US rail-
! one man in lis defence. LowNDEs