Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1840-06-23


dress to the people of the United States" ant
as true as there is God in Heaven, if VIZ
owned starved hound as whining and clam
oyOus for bread, as thiS man is to get into the
pockets Of the people, we would take him out
twist grape vine, and with it hang him or
tho next tree. What do we find in this AID
dress! We find in it, in the first place, tissue
Of bold assertion and base falsehood thai
throws entirely in the shade even, the
God Of hes! and in the second, craven ant
dastardly spirit which CAcUs did not pos
sess, to rob and plumber the people throughout
the country, and cheat them out Of their Eber.
tiesl
Possessing in an eminent degree that com.
mon loco foco quality-villany, united with
some talent, he is well calculated for the dirty
work in which he is engaged; and in the END
will hord up for himself, mine of wealth out
of the hard earnings of his deluded victims,
who will be spurne1, hated for that folly which
made them prey to his cupidity. Can there
be any doubt about thisl Look at the man
and examine his acts Begin with his early
history: In the first place, we find that at an
early age he deserted the friend who had pick
cd him offthe dung hill and reared him to be
something, and sold himself to an enemy of
that friend fora paltry sum, to shoot poisoned
darts into his bosom. And in the second, in
stead ofrcpenting Of his ngratitude, like bar
'dened wretch in crime, he becomes more ram
corous and abusive the older he grows, and
finally offers himselfpublicly for sale--his only
recommendation being q, pale Iiuer and black
heart:
And now fellow citizens, one word to you:
Is this the man to whom you are to look TO
give you that food which your appetites re-
qure-to disseminate truth--to proclaim from
the hilltop that your liberties are endangered!
Ian you BELIEVE HM!! Do you not see
wha. lies at the bottom of the whole Of it.
that it is a trap set, not only to fleece you of
your money, but to deprive you of your lber-
ties, at the head Of which are a set of polti-
cal gamblers! and that they resort to the sub
tie ways ofthe popular demagogue to accom-
plish mperceptibly their Internal ends, by cir
culating hlsehoOds against their opponents,
tInctured with perjury if necessary, that your
attention may be turned from Lhe1n:- to repeat
It agaiO: their base design is not only to rob
but to enslave you! OF the future you must
Judge by the past. Look then at the mon
strous acts Of usurpation which have char
actersed the administration of Martin Van
Buron Of whose policy, this man Amos Ken
dali is the advocate: 60 not back to his opposi-
ton to southern interests whilst he was
member in the Legislature Of New York,
voting to instruct Rufus King who was a
Senator IN Congress from that State to op-
pose the admission of Missouri into the Union
unless slavery was prohibited! Go not back
to the same course in regard to Florida at
later day, when he, himself, was the principal
actor. Go not back to the period when He
voted to place the NEGRO upon a FOOTING
with the! white man at the Polls. No: 90
not back to any of these-But begin With his
first acts as President of the United States and
examine them up to the present time, and not
only USURPATION, but a total disreoard
Of the interests and feelings of the people is
manifested throughout, Characterised by
species of ignorance or knavery, the effects of
which, is without a parallel in any age or
country. Gen. Jackson said when he left
the Presidential chair, That this Great Ma
ton was prosperous aud happy. Well if this
was the case when his term expired, such il
must have been when Mr.. Van Buren, came
into ofice-He was installed and soon the sad
reverse began. Tie prosperity which had
rested upon all sections of the country pre-
vieus to that time diffusing far around the at
tendant blessings Of peace and plenty. was
suddenly arrested, and the radiant noon was
transformed into an angry hurricane, which
bore on its swift wings and scattered to the
winds almost in an instant of time, the toll and
labour Of years. A scene of universal distress
ensued. The people called upon each other:
They called upon their country-their Presi-
dent, but what was his reply. Oh, that that
reply could be buried in oblivion-could be
torn from the recollection of distressed and
ruined pGople-Oh that insult had not been
added to injury-so that now, they might not
be goaded byi.-They were told to stake care
OF themselves" The too confding people APP
preached the throne of the young Prince-the
newly made Kings-expecting something no
'doubt-kindness at least--from his royal sym
Pathy, and more from the recollection OF the
station which he had just occupied, and from
which he had been so recently elevated, but
were coldly rebuked at the threshold of the
Palace. But in the mean time the Congress
had been assembled. The Royal Command,
contrary too to the frequent assertion Of many
of the Royal household, had gone forth, and
the Representatives called together from the
extreme ends Of the Union to concert meas
ures for the protection Of the government; or
rather his Majesty, who has been well provi-
ded for ever since, whilst the people, although
using their utmost exertions to take care of
themselves, have met with constant obstruc-
tons thrust in their way the whole time. But,
with this King, injury and insult to his sub
jects were not sufficient, they must be degraded
also, and accordingly through subtle tool of
his creating; we next see the free suffrage OF
the people-the elective franchise set at def
ance and all their civil rights totally disregard.
ed. Their legal Representatives those having
the highest credentials known to the laws; af-
ter having travled thousand miles or more