Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1840-09-12

10 = -''- % rs tN h-1 u laH si-Nlr
huUb.g IT,
Way Were thousands and irr,s al thousands
lhtopn oai OF employment 10 isis aul 1919, o.
Vas u the " Sab,rrsasutyl"
Why was It that N 1910 and 1877, Wild and .
reckless speouls,lnHs were engaged o., aud wan
iou eyTavaganee and laNury ne order u ire day .
a. d the - want oil papef mnneyl"
Why was i TIA, IN ISIS, 10. 20 and 81, ON 4
banks, eur merchants, and our manuiacpfers, I
from Nome 90 Georgia, were ali involved IN Z
common bankruptcy Was il caused By the /,
I" administration OF MaHn Van Buren,
Why were the exchanges more deranged IN
ISIS, ard the thee subsequent years. Than hey
were before, OF have been since Was Il The
" wan, Of gteRt regulator I"
Now We defy the British Wings 70 dlsproys the
facts contained in the above queries. lIthey at.
tempt n, ii will but attest Their gnolan Of our
Official history and make more manifest the
glazing hypocrlcy which marks ihe policy they
pur>ue in relation TO " high prices" and I" better
times" TIE truth -, that the very causes Which
have produced all the misery and distress "a tins
country-banks and paper money! they are now
trying Ia repova,e and perPeInaie, that they may
again launch cut IN the ocean Of speculation, sx-
ua,agance and luxury, unmindlul 81 theu coase
queuces upon the great mass OF the people. To
ass,S, Them, however, IN then researches, We refer
them 10 Miles, Register, Of debates IN Congress,
proceedings uf the different State Legislatures,
prices current Of the day, reports OF the Secretary
of the Treasury, newspapers, and last, Though not
least tue mechanics and Iaborng men, who now
! have vivid recollection of the sutferngs they ex'
pertenced from the grand breaking up Of system
Of finance, being conceived IN sin and brought
forth in inlquity. carried IN It's lran--as all meas
ures must, which are not founded in Iusllce,or the
immatabIe laws of nature-ruin and desolatonqs
well on the innocent as the guilty.
Col Young, his 4h of July Grafton deliver
ed before the Democrats Of the city Of New York
thus speaks OF the great struggle aboutto com
mence between the two great political parties OF
the day;
. The contest which approaches lsirapeht WIN
principles and-nyolves results more momenlous
TO the Republic than any other which has occur
red since 1901. On the one side IS auayed the
arstocratlc spirit, with is pride, ns weaih,and ~
hungering and thrshng for power, 10 show 'l'
love for the 'swlulsh multitude it contributes no
eiay to erect rude structures, which, rePlen'shec
with drink, and Astounding with noise, riot unt
gluuony, more nearly resemble the pig slys Of lht
county, than the quiet. primitive dwellings o. IT.
enerprls!ng inhabitants. ltbelIeyes that the mas
OF mankind are mentally mbeclle and Il there
fore proposes mental lmbecihty FOR. their suffrage
1t assumes that men can only be governed bl
their fears, and led by their senses: and hence
the remuneration Of all reasoning, and the resor
10 naked and lmpudenl assertion, TO show,Hnd pa
rade, and noise and muirmery. On no torme
! occasion has federalism exhibited suchan ute
contempt for the public intelligence, qndfo tn
human understanding.
/ 'On the other side Of The contest is arraye
that unconquerable spirit OF Democracy whlchi
the revolutionary struggle achieved our mdeper
derce, that spirit which successfully resisted VII
f ron sway of Federalism IN the days Of terror =
that spirit wbcb carried the republic in trump
$ through The second war Of independence this
: spirit whlchin periods of the greatest gloom an
n despondency has ever sustained the permauei
p interests and honor Of the country THAT irrt
5 presslble spirit Of freedom and OF equal rrgbl
1t whose energies are ever most strongly exercise
: under the heaviest assaults Of us enemes-thI
II spirit, IN SHIRT. which indignantly repels the VI
h start pride Of anstocracy, and which perpetual
9 and practically adopts as It's polar star the sci
evident truth that all menare created aqualP Al
n who can dou5l the result Of such contest !"
y The Rev. J. N. II Tucker a distinguish
u clergy man Of Madison county, thus closes :
eloquent appeal 10 the friends Of Temperance
All owe have spent millions Of dollars and mont
70 Of time, and great deal Of sacrifice hls be'
q made 10 raise and discipline good army OF M
i IN this nation for the exiermInatlon Of The gre
!. foe Of ADericap iSTEEPERANcE and we hi
so Ear succeeded as to convince the enemy q o
IN strength. His courage was failing, and the
Or were many signs Of retfeat--but alas in the We
off zenith Of our prosperity we are unirenched.
~ change has taken place Of 4 !" suddenp II 3
Il. become fashionable TO- drink hard cider a
or they. that druk the most are landed The hIghei
=. Al lev. hundred men now assemble and erect
re- 10y cabin in the old grog bring style, a.
=. think it.well TIA poor man, reels rnder his oa
" Temperance men ccumenance these thing
-. Eycn ednprs, who have been wont 10 write ~
Il yor oftemperancs, ofihe he ioldl stamp loo,c
n now wrtte il good glee of,he barrels Of ha