Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1840-12-26

Ma, LEAKE.- Tx TuNAiS $500
the las. Argus, on Mr. Leake's Circular, ce''se'
yinces that the arislocfstc little clique who manage
,ha, concern are aaImed-iley are IN dread lor the
candidate. whom they have dictated TO the wing
marty Of the County We will let their criticism go
Car aha, !, Is worth which is just nothing al oil; II
!. really not deserving ut passing notice and we
have alluded to it merely for the pnrpose oil correct
inc mistake INTO which the writer nl the article has
Gllen. He saws III seems that tie Locos "en'
through al the ormaliIlrs Of holding mtehnH aP-
no,n,ieg a Chairman and Secretary, &c lor The
nurpose of putting The genuine Demscrac stamp
- n. noo,na,,on which il was well known that Mr.
JoSeoh $. Leake was determined to make q h'na'sP
as 4, candidate Ior The Legislature OF tins STATE
This assertion is equally unjust 10 Mr. Leske and
The meeting who nominated him. heJaeh with
regard to Mr. Leakes becoming candidate are
,hs.e A.. soon as Il was understood that Genl
Speeht had resigned, Mr. l.. called on US and enqu''
red if the democrats intended 10 h"d neellne 70
s.lrci candidate. We stated 10 him that we n'd
moi know, that no movements had been made ana
,hat we presumed the party were waiting TO see
,vha, their opponen,s would do. lie then said that
finn o,e else was nominated, he himself would be
eandidale--,ha the wings should MOI walk over inc
course lone, that there should be race, any now
We inferred from what he said tina. he was wiling
10 submit his claims 10 meeting ana "ouo a"ue
by their decision. He subsequently sent US his CIR
cnar for publication but with The positive order'hat
IL any meeting was got up, II wssto DC w''hl'e'u
until their decision was known Such are tue iacVs
oiihe case.
M This il the last day ofihe election. We call
upon oil wi have not voted to go and do SO VIM
nu, DELAY. A single vote may turn the scale ne
member this County was aiye at The last eisc'o"'
Crssus ov M,ss,sslFPr entire population
Of this State as shown by tie Census recently Ia
ken, is s76,l09. Marshal Weir has furnished Us
with The population Of each county IN the Nor'he'"
District, and az soon as we get the returns from The
Southern District we will publish the whole, giving
The population Of every County in the State ana
perhaps other valuable statistics.
c,,a,rss In consequence ol very severe
,ro,, .....n which they have had at the North, the
mails have been obsiructedaud we lave not 'eevls'
ed any Washington papers Of later da'e l''a" '"e
sd ins,.--The same cause prevented 'he attendance
of many members Of Congress, and we learn 'ha' up
10 Wednesday the 9th ins, there were not enough
presen, 10 6rm quorum. Orcourse the message
had not been delivered
s. Since hc.abOve was IN type we nave re-
ceiyed The Eastern mail, which brought Inc mes
saoe.-l, il impossible for US 70 PShIsh VI ms week
In. IL shall certainly appear N our "eNt
m,., able and dieniRed document--one OF s'e pest
,ve Ibel,eye. that has ever bsen delivered !" eo"'
-. M, we have no ruom for comment lo-day'
No.rH CAaoLiKA SENAToRs-The Legislature
n No,,h C,n,l,na, which is now IN sess'ou has e
ec,ed Willie P. Mangum and WIN A. "'a"S'''
feds bo,hl United States Senator's TO supply "S
SacaIcIcs occasloned by the designations OF NesS'S
Rrwu and Strange, Democrats. The vote s'0o'
g, uop,um o. Graham 90, Brown o. STa'se
81.
~. cannot publish the subpined eo'nHonNa'""
.,,ho., lew remarks. We must say to the wt''
,,r-.nd we 10 !, with the Utmost rtspee'--'''"' =,
has ,niscnucrivrd our move, and We he''sNe We
,he Rdaos If lie Mt>ss>ippian Wca'a "'' "'a"
!, I;r,.,. 10 The par,y--we did not mean !" "se
time bv tie erenck." Is our eorresPmaeH' "''',
,,.,ss Or 10 l,rtsian pablo "p'n'"m Nothing c'"'u
-. ..O ,,r,ber from our Intention. The Als''s'
.,ooiao recommended the call ia conven""" ~ ''-
inmate a cand,date G6t Governor &c. J" "e s''''
,,,ele.,he Eduar Of that paper mentioned i've "a"''
of several persons as suitable candidates 10 ~" ~
~. ..oortant office Of Chief Magistrate oil 'he
s,,,. We copied the article aud expressed our
concurrence in the views which il set ior'h -
We saw no.ling objectionable IN i've saw NOM,
n,oLec,onable either, IN the persons teconhe "''eu
"a. considered them all good men and uee' ana
sxcressed our Willingness Ia suppostany one OF 'tn
..;,,h, he the nominee OF the convention we
-, r.r,her--we gave our explicit eareai, and de-
Glazed that we would await tie decision OF me coz
ven,ion. before We gave our support 10 any ""e'--
The Editor of The MisSisspp'an "a RECOMMENDING
e.rtsin persons as suitable Candidates, mercy 'Ae'
ei.ed the privilege Of every other citizen ou' W.T.
10 oossespondent may do tie same. He may re-
recommend Col Andrew Hays, or COL Chapman
Law. or the Honorable Thomas ID. Williams or
,py other respectable and Intelligent gentleman Of
d. democratic party FOE The Office and he may be
.s.ured that our columns will always be open for
any ,uch Recommendation, that he may think prop
!, a make. We win conclude this hasiy comment
~;,b he remark that We do not believe any one Of
he oea,Iemen mentioned BY The MlsslsslPpan as
,:,.h. nersons 10 on Iar Governor are seeking
for the o0ise. raey no doabi, ioOk np'n -