Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1840-11-21


posed Of ksown Republicans, with IHr exception
ul surae ten o. fifteen, y ch sDriug HGg Of ~h.g
spot. We are 60, sorry L. have there. It's well
to have some shadow Of opposition 10 give our
msn praciics-some lame quais 10 keep Up tie
instinct % our pointer, 10 let cur good men aid
True feel uhii they are, and be reminded what
they ought 10 be, BY seeing shat whggsfy do
Sres % be lrf undone; some eGpohents Of tue
great no prncipe party, 10 indicate lTum time TO
time its divers Nhereboui, and whose intentions
we may interpret by reading their professions
| backwards, whom We may be warned To lock, iur
few months hence, an open league wnh abOll-
tionism should We find them now repudiaiiug he
| unholly alliance AID declaring tina, they ara not
The men for The .4b liiionis nor the .ibolitiOH-
ISIS The N n for Them; just Ms Senator Preston
| prelaced hts thorough devotion TO Mr.. Clay, and
ms enlistment into has slrolling company, sud
his souchlng for Webster as Soulherner. drclar-
ing that be was not the man for Clay nor Clay
the man for him, aud then hardly arriving among
his Wing brethren and clubbing shoulders with them
IN the log cabin, and breathing its congenIal al
| mosphere psrumed BY the most sweet breath OF
applaudn2 AboldlonIsis before he threw of the
cIsak he had worn at Columbia, and chung the
coon skin on his recTednt limbs"
| South Carolina serenely holds her position, aud
rants not, and busters not, but her heel is 10;
the less resoluley and crushlngy planted upon
the head Of the serpent within her Confines. Our
republican blolhem III other States must not mis-
interpret her siillness--she is no, cold because
she is calm--and Der stiffness is that of dlsci
| pine and armed epaTalion-dnimli opI6usque.
! She sympalhies warmly with the noble efforts
OF northern republicans, and will rejoice to tn.
uph with them, knowing thai the chapter which
crowns their Joint triumph, will be new bond
and strong one 10 the union-she knows that
her position is fixed as adament, and cannot be
effected by the changes 81 result Of the Piesiden
tial contest. Let that battle 90 il aay she " ~
not waver. One battle Is not the war; and let
who Will desert, she VIII keep her palmetto wsv-
Ing on the ledoubt OF. State Rghts--a rallyus
Point TO all true Southern hearts--she viii not
lurn her back If left "upon the war path alone"
che has trod alone before, aud looking down up.
on the wreck Of the Infamous Amencan system
can proudly exclaim to the one whose chains she
broke in sundefIng her own--",4loae ! did It -
Should Harrison be elevated TO be the plnlnt tool
o. Federalism, our State viii claim hcI Old
station IN the first rank OF gallant and confident
minority but our anticipation is more sangulne--
she will be the last State to give her electoral
vote, ard we look forward proudly to Decetnber
next, when we shall see her put the cap,tone to
the good work Of the REPUBLICANS Of the Union
by giving the casting role in the Presidential
election, and dashng to the cath the wooden idol
which federalism would erect upon the runs OF
the constitution.
POLITICAL CouRrsnIP.--'The New York Sunday
Mercury tells the following Yankee ausrlote
jonathan walks IN, takes seat, aud looks Al
Snkev. Sukev rakes up The Ere" blows oni the
candle and don't look AT 1uhnarhan Jonathan
bitches aud wrigsles about IN his char, and Sn
key Sis perfectly Sill. Aritpgh jonathan mus
tiers courage and speaketl,-Sewkc !" "Wol, Jon
alhan." 81 love Non Ike pznn aud swectmcat'.'
: Dew tell !" his fact and n mislate."- wi
wl-now- will you have me, Stvbe? '-Jona
) than Hroens, what am vour politics? I'm
for Van Buren,, straight" "Wall, si! then You car
, march straight hum, cars won't have no hedy that
amt Tor Harrson--hats Aa" "Three cheers Io
I Old Tip!" sung ont Jonathan "1lats your sort,
says Sukcv," when shall we be married ]ohnn'h1n
'Nrt+'t'r Otl -t-tp-r rirrtctt. -'hnPW. a -T-rW,
What's the matter Sewke'-"Spsnhe amt elect
a ed,"
Jonothan d mt 70 away til the next morning
Il
, ponent knoweh not.
NEWSPAPERS.
Bnwer very periin~nty observes list the news
!. papers are the chronicles Of civilization The commo
d reservoirs into which every stream pours its Twin,
waters. and al which every man can come and drinl
> u IL the newspapers that give 10 liberty its PRAGUE
Al i''e its constant observation its perpetual vganr
lis unrelaxing activity. The newspaper informs ia
a legislator Of The pnhlic opinion and it inthrr,s IT
:, people OF the acts OF legSlaon And this il no, nj
I, The newspaper ieems with The most practical mo-
l. atty: IN It's reports orrime and punishment YOU fin
daily warning against tempta tim: not case in
police court. not single trial of wretched outcas
or trembling IeIon that does not preach to rs III
awful tS son how imprudence leads to error how .
rvr conducts 10 guilt how guilt reaps its litter fru
y. oi anguish and degradation. The newspaper is
familiar bond that binds together man and man--r
y matter what may be the distance Of climate or Il
u difference of Rice The Newspaper is a law hoc
Tor he ndoIent, a sermon Tor the thnnrhtleSs n
brary for The poor ltmay stimulate the most ind
fsren', 1t may instruct the most profound.
=, Starting Children in the WaM.-Manv an u,
II wise parent abofs hard and lives sparnglv an his i
" Tor The purpose Of leaving enough 10 piye lis chill
IS rem start IN the verdi as 1t is c,lled. Setting
r. young man aioat with money Ier lin Nv his REX
n yves IKE wing bladdelS Hnder the arms of one h
= cannon SWIM, ten chances 10 one he will lose /
= badders and 20 10 the bottom Teach him to swi
y and ne will never need the hladders Give 70,
e, chid sound education, and von have done enorr
Or Tor him. See too that his morals are pure. his mir
h cultivated, and his whole nature made suhscryie
le % the laws that govern men aud Won Ia We give
\. lnni what will be gilmore vane than the wea h
:, ihelndies. You have gwen him start that no mi
+" or'nne can deprive him Of The earlier you eat
y h'h 10 depend upon his own resources, The bette
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