Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1840-06-20


on to shout aud huzzl, and then betake themselves !
10 their log house 10 hear nfammatory speeches I'LL
ed with mere declamai ton about the liberties oithe
people, and deBunciation and abuse of the sdmiaiS-
iraton and us friends In tina way -Four or Ave DAYS
are spent, the intervals between the sessions OF the
Convention beng hl.ed up with drinking at the tsV-
ems and coffee houses, and in senseles largon al
the corners of the streets about /" log cabins and
- hard cider" and 50 at last the farce ends We
have seen the things here bat sintly described en-
acted in the streets OF Tuscaloosa, IN humble lmtia-
ton Of the more stupendous exhibition Of this sort
of anu.republIcan pomp aud federal loolery which
lately took place al Baltimore stranger would
think our country was threatened by foreign Toe,
to see aud hear their flags, cannon aud martial mu-
sic. AnA &c his party think that bearded men are
Ike children, TO be "pessed with rattle, aad le-
Killed. with a straw" II would seem SO lndeedi
what other sensible construction can be put upon
their conduct Are they right, ietow-eiiEensl
who practice these low arts IN hopes 10 win you, or
are we right who suppose that ynu with US hold
them in contempt and derison Time viii show;
for rs decision Of this great question we must PAN
emily wait Upon the result aS we most so'emhY
believe. hangs in no slight degree the great ana
much disputed point OF mans capacity tor sell 60
yernment, and The practcahtAiy OF Tie Kepuoheaa
form. ,..,
TO evnce to you the uarelentng hatred that these
aristocrsts feel for the old patriot, who was always
the peope's friend, and who has done and sacrhced
more i6r his country than any man i'viag, we deem
Il proper TO notice IN particular one OF ue oso's'S
which they displayed in their PROCESSION heFS, w
the banner to which we alude, to represent 1tnef
a Harrison they had all eagle, TO represent MT
| Van Buren, they had lox TO represent your o'I
| frierd the soldier Of Two wars the oohqHeTor o.
WeIIinpton's nvincibIes, the man vino mas enuutea
| more for has country than this whole wing o"Nen
| ton ever endured II their lives, on their own ac-
| count their coua,ry out OF the question, ana WIN
has done it more service than all the wing cohFeh-
| tons that ever assembled forty tunes 1o!d, nave
| DONE or could do--ths old man, now reured from
public hfe, and the hustle OF public affairs, now ~
his peaceful Hermitage, devotng the last days Oh an
cventtul and oilwern lie to the sacred purposes OF
preparation for a better our venerable ana oeoVed
old JACKSON, they represented under the figure OF
thunder blasted and broken dorm Hickory Tree
And III, Sc are the men who call themselves Wings
| This unprovoked and malignant outrage TOWARDS
revolutionary soldier, will show what sort Of stun
their Whigsm is made Of ligrahtude has not lied
"to brutish beasts such conduct as this VIII send
a mingled emotion Of sorrow aud indignation thfo
the public heart from Name 10 Louisiana. u red,
eral lightning can strike down and shaier the "od
Hickory" and the people can behold IL without
emotion, the next stroke we may look Ior VIII lal
Having thus briefly reviewed the principles, prac'
tees and ends Of the Wing party, we have only n
remark, that their principles SO Tar sswe can dls
cover and detect them, are federal their practices
departing from the dignity and sobre'v OF GA lasl
ioned federalism partake of rddicsIlsIn and thel
sole pr0fessed end seems to be TO pun down IN
prcsent administration not detgning TO vel Inc coah
Try know, what they intend to set up IN lls place.
We deem il proper before we close, 10 notice il
! nI ff thp
falsehoods which are propagsted by this party
against the Democratic Republican parry. hey
say we are toi reducing the wages OF The ISbonht
man-Ths is most wicked and unbusblns iase
hood The democratic party has always bech M
refuge of the ah0ring man against monopoly ant
exclusive privileges and 10 so now. Common pro
lection TO all ayos 10 none, 10 all that The lah9rhf
man asks and the steady maintenance 81 tht
doctrine has distinguished the Democratic party II
every contest It ever waged, as II does ~ Tue ON
that il now waeing. The Federal party, on tn
Other hand has always been the party OF monopo
and exclusive privileges, the party OF banks an
chartered companies Of every kind, to promote ~
accumulation and concentration OF wealth. whie
never fails, when so accumulated, TO overshado'
and benumb the unaided efforts 81 individual labn'
They say weare in favor Of an exclusive hSr
G money currency. That also is false. We want
1 sound mixed currency Of specie and specie payn
' bank notes, for all domestic uses and commerce.
dealings With respect 10 the revenues OF HE gen
n ers government, with view 10 dIsconneet the'
: from banks to have them at all emergencies soun(
and 10 erect and preserve somewhere the true star
- dsrd Of value we want to see them by slow an
i gradual process, which shall not disturb trade, u
d timately collected and paid out 10 gold and slve
l. only. This was what tie trainers Of the conslt,
II linn ieiendad and undoubtedly il would be hghl
= exuedient and beneficial We arc not for destroy
e na credit, as is falsely alleged I've are only Tor REL
II training It's fatal and ruInous eEces5es.
n Another false and unlounded charge that 'hs pa
h ~ are daily repeating is, that the measures ana po
j. icy Of this and the last administration nave caoSe
n the hard times Although nothing san be more VI
/" inst or untrue, we are aware that they make gre
n deaI ont of this lalsehood with uhrei'ecting me-
&c The times are hard many men are deeply ~ deb
N and these are generally wiling to mpu'e theF en-
n barrassments 10 any cause rather than their @"
w want of prudence, or economy, or industry ~
h this party TO show, and explain how, the prese
At | and last administration brought about the ha
Y. times and they have one only answer 10 MAKE,
e. General jackson, say they vetoed TIE BANK OF u
is Tinted Sls,es and that has been the cause 81
We first and last; Now, this is easily SAID but iha' 90
I'd not make il true nor is true. We nave haa ha
ID times in this country when we had National Ban
ne and when we had none, and SO We have had hou
be ishinr and easy times under both conditions Lo'
- 10 The facts-belween 1915, when the last Cnii'
Ut States Bank was chartered, and 1886, when II O.
e. pred we had as eudden and as violent a fall IN u
II price OF cotton and as hard times, on two sep1ra
w occasions, as we have now. In 1918, cotton sold
n 90 to so cents pound 1919, the very next Sc
IT. son. it fell 10 10 TO 10 Ia. In 1898, il went down
r. low as cents. In 1875, it rose again 10 - 10
of cents pound IN 1926, the very next season. 1t
r. to TO 10, and in 1881, il went down as low az
n cents Negroes, and every thing else, rose and !
er in ike proportions and the strain upon those wi
had bought at high prices, and had TO pay wa
a property was low, and money scarce was Just
IS; great as il ID now. Ths, you viii remenbef, "
ed while the United States Bank was full operate
TO In 1885, the year that bank went down, cotton 81
IN. al Ia TO IS cents The next year, the GEAR Of
all erea, suspension, 1897, il went dowA to to $.
cir 1899 il rose again To 10 10 IL and now 1910, It
ea 4o.n c0a;m 7rhua il vii r. aaan that these rSD