Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1840-05-30

r..-.r-l, ta Sen DIP hy ill democrats -a-.E 81. kr.
.-.s7I supported w,.. warns. ari 5z--az.zrI
sxl1b..eI-lyg-y Office Ia t.s -i.-n- ta....-
so. m, command. Coming -an Tire r.eagar-
Esd aal beng tie pupil OF Jefferson aa NlE,-
- sal supposed o. cheers. ther 5os,-1ss---s-
....-,, t4ta.s too Of u1 inferior order. BE- was. s.
... time. empaaucaIy The tavou,s of dee State
-s,f ibs tirlcchi. whom the good Ga Common
lin was proud to pom, 90 q oat a he- choicest
s,r, But there has CONF change, ana "sucd a
,a,s my countrymen - Millions Glsn augeI.
..t5roglI scarcely be recognized by h.z apasrale
,s,,I,ie was not more altered than IS lbs same man
,,,b.na few years. The William c. Rl,gs O, 1851,
,gl, 50 elaquently denounced the bank 2aty. and
,,5, retired fiom office sooner than he would obey
,bs mandates of viii, legislature is not the VIII
;,m c. R,ves ofls4O. He is changed ia position,
hanged in principle, changed in all his party assoc
cations AMI feelings. When DE o1ks taca 10 lhe
mas, nhtlrTs then honest, ave, there's toe rub,
and there's the doabtO he may well doubt his own
IDENTITY And why tins great cuange-ihis COM
aete shifting Of position Has there beeR any
,b7, in the course Of cyents-in the alienation of
o,rIe, to Justify IL Nothing whatever. Mir. Van
Barren IS the same mln that he was in 1886, when
Mr.. Riyes warmly supported him, unaitered in eve
nv thing and so is Mr., Richie Oft the Enquirer. Yet
Mr. Ryes has cut them both, and gone over to Gen
Harrison, whose principles Nc denounced and whose
claims to the presidency he secuted bat four years
az. M r. too, with unbushng elronlery tells us
that he is tue same man hat he was IN ls}6-that
he IS altered in nohug--ihcn, why, We repeat, the
change, and wncre Is IL, for a change there certainly
has been somewhere; Why is it that Mr.. Rives
has become hostile to tie Richmond Enquirer aud
IS taken into the fond embrace of the Richmond
Wing, paper which but three years ago. declared
that an eternity ofnpen,ance could not absolyc him
from the sin OF having supported the Expuage"
or words to that elect The truth is. the change Is
to he sought for and explained IN the fact that Mr.
Ryes was never at heart and in reality a Jclierso
man democrat--that he acted borrowed part
and that be is a dishoaest politician. This is harsh
language, but not more SO Han truth and justice re-
qulre-no more SO than the faithful pen Of the his
toran will record, # The name Of William C.
Ryes goes down to poscrty, it w,I 90 down black
cned with the stigma Of dishonest political apostacy
or cringng hypocFoy
Mr. Rlvcs is dpomltist-h5 cold, reserved and
cautious manner has imposed upon manyit lmpos-
ed upon Us. We once took him TO be honestly in
favor of democratic republican principles But
there were some who knew him better and more in
timatey than we did and who always doubted him.
An old friend Of ours in this county veteran in thu
cause Of democracy, and one who formerly lived ia
the neghborhaod OF Mr.. Riyes. said to US more
than three years ago Mark lblt man. He will
deceive you. | know him wel--he IS not to be
trusted" These, we believe, were his very words,
And sure enough his prophecy hus come to pass.
edd at that time trust IN Mr., Riyes, and he has
deceived Us. And there are many, very many Of
his intimate friends and warm supporters whom be
has in Ike manner, deceived and betrayed. The
same friend to whom we have just alluded, has
shown US a letter from relative OF his IN Abemare
Go. Na.) Mr. Rives' own county. We are per
mlled to make the following extract from the letter,
and with tive close this article:
81 believe the subject Of both Of our letters was
pobcs-you advocating aud condemning the
Sub.Tpasurg Scheme You denouncing and !
supporting w. c. Rives You then supposed that
! was likely 10 wander iIom The good old republican
6d an, tread in the forbidden paths of modern
gbissm oI;o, ancient federalism; aud now con
Tess batirIbaac -, otinued to march in the same d.
recbon, yond now IN, e been fairly engolphed IN
hat sink of political inlap, az" coi, OPl'oH' "'e
great@hig party. Butt have con-, p" 's".,'00"'
face, and having resumed my Orig a pos ,,
he democratic ranks, g looked TO the r.. -
dressed" am now batting in behalf Of the :
Old cause of democracy and equal rights. The
truth is was never more deceived in a public man,
ihan have been in W. C. Riyes. Intimate as
was with him, and having the highest confidence IN
The integrity of his motives, was induced to be-
ieve that he had no idea Of throwing himself into
the arms Of the wings. His late letter however, has
undeceived me- he has at length, thrown Oft the
mask, that seemed to be glued to his face, AMI, IN
violation of his " armed neutrality as well as Of
aH declarations, that Senator ought to be an IN
dependent representative Of the State, lie has
come out open mouthed, for the peaceful Hero
o. Ippecanoe am done NTH HIM He has been
a.ared by the wings to what, verify believe, viii be
me "laternal hug Of death"
% We shall publish Mr.. Woodbury's report TO
which the Globe aludes in the subjoned article in
our next, together with the remarks Of Mr. Benton
IN the Senate, when the report was presented. The
amount of The ordinary expenses Of the national 60
'ernment, for the year 1889, instead 81 beng Ii
millions, as has been before stated in our paper, IS
Just SlS,325, 500 IS. There never was--there ne
yer Gamble more economical administration than
MI Van BuIen's is. But our readers shall not have
our assertion alone -ssey shall have the fact, TO
prove il.
NATIpNtT EVpCNCrS