Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1840-08-11

are still considered, ''too delicate and /
sacred to be profaned'' by the tongue
OF plain citizen or subject. Who
does not remember that the good |
queen Elizabeth hesitated not to en-
join upon her Parliaments that it was
improper 'to deal, to Judge, or to |
NEEDLE with her majesty's prerogative |
royat?" And history fully informs us |
that all such impairment intermediates |
were disposed of in the most summary |
manner. kwell know, therefore, that
| shall awaken and rouse into action
the base and malignant passions of the
fierce Cerberuses which Guard the por-
tails, and the well-fed placemen and
ofice-holders, the fawning sycophants
and other abettors ofhigh prerogative,
that environ the person of the royal in
cumbent of the Presidential palace,
with the vain hope that they can parry
tho well-directed arrows Of republican
archers. Growl, and snarl, and snap
as these guardian Executive ours may,
| shall nevertheless indulge myself on
the topics indicated with pretty liber-
al range of remark. | will not, assur-
eddy, be restrained from the fullest ex-
ercise of the freedom of speech by the
licentious course of the accredited ''or-
gan" of Martin Van Buren,. refer to
the "Globe"-a newspaper which re-
ceives its pabulum, not 'from the
crumbs which fall from the rich mans
table," but from enormous largesses
and profitable contracts, voted for its
sustenance from the treasury of the
people-a paper that holds its exis-
tence by the sole tenure of Martin Van
Buren's sovereign good pleasure, and
which promulges daily, through its
broad pages, not the thoughts and mo-
tives Of the miserable scavenger whose
name it ostensibly wears, but the wish
es and designs of his domestic master
a paper, sir, that is published "BY
| AUTHORITY" What honest man
has read, without feelings of burning
indignation, in the recent lucubrations
Of this ''onicial organ," the foul, not to
say beastly, assaults against the char
acter and patriotism of the venerable
and heroic defender of the violated
honor and invaded rights of his coun-
try? Who has not been fred with an
COR at beholding in Martin Van Buren,.
organ the false and malignant represen-
tations Of the hero of Tippecanoe-a.
ga superannuated old woman;
"pitiable dotard' "a" granny''-a"re(
peticoat generap'-as the "hero oflortI
deieats''-is delivering ''inaugural adj
dresses to pigs and poultry "shu
up in an hon cage, and compelled Il
wear an iron mask, and drink hard CT
dcr?" ''No other person (says III
Globe of April Is, 1S40J is permlttc
to come near him but an old servar
= waiter, who brings higsmeals, and pei
=. forms THE NECESSARY DU
TIES OF THE CAGE. None {
the domestic animals are allowed
, come near the cage; and favorit
: dog, WHO RAN AWAY WIFI
+ HIM IN ALL HIS BATTLE
) having been observed to bark very 81.
. nifcantly, after an interview with h
; master, was forthwith knocked in Il
l. head, and thrown into the Ohio"
Is / ask YOU, Mr.. Chairman, wheth
ut Martin Van Buren, manifests ''dece
he respect" for the opinions and intel
d gence of the American People, wht
E he viliGes, through the agency of j
s. official organ, an old soldier, who,
rs rescue thousands of women and ch
Il dren from the scalping knife OF t
O ruthless savage" freely abandoned
IL the endearments of home and iaml
III enduring the icy and piercing blasts
ne northwestern winters, wading throu
ne the deep and cold waters and bla
ne swamps of Michigan and Upper C'
III ada, sustaining, at times, an aim
SIS furnished nature upon ''raw beef, WI
nat out SALT" and often perilling life on I
ne field of battle? Poor simple-mind
oil old veteran, he was, no doubt, fool
nts enough to believe that, having CIV
iall the best energies of his body and m
ro- in youth, manhood, and mature a
vii to serve and defend the honor,
the rights, the property, and the lives
us his fellow-citizens, he would at lie
cS in common courtesy, be entitled
so THEN respect, if not to their love
SER gratitude. He doubtless supposed t
rye at all events, his feelings would h
t TO been spared the brutal assaults OF
witty official organ of an individual who
e OF those soul-trying times, was actin!
and unison with the the ''peace party,
opposition to the virtuous James N
SEN ison--that good democratic Presi'
to- who, in a special message TO Congr
In had patriotically recommended an
.icai peal to the valor of the nation as
ned only proper course to maintain
re- honor of its flag. If cruel treatr
rev. like this is deemed suitable rev
ndi- for the soldiers tolls and dang
Iited where, hereafter, let me inquire,
fhis he find incencive to cheer and fr
mails heart in the hour of danger and o.
ican "feld of battle?" Sir, know the
veil erous feelings of your bosom reve
lally the thought; that you are ready Il
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