Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1840-01-11

talents, H1T the sagae.iy, tie fTmBess requisite
Cor TIN, exalted and responsible station. lie makes
a very Eroi county clerk 10 doubt, but We defy any
one to point 10 any production Of his-lo any thing
n tic whole history Of bis lie that eyinces an intel
| lect above mrdocr'y. For the chief magistrate Of
this nation we require a man Of pre-eminent talents
ono WHO has the sagaeitylto conceive, AMI The
firmness 10 carry out measures best calculated 10
preserve our Tree institutions in their purity, aud
promote the best interests OF the people. Such
man IS NOT Gen. William Henry Harrison.
CossRFss.-We have tad no direct news from
Washington since our last The mails have been
sadly deficient for some tme--no 4 letter nor pa
per have we received fom any place north of Rich
noud within the last ten days. This delay in the
mails, we understand, has been caused by heavy
snow al tie north.
We have received through the Charleston $. c.
papers the proceedings Of Congress up TO the 2lst
uIt. slne had been IA ken IN the House of Rep
rcscntalvcs, on the question of admitting Cover
nor Penningtons five wing members from New Jer-
scy The decision wa, against their admission bya
majority of four. A most righteous Judgment, and
one that the House ought to have come to on the
first day Of its meeting. After the rejection of Gov.
Penningtons members, Mr. Hoffman of New York
moved resolution that the House adopt for the
space Of ten days; the rules OF the last House of
Representatives, with the exception of the lIth,
which prescribes that in the election of officers the
House shalt vote viva voce) and in the mean time
to refer the rules to committee 10 revise and re-
port them for final adoption.
This resolution gave rise to a long debate. That
part of the resolution which excepts the nth rule,
respecting the rIra voce mode of voting, was reject
ed by decided majority The house afterwards
went into the election of Clerk. Hugh A. Garland
was reelected to that Office on the first vote BY
majority OF ID over his highest wing opponent, aud
a majority Of of all the votes east This il on ad.
mjnstration triumph. Mr.. Garlands course on the
New jersey question was bitterly denounced BY the
wing leaders in tic Hose but the grand inquest Of
! the nation has gwen a verdict in his favor. The
election OF Mr.. Garland settles The question, and
proves that the administration party have the ascen-
dency in the House.
No election of Printer had been held at our latest
|
the Presidents Message had not been sent in. We
| expect it by the next mai.
In the Senate nothing Of importance had been
transacted.
The editor of the Macon Intelligencer still flies
The name Of Henry Clay at his mast head. He can
not as yet hoist the flag Of Gen Harrison for certain
objections. lie says speaking OF the Harrisburg
nomination:
We confess ourselves deceived and disappointed
at the result of their deliberations. We had fond
y hoped confidently believed, that Mr.. Clay would
| have been nominated by the Convention but the
reverse has been shown 10 as, and our tavorlte IS
driven from the field. With the political character
Of Gen. Harrison we are by no means conversant
! we regard hlm, however, as state rights man.
and IN many respects preferable 10 Mr.. Van Buren,
| Tor that highest and most important staton--bul
nota outstanding our preference, we have our objec-
tons TO The nominee OF the Convention"
| What Gen. Harrison a state rights man Sure
y the editor must be joking Gen. II. is no more
a state rights man than Daniel Webster or Jno. q
Adams, He Is known 10 have been the supporter
Of j. q. Adams Administration. He is tariff
man. bank man. an Internal Improvement man.
lie has not one particle Of state rights in his compo.
sitian. The editor is certainly " not conversaht'
with the political character Of Gen. IL. or he would
never have called hun state rights man.
In looking over the proceedings Of the late
Harrisburg Ilumbug Convention, we find the fol-
loving remarks attributed TO Mr.. Topper. Of
Mississippi. Can any body tell US who Mr..
Topper IS y
MIR. Topper, of Mississippi, said that the
Mississippi delegation had cast the vote of that
State for Henry Clay, and perhaps the Wings Of
the State will be disappointed in the result OF our
deliberations but they Will 60 for the nominee
Of this Convention, and the land of Pondexter
and PrenIlss, as she has done before will 10 hor
duty still and from the harmony Of this Conyen
ton, and the enthusiasm manifested by its men,
| bers, he felt satisfied she can be rescued from
| tho spoilers under the banner Of The Hero OF
| llppecanoe,"
Mississippi twill DO as she has done before. !,
Assuredly she will, MIR. Topper and viii again
cast her vote for Martin Van Buren,. The gen
teman was right also, IN saying the Wings Of
this State would be disappointed. They are
completely chop fallen, and are almost ready to
give up the ghost We really doubt whether any
Harrison ticket will be got up in the State = not.
We do not know oil any four leading politicians in
the State SO desperate and reckless as to permit
Their names to be run on HARRISON ticket 1t
would be political suicide
to Wing IN the last Argus, challenges US
10 adduce single proof IN support of the charge
that Gen, HanIson is an Abohttunisi We de.
rive the proof from Gen, ii, hmselt--Out OF
his own mouth do We convict him Of being an
Abollionstr and Of the worst stamp As 10 bis