Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1840-02-18

'eessaitl9. <Autnlss we tillillAs has been verl-
fed mthe coalition which has recently taken
place between Martin Van Buren, and John
g. Calhoun. They were certainly two ex-
trennes; and wc thipk The step has also been
taken--from the sublime to the ridiculous
galhounsto Van Buren, The notification of
The Carolinian was the sUblnity Of proper ac-
ture and truth, and the insincerity Of. the crea-
-ture Of Kinderhook, the ridiculous nostruni Of
political quacE- calculated only to disturb
the equilibrium Of the body Of the nation. and
turn the channels of health into currents If
disease and death. Bot although such NAV
occur, as that extremes do sometimes meet.
yet it is sure Indication that something IS
not right in The principle. that, brings them to-
gether For instance, was planet to travel
out of its course and come. in contact with an
other planet that had for years and centuries
travelled in an opposite direction, nothing
would be more. strong to the mind Of an As
trouomer than that something was wrong in
nature
Now although neither of these worthless can
lay claim TO the properties. of a planet, except
i be avery Opaque one, they have. neyerthe-
less travelled in very. opposite directions, and
the-very circumstance of coming together,
proves. eonchsively, that one or the other has
wandered out of his orbit; and whiclris nei-
tier chance nor accident. It is SAID that Mr.;
Calhoun has strayed. Does he deny the
charged He does; but where is his proof
Although a. man of veracity, his word cannot
be taken in this instance, especially when his
actions go to establish guilt,-and we see no.
thing in the conduct of the other to induce the
belief that he has been in this instance the
.wanderer. Although accustomed as he has
been to follow the popular current, of late his
position has been. more defined than that Of
Mr.. Calhoun, whose .evoutions have been so
rapid that it has puzzled his most serVile fol-
lowers to keep up with him-often finding
themselves a great way. behind. But Mr..
Calhoun. although well versed IN the NEGRO
mantle art of presto change, viii find himself
dreadfully put TO It to follow the still more ra-
pid evoluhons of Van Buren,, who, when he
Starts Ike aspirit of the night, visits an hun
dred castles before the dawn, and exhibits
himself bright and unwearied in the business
ofthe following day. We think Mr.. Calhoun
would have done a much better business on his
own hook.
The Raymond Times of the 9TH instant con-
tains but three columns of general mater, the
balance being filed with legal and other ad-
vertisemeats. This is what We should call a
pretty fair business.
The best hit at the loco .foco garchitects Of
ruin" we have seen for some time, and which
contains about as much reason. and regard fol
law and equal rights as some of their projects
IS the following resolutions introduced by Mr.
craves,of Amitc, into the Legislature of this
State on Monday, Feb 3.
Whereas, BY the bill Of rights in our consti.
tuition 1t Is declared that no man or set of nler
shall be entHledt 10 erciuSiue privileges, except
in consideration of public Services; and where.
as married men, by the marriage contract, arr
entitled to exclusive privileges and whereas
lit is the settled doctrine of this Legislature thai
i they possess full and plenary power to annu
and abregate all contracts, particularly wher
the privileges growing out of those contracts
are of an exclusive character: :. Thefefore
l. ResoIred, BY the Legislature of The State
of Mississippi, That all marriage contracts
heretofore made and entered into, are hereby
declared null and void and that all the right.
and privileges attaching upon such contract:
shall Immediately cease.
2. ReSotCed, That if any married man o.
woman shall refuse to relinquish the exercise
Of those exclusive privileges guaranteed (
them by the marriage contract, he, she or they
shall be fined in the sum of five hundred dol
lars, and imprisoned III the penitentiary for
term of not less than one year nor more tIiai
FIVE
3. Reso7red, That all children, heretofor
hegotten under the existence of any marriag,
contract in this State, are hereby declared lie
Ultimate.
4. ResolUed, That the Governor Of thi
State is hereby empowered to appoint tire
commissioners in each county, to. seize tn
property, and personal, of all married per
sons, make an equitable distribution of the sam
; among the citizens of their respective countie.
and speedily mind up all marriage contracts, {
the end That the people Of this State may
able ''early TO recuperate" and resume thos
equal rights and privileges guaranteed to ever
man by nature and natures God.
Concerning the bill before the AIississipT
Legislature to annul bank charters, the Mad
son Wing says:
Ofthe progress of business in our Legislature
xCe cannot saw mncb. The hanks seem 10 oc
cupy their attention more than any thing elst
as they are now the the theme of as much de
nunciaton as the commission merchants
New Orleans were a year or two. since. Now
every demagogue mounts the stump wit
banks; the Fascally banks--some Of them ar
very rascaly-when, two years since. our dis
tresses were attributed to'the rascally commits
sion merchants of New Orleans. The dis
( tressed are willing to place the censure an
/ where but upon their own, or the shoulders
the responsible parties. The bad currency
the loco focos say, is the cause of the distress
and that party are determined to make show
ing, if nothing more, Of their promises to reforr
! it by legislative action :; to effect which, bi
5 of'a very peculiar nature has been introduce
. into the Legislature, entitled ian act to repe;
bank charters but which should be more pre-
perly called an act to provide for and establIs
Executive patronage, to enable McNuttto fee
his s.long lean and lanl" partlzanss that Ink
ravenous birds, are towering over their prey.
7 The bill proposes to take the managemeI
|, Of the banks out of the hands OF the stock-hc
| ders, and give them to the pets of McNutt-
Although we look upon the bill as the mostou
rageous, and opening the door to fraud, rasca
Iity and villany, yet we are not sure that such