Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1840-10-21

II SO happens, that that editor gets caught
in his own trap.
The following IS the reply of Judge
Walker, TO q communication, addressed TO
him on the subject, by committee of cit.
liens of this Stato:-
WooDvILLE Sept. 18th, 1910.
GeatIemen:-I have received your
letter of the present date, in relation 10
an article in the Mississippian of the
4th instant, in which it is stated, that
they are authorized to state, that will
vote for Mr., Van Bnren in Novem-
Der.
l have TO say, that the article referred
to, was published withoutany authority
from me, and that the editor of the Mis-
sissippian has been misled, no doubt
unintentionally.
1t is true, that have been in favor
of the present administration, and have
ever been, and still am, in favor of the
principles upon which Gen. Jackson
went into office; but | have become
thoroughly convinced that the present
administration has departed from those
principles, and that the security Of our
institutions and the prosperity of the
country demand change.
The extravagant and wasteful ex-
penditure Of the public money, the
present scramble for office, and pros
cription for political opinion, are incon-
sistent with plain republican admin
is tration of the government, and induce
the belief that the present administra-
ton has in great measure lost sight of
the general good of the community,
and mainly looks to the advancement
of its own authority and to the reward
of its own particular partizans.
The course pursued by the House Of
of Representatives of the last session
of Congress, in relation to the New
Jersey case, cannot in my opinion be
sustained, rby justice orlaw; be-
lieve thatthe majority composed Of the
Democratic party in relation TO thai
case, acted in violation of law, and dis
regarded the sovereign rights Of New
Jersey; and thereby set an example
eminenlly calculated to cause serious
alarm for the perpetuity of our free IN
stitutions.
The policy pursued by the admins
tration in relation to the currency ha:
been disastrous;-its policy has been
first, to destroy the United States Bank
and to regulate the currency by means
of the State banks, the State bank sys
tenn has been abandoned; and lastl.
the sub-troasury scheme is established
experiment has followed experiment
r until we find ourselves with little or NJ
currency, and the whole country la
bouring under the most unexample'
| distress and pecuniary embarrass
: ments.
; Deeply impressed with the belief
that the present crisis demands chang
t in the administration it affords me
pleasure to say, thatin voting for Gen
Harrison, | shallvote for one who is i
, my opinion, Democratic Republica
whose public and private character
G irreproachable, who has served hi
country with distinction in various civ
: il and military stations, and who IS
S every respect worthy Of the high STATIC
a to which he aspires.
g Yours, sc. JAMES WALKER
S Messrs. VIM. Her, II. Y. Collins an
others.
n "Tfe Hon. Ed. Stanley, they sa1
'f| is actually black on one side of h
S face, by a constant conservation, VIII
y John Davis, John G. Clark and Lev
s erett Saltonstall, a portion Of the Il
d oZit;on UHic Central COmmittec.-