Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1841-10-05
From the Yazoo City Wing.
HINGE SHATTUCK IN YAZOO.

,rsok. add addressed the people at Satartia on |
rCrdnesday, at Benton on Tuesday, and at
tbsnace on Friday. Judge Hughs, the wing
,l1jdate for Attorney General also addressed
s peopc at the same time at Benton and thus
7Iice. -.
Never in the history Of electoneerng or
public speaking have we witnessed such enec's
upou the people. II canuot be descrioeu anu
rcallv Il would seem 10 be almost Incredible
A. Satartia. where such boastlng has been
made of anti. bond strength, we are informed |
that the effect Of Judge Shattuck's speech was
well NIGH universal: MANY Of the strongest |
ard most influential anti-bond PAYERS came TO |
the Judge and openly renouDced the abom- |
,uable heresy forever. They said to him
we did honestly think there was something
wrong about il, but we only wanted some
one to tell us what the question really was
and explain the matter to US. The lower end
Ofthis county rom henceiorth on the bond
question is . X!
We attended the meeting at Benton on
Tuesday. JUDGE Hughes
commenced the argument on the bond ques-
ton, and for about an hour and half he held
the subject under a LEGAL investigation, and
answered all the various legal objections
which have been started by the anti-bond
presses aud orators.
Next came the CHAMPION OF MISSISSIPPI!
the orator Of the times-the "HONEsr CAN
pnATK!" There were'no persons lettering
about while Judge Shattuck was speaking
Expectation was high-all we're anxious to
hear the Judge, and all were physiological
md gave every possible expression of glad
ness and appreciation at the perfect-conclu-
size using up which he gave the bond ques-
ton. He left neither the HAIR, hide shadow or
substance oft. And he did It SO easy-with-
out an effort-to the perfect satisfaction of all.
He exposed the ''tsxation humbug' most ad-
miraby. lie showed that an increase of tax
alton was not necessary nor was it contempla-
Id He stated that he and his political friends
80 lar as ne knew, were opposed TO it, and that
90 attempt or position 10 increase taxation in
Mississippi had been made ercept by has Oppo-
acu, r. VI. Tucker, lCkO, iR the last LegiSla-
ture, iRirOdssceda biz into the Senate to that
effect, and got The support Of tioo Gnti-bOnd
payers toW So much for Faration." He
stated that he had recently learned from the
Auditor Of Public Accounts, that the State
Revenue tins year would be about sic hundred
and fsrty thousand dollars. Which nexI
wear viii almost entirely relieve the State from
debt Of eve y Lin even though moth ng is pait
D. the UEion Bank. he showed that the las
.Ithontic information in respect to the finan
cal resources Of the Union Bank, came from
AZ anti -bOnd, auti-bank report the Legisa.
sure %, last year, which showed that it would
t1ally lose OF all its assets about five hundred
thousand dollars.
The DISCUSSION IN THIS PLACE ON FRIDAY
Judge Shattuck is pleasing orator, as well
~ a sound honest politician. He has evident
y previous to his electioneering campaign stu
died with indeatigab;e application thereto, ma.
ny unanswerable arguments which he fear.
lessy holds forth 10 the people: OF when an an.
swer u attempted, as far as we have heard it
renders their foundation more solid. lis argu
uenis are based upon honor, virtue and integ
rty, and as they are produced, the uprlgh
form, the manly voice of the speaker at once
pruclams to his auditory they emanate from
pure, honest patriotic mind.
Atthe commencement of his address, h
spoke in high terms Of has competitor, Tilgh
man NJ. Tucker, and lamented his inability Z
being present to take plrt in the discussion 9
,he DAY. The first a guneniative point embra
ced was, relative TO The banking system. L
his Judge Shattuck thought the people {
Mississippi, by making the paper of adjacen
states their medium currency, had been lie
!ao gross error, submitting To pay certai
per ecntagc, OH the doubted paper of Louisan;
Alabama, Tennessee, &c; when a currenc
could have been preserved at home--its intel
ests kept within The State--home banks, d
rected by individuals equally as honest a
those who direct neighbJrlng banks and III
citizens Of the State be entrusted with the cor
troll such mOnied institutions as issue note
o. whose faith they through necessity relied
White on this question he brought forward Ii
many glazing Inconsistencies Of "Old JupItt
Tonans" Of Jackson, or the "Big Whale"
the anti-bond Ocean,-Alexander G. McNut
whom he harpooned successfully Il
blubber a sufficient supply of oIl to enable Il
wheels Of his triumphant car, to move MOI
smoothly than even we had anticipated, on /
journey through the State.
In relation to the BOND QUEsrroN,he spoil
comprehensively and fOrcibly confirming tho
present in favor Of paying the bonds in the jus
ness Of doing so,and We thought we could di
Germ IN the eye of many an anti-bond man,
acknowledgment OF mistaken pr inciples, fro
which, in the pride Of his honor, he won
gladly renounce any participation in an act
eupabie. The "Supplimental act" on viii
the anti-bond payers lay such peculiar emph
SIS, was adverted and held forth as a convin
ing document that the BONDS should in juI
ness Oe paid. In short, so clear and forcib
were Judge Shattuck's arguments, that an
planter that had listened attentively throug
OUT ana whom we had looked upon as an an
oonaer' on being asked if he really was SO,
Pled-'No, never said such were my pr
ciples; out now should be ashamed 10 ave-
them, even had they have been previously {
tertained by me!'
The honorable orator during his address {
tered his determined protest against the an
bond paying party--said it but feebly stamu
a dishonest principle on the hearts of fe
that reflection candor and integrity would !
cessaFily Obliterate.
At the conclusion ofhis address he bu
for IN a strain ofeloquence such as we h;
seldom heard equaIled and never surpasse
The HONOR Of the State of Mississippi was
The Tree OF LIBERTY--The people as the '
entwnng itself closely around teach
pendant on the support Of the other-dest
but the tree and its associate vine becoI
blasted.
We cannot for want ofroom, further pur
t9e details ofthis mastery effort Of truth
eloquence. Il drew around The honest ca
date, crowds Of the honest sovereigns of
zoo, and good evidence oftheir determinati
lRROyembsE.
From the National IntslIigencer.
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