Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1841-08-28

year, "a, lessi,s free Barblcus Is given and The
COED people Of the county are all invited 10 attend
l, is "a famous resort too for politicians, and bas
been The scene Of many slDAp haransue before
The Severe gn-." The excellence Of the water
and the GOODNESS Of rs shady groves render u nd
mjrabIy suited for such purposes. 10 company
with goodly humber Of the Columbus boys We
attended barbecue gwen at The place On Friday
the 20th INST. On our arrival we found a large
concourss Of people on the ground and some
score Of Sheep, Sho4is sc. slaughtered ond 10
most delectable state Of preparation to crafty the
appetite. A table was set out under the cool
shade, long enough 10 accommodate several
hundred persons. As soon as il Vas loaded with
the good thlogs,ahd The slgna-alI's ready. gwen
the company fell to with hearty good Will, and
the way the meats pies &c, disappeared was
caution. There wss,howeyer, greatly more than
enough, aud when The appellles Of all were stated,
still plenty was left to have satisfied another com
pany equally as large, as the one ha, had toasted.
! The bdfbacues we're all vel cooked and served
up in fine style. we have seldom seen accompany
enjoy Themselves better
A hunting match had been gotten up a few
days previous to the Barbecue to test the expert
ness Of the boys of the Bfanyar precinct in shoe
ting Squirrels, Rabbits and other "TG,mjnis. -
/ Capt. Jesse Williams headed a company of ten
and Capt. Panel Taylor, another company Of
like number They brought in scalps to The as
ionsblng amount Of 5424! as follows
Capt Williams company 1867
Capt. TayIor's company, 1867
Can any precinct in the County beat ,hal
The Speaking.
/ As 81 on as tho dinner was over, general call
was made for the candidates to mouat the stump
and give the people a talk, After some little al
,ercaton as to who should speak-ior nearly ey.
ery one Of the county Candidates were on ths
ground, cooked and pinned for an harangue, it
was at length d,cIded that TAahman NJ Tucker
vernon should first take the @taad. The prece.
dence was granted to him, because he would have
TO leave the county Ia a few days to fiji appoint
menis IN Other parts ol the SMle, aud It was not
probable that be would have another opportunity
PREVIOUS 10 the election, to address has old friend.
aud neIehbofs
| II rs not ourpmpose Row 10 give any thing Ike
a sketch of Mr. Fuckers speech or OF that Of the
gentleman Who followed HIM. We took no notes
on the occasion, and have but avcry imperfect
recollection oC what was said. Mr. Tucker spoke
for one hour IN very clear and forciblc manner
any nan. II was decidedly better speech than
the ont he delivered here IN July last in reply to
! Parson Shattuck lie reviewed his course IN the
Legislature and showed that his Efforts as mem.
Der Of that body had always been directed to the
restraining OF 1t within lis proper constitutional
limits. llo examined the bond question and
pointed out the frauds that had beenpe by
the charter of the Union Bank, and tho sale of the
bonds upon the people and their constitution. L
was Il question he sod whether the constitution
should stand as is trainers designed it, aud as the
people understood it, or whoher the Union Banl
Charter should be paramount and make null aux
, VOID the sacred charter Of their rights, and thu
, fundamental law of the State, lle held up tn
, Union Bank Charter and the Constitution of tn
State, and asked his audience to choose between
f.. them. II the sale Of the bonds Is legal, aud bin
ding upon them, and they are to be taxed for the
payment, then then constitution is nulny, au
their property may be taken from them wltho,
' their consent, aud go to pamper the luxury an
y swell the pride Of the European bankers and All.
tocras. These were not it is true, Mr. Tucker
wotds, but such, as We understood him. was Il
tenor OF his remarks and the drift olh,s argumen
His speech produced decidedly favorable in
preston. sod TaIIaboIa" did himself and b
cause full justice on the occasion, as the ano
unanimous vote at the precinct in his favor, mt
November, will show.
: VIM. L. Harris ESQ, replied to Nj Tuckc
y, But II was no go. Tho speech was a total fa,mr
Mr. Harris attempted TO show hat the people
the State were bound torthe payment of the BON
. upon two grounds, first because the Union Bar
IS CHARTER, Supplement aud alb was constitution,
IS and The bonds we're legally sold; secondly tn
feven hat post ION we're false, yet as the mon
had been received and used with the taci asse
J. ofrhe people i, ought to be paid back. We a
" nit that It ought TO be PAID back and so does y
e Tucker, but who ought to pay it 7 whyLhe Bat
e and those who negotiated the sale Of the bond
: to De sure. The people never sanctioned Il
. Supplemental act under winch the bonds we
!, sold and neither they nor their representatives :