Southern banner., 1841-08-13
TO DOCTOR GWIN.

ne United States, TO quarter the Gwin taml-
' upon the people of Mississippi, without
onsulting the wishes of her citizens, and as
1ou have figured 10 a considerable extent
n public affairs connected with the interests
of the State--iI is to be presumed that the
aforesaid people are not Indifferent TO the
manner in which you have comPorted your
sell during your sojourn among them. Now
as you have placed yourself before this peo-
pie for their suffragez TO high and honora-
BILE office. suppose you Tin order TO quiet the
feelings Of the curious) answer few inter |
rogator ries which We shall! PROFOUND TO you:
from your known capacity toi Improvaolll-
ty," we opine you will be at no loss to make
public exposure as satisfactory as can be
desired by the most fasrideous.
We will commence:
lst Did you or not borrow or obtain ac-
commodations from the Miss. Union BANK
TO between and $500,000!
I'd Did you or not subsequently discharge
these obligations, or as many OF them as nave
been discharged. in the deprecated paper OF
that institution, say l8 or % cents in the
dollar!
Sd Did you or not realise from these ac'
Communications first and last some 3 or $780,
OOO9
4th Have you or not employed agents to
buy negro property at MarshaPs sales while
acting as Marshal contrary to law, and caus-
ed the same to be carried out of the State!
5th Have you or not made collections ioI
plaintiffs, in good par funds and paid them
over Union money, while at large discount
9th Did you or not convey to Jno ID. Free
man % or $4,000 worth of valuable pro
perty, without any valuable consideration; /
so what, was the inducement!
7th Have you not employed the services
Of Mr. Freeman TO aid YOU in your election
ee ring campaign, for seat in the Congress
of the United States; in other words, have
you not agreed 10 give Linn salary to &C
company you through the State 10 make
stump speeches for your
9Th Have you not employed Col }. +. II
Claiborne in the editorial department OF th'
Natchez Free Trader, at salary to assis
in getting you elected TO Congressl And d,
you not own the materials upon which u a
paper is printed!
Gin Do YOU not own or hold lien upol
the materials in the Office of the MissiSipplan
, Vicksburg Sentinel, Paulding Clarion an
Columbus Democrat!
10Th As you are now against the estab
lishnent OF National Bank, permit US t
PROFOUND to you the query, whether or nc
D you were in favor of such an institution i
1887, and whstner or not you have wri
ten during that period, communications fo
public journals strongly recommending sue
an institution?
| llth Were you or no, as late as last Eel
r ruary in favor of paying the Union Ban
S bonds, and warmly against a reputation
o the same9
q 18th Were you or not lashed into the
opinion that the bonds should be paid by D
Hagan Editor of the Vicksburg Seminal?
The above questions are propounded
II YOU that you may have All opportunity
ot clearing Yourself OF these charges, for we a
re sure you most positively that such things a
l. said of you The people care not VIII
h what your notions of National policy ar
they know that you have none farther tn;
comports with party organization or tn
IN NAV seem TO favor your election. The
have good reason TO believe that you expe
TO go to congress by virtue of purcha
such as employing partizan Editors, purch
y sing up Newspapers and hiring such men
y J. d. Freeman to siumpit throughout {
r. State for you."-more anon.
TENNESSEE.
Ii appears in this State, every man who
10 Nove,aber last, cast his vote for Gen. Harris,
thinks he is entitled thereby to some Office
honor or profit. In all probability the next
gislature of the stale, will be SO far democra
as TO eject James X. Polk to the Senate. well "