Southern pioneer, and Carroll, Choctaw and Tallahatchie Counties advertiser. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1840-1842, 1841-05-22
From the Vicksburg Wing.
JUDGE D. o. SHATTUCK.

relation 10 speech recently made at Lexing-
ton, by the Hon. d. o. Shattuck. If the par |
~ opposed to Judge Shattuck expect to defeat
mel indicates, they are wofully deceived in the |
people of Mississippi. The Sentinel may de.
nounce Judge S. as the author and propaga-
tor of a "base and un6lushing he.'as often as
it suits the taste of its editor, but il will be of
no avail. Judge Shattuck's character for truth,
honesty, and integrity is too high, and estab- I
lished upon too firm basis to be effected by
such attacks, come from what quarter they
may. The people of Mississippi, and especi-
ally of that portion of the State where he re-
sides, know Judge Shattuck too well to allow
any such attacks upon his fair fame to pass
unrebuked, and they will vindicate him at the
polls. There is not man OF any party, who
knows David 0. Shattuck, who would not re-
pei with scorn the charge o. falsehood brought
against him by the Sentinel. Mistaken he
may be, and doubtless sometimes is, but their
lives not man of loftier integrity and Steiner
honesty, or one who has higher regard for
his veracity. His whole life has been one Of
spotesS integrity, and we defy his bitterest
enemy TO one solitary act of his, incompatible
with the most rigid code of morality. The
article to which we have alluded, contains an
other sentence which we will briefly notice.
tuck learn finance!-Was it when peddling
Yankee Natmegs in North Carolinai" So it
seems the humble origin of Judge Shattuck is
to be brought to bear against him. He IS
sneeringly asked, if he learned finance when
he was PEDLAR in North Carolina? Why
was this question askada Was il 10 sheer al
I the carly occupation of one who, by life oil
honest industry, has raised himself to high
station among men. Was il to cast reproach
upon his name because he was pedlar? II
not, why was it asked? Judge Shattuck was a
pedler. and we doubt not he is proud of it,
He ought to be proud of it. Born to an in
heritance of poverty, without fortune, without
friends, with no capital but an honest heart
and his own indomitable energies, he has. by
patient and unwearied industry, tcorked his
way through life. slow birth and iron for
tune" could not keep him down, his spirit soar
ed beyond the sphere where fate seemed to
have cast his lot. Poverty had no terrors for
him; with him, as with Cardinal Richelieu,
there was mo such word as fall One by
one the shackles of poverty and humble birth
gave way before his well directed efforts. until
the pedlar boy mounted the Judges bench, as
one of the ministers of justice. Nobly did he
win his honors, and proudly has he worn
them. The sacred ermine of Justice has ne
yer known a stain since it fell upon his free
limbs, and when he lays it off he leaves it pure
and unsullied as when he took it up.-And
f yet this is the man who is sneered at, because
he was pedlar! He is sneeringly asked, if he
"learned finance when he was peddling Yam
| kee Nutmegs in North Carolina?' 1t may be
, that he did. 1t may be that he did learn his
5 lessons of political economy while he was a
poor pedlar, asersing the State of North
Carolina, with his pack upon his back. What
1 noh ocl al he hoe lao r,n1 Il
doubt not his school was good one, for in il
he has learned what is of priceless value-he
r learned honesty-he learned to practice virtue
D and dscountenance vice, to love truth and
v despise falsehood. These are some of the
!. lessons which David o. Shattuck learned in
5 the humble walks of life. He has not forgot
e ten them. In all the situations of life, as q
b citizen, a friend and Judge, he has practised
e upon them. and his long and spotless career
: affords beautiful commentary upon them.
Fellow citizens, is such man to be sneered
a at, and derided, because of his poverty, be-
1 cause of his humble occupation. In this free
# land OF ours thank God! virture, integrity anc
v ability are the passports to office and favor
III The son of poverty and want may enter tht
;. race for honor and distinction side by side
n with the pampered favorite of fortune; ant
4 nine times out of ten he is sure TO win TIT
!. bright reward.
Il David o. Shattuck was not born with
e silver spoon in his mouth. He was not dan
l. died in the lap of ease and affiuence, but in
J. ured, from early life, TO struggle with poverty
D. Emphatically the architect of his own for
v tune, the builder of his own fame. ne stand
Re before tie people, the noblest work oil God, al
a honest mani The partiality OF his fellow cit
S. liens, coupled with his own sterling merits
re have placed him before the sovereign peopl
Y, of Mississippi as candidate for the highest OF
1t fee within their gift. Calumny will pour on
,e its btterest phlals upon him in vain-the shaft
lof falsehood will fall Innoxious at his feet-up
J. start pretension may sheer at and derlde hi
], former occupation-but the people will rail-,