Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1841-04-17

his Political oTp5nenis-Ihey need iAs
scahng lash Of his pen, and .ong we hope. vii ii
be, ere il ceases 10 be islded IN defence Of The
Constitution. Of Southern rights and Southern prn-
|cipes
0J-We are requested TO state that We were q
error, IN asserting week before last, that Maj
BIewetrs toll bridge over the Luxapulhsh had
been destroyed or greatly injured by the late ires
bet. We understand that scarcely any damage sas
done the bridge and that 1t is now in as good a
condition as ever. The papers that copied our
article will please make this correction.
U Our nsighbor persists IN his construction
iof remark of ours respecting the source OF dan
yer to our institutions, IA our comments on The
Presidents Inaugural. lie IS wrong, altogethcr
wrong, and we INST express our astonsbmenl
hat any person Of common sense should so tot
ally mIsap7rehend the meaning Of language so
clear and explicit as that We used on the OCCASION
referred to- "a plan and common rule Of couI
,iructlon,' we are told, as that all the paris Of d
sentence, or paragraph should be construed ioI
!ether. Very good. Now, let u' apply TIN,
rule to the paragraph in question. We stated
hat "our danger IS not from the Executive while
no acts with irmness and Independence. We
hare hroun sufficient guards around him, and
gs raich him Nth cauhon.' Here we speak
directly of the officer, and Of the powers invested
n him. We then go on to say that there is ga
source of danger--l is not however in the strength
but 10 the weakness of the Executive Take
his remark by itself and it might Justify the con
strucon of our nsghbor But what follows
We go on to explain our meaning in language so
PLAIN that he who runs may read, we say, "IeI
him, ,the person who may be President whether
|Gen'l. Harrison, or any one else;) become the
|plIant tool Of Congress--the mere sanctIoner OF
heir acts-lhe agent oil a chosen clique of leading
|partisans, and the days Of the Republic will soon
|be numbered" Can language be palmer Is IT
possible to misunderstood US ! Does not every
one perceive, at glance, that we alIude TO the
weakness of the individual, and moi to any want
|o power invested in him BY the constitutional II
he properly exercises that power and acts with
frmness and independence, he never can become
he plant tool of Congress, or the agent Of a cho.
sen clique.
To illustrate our ldea-srppose, land the case
is tothe point, aud a very probable one too that
Henry Clay, Daniel Webster and some Others Of
the leading wings should be able, by their inaa.
Ience, to carry certain measures through Con
lgress, deeply injurious TO the interests OF The
South and Soulh-W Vest, such, for instance, as
Protective Tarif, or distribution of the proceed,
Ioi the sales Of The public lands, or a National
Bank II the President be weak man, wanting
n frnness and independence, he will sanction all
such measures, and the country will suffer. This
; the source of danger to which We alluded
This weakness in our Executive I'VE mean o
course, for we could mean nothing else, The ma,
who acts as the Executive would assmllate GU
Goverumpnt to that Of Great Britain where ii is
maxim that the King can do no wrong. He i
not responsll 10 lor the acts of the Government
he whole burden rests upon his ministry. So
/ will be here # We ever have President so wea
as to recommend Lolhlng do nothing, except ap
prove tho measures Of his cabinet, and sanctIo
he acts of Congress,
Our neighbor may be very good at picking, {
boring holes for aught we know, but we think
will bother him, with all his hundred eyes to polI
out any thing inconsistent in our course, or not !
stTlcI conformity with the republican doctrines {
29s. We don't charge hun with want o. BRAN
or he is evidently agenlleman Of intelligence an
#normaslon, but 1t does appear to US that he SOM
Ntmes as in The case belre US, draws rather ups
@hls Imagination, than his understanding, for
= arguments and deductions. A man who can dI
n cover any thing like leaning to monarchlc
u prncpes, IN our comments on the President
!. Inaugural, must have penetrating eyes indeed
Optics keen they have ween,
n Who see what Is not to be seem"
u PEMoDlcALs. Several very valuable and
{teresting publications have been placed on o
liable since our last. We regret that want ofu
has prevented us from giving them such an exaI
tnaton rs their merits, we are satisfied deserve. v
can but briefly notice them to-day, promising
attend to them separately and particularly at 4
first leisure hour. The first that We take up rs
THE DEMocRATIo REVIEW for December al
November, ls40. We have had time to CLAN
but slightly over the pages Of these numbers. Il
table OF contents appears TO be rich and atlracil'
The first article on 'Ghe late PRESIDENTIAL sle