Independent Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1842-1844, 1842-10-15
/" Be thou ghost or goblin damn'd.

4" Be thou ghost or goblin damn'd,
Thou com'st in such questionable shape
That will speak to thee"
Let every one who wishes 10 see how bis
fool a man can make of himself when h,
tries, read the communication in the las
Creole signed Gaping Mackfadding." i
is most beautiful specimen of Wing de.
cency Snd logic, as well as "way they
have" of getting over those stubborn and
troublesome things, "Jacts." We thi NIX
that the /" Gaping" must have been in a
frolic with his companion, cold Peter, y
and have partaken largely with him Of his
& glass Of liquor" when he indicted the fol-
lowing classical, elegant and very intelii-
giblc excerpts;
ut is true that it has long been asserted
by many of the observing portion of the
community, that all of the vaunted love of
the Democrats for the "dear people" was
the grossest nffectation, intended to accom-
plish only selfish purposes, that while they
were feeling of the good people and saying
what fine "bone and sinew" divers of those
simple enough to stay and listen, and their
pockets pilfered, and that the cloak of De-
mocracy at this time conceals beneath its
ample folds, principles and feelings at the
development of which the rankest mon.
archist in Great Britain, or on the Cont.
nent would blush with shame"
"This is what that word "Independent"
so ANONYMOUSLY attached to "Democrat,"
means, that the writer's therein will show
that The Democrats are a set Of "Yeomen,
not advanced to the rank of gentlemen
"Cruel, cIuel Polly Hopkins" Truth is
mighty and must prevail" "Murder will
out" "Spare woodman, spare the beech
an tree"
"De times is berry hard, sir, but mas'a
Indep, '-gosh, dat word too hard for ME-
er,-Demmycrack bro't him all right pre-
sen,ly; den old Peter get glass of liquor for
pckln up wood, yah, yah, yah,
"Oh Jim along, Jim along Josey,
Oh! Jim along, Jim along joe"
We have been good deal surprised at
the publication of such stuff. by paper of a
party that claims call the decency and all
the TALENT" The Creole must stand much
in need of matter, to publish such. Call
over, Mr.. Editor, and we will furnish you
something better-perhaps you would like
to read and publish the speech recently
made by the " godIike" at tanue Hall.
AS to the Capting's verbal criticisms, we
do disregard them, upon the ground
of their being negro testimony" for we
are firmly convinced old Poladore wrote the
piece, and if he did not, that whoever did
write it, was non compos from the effects OF
liquor, or something stronger than real hard
cider. Walker, in his dictionary says Yeo-
man means man Of small estate in lands,
a farmer, a GENT LEMAN FARMER" This is
the understood and accepted meaning ofthe
word. Who then but a drunken man or a
negro, could say that the term "Yeomen d
the Couatry" can have" no application to
any citizen Of this republics" and what
white man would say he hopes "the negroes
are the only class in this county, that any
one would presume to call Yeomen.'" Ar
thur Tappan, even, does not 60 so far :
verify, the Anti-S!avery Society must have
a copy Of the last Creole, that it may perceive
what noble coadjutor it has, here in the
South, in its advocacy of the rights of the
black race.
The Capting says Yromen 'Gre not the
Whigs,"-that is, the farmers, GENTLEMEN
FARMERS, are not the Wings. This We
shall not now dispute, but we will tell
the Gaping ne is right in saying that the De-
mocrats are the Yeonaen, farmers, q ENTLE-
MEN FARMERS. II is well known that the
Wings, generally, have but poor respect
for the farmers and other industrial classes;
they believe more strongly in stockholders,
and spectators, in ban ks and bank direc-
tors, and city gentlemen-while the mass
Of the Democratic party is composed of
. farmers, GENTLEMEN FARMERS, YeOmen."
Z" / thank thee Jew, for teaching me that
word"