Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1842-04-28
From Me F,ctshsTs Wig, Apriilm.
OUR JAKE


personalities in Congress- is trying to Get some re
putaIon for FIRE eating. The following from the
Columbus Argus, is an amusing notice of Jake's
efforts to play the ehirairie. Every body in Mis-
sissiPp knows that Jake has been told to his teeth
'many time and oft, that "repudiaton" was no D..
thing more or less than swinGling but no one ever
heard we! OF his calling any person "ar and calum
nioiorw II we are not mistaken, the Marshal
OF this District told Jacob last summer that repuda-
ton was highway robbery, but this bellserent fire
eater kept as ''cnlm as May morning" He !,
doubtless. very brave, but he is also pe,y prudent
| He picks his men.
From me Argus.
IL is reported in the Madisonian, that "AIr
! Thompson OF Miss, called the attention of IN,
/ House OF Representatives TO a memorial winch
was PRESENTED by Mr. Morgan, requesting the Ge-.
neral Government TO assume the debts repudinteJ
| 10y the State of Mississippi and requesting that
measures ho taken to eject her from the Urion. MIR
L. IN concluding some very animated remarks on
tins petition, declared that its statements were false
and calumnious and that whoever asserted that IN,
State IN her late proceedings in regard to her re-
puted debts, had acted dishonesty or cishonorably
was base liar and cdlnniator, and TO him he held
! himself responsible.
aye Gods end little fishes" can this he our
Joke" holding such bellgerent language There
must be some mistake m this matter, the reporter
must have mIsreptsented him. The Madisonian
cannot impose this upon the people Of Mississippi
at least Gen. Reuben Davis of Monroe will never
believe that the same "Jake,h whom he opposed for
Congress, ever uttered such warliko language IL
IS eposterous, II too absurd to he credited for an
instant. Why-durlng the late canvass Jake"
hcard u proclaimed from every stump IN Missssip-
pr that the State. in ropudatng her debts would I've
acting most "dishonestly and dishonOrably," yet
he neither denounced the authors Of such assertions
as "base liars and cllumnators" offered to fight
ION this point"
in fh CoIl ,t,o (HoI.
what meat does this our Cesar feed that he -
grown so great2"
There is scarcely bond payer in Mississippi
who does not think that the Stole in the late pro
ceedngs IN regard TO her repued debts has acted IN
the highest degree "dIshonorably," and has branded
her name with stigma of inlnmy, which time may
partially remove but can never entirely efface We
nave made this assertion NJ least FIVE hundred times
and notwithstanding "Jake's" most formidable re-
sentiment, expect TO repeat il whenever think
proper. Whilst we earnestly deprecato "Jakesr
most potent wrath, we are a strenuous advocate OF
the freedom Of speech and the liberty Of the press
lnregafd To all public measures, and should we even
IaIl martyr 10 support Of these Fundamental pTIn-
ciplos OF liberty, we must exercise the privilege OF
asserting that, although are opposed u being
erected from the Union, in our opinion the course OF
Mississippi in repud atng her debts is "dishonor
able" and disgraoeml IN the extreme.
The NJ +. boundary Qusshon.--It is under
stood that Lord Ashburion has by the last Steam
or, Il he did not have them with him, plenary pow
or to settle the ~ T.. Boundary Question Mr
Webster is unwilling to make any proposition thar
does not meet tho concurrence Of Massachusetts,
and Maine.
The Governors Of these States have, therefore,
been consulted, and special sessions Of the Legsla-
iuro have been invited. The Governor Of Maine,
the = 'te most interested. will soon convoke the
Legislature IN an Extra Session. The Kennebec
Journal seems 10 hint that arrangement couln be
easily made, which would DO beneficial 10 both
Maine and New Brunswick. "Our neighbors want
passage by land" II siys, I've want one Ivy wa
ter. Both could bo accommodated without much
inconvenience 10 either II the right spirit prevails
tho matter may easily he settled 10 the advantage
Of al concerned. liz Is not, tho surveys must 90
on and arbitration follow, against which Maine has
already protested"
Maine. no doubt for tho free navigation Of the
81. Johns will give free passage over the 5isputed
territory. The Province Of New Brunswick, how
ever, will hardly consent to thnL-.N " Erprsss
Nrw YoRK MFsnras ~ Couepv,, po,yoya
our Ma. Calhoun FoR rHg PREsfprscY-Wbile
Mr. Van Burcn Is approaching the Uermitege bv
the roundabout way II New Orleans and the bends
Of the Mississippi, miiHg me whssis, all along the
way crow arc npldy getting out ol place here IN
inc Empire state. The Poughkcepsie Eagle notices
a tact, the like Of which We have oofeed else.
where' VIZ that the member Of Conetes, from
bu'cheSs - writing home that Mr. Calhoun IA tho
strongest man "tho Democracy can run for the
next Presidency r"-B.
FUR TRADk.-Tho value Of the fr trade srI
hshouos along tho shores Of lekes U,ro, ,nd Su
penor, ~ estitnited at $4,000 600 .nnualiv NJ ,Y-
PoI,s 70 England. And yet most Of the fur used
~ he United States, IS bought ia London.