Holly Springs gazette., 1843-09-08
cascA AND THE MIsslssPPIAN.

| cASCA AND The MISSlSSFTlAN y
The writer in the Mississippian over the
s;ona,,lre of Casca, made his second appear
ance in that paper last week. Whatever
weight or credi, his first article may have
! had among i.s readers. has been wholly de
stroyed by the violence and vulgar abuse ol
the latter He still adheres to his former as
sertions in relation to Mr. Clayton. and-en'
deavors to strengthen them by reiteration.
In his FIRST, he charged him with being an
old fashioned, full blooded aristocrat.' and
gave an account of his speech at Canton,
which was so full OF bare faced falsehood. as
induced several newspapels to give 1.-THE lie.
This denial was superfluous waste of
breath, for 'Casca' contains falsehood in eve-
ry line, standing out in such bold relief as
could not deceive any one who did not pre-
fer lie to the truth. Mr. Clayton, in his
speeches, has noticed the fact, that the coun-
ties which pay the largest tax 10 the State,
gave large majorities for paying the bonds; ;
while Il he repudlatng counties paid compara-
,iveIy nothing No one who heard him,
suspected him of drawing invldious dis:lnc-
tlnctons between the rich and the poor, yet
this is seized upon TO stir up the preJudlces
of the poor against MIR. Clayton Oh ye
intelligent, clever, and well bred regulators,
blush with shame when you read the follow
ing extracts from the article OF your coadju
tor, 'Casca'
"In my letter | said
that Mr. Clayton is man of gentleina My
bearing; one whose department shows that
he has been accustomed TO the best society
Il will GO further; he may have what his
friends claim for hlm, all .he kindly sympa-
thies of our nature; he may have an eye for
pity and hand open as day for charity
So had Alexander Hamilton, rho did all he
could to place the Government of the Union
in the hands of the rich so had Gouverneur
Norris who used to say that the people
ought to be saved from their worst enemies,
themselves. So had Luther Martin, who
used to give his fees to the first 5eggar that
met him in the streets; so has Daniel Web
ster, who cares no more for money than the
pebbles be treads upon, but yet they
all acted and felt like Webster does-"give
to men of property says the latter, 'the
care OF the government and they will take
care of the poor" = What is the legitimate
meaning of Mr.. Clayton's language ge2-"sive
to the rich bond payers the government aud
they will pay the bonds-you repudiators
who pay only a small tax are not the prop
er persons TO decide this question, your inter-
est In the community aud It's character are
no: to be compared to ours"-Push this
doctrine a little further what must it inevi-
tably lead to legitma.ely and necessarily-
why that men who paw no tares have no
right to talk on the subject at all, and ought
not to Uote-that those who pay a small tax
ought to vote as those who pay larger taxes
because paying so insignificant a sum it does
not lie in their mouths to grumbIe at a tax
Were not these the very arguments of arls-
tocrats in times gone by in Virginia, Ma
ryland and North Carolina to justify the res
friction of the right of suffrage to the free
holder 2''
at was your whig candidate for COVER
nor who first drew distinctions between the
rich and the poor those who were in debt
and embarrassed, those that were not those
sentiments. tend, and those who paw much
and are blessed With more holy affinities.
Having heard his speech; having been class
ed by him as rogue* in common with all
the repudiators of the State; having seen
aristocrats before and knowing perfectly
we'll what they mean where they begin
and where they end. l felt it incumbent on
me or Tor some one) to lei my brethren of
III ho
know what sort of a speech the whig candi-
date for governor made in Madison County.
A public speech is like published book,
every man has right to criticize it. have
exercised that right If gentlemen say the
criticism was disproportionately harsh, let
them before they arrive at that conclusion, !
first reflect how they would act if Mev were I
called rogues by democratic. candidate
their debts pried into and pronounced the
Cause Of their political opinions, and hear
him by way of climax announce to them that