The Democratic Whig. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1842-1843, 1843-11-02

explain awAy before another audience the
charges which have been fixed npon liis char
acterahe canting hypecrite.xay enlistshe sym.
Dathy of The public at the injustice with which
he has been treated and corruption may closhe
;taesfin therobes of virtue, and, whilst Il az
ects to challenge investigation, boast Of it, pu-
rity: but il il The duty Of the public preBA to
o ssher Al the facts involving the character Of
/ man, who 10 seeking the confidence Of the
people, and II they estsbIish his depravity or
incompetence, to spread them before the Peo-
ole and disseminate them from community to
community until the whole public, upon whose
confidence he is endeavouring to impose him@
SCH, are well apprised of what he is anxious to
conceal The vlrtuous man, the independent
politician, and the sincere patriot has nothing
to fear from the Investigations Of the press; its
.aaaults against his character are poweriess;
it, missiles fall harmless at his feet. Those
only object to the freedom ofthe press, who are
m,,st obnoxious to its exposures.
Tho Doctor, after endeavouring to concIll-
ate the Wings by not small amount OF bI1r-
7ney. a quality for which his countrymen the
irish have always been remarkable launched
forth into a general abuse OF Wing measures.
His remarks on these subjects were common
place and destitute OF originality or force. At
thol,Oh he was nominated by the Repndiaiors
40 = notoriously running as an anti-bond can
d;date for congress, he said not one word on
Renudiaticfi. On that subject the instrument
was indeed ont of tune. In conclusion the
Doctor or Parson INDUCED in what he imag-
ined was most beautiful and eloquent rapso-
dv on the American constitution. We knew
Il was in him, for we had heard Of it from Nat
chez. and. when we saw him turn his SIDE to
the audience, put his right foot forward, h's
Len hand in his bosom and hrs right al his back
his head backwards, and swell his chest 10 Its
utmost dimensions, we knew 1t was coming
There he stood, very model for Praxltes
or Phidias, there he stood glorious in his pow
ers as ii orator and his figure as man, there
he stood the personifcation of every excellence
in mind and person, there he stood breathing a
wild fervor of eloquence such as was never be-
fore heard by any present, there he stood as
tcnishinc, confounding, overwhelminglhis audi
ence with the splendor of his oratory and the
majesty of his figure. Such were doubtless
the thoughts of the parson. as he recIted this
massage in his speech, with which he regales
every audience, that he considers sufficiently
intelligent to appreciate its beauties. Yes
there he stood, stealing expression sitter express
sion. idea after idea, and even sentence after
sentence from the celebrated speech of Mr..
Webster in reply to Hayne on Foot's resolu-
tion,and with an assure nee unparalleled repea-
ting them, as if they had originated with him.
SELF Let any one refer to this speech on the
American Constitution and especially 10 Mr..
Webster's eulogium on Massachusetts and he
will discover at once that this highly wrought
passage on the constitution was stolen almost
verbatim by Parson Hammet from Mr.. Web
ster's speech.
In the course of Parson Hammett's remarks
he took occasion to speak with much severity
against Col. Gilmer for having said that he had
apostatized from the Methodist Church. He
admitted that he had abandoned the ministry
but denied that he had left that church. We
have been told by gentleman of high stand
ing and member of the Methodist Church,
that he is no longer a communicate of That
church, whether he was dismissed or volunta-
riIy left the church. he did not state.
Mr.. Volney E. Howard, one Of the Demo
cratic bond paving candidates for congress; rnse
hear more powerful argument against the
doctrine Of Reputation than he delivered. He
arraigned DR.. Hammet for passing over in to-
talsIence, the subject Of the payment of the
bonds whilst he stood confessedIy the candidate
OF the Regulating party. We shah not at
tempt to give even an outline of Mr.. How
ards speechS it was decidedly the ablest taken
altogether that we have heard during the can
vassS he showed hinselfin every respect per-
fectly the master of the whole subject; occa-
slonally he was eloquent and throughout his
argument nnanswerable. The applause, which
Mr Howard received was unbounded. he spoke
upwards of three hours and during the whole
time he kept the minds of his audience Fivetted
upon him in fixed attention.
With all who rad the pleasure of hearing
Mr.. Towards mastery argument on this oc.
casIon, his reputation as public speaker has
immea sura bly, increased; the contrast between
him & Hammet was SO decidedly in his favor,
that we will venture the assertion that there
was hot repudiator present, but what regret
ted that DR.. Hammet had ventured to enter
the lists with one so decidedly his superior. We
hope that every bond payer in this county will |
give him cordial support.
Hammet replied to Mr.. Howard and the |
debate was protracted till late, but We did not |
remain after the two first speeches were con-
cluded.