Holly Springs gazette., 1843-10-13

/ oy tHC - hPntHieS "a "ii VIC P'NtHt
nent msn of his par,y-that he was opposed
TO protective tariff. the distribution of he
and fsnd, a National Bank. and the assump
ton Of State debts. And here, now, MIR
Howard must permit us to stick pin. and
digrcss from our narrative for the purpose
Of giving him and his fellow bond-paying
candidates for Congress rap over the
knuckIes
The whig party have no candidates for
Congress in the field to advocate their pocu-
liar and cherished principles. and they feel
that they have right, under these circum-
stances, TO appeal TO the maenanimity. nay.
to the sheer sense Of justice. Of Lbeir political
opponents. a, least not TO misrfpresent them.
neither openly and shame lessly as the more
reckless OF The regulators DO. nor covertly
and BY implication as some of tie bond pay
ers do The wings are neither ashamed nor
afraid Of their principles. They avow them
learlessly and from the housetops. and all
they ask from friend or foe. is iastice They.
are In favor OF the distribution of the land
fund. and OF National Bank. as Mr.. How
ard left his audience 10 infer. But tLey are
not, AZ he also left them 10 infer. the advo-
Gates Of proiectire Tariff in the sense
which the friends Of Mr.. Calhoun under
stand the term. "rrotection." nor in any 9th
ar sense than as a source Of rerenue, with
hat ineidSntaL protection or discrimination !
n imposing these necessary duties. which !
5 recognize by all sensible democrats as
veil as wings, by every man who has capa-
ily sufficient to apprehend the truth, and
andor sufficient to avow IT, But Mr. How
rd has no more right to regard the assump-
on of State debts by the Federal Govern
lent as whig measure. because il has be- n
1vocated by WIN. Cost johnson. or some
her whig, than the wings and The world
ave 10 hail the abominIble here>v Of repu-
alton as democratic measure. because it
IS received the paternity of 4 O. Nc Mutt
Id the advocacy Of Il. Nj. Tucker. We
ould not wish 20 confound the reputation
VIM Cost Johnson. by the way, with The
aoriety OF Nc Mutt aud Tucker Mr.. John 5
n is gentleman of whom the whig party .
c proud. but they know how to apprt ciAre c
5 worth and admire his genius without en- Il
acing his errors We d, ny. too. that III the
81 Spring elections in Virginia, the doc |
ne of reputation received the advocacy of '
) whir marty. or that an2 whie Of Virgin G
or elsewhere, who is not recreant 10 his c
uy. has ever sanctioned or connived at IA /
olaiion of the public filth. So much for ,
II depression. Now 20 return. Ii
MIR. Howard then ezpa:iat,d upon the
oral obligation OF the State to. pay lh.se q
nds. irrespective of her legal liability !
e compared the attitude Of the repudiators \
that Of man living on our frontier ad- |
ming Alabama. This worthy. il seems. r
d gone over into Alnbama and found an b
nest citizen oflhal State possessed of few a
gro6s. with which ne was attempting to Il
axe his support by cul.ivaling nn unpro- o
Give piece Of ground The MisSissipiian "
to the Albanian how much a
ote valuable these negroes would be if en- s.
Dyed upon the more generous soil Of Mis- .
sipi. aud offered him a good price for h
I'm il he would bring them over into his tf
ate and sell In. m TO him. The Aabamian, ;,
nhding in the promise of the Mississippi .
did bring his negrues into our State aud r
ID the m to the Mis.issippian. who rromis- :,
him fair pIice. Some time after. when :
e Albanian came 10 coll, ct the money
on the not. S Of the Missssippian. the lat
drew himself up 10 his fulI height. and :
th an air Of offrnd.d dignity. info.n,d he
labamian that he G 1t hims-If greatly in
lied by Il is proposition to violate the Con u
tuition of his State. That the constitagou
the State of :, issssippi Expressly prohibI ?
the introduction Of slaves into the Stale ~
the purpose Of traffic. and ttsiGe. impo "
rigorous Ftnalli.s uron the off.-nding
ity. That he f,l in hoi.or aud duty Il
und to protect aud End tLat sacr, d in !.
umtni; AID b. btsid,s. that he was a jssitce u