The Democratic Whig. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1842-1843, 1843-11-02
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says that the Address 81 Col. Graves Is Ihl
people 81 Mississippi" 10 spurious docnmen
Issued from the presses, for political capital
did not think any one 90 stupid and malignan1
ns 70 presume that Ne 6 sud 90 palm of sucl
On assertion, aud 20 gull an intelligent commu
nifty into the belief thatany onB would atlemp
20 make political capital of q publication writ
ten solely BY Col. Graves, as . defence, re-
gardless 81 parties. Bnt can inform thu
.NOuthern Reformer'' that Col Graves did
himself write The address alluded 10. That
was with him whilst he wrote it, and that it
was not known 10 any one except-his near rel.
atives that he intended writing defence, until
i made its appearance II the post Office. in this
State. The address was published by King
q Bard, OF Philadelphia, under my superin-
tendencc. And the manuscript, in his own
hand writing, (Which is well known) can be
seen By any one at any time, who will cali on
me at Middleton, Carroll county.
RALPH GRAVES.
The foregoing letter reached us yesterday,
BY mad. 1t IS post marked s.Carrolton. Oct.
18th" We presume after the reading of thu
letter, that no one can place any confidence
IN .he assertion of the Southern RefOrmer, and
Cannot but regret that that paper should have
ventnred to make charge against party,
for which 1t had not the shadow of authority.
When we saw the notice in the Reformer, we
let 1T pass unnoticed, because we had not the
evidence upon which to give it the lie, nor
did we expect at tho time that we should re-
celve any information as to the source from
whence the pamphlet came.
OF the contents Of the phamphlet we have
heretofore taken no notice, simply from the
fact that we discovered they were extensively
circulated, and every man who would read
them would Judge of their merits or the degree
of of credi: to which they are entitled. We
are fully aware that when Graves 1e9 the
State, strong Suspicion rested upon those
persons whom he has implicated in his pub
LEGATION, but we are not willing to attach an
undue degree Of importance to rumor. But
now that the man who has defrauded the Gov
ernme Mt; or in other words stole the money,
has come out and implicated his accompIices
in the fraud, we attach Just that Importance to
his testimony as weIwould In that offany Grim
inal charged with AMI offences. whe may tirn
States evidence and become witnesses against
his accomplices.
The pamphlet has at least good effect.
1t places the people in possession of the facts
which will enable them to Judge fairly of
of the honesty of the repudiating public func-
tionaries which majority of them paimed up
on the people two years. Since that party
State Government has been one of plumber,
fraud and Corruption. These may seem plain
assertions, but we get the authority from their
own party.
In the frs: place, we find the Governor and
his predecessor (who was the father of the
infamous doctrine which placed the present
party in power,) publicly denouncing each 9TH
er as thieves and swindlers, and flooding the
country with abusive publications. IN the
official message of the present Governor TO the
called session of the Legislature, we find one
half of that document devoted to his own de-
fence, and abuse of his predecessor. At the
opening Of the Senate Chamber at that ses-
sion; the centre table IN he chamber was
loaded with the documents of McNutt, con-
tanning the most scurrilous abuse and criminal
charges against the executive of the StaIe; and
yet strange to say, that insult to the Senate
In the second place, we find The Auditor and
Attorney General of the State writing and
certifying ID the honesty of the present Cover.
nor the assertions of their idol to the contra.
ry, notwithstanding!
RaAnd in the third place, we find the. alb
sconding Treasurer; who was the bosom
friend and companion of Tucker. Freeman and
Matthews, now publishing pamphlet implica
ting those functionaries as PGrticeps crIntt1liS'
Now in the name of common sense and
common honesty, we ask what honest man can
trust any of the present repudia:ors in office,
after these conflicting confessions from them
selves. That there has been fraud and villalny
practiced no man can doubt who knows any
thing of the history of this State for the last
six months. And any court of law will credit
the evidence of thief against his accOmpLces.
How far Graves may tell the truth in his PAM
ak lafa hoO 10 6F ia
say: but certainly he furnishes documents,
proving conclusively, that part of his conduct
was with the full knowledge and authority of
the powers that be. And having told The truth
until we finc proof to the contrary. And IT
seems to Us that it devolves upon those Impli-
Gated in the frauds upon the State, to prove
themselves innocent. or TO shrink from the
gaze and communion of honest men.
But such is the testimony which is now be-
fore the world, of the characters of the repudi-
ating office holders and Office seekers of Mis-
Sissisippi; and if the annals of history furnish
such another example of fraud, falsehood and
corruption, it has not fallen under our notice.
And yet in the'face of all these facts, some of
those implicated are now candidates forthe suf-
frages ofthe people whom they are charged
with having robbed; and under that mantle of
disgrace which covers the darkest crime, Thy
they cry aloud to the people to save
them from persecution, and appeal to an often
ded God to bear witness Of their conduct,
Bet ifa 1.-THE of the charges of Graves be
trfie, be places the brand of infamy upon the
toreheads oil his aeconplices. And il. there
fbe justice in that God whose blessings some of
them have so often invoked. the day Of retrl.
button must be close at hand. If these men
are guilty of half the charges against them, n.y.
pocrisy cannot avail them long; honesty must
in the end prevail, and justice though "slow, is
sure" we leave these worthless for the pres.
ent, in the hands Of the people whose suffra-
ges they claim, and be it remembered we have
charged. them with nothing but what they
prove against each other. All the crime, all
the evidence, and all the charges emanate and
exist not with the bond-dayers or wings, but
with the regulators of Mississippi; and if they
have practiccd more villtany than they. could
conceal the crime is theirs, and the loss is the