Independent Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1842-1844, 1843-09-09

Ii was not our intention to excite the ire
of the editor Of the Jackson Statesman,
when we objected to the mode Of election.
eering chosen by him and some Of his
compeers. He says that he facts he pub
Iished are already spread upon the journals
Of the legislature, and have become a part
Of the public records of the country; this,
The editor supposes it is possible We have
some knowledge Of and he does US nothing
mere than justice. But this apart, is the
Legislature of Mississippi body Of such
transcendent authority, that its example
may always be followed with propricty
We are far from saying the legislature
was not'guiIry Of "prying into the private
fortunes of individuals" But al the time
we understood the object Of the legislature
to be TO show the condition Of the bank,
and not an attempt TO faslen pubic oilum
upon any one. The scope of our article
was this: that few indiyiluals were singled
out, their liabilities 10 the bank published
for the purpose of showing they were ac-
tuated by base and personal considerations
in tenying he liability Of the state TO pay
| the Union 3 INK bonds. If it WAS not for
that purpose, we can imagine no other
Ba, the non payment of the bonds cannot
ahcc. tie teJto.s of the bank, so that there
could have been no such motive; il then
looks to u; like a wanton exposure OF that
with which The publ; has nothing to dn--
The editor Of the Statesman has certainly
right to defend himself from any charge
which derogates from his responsibility,
but he awkwavdIy and unnecessarily dlags
into his ar;ic The sentence; Whatever
motive dicta ed ne charge it is untrue"
Il Will be seen that tacse lO, atoms were
not coniued to candidates for off e,but ma
ny others were included in The prescriptions;
all these publications. we considered an
improper, and unjusrifab'e mode of e'ec'
pioneering; we considered it trenching on
the privileges Of privae life and gave our
opinion Of it as such. We asserted n con.
cluson of reason, not n m :ter Of fact. II
pub ishing how much men owe, is not me-
ling with private matt rs, then we hive
argued wrong--o category in which we
have company enough. The sentence a.
bovc quoted looks 10 u5 as if it was wri ten
tor no other purpose th,n - use a harsh
term. The editor Of this paper has no
m tive walsh my not lie published TO the
world, mach more freely than Union Bank
debts Thcpgactce Of mixing charges by
inuenlo, or which have - lie derived from
doubtful influence, may be cniertlinei by
some; we have not learned the Trade
When we have hostile motives, the fact
shall not be left TO con; ecturc. The edi-
tor Of The Statesman is sensitive y prompt
in considering himself personally assalled
No one can appropriate with more u>t
ncss than himself, the the elegant phrase*
which heads his article.
The Statesman calls us chastc and i'm.
maculate; if the editor has any ll;endS to
whom that character will render us unac.
ceptaLle, we ale are sorry to hear it. We
thought better things of him. We thought
that his associations lay amongst those
who had "high and clear perception of
what te'ongs to the decencies of private
lfe." We, however, shall not be obstinate
or capti1us enough to deny the charge,
"whatever motive may have dictated i"
We were surprised to see the editor place
in connection with our name, the words
"gracelul vanity" II wit consists in the
perception Of lar.fetched resemblances,
the editor Of the Statesman is one Of the
wittiest men living Our clIins to either
of the qualities mentioned were always
slight, bit when wc became acquainted
with HIM, they were entirely extinguishcd.
His Pretensious compared to ours, are as
Hyperion 10 Satyr." We would as
soon think Of competing with Apollo for
his Lutte. 1t is n province Of which he is
me sole and undisputed lord; "ve shall be
careful not to invade its sanctuary"
The statesman threatens more pubIca-
lions of the same description before Nov
ember. The gentleman is in a publishing
humor. Let him publish them by all means,
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