The Democratic Whig. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1842-1843, 1843-06-08
WHARTON.
THE TWO REPUDIATING GOV
ERNORS.

Shortly after Governor fuckers defeat be
fore the Loco foco Convention ct Jackson, he
published an address TO the citizens of Missis>
siPp, in which he took occasion TO denounce
hisillustrious predecessor in no measured terms.
He charged this pet Of the Democracy Of Mis-
sssipPi with the grosscst corruption and DIS
honesty in the execution Of the high functions
of his office. Among other grave charges, which
he made against him, he accused him o. scor~
rupting the public press Of the State and of ex-
pending annually, some ten or eleven thousand
dollars in paying the hireling editors Of his par
ty to trumpet hts praise and sustain his admin
ist. alton. The last number of the Sentinel"
contains eleven and half columns of closely
printed matter, "to be continued" comprising
Tn address of A. G. McNutt, to his late con-
stituents the people" The object of this appeal
to the people is to v!ndicate himself from the
charges of Talaboa, and in turn TO assail his
present Excellency, Gov. Tucker. Independent
of the absolute and now universally admitted
incapacity Ex-Governor Tucker for the station to
which McNutt assisted in elevatlng him, the
Great Original Repudator, divides his attack
upon the "old constitutionalsi' that child of the
Regulators, ''old Iron Sides" into twenty seven
separate and distinct allegations, containing
charges ola grave and serious nature, not only
against him officially, but deeply involving his
private character. He states "l4 He has abused
the pardoning power in turning out of the Peni-
tertiary, three MONSTERS who had imbued their
hands in the blood of the ir fellow men," He
charges him with having en- abled Graves to OBJ
tain possession of the 3 per cent fund and per
cent fund contrary TO law, with having counten-
anced his misappropriation of these funds, ard
by his culpable neglect in not having him ares
ted when h had conclusive evidence of his guil,
allowing him to escape with about seventy
thousand dollars of the public money. He as
serts that Tucker had an intimate knowledge
of Graves want Of character, which he with
held from the people when he was nominated
by Democratic Convention, Upon the whole
McNutt makes out vegy strong case against
Incker. but We feel no firth .r interest in this
Kilkenny cat affair, than by publishing some of
the charges, which these worthless make ao,;ns,
each other, to show TO the people how little con-
Aoehce they ought to repose in party whose
leaders are SO abandoned as they represent each
otner 10 De. Both ofthese men, who are accused
not only by each other but by numbers of their
own party, of almost every act that can degrade
an officer, were nominated for the support of
the people by the leaders of the s.Democracv
and their claims for further honors are still mr..
ged upon the public, for they are both at this
tme candidates for the highest stations, which
the citizens of Mississippi can bestow upon. If
either be believed. the other must be considered
corrupt and abandoned man, and wholly un-
worthy the confidence of the people, if each be
believed than neither can be trusted.