Independent Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1842-1844, 1843-10-28

cognize it who are at all conveTsant wiu
1.-The subject. Then how stands the charge
| All the opinion we expressed on the sub
iect was that the opponents to the paymen
of the Union Bank bonds had a respecia
BILE argument, one which they might wei
claim as being strong enough to create be
lief in its business, without subjecliug thei
motives to suspicion. These have beet
! termed anti bondmen, in contradstlnctloI
10 regulators, or in more "chaste" and fin
ished phraseology, "red-moulhed rePudia
tors" We expressed no opinion as to The
correctness of the opinion of the anti
Londmen, we said only that TO sdenounce
them was not the way to, convince them
that they should be approached in another
way, that they should be reasoned with as
if they were honest men and rational
beings. In the Objectionable article, we
we're suggesting what we considered a bet
Ter mode of convincing them. To show
that they have respectable argument and
one that may well be believed, we need
only mention that Col. V. T. Howard, one
OF the bond-payiug candidates for Con-
gress, and for whom the central commit.
tee of the wings have recommended the
party TO vote, is of the opinion that The sup
elemental charter is unconstitutional. And
yet when we attempted to defend the anti
bondmen from what we consi Tered calun-
ny and unjust yituperalion, when we en-
deavored TO show that the course OF The
wings was calculated to injure the very
cause they sought to forward, and because
we attempted, as we had iight, 10 de-
lend the democratic purity generally, this
writer unwitingIy asserts that our article
is calculated TO advance the "moral lepro
sy of the rcd.mouthed repudiators. Now
we ask any candid man 10 read our orti.
Gle and say if lheue is one single word
on which can he placed construction IA
vorabIe to the reputation Of public debts
and all public debts. This reckless asser.
ton was no doubt made thoughlessly and
without much reflection, or the invincible
bigotry Of the writer, duls his perception
Of the meaning of words. Madison occa.
sionaIly appeals TO the shades, and "sport'
familiar" with The names of the ilIustriouS
teachers Of philosophy aud logic, and iheir
names are probably about all the acqlain'.
ance he has with them, il we take the above
as a specimen Of his acquaintance with
''sy llogislic rule"
We have thus disposed of tie two first
articles of Madison. He boasts very
much Of having defeated lis in arggm n.
We scarcely know " hat he calls his ar
gument, but if he means those long, ram.
bling, disjoin'el paragraphs, and inter-
minab'e sentences of pointess nothing,
which he has driyellel out into about a
zen columns, we admit we have found
it somewhat Difficult: to answer, for the rea-
son that there was so lite to reply to-
Blu, to make NO contest abou: this, we con.
cede at once, that he is much more pow.
erful reusoner than we are, and much
greater man every way, so leaving hun to
compliment himself in the midst of his
selfcomplacent triumph, we will proceed
with No. 3.
A long and eloquent rhapsody of words
is devoted to The purpose of denying the
Language we imputed to Mr.. Clayton, the
whig candidate for governor, in his speech
at this place in July. We attributed t
him this language: THAT those who were
opposed 10 the payment Of the Union Bank
bonds, had no right 10 regard the detaica
ton of Graves with Reproduction; that their
principles were identical with his practice,
that they could not blame HIM, he bat car
ried out their principles" We do not Of
course pretend TO give the precise words,
but we give them as nearly as We can re.
collect, they are certainly not exaggerated
If Madison denies this, we can only saw
hat he is deficient in recollection, or did
moi pay the same attention 10 The s9oech
that We did, and we are notaasweropie for
his defect OF memory. Mr.. Clayton did
pretend to philosQphise upon The The effec
Q reputation upon pa lie mora's, bol that
was not the principal point Of his remark
upon this subject The words we added