Holly Springs gazette., 1843-07-07

the leaders of bis party differ upon paper in
toto, with him as regards the currency
Van Buien IN his messages has expressed
himself in favor Of State Banks, and Polk in
answer to the Memphis interrogatories. says
unequiyocally, that he is in favor Of State
banks.
When he took up the grand question at
issue between the parties, in which. ia fact,
all others are swallowed up. he was really
: amusing. fle said that United States
Bank was AN obsoielJ idea, and of course
quoted Daniel Webster as authority. For
tanaie would it be for Mr.. Thompson if it
were true that United States Bank were
dead and buried SO deep that It's ghost could
never rise to haunt him He we'll knows
that this is the Shiboleth Of the whig party;
and that il is enshrined in the affections of
thousands of his own party, so deeply that
not the soPhis.ry, and affected sneeFs, Of him
or the 'Goiike Olni e. can shake il from
their bosoms. The people remember too
well, that for forty years il kept the public
monies without the loss of a single dollar.
They remember too, when one Of Van Bu-
ren's subtreasurer's eloped with 81 200 900.
and tha; since that scheme went into exist
ence. we scarcely open newspaper that we
do not see an article headed another Swart-
wouter' In introducing the subject of
bank. Mr.. Thompson tolda most amusing
said that though the bank was not properly
before the people. yet it forced itst If upon
him, like the little boy at school "he did mt
whithle. 1t Withheld itself' he did not take
up the subject OF a bank. il took up itself
The whig candidate for this district mus,
know how to tell anecdotes aceH, and be ex-
ceedihgly aOitty and humorous, if he hopes
to succeed against MIR Thompson He told
one other anecdote about the wings being
cheated by Tyler. Said it reminded him of
gambler, who had provided himself with
good hand and secreted it under the table.
His opponent discovering H. exchanged his
good cards for Indifferent ones When the
trumps suited him. he bet largely. and after
he had taken up his concealed cards and
locked at them. he said with an air of aston
ishment. "boys. there's Cheating going on
around this board" OF course, we laughed
heartily and did not even stop to try to rec.
onclle II with previous remark, that the
wings were not deceived by Tyler, that they
knew be was an anti-oank man before they
elected him.
Having demolished all the principal
points of his attack upon the whig policy, he
now came to the subject of Reputation. He
deprecated the attempt to drag i into the
contest for Congress. Said it was exclu-
sivey matter of State policy. and should
be confined TO State elections. 1t will be re
melnbered that this is the same Jacob Thomp
son that wrote the celebrated Thompson's !
letter, which was the foundation of repuda.
tlon. and formed the platform upon which
stood all the antbond champions of l84l. |
h'iA d1ANhNSO SNi StVfS" CONStetUttof6
from the attacks Of its enemies II was this |
celebrated epiSIle which aroused the citizens !
Of Mississippi from their lethargyand rallied
them to the rescue, when the honest hard |
earnings OF our farmers were about to be
transferred to the Golfers of Rothchilds,
who already owned the place where Jesus
was bonn
"Vesuvius, Etna. and Stromboli," what
are thy fires and flames compared to the
wrath and Indignation which burned in The
bosom of the Hon Jacob. when he came to
speak of the eforis OF the aohigs Of Nissis-
sippi. 10 blast her character a5xead Oh
We OF little faith, believe what we tell YOU.
when we say that be laid the blame of de-
tanning the reputation of Mississippi. at the
door of the whigs We blabbed il out, one
of the family too. at that We could Mt
keep family secret. but betrayed our breth-
ren to the world
After we bad waited some time for it. he
finally came to the pathetic He laid his