Holly Springs gazette., 1845-10-18

Chiekasaws aIhe contrary, ifthese re.
ports had stood the test o. ofjldicial scrutiny,
then what the auditors who would have
been appointed by the Court declared 10 b.
due, would have been reported to Congress
for lis acton. All the ingenuuy Of dem8.
gogues wao Wish 20 use THIS bdl against
ne for poiilical effect, cla make nothing
moTe Than tais OF II.
have bu, word to say in regard 10
Mr.. Thompson 5 sAgoieSslous OF Iiepd-hi3
for me, and his ref0c auce t. .ieatlh;s btIt.
As tn his friend hip b. has 40 tlaubi been
IS much my nj as he IS capa6le Of en.
tertaluiag The iseling towards amy man b1st
that feeling With htm has al ways been sub.
servienl TO his iateEeSt, and be is always
ready 0 sacrifice the one 10 The other In
this luslunce he had strong motives II
make a sacrifice ofme. Mr.. Walker bad
just rellted from his position in The Senate,
as the great leader of the party IN lhis Slats
and Mr.. Thompson, 10 use his o~Tn pecui
ar and bombaSic syle, wished 10 yaJ,tll.
10 his elevated seat"
In the attainment of this o1iscl he eX-
pected to meet with d III .ultics and eucoun>
ter formidable competitors. ID was hence
important 10 him 10 control 20 tie utmost CT
bis power the Government patronage IN
| this State, and have the incumoents thors
oughly In his Interest Ia 5 confident
/ expectatlon of success in this respect he
was much Disappointed before The third of
] March, when he delivered Isis speech, GnI
much more 50 before he wrote il ou'; mak>
+ lag II entirely diif,rent f ON The one de,iv
cred, and imPuting 10 me much more agen.
cy In thwartng bis purposes than | was
really entitled 10, he thought at one blow
to punish one of the coatumacious, and kilt
off a supposed competitor We'll knowing
the talismaaic eH CT OF the cry of Specula,
tor upon the public mind be thought to fas
ten II upon tne, not doubling that Re would
| fini wiling instruments in Mississippi 10
re-echo the cry. fear not his Efforts or
theirs but will tear off the cloak OF pa,lot-
ism with which they wish 10 cover their
attacks upon me. IL were disposed |
could carry the war into Africa, and show
up MIR. Thompson and his Goa jliors as
The very stoolspid g cons and spawns of spec
Eua,ion, but | do not wish to add TO the al
ready widespread spirit Of discord that -
pwn broad cast IN the Democratic party
Win ample means OF attack couiine my
sell to defence we'll knowing that my enc.
mics have within themselves the materials
for their own destruction, that their only
ceme At is opposition TO me, and thar befose
the Senatorial election closes, they viii
have each other by The ears, and that one
of the FIRST sacrifices that will BE- made in
this Kilkenny fight, will be Mr.. Thompson.
| prefer his dying a; their hands. believing
with Uncle Toby. that there Is room e
nough in the wor ID for both of us and | re-
gret that he has forced the necessity upon
me ,f branding upon his brow the charge
fof falsehood and. dishonor, which Il will
take other means than bold assertion, pre-.
tended patriotism. and pufed up seifimpor
tance to wipe ont.
There is one bright spot in Mr. Thomp.
sons address--an oasis in the desert Of
falsehood-where he has vent lred 10 speak
the truth; and would be wanting IN prop
| er respect to hun were | to omit giving
him due credit for IT, |, is where he says,
II am a plain, blnndt mani'-s'wha have
done, have done" That great delinealor
| of human character, Shakespeare, defines
what is meant by "plain, bluai mla." IN
the following forcib'e language
APLAIN, BLUNT MAN.
s.This is some fellow
Who, having been praised for bluntness. do'a
affect
A Saucy roughness. and eonstrains The gaFb
@ lite from his nature He eanEct dailer, be.
/ An honest mlnd ana pialh--he Mus. SPEAK ~ d.hs
4 And they will take SO; ifno', he's plain
rhese kind of knaves know which in this
psainness
| Harbor more raft aud more cnrrup.er ends,
Than twenty silly juckius ohservants,
| That stretch their da.ies nicely"
This is the man Me- Thompson repre-.
cents himself 10 be. aud who can dau5t how
applicable the character il to him after my
enumeration Of his "enormItilSt
WILLIAM VI GWIN.
SPrEMBEs 20, l5l5.