Mississippi Democrat., 1845-10-22
TO TIE PEOPLE OF MIssIssIppI

iorheu your opinions OF lis merits; and
am content with your judgement, whateye
i may be. but slll you must indulge me il
this, third address My first addres,
was written to satisfy you Of the correct
ness of my position, and not TO please thc
advocates OF the bill, or to conciiate the
representatives. Of the Indians. These
explanations were rudely and vulgary as.
smiled, by DR.. Gwin, who saw iheiriorce
and proprlety, and The inevitable concln.
slons 10 which your minds would be led
and with .arllul perversion and ridiculous
vaporIng, he s,rove against them; and
while he seemed willing to submit tho qpes.
non 10 The urblirament OF public opinion,
ne sought to provoke me, by the use of
low and degrading epiihe,s. In my sec.
ond address, agreed to the reference of
the question TO the people. cast behind
me his ungenllemanly language, and with
an unblenching nerve, removed The dust
which DIR. GwIn had sought 10 throw over
my action, as your Representatives i a..
vowed my responsibility as man of hon,
or, for any wrong or injustice had done 10
any man, and continued the canvass ia.
dnstrlously, and | hope satisfactorily, dis
charging the duty you had assigned me-
Last evening, after night, arrived at Gal.
latln,and found a second edition OF the card
OF this former representative Of the Chick.
asaw Indians, in which he shows he has
no forgiveness for that act OF nv life,
which snaiched from his eager grasp, in
the very moment Of anticipated fruiIian,
the rich harvest of fees, which this d.,
made Lawyer for the occasion, hoped to
reap as attorney and counsellor at law
and in which am at loss TO determine
whether low billingsgate or unblushing
mendacity does most predominaie. He
expresses chagrin at my unwilingness 10
Introduce into the canvass his personal at.
tacks upon me, and construes the deter.
mlned,b but still conciIiatory tone Of my ad-
dress, as evlncDg opposition to evade
responsibility as a genleman-avers thai
he does not complain of my vote against
The bill, but of my g" most base duplicity;"
and asserts what he knows to be untrue,
that he " had consulted with me, fully and |
freely, and never heard me whisper worl
against" The bilI--for he knows, never
was consulted as TO the provisions or poll
cy oil the bill at any time; nor did | dis
cuss, examine in any way, consider, or
even read over the bill with him; then he /
himself--avows himself ag. |
grieved--characlerizes my opposition to |
the bill, as ''amed at his destructian,'' and |
intended to give aim ga deadly blow'--
IaIks iamiliarly of Z" pistols and coffee for
two"--speaks in high terms of his own
conscious innocence and bravery, ard con.
slders me "paralyzed by the craven spirit |
that rules in me"-holds out as evidences
Of my corruption, my having made " a |
cheap bargain in half section of (indianl !
orphan land, located near the town of Ok |
lord,' and my having accepted as pres
emit "spIendid cane" with dogs head /
which cost three dollars from speculator
= suggestions only Of base and unprin-
clpled mnd--and in bringing these things
10 light, he clims 10 have " carried The
war into Africa" and "shown me up as
The very spawn and STOOL pigion of specu-
adon." lie then allades to "Mr. Thomp-
sons cowardly attempt to shield himself
behind The people of this State, from the
proper responsibility that should ever at
ach 10 a mans asserllonsn- will
De elected for this time; but after this
election, my race is run, and that you will
end me into an unbroken and degraded
oblivion.
FelIow-ctizens: Here is tie difference
'etween myself, The representative OF The
,eople, and DR.. Gwn, the representative
f the Indian. and the ady0cate Of ihe
jhichasaw bill. opposed This bill be 9
ause thought 1t was wrong, and was
10 operate injuriously alike up.
n you, my constituents, and the Chcka-
avs. Dr. Gwin asserts, that in doing so,
aimed at his deslructon," and struck y
That thought, ga deadly blow" lie is 7
am not. He is aggrieyed. a
annot e:--for | regard all bis low epi. 2
nets and abusive slang, as the idle wind !
shch J heed not--as The rawlings Of =
lsappointed and desperate mind, and
Malignant heart--as The bowling oil the ]
,oli when driven from his prey. In nv
ddress, | have sought your APPRECIATION,
nd cared not what were the opinions Of
he Indian agent. BY his replies, he in
okes the public censure 10 rest on my
cad. To this tribunal, was ready to
Ibmit; but no, he asserts my vote in No.
emher will be "no criterion" Then |
m willing to take his vote for the United
lates Senate, gwen by the members OF -
lie next legislature ns the evidence Of pub
G opinion, and as an exhibition Of the
ublic appreciation Of this last scheme of
,eculation by means of the Chickasaw
H.