Mississippi Democrat., 1845-07-23


iaction or censure. The whole matte
saying the most Of il, ID very triilin
affair, tho results Of which have renecte
discredit upon, Or operated to the injur
Of, no person whatever. In Februar
last, Mr.. Walker tenders 10 Gov. Brow
his resignation as Senator, and inform
| him at the same time that conlingenc,
may probably happen in the Executiy
session, which will render necessary III
vote Of himself, or his successor, TO pro
mote the interests OF the democratic par
1 ty Gov. Brown, 10 meet The conlingen
cy, and to secure The interest Of the party
promptly executed commission 10 Mr.
Thompson, and enclosed the same to Mr.
Walker, to he delivered BY him or not, &C
cordng 10 the happening of the anticipa
ted contingency. Prior to the receipt o
the commission by Mr.. Walker, il is iulIJ
settled that the supposed contingency will
not happen, and hence Mr.. Walker does
not deliver the commission. This is the
long and The short, the sum and the sub
stance Of the whole matter, and yet fol
this, the motives Of Mr.. Walker are 10 be
impugned as selfish, and his conduct assail.
ed as vicious, corrupt, and highly censura-
Bile. To the impartial mind, it does seem
to me the acts of Mr.. Walker in this af.
fair will rise even above the color of sus.
picion. But admitting that Mr.. Walker
may not have pursued the course which
prudence perhaps would have dictated to
others, under similar circumstances, yet
in my opinion the liberal feelings of ge-
nerous people, for whom he has rendered
SO many valuable and important services,
should regard 1t as one Of the ordinary
discrepancies of life, to which all men are
nrespectvely liable, rather than highly
culpable offence worthy Of the reproach
and indignation Of an outraged communi-
ty. History furnishes too many striking
and lamentuble instances, in which the
faithful patriot after life Of incessant
toll and anxious care for his country's
service, for some trivial alteration from
the path Of rectiude, or unimportant de-
reelection of duty, has sunk into the grave
loaded with The vindictive reproaches and
bitter imprecations Of his countrymen /;
but it is 10 be hoped that the history Of this
country will never be stained by the dark
record of such foul ingratitdde.*
The public mind is beginning to agitate
considerably as to the appropriate appli-
cation Of the two and three per cent. funds,
together with that of the 100000 acres of
land granted TO the State some years
since by the general government. Upon
this matter there appears 10 be q considc-
rable variety ofsentiment among the know
ing ones Of our State, and amid the jar Of
conflicting opinions, il is often difficult to
arrive at satisfactory conclusion. Will
you or some Of your correspondents give
the public few thoughts on these matters
in which tho people are all directly -inte-
resteda CHOCTAW.
*We shall not enter into controversy
with our correspondent on this matter. The
facts, as far as they can be elected, are be-
fore the people, and we have nothing 70
add to, or retract from, our remarks to
which he alludes. The facts that we have
published Mr.. Walkers defence, and that
we eallow our correspondenttwice the space
in his defence occupied by our own article,
will shield us from anyimputation Of in
justice. ED. Dem.
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