The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1845-10-11

TOTHsvHerLE of mISslsslpPL
81 ,he ~ Of tal, month, published ." Cd.
dre.s on tho subjects Of the cb'sssssw bill cad
,be soa commissioa, 10 which ] sndeavossd IN
ali ssnhnes.. 20 lay before yoa sl Tho 'nfc'"s'
lion In my possession, In reference to these much
meo,ed questions. Ny object was 10 attack 10
ooe. bat 10 defend my course ass public ser
want, And The more fully TO mako manifest the
tone and spI,,, Of that address. permit inc to
,sesll You, attention to the following quotations.
AMY speeeh has been published In all the pa
Ospe,s my objections ara 'he'c stated to liz
general provisions, +. well /" tho principle. on
vb,,b the b, IL based. Hut In tho concluding
paragraph Of tia, speech, the phrase, ',he enof'
o,,cs of tho b,ll" IL in'roduccdi and II IL said,
tho intentions Of the bill being but to subsofvc
the ends Of Justice, such an expression was un'
ue,i,ed and raised a. false alarm In regard TO the
bill. with The INTENTIONS ofths bin Ihore nsusm
10 DO I deal waA The bin Itself and The abuses
which may be practicsd under IT,"
Then proceeded to give what consider the
..enormities Of the bill" in decisive ,erms' and
conclude this part Of the address in the following
language:
"Bu, while am forced thus to characterize
this intended law, lido not knop that those pho
idrored il, saw the extensive and dangerous Juri'
fiction given BY IL to the courts. Ielaim to D.
honest in my opposition to the measure; I am free
o eoncede that its advocates are equally honest;
therefore,, mus. suppose them mistaken and
doubtless, they uiew my course in the same l'sm'
I is for you to judge between us, and to your
decision, shall submit with cheerfuness."
Fellow. citizens, did act rightly in resisting
be massage of this Chichasaw bill! From the
,or,h to the south, from the east to the west;
throughout the whole broad surface of MISSISSIPPI
u, hear the full, ready and harmonious res
,onse, coming up to me from more than forty
thousand intelligent freemen, saying in emphatic
language ain this, thou hast done well, aud we
honor you for it," our only complaint, if CON.
plant it shall be called, is that your kindness fol
the Indian agent, induced too much reluctance
and delay on your part. in your opposition bu
as it ended well, we freely forgive YOU"
Having published my address with these view
and feelings, and having ascertained that you
opinions and feelings concurred with mine' Judg
my grea, surprise. while was out on an acslv
canvass, day after day, Fastening from county
county to meet and address my fellow citizen
on the great issues that divide the parties. Z
have "a card" placed in my hands, headed "D'
OWNS Reply to Mr. Thompson"-"Thompso
or Enormities," in which DR.. Gwin very imprc
perly takes every thing said in that address
personal to himself, and enormously construe
me as charging him with an intention ofcarryu
out all the abuses and enormi,ies, which thir
he INSCRIPTIONS might succeed in practisiI
under the bill, and then makes most palpab
. effort grossly to insul. me; and concludes wi
: an invitation to me to challenge him TO NOR
l. combat, in these words: sand regret that
N has forced the necessity upon me Of brandt
At upon his brow the charge Of falsehood and
ne honor, which it will take OTHER MEANS than
ot assertion, pretended patriotism, and pulled
Gu self.importance, to wipe cut"
When first read this paragraph, momer
ry flash of anger crossed my mind; but my CO
'"' nimity was soon restored by the cheerful 81
"0 of friend who told me the anecdote Of
weary traveller, who once pitched his c,
les near the burning spring. He took light
all went after water, and suddenly as he drew
the spring, the air took fire and blazed all arc
lion him; he dropped his bucket; ran to his wsg
. crying as he geared up his team: wife, we
!, quit this place, for hill can't be far of; an
y. Havelled--and another aud totally diffe
feeling crept over me. From my heart, I
the man. Dr.. Gwin has some good trait
ap- character, and he has ever been an active
'eral liberal democrat; but unfortunately for bin
ID as has restless ambition for place and dstinc,
ood' Here is the source of most of his troubles.
ter having failed in his wish to obtain the
Jolly ecutive appointment to the U. .. senate
lined he was willing to take seat in the Hou
MI. presentatives, but the democratic part
,kins ter strong press and singular issue ofpel
-, al character. decisivelv refused to give