Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1845-10-01

JAtVn AArs4.1Ns. " . nave not naQ TN
10 weigh deliberately the positions takt
in This card. Il is an extraordinary doc,
ment for these quiet times. Mr.. Thorn
sons veracity is questioned---and bite
personal assault is made upon him. w
Do not know how many Of these exnlana
tory" Cards" have been sent abroad in III
State 10 poison The public mind again.
Mr.. T.; nor Is i important 10 ask hi
question. No man can make the peopl
Of this State doubt the integrity OF a well
tried and faithful public servant, such 4
Mr.. Thompson has proved himself to be
This we do not hesitate to assert.
Somei we understand, suppose that The
appearance Of this Gard will lead to a cal
on Dr.. 9. for personal satisfaction from
Mr. I. We should be deeply panied L
see such result, We trust Mr.. Thomp.
son will never admit The right Of any mar
to hold him personally responsible ior III
speeches and votes ia Congress. Ills
public acts are for the people, and no man
has right to claim that they inflict pri.
yate griefs upon himself. Public officers
must take this position. Any other 4
wrong. Mr.. I. isnot the aggrieved party
here. He Is proud of the course he BUR-
sued, and is rewarded by the acts Of his
constituency. Those who are offended
with his course, should now attack the
PEOPLE, in whose name he acted, and
who sustain him for his acts. LMispn.
BRIrIsH CorroN PLaNTINa.-We see
that the National Intellgencer has again
commenced its old song about British cot
ton planting in India, and its old prophe
cies that this rivalry is inevitably to break
down the southern States. The lntclli-
gencer has so often sung and seems SO
iondly TO catch up every circumstance that
may look like a veri6cation Of its beneyo.
lent representations, that we Iraye got
TO believe that this is case where The
wish is father 10 the thought" with that
sage organ Of John Quincy Adams, and
advocate of British and Mexican prelen.
sons against its country.
There is one thing often demonstrated
and now certain: Great Britain nor any
other nation, can never break down The |
southern States in cotton planting; so long
as they are allowed to preserve their in,
stllution they can defy the world, and drive
il from competition.
The only danger to be apprehended jsf
that Great Britain, after seeing the over.
whelming advantage slavery gives US,
will herself, notwithstanding ali her hy-
pocrlilcal cant, become again as she has
before been the greatest stakeholder of the
world, and in this manner meet us with
our own weapon. AS long as negro sIa.
very is peculiar to us, SO long will we dis.
lance the world in producing cotton; and
with Texas now ours, ia addition to our
already almost unbounded suitable terrific.
ry, competition with US is folly, and will
50 be ilinally seen. Vicks- Sentinel.
The RIGHT KIND or UNIoN.-We 90
as strongly for Union as any Of the adyo-
Gates OF democracy in the country; but it Il
must be such union as that of which the
Cincinnati Enquirer speaks: h
"UNIoN!" say you?--why certainly - {
out not "any" course for il. No, there il i
Du! ONE course TO obtain il; and that is j
me straight forward, honest, undertaking, d
,unfnching path of PRINcIpIE. Let us
nave not union for the benefit of political s
yet for the gain of the {
Dank parlor northeastern such an union a
Wolld make US an organization of dupes r
and tools; but let us have union in oppo- i
s'lon 70 bank abuses---to the pet Bank a
system throughout--union for the Consti. Hi
,9'lQnal Treasury, and for all the great i
luncamental measures and doctrines Of 0
|ne Democratic causes and then we shall Il
wye It, and triumph in lis strength! n
Cot. JOHNSON. - The Richmond En- !
qairer publishes the following extract Of I
letter from the Hon. Richard Nj. John. .
son Alter expressing his,sur prise that !,
any respectable journal should have given :
rfedll to The spurious and absurd FIagg I
correspondence respecting the death I'll Z
lle,cumseh, (which carried upon its face y
a'sehcod and forgery the old soldier 4 4
proceeds: % o
4 am just informed by rumors, and e
a 9me paragraphs id The newspapers, that y
uex,co has declared war against the Uni = I.
y States. ! shall tomorrow inform the =
resident that am ready, if my services :.
~ wanted. ! will not leave my retire. 7
a0n!, unless some active employment can (,
Y gwen. II we confine ourselves to the u
s, u ms Of our own soil, including Texas, y
sna' not be needed. IF we determine -
carry The warinio the dominons Of our
asmy, then ! may Be useful, as all Ken.
icfy Is rend,, nnL -. ~ :. -.. IN nnn mr.