Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1845-10-22
ro THE PEoPLE oF MIsSIssIpPI.

nc. THE PEOPLE OF MISSISSIPPI. /
Twice have | addressed you in regard |
TO The well known Chickasaw bill, and |
am well persuaded that you have already |
formed Your opinions of IFS merits; and |
am content with your judgement, whatever
1t may be, but stlll you must indulge me in |
this, a third address. My first address
was written to satisfy you of the correct.
ness of my position, and not to please the !
advocates of the bill, or to conciliate the
representatives of the Indians. These
explanations were rudely and vulgarly as
sailed. by DIR. Gwin, who saw their force
and propriety, and the inevitable conclu-
sions TO which your minds would be led;
and with artful .perversion and ridiculous
vaporing, he strove against them; and
while he seemed willing to submit the ques-
ton to the arbitrament OF public opinion,
he sought to provoke me, by the use of
low and degrading epithets. In my sec
ond address, agreed to the reference of
the question to the people. cast behind
me his ungentlemanly language, and with
an unblenching nerve, removed the dust
which DR.. Gwin had sought to throw over
my action, as your representative. a.
vowed my responsibility as a man of hon
or, for any wrong or injustice had done TO
any man, and continued the canvass in
dustriously, and hope satisfactorily, dis
charging the duty you had assigned me-
Last evening, after night, arrived at Gal
latin, 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 my life,
which snatched from his eager grasp, in
the very moment of anticipated fruition,
the rich harvest of fees, which this Dr.,
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 predominant. He
expresses chagrin at my unwilingness to
introduce into the canvass his personal at
tacks upon me, and construes the deter
mned,but still conciliatory tone of my ad-
dress, as evincing opposition to evade
responsibility as gentleman-avers that
he does not complain of my vote against
the bill, but of my g most base dupicity;"
and asserts what he knows to be untrue,
that he " had consulted with me, fully and
| freely, and never heard me whisper word
against" The bill-for he knows, never
was consulted as to the provisions or poll
| cy of the bill at any time; nor did dis
cuss, examine IN any way, consider, or
even read over the bill with him; then he
contradicts himsef-avows himself ag.
grieved--characterizes my opposition to
the bill, as " aimed at his destruction and
intended to give aim ga deadly blow"--
talks Familiarity of "pistols and coffee for
two"--speaks in high terms of his own
conscious innocence and bravery, and con.
siders me " paralyzed by the craven spirit
that rules in me"-holds out as evidences
of my corruption, my having made " a
cheap bargain in a half section of (Indian)
orphan land, located near the town of Ok
ford," and my having accepted as a pres
emf, "splendid cane" with dogs head
which cost three dollars from a Speculation
suggestions only of base and unprin-
cipled mind--and in bringing these things
to light, he claims to have I" carried the
war into Africa and "shown me up as
the very spawn and stool-pigon of specu-
lalon." He then aIIudes to "Mr. Thomp-
sons cowardly attempt TO shield himself
behind the people of this State, from the
proper responsibility that should ever at
tach 10 a mans assertions '-admits | will
be elected for this time; but after this
election, my race is run, and that you will
f send me into an unbroken and degraded
oblivion.
RI Fellow-citizens: Here is the difference
: between myself, the representative of the
people. and DR.. Gwin, the representative
CT the Indian, and the advocate of the
Chichasaw bill. | opposed this bill be
F, cause thought 1t was wrong, and wa:
: calculated 10 operate iniuriously alike up
on you, my constituents, and the Chicka
r saws. DIR. Gwin asserts, that ia doing so
| " aimed at his destruction" and strucl
what thought, "a deadly blow" He il
! wounded. | am not. He is aggrieved.
!. cannot be:--for | regard all his low cpl
i thets and abusive slang, as the idle wine
f which | heed not-as the rawlings of ;
/ disappointed and desperate mind, and ;
o malignant heart--as the bowling of thC
wolf when driven from his prey. In my
;. address, have sought your appreciation
and cared not what were the opinions o
the Indian agent. BY his replies, he in
. vokes the public censure to rest on ny
head. To this tribunal, was ready t
: submit; but no, he asserts. my vote in No
vember will be " no criterion" Then
), am willing to take his vote for the Unitet
States Senate, gwen by the members 0
the next legislature as the evidence of pub
lie opinion, and as an exhibition of tn,
public appreciation of this last scheme 0
= speculation by means Of the Chickasay
. bill.