The Yazoo Democrat. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1846-08-12
s enator Speight.

ton TO the station which he now OCcupie
! the democratic press Of this State, haV
treated him with marked forbearance. Ii
stead Of conforming 70 the will Of his col
: stituents, in several instances he has pul
sued course directly opposite. What
ais motive Ii he, as has been coajectul
paying the debt Of gratitude which h
oRes bis wing friends who elected him.
such BE the case, elrhlm at once dOtfth
democratic garb wRie babies him to sta
more effectively tho measures Of the ad
ministratiOn, and openly avOw himself il
enemy--let him no longer claim to be it
friend and the supporter of democratic
measures and at the same time throw eve
Try obstacle in the way of their success
When the Oregon question was before the
Senate, not single wing member took
more decided grounds against the policy o.
the democratic party d. of the administration
than himself We may 60 further and as
sert with confidence that the British Par
lament did not fnrnisha more devoted ad.
vOcate Of British interests on that question,
than did the United States Senate in the
person of Senator Speight.
Amotion was recently made by Mr.. Lew
is Chairman Of the Finance Committee, to
take up the Sub Treasury Bill. General
Speight with some other democrats voted
with the whigs-and thus majority was
obtained refusing to take up the Bill. This
act, while it astonished the demOcratir par
ty, was hailed with delight by the wings,
and they joyfllly excIaimed--as they be-
held the detection in the democratic ranks,
and were inspired with faint hope Of the
defeat Of that wise measure" look to the
Senate ~
A recent number of the Mississippian
contains letter written by him, dated July
18th, 1916, in which he takes decided
ground against the Senate bill authorizing
the issuing Of treasury nOtes-and against
which in behalf Of the people Of Missis-
sippi he says he "enters my (his) protest. =
By what method Of reasoning he can arrive
ii he conclusion that the simple issue Of
cerifcases Of Indebtedness receivable ia
payment Of public dues, "converts the gov.
ernment. into a SHIN plaster bank"-and
has the samedangerOus attributes Of banks
with their chartered privileges, it Is difficult
to determine.
In the same extraordinary letter he al.
ludes in unfriendly terms 10 the new Reve.
nue. bill, then before the Senate, and de.
clares he considers it but little relieftO the
South - And is this the extent of his re-
gard for measure, that has been hailed
with Joy and satisfaction by the friends Of
free-trade in every portion of the Unionl
Is this the light in which he regards the
measure which promises justice to the mas
ses, the consumers, the laboring classes |
and which promises to deprive the pension.
ed nabobs of the north and east Of the pow.
er to wiring from honest hands the fruits o
industry The people Of Mississippi were
not prepared to behold one Of their Sena.
tors regard with such indifference, meas
ure for which the democratic party have
struggled more zealOusly than all others
a measure involving consequences of such
mighty import to the country. In this great
struggle between the mass Of the people
on the one hand and the wealthy manufac-
turers on the other, between justice and in.
justice--they bad a right to demand that he
should take firm stand in favor of the for.
mer. But like an unfaithful soldier, when
the battle.stOrm RACES, he covers before
the blast, is willing to yield the victory to
the enemy.
The truth is Gen. speight is joined to
bis idols. To the wings hs'is indebted for
bis election to the Senate, and he seems
determiuedto pay, with interest, the debt he
owes them.