The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1847-08-28
Mr. TomDkins ana Mr.. ROBERTS.

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The "Misissippian' Of last week common
ces a somewhat lengthy editorial with the fol-
lowing interesting i~nterrogatory:
"WHAT DOES MIR. TOMPKLNS Want
TO GO TO CONGRESS FOR@
We do not know that Mr.. ToMPKINs is ex-
cessively anxious to 60 to congress, but one
thing we do know which is, that the mass Of The
people are getting gery anrious to hare him cleo
ted! Yes, the people-the plain, unsoPhicated
people of the Sd congressional district-those
who live upon their own individual means,
without a resort to the "spoils of ofice"-are
becoming more and more anxious every day
for Mr.. Tompkins to go to congress.
They wish Mr.. TOMPKINS to go to Congress-
BECAUSE THEY REMEMBER-that R. w.
ROBERTS voted in congress to degrade, disgrace
and drive Gen. Taylor from the army, by ma
king Thomas H. Benton (the known enemy Of
the south) a Lieut.. Gen. over him, and giving
him,la civilian and INSCRIPTIONS politician. who
was never in a battle in his life, supreme COM
mand over the veteran Taylor and the entire
army!!!
They wish Mr.. Tompkins to 60 to Congress,
BECAUSE THEY REMEMBER-That R,
w. ROBERTS voted in congress that not one
penny should be appropriated to saving the FAM
ishing, starving and dying poor of Ireland, af-
ter a bill for thir relief had passed the senate,
and after Messrs. Calhoun, H~annegan and Cass,
and many other distinguished democrats, had
declared it entirely constitutional, and eminetly
benevolent and proper to grant such appropria-
ton.
They wish Mr.. Tomkins to go to Congress.
BECAUSE THEY REMEMBER-thatR R. w.
ROBERTS votedi in congress to Tax Tea and Cof-
fee, the poor mans beverage, and to tax it SO
high, too, that TWO MILLIONS OF DOL
LARS should be paid to the government by
those who, under the tax, should still. be able
to drink tea and coffee.
They wish Mr.. Tompkins to go to Congress.
BECAUSE THEY REMEMBER-That when
a proposition was made to substitute Luxuries
for Tea and Coffee, R. w. ROBERTO voted in
congress against taxing Luxuries, and IN favor
of TAXING TEA AND CCFFEE-thus show.
ing that he would Cypress the poor, by raising
the prices Of Coffee fully two cents in every
pound, an article which every family in this
state uses if they can get it, and which is deal
enough without Mr. ROBERTS, Tax.
They wish Mr.. Tompkins to go to Congress.
Bee AUSE THEY REMEMBER-That r
w. RoBERrs, after assisting to suspend thu
rules to allow Mr.. Cooke to introduce his res
%olution of thanks to Gen. Taylor, WOULI
NOT VOTE FOR HIS RESOLUTION OF
THANKS. Nor would he vote for ANYressolu
ton of thanks to Gen. Taylor, unlesssit EN-
bodied the odious PRovIso of Thompson, b,
which the thanks were turned into A CEN
SURE, A MOCKERY, AND AN INsULTu
, These are a few of the REASONS why tn
PEOPLE wish Mr.. Tompkins to go to congress
s from the Sd congressional district rather thai
: Mr.. Roberts. Mr.. Tompkins is now in thu
northern part of the district, answering tn
Mississippian's profound questions; and, il
due season, from the stump in the county @
Kinds, he will answer it in person to the salts
faction of every unprejudiced hearer!-RGy
a mond Gasette.