Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1849-09-01

eslef 81 Rak,is Htssgs IS Pa Master 90 C1ln-
tas. an aahsa3a5 WAT afs ths 5lhsi g.ical Ia he
oouuiy uiLhh la rla q Tbs PTssdeui and biz eabi-
net uolihi Almozt hoghing e ell, With The eEeeP.
zion 81 de Reeisefln The Land 0aee, ana We appre-
hsBd that eren he ay Be sooa removed yea, We mast
say to our Old friend, MAJOR DoEsng rec, not too Sc
eursly; anlsss yous commission has hsen recently
renewed. you are il Danger You remember. doubt
less The occasion ia 1871, when yOu received let
ter from che Department and opened il in the pres
shee Of myself and OR old friend the lamenled Col
Blair. Both The Col. and myself, well remember
expected that twas notice Of ejectmeni; but 10 and
behold upon breaking the seal you found il to con-
Isina complimentary renewal Of your commission.
much fear that the present no party administration
will treat you differently. If some hungry wing
should fix his greedy eyes upon your Office and got
ser you with "a long pole" tell You, you are in
danger You are q demOcnt-that's SIN enough
and atho' every body knows and admits that you do
and always have done your duty faithfully, yet some
of these days, when you least expect it and, good
easy man," are resting in the consciousness Of an
honest discharge OF your government trust, brief
missils--a polite epistle from the butcher Ewing
may be handed you, informing you, in eourtly style
and formal phrase that yonr services as Register
no longer required and ordering you to accompany
the executcnOr and submit your head to the block (
Other men, my worthy old friend whose heads like
yours "are silyered DER with age" and whom "ong
experience has made sage have recently suffered
the fate Of the guilotne and even you may consider
yourself fortunatcif you escape. II you do twill
be owing not TO the forbeaance but 10 the fears Of
the administration. There are some deeds which Q.
ven tho Headstan Of Bernie shrank from performing,
and yours may be acsse Of that kind But to return
to MIR. Harris and bis equalization argument
As ] have said three Of the mos, important--the I
only important Offices in the county have been taken
out Of the hands Of democrats and placed in the hands
OF whigs-foT no malicasance or ncapacity Of the |
former alleged or suspected, but simply and only be-
cause they are democrats. Now Mr. Harris wha
are the other Offices in the county worth Nothing
Of next to nothing You know it, and you know too
hat the men filing them are not all democrats
But suppose they are Here are perhaps some thou
lands Of dollars, that you would distribute from the
treasury TO three wings, while TO some ten or TWEEN.
y democrats you would dole out less than fifty dol
ors apiece. That's your equalization--that's your
Georgia federalism. We have spoken Of Lowndes
county acne. !, 10 sample merely, and upon
mall scae. Of what this administration is doing
throughout the Union. In every village and hamlet
IN every citystatc and district the same sort Of pro-
'crption, has been, and s every day being carried
IN This equalization Of yours, Mr.. Harris, is the
'ery essence Of aristocracy It is the giving Of all
he fat Offices under the government to few Of the
lite Of whiggery, while the numbers Of democracy,
he bone and snew Of the land. are made mere 'hew.
,rs Of wood and drawers of water"
] find that am extending my remarks upon this
Joint rather further than intended and am warn.
ID Of the necessity Of fastening toa close for tho
lay You shall hear from me, however, as have
'ad every week, until the election, but az the Scot
sh bard said to his young friend,
----how the subject theme may gang.
Let chance and time determine
Perhaps L may turn out a sang,
Perhaps turn out sermon,
Yes, shall doubtless have occasion both 10 sing 10
PGans Of Democratic triumph next November and
10 iermonise upon your inglcrious defeat.
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