Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1850-01-26

cissd and parrslly displayed. Boz lbe word "a
IrGgsriag Is slii inoompreheasibe. as the amty
between them Il Of TOO recent origin 20 have been
Vet severely tested and nay b. destined 10 gov
rxinci before The fluii Of honor shall have been
gathered from ihe tree Of political promise. Il
may be that this friendship-so sudden. 50 ten
der. 90 degotrd--fs fated 10 evaporate whensnev.
er our minister to Vienna shall have returned to
bis editorial chair in New York, and, under the
influence If some new fantasy, shall have resol.
we'd 10 suggest the name Of some other Presden-
iial candidate ia preference 10 that ofthe honor
able Senator from the Empire State I should
regret this extremely, str; mutual afscfion like
that under review, 80 Economically spfingug up
in two young heahs within whose recesses the
cold principles Of political and pc ,aniary caIcu.
alion have never losnd entrance, should, lnr the
honor II human nature, be preserved in al its
origin !, freshness and irrsor, until eager appetite
shall be at last swallowed up in measureIess
iruiiion.
There is one view olthis matter, Mr.. President.
that remains yet 10 be stated. The honorable
Senator from New York tells Us that he has doc.
uments in bis possession Of a nature 10 eKenuate,
il not entirely free from censure, hl- friend, be.
tween whom aud himself an ocean now rolls its
btllows. but for whom be still chrrisbes deYo,
ton as intense as that which be felt before ,iue
and space had separated them so remotely; but
be says that the documents "are Of such nature
that, in justice 10 the domestic relations of that
individual be is not At liberty 10 give them 10 the
world" Well sir, regre, very deeply, then,
that he alluded 10 these documents al all. | ~
gret it, sir Tor the sake Of the individual chicG
interested, whose character, and perhaps tbatIof
potion Of his family, msy suffer serious detri.
men from The saPeryiceabe zeal Of hi, champion
on this aoor II this topic had not been intro.
dnced, we might have supposed that some public
reasons not proper to be disclosed, connected
with oar diplomatic relations. with Austria, had
insligated the precipale flight olthis renowned
Mercury Of The press across the stormy ocean.
Now, through the ndscrelion Of his most loving
advocate, we know that no such public reasons
have Operated and we know in addition that there
are some reasons col nected with the domestic
relations OF this parsonage which have made it
necessary that he should quit his native coutfAaA
In such ungracelul haste. Curiosity will
spring up in all minds now, sir; as 10 the exact
nature Of these domestic reasons; some will m.
lecture them to be Of one character, some Of a
mother. The newspapers Of The country will take
up the inviting theme, and edify their respective
readers with various shrewd conlccures as 10 the
cause Of our minister's exodus. The letter wri.
ters, most prllng, ingenious, and active class,
will manage 10 cast still more and more confusion
over the ample field Of CONJECTURE. Old men will
talk wisely over the supposed domestic distresses
of the unhappy Webb. Young men will Jest
sporvely and with all the ludicrous ageravalions
which misthievous ,vacily can engpnder. The
whole country, sir, will be inaliby occupied for
a month or two to come In considering the over
powerng domestic woes which have come upon
the once happy editor Of the Courier and Enaui
rer Of New York; and without some speedy ex.
PLANTATION Of the mystery now existing, the world
al large will come TO the conclusion. in less than
three months, that General James Watson Webb,
our nominated minister TO Vienna, is the mos,
unhappy man in everything touching his domes.
tic concerns 10 be found in all chris,endom.
The honorable Senator from New York has Ger.
tainly been particularly unfortunate OF late. 1t
was but the other day that he was very near ruin
ing the fair fame and destroying the wellearned
popularity Of the llustrious champion Of tenn
perancc, the Rev. Theobad Matthew, by fixing
upon him the odium OF abolition. Now, he has
succeeded in etlecually disgracng bis own spe
cial friend and editorial advocate by adding to
the discredit Of official delinquency the suspicion
Of domestic inielicity Well might the uniorlu.
nate gentleman, who is now, perhaps, drinking
Tokay at Austrian tables, or smiling ioyously
beneath the gances Of imperial condescension
eSclaim with all the emphasis appropriate TO per.
secuted innocence, "Save me from my friends,
and III take care OF my enemies