The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1850-08-03
A TEMPEST IN A TEAPOT.

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A TEMPEST IN A TEAPOT.
THE MADIsoNIAN AND THE KINGDOM, AGAIN.
In the last number Of the MddtSOnSan,
the editor, or some Of his aids from the
'chiodlry, attempts a reply TO our notice
of his comments upon the little sscrap'
that, Gin the Kingdom Of South Carroll
ma, no man is entitled to a seat in The
House Of Representatives, unless he
owns 500 acres of md and ten negroes So
Ono object we had in view, in throw.
ing out that bait was, that the Madiso.
nidn should bite at it. He did so. An
other was, that he should expose his
ignorance, when he noticed it. He did
that, tco-and we had our laugh, We
well knew TINT if we said any thing
about South Carolina, other than 10 Iaud
her, end say that she had all the ~intelli.
gence and patriotism Of the Union, (save
what she had sent out here,) the sapient
editor Of the Mddisonian would "pitch
INTO il" like a wild OK a. q red cloth.
See what he says in his reply.
"In o careless manner we remarked that it.
was a pretty fair specimen Of the correctness Of
the political scraps usually found in the Creole,
and dismissed it as a matter Of little practical.
importance and with which we had at present
but little concern.n
This is the careless way the editor SAYS
he disposed Of it. Let US refer 10 his
first notice:
The above our scrap is a pretty fair
specimen Of the correctness Of the political
scraps usually found in the Creole.
"Though a native, and for several years
resident Of the aforesaid Kingdom,' we never
before heard Of the existence Of such a test,,'
Here he asserts boldly, without the
fear Of contradiction, that he "never
heard Of such a test That remark was
intended to be a settler, and he, the
mighty and Puissant editor Of the Madi-
soaiaH, had issued his fiat; he contradict
ed il and that was enough. He dis
missed it in a careless manner, indeed !
Why did he not acknowledge that he
pronounced It untrue, because he neoer
had heard of such a lest When South
Carolina is in question, the editor Of the
MadisOniaa assumes 10 know all about
her, and what he does not recognize as
true, must be false-of course.
The editor says:
"It has long been settled that to suppress the
truth lie Us bad in morals as to fabricate the
false. To show il there is any fine spun dis.
t%inctiOn, on which to afford the writer a resting
place on Which Italics oars!l to shelter his rec.
Isancy to truth, we publish the entire auicle.,
Here a desperate effort is made, BY
stating that We did ppt1publish all, &c.
TO prove that he was not igaorant Of the
Constitution Of his native State; but hi
cant come III" it is apparent to every
one who read the comments Of the editOI
upon our scrap zen it was throw
out to catch him, that he did not know
any thing about that clause Of the { on
sIitution Of South Carolina. IL he did
Why did he not at first, instead Of deny
ing That any such test existed, publish
the whole clause, including the part v,
omitted, q. wit " or real estate Of one hun
drsd ard fig pounds sterling, free .
dsbtnS But il we had published tn
whole requisgion in the frst instance
the reply Of the Madisonian would hav
been the same--showing 10 his reader
hls lameutable ignorance of The requir,
ments 81 the Constitution Of his natl,
Staie. he i trying 10 get out Of Il
dilemma BY attempting to show that
wa he'd published ali of the clause, !