Southern standard. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1851-1856, 1851-03-22

The Richmond Examiner, Va which is by the
way, one of the ablest conducted papers in the
whole South thus sets off the political debauchees
of unreclaimed Southern apostates who have SIGN
ed the famous Mutual Insurance Pledge at
Washington. 1t is rich rare and racy-read it =
1rU.
What pleasant mess They have at least
cooked their dinners "settled their hash' and
their ''cake is dough- Fire democrats among
thirty-nine wings Fire democrats '.dealing dam
nation round'' the democratic party, procIaiming
a prescription against the great mass of democra-
tic citizens THEY will not "support''-Aeyt-
Alas, Mrs. Partington where now is the glory of
your mop and patterns CoJJ Foote Geoin Gle
mems, Rusk-BoTToM, FLUTE, OUNCE, SNoUT,
STARvELING-withdraw the light of their counte-
nance from the South no democrat shall ever be
President again, unless he has dreampt Heir Mid
summers Night Dream. Woe unto US Which
way shall we fly? Who shall preserve us from
the wrath of Foote?
1t is matter of curious remark that among the
select circle whose names ornament these pages,
very few are undoomed to the shades of private
life at the close of the present session. Not one
from New England is reelected; only one from
New Y ork while the large majority of the South
ern submissionists will never be heard of again,
save on the roll which History viii keep, and which
she will head with the name of Arnold
This new Jacobn Club was gotten up, we un-
derStanQ, as a sort OF MUTUAL insurance COmpa-
N.Y. for shady submissionsts and was pounced
upon by the Presidential aspirants as men in the
water catch at straws. Thus did Clay get into it.
-Houston's name was also once upon the list.
But when he found out the way the wind lay, he
broke the ''pledge" with the of an experience
ed drunkard. He has been lately signing every
thing, and joining every party, in hopes that he
may ct last light upon the one that will ride him
into the White House. Thus he was gotten as
dry nurse to that still born babe the Union party
which he also dropped like hot potatoe mme-
diately afterwards. Several others signed it from
sheer folly and imbecie stupidity. In this class,
we place the unhappy little rush-light over whom
the State of Mississippi has lately clapped its ex-
tnguisher also, the deiectable jeremiah Clemens
But where shall we set down the hapless Cobb ?
He is no fool. We did not know that he needed
an insurance. What conceivable motive enticed
his paws into this stee-trap? What must be his
sensations and reflections IN this plory of political
poor-devils 90 The fact that his conduct has been
wicked in ITSELF and reasonable to his party, will
give him little pain But MS misery will be pun
ishment enough wnen he reflects what tool-fool
fool he has made of himself in the presence of
the whole country He has declared war against
the party who gave him the Speakership-invoke
organization against all democrats who do not sub
scribe to compromise constitution, finds
himself in minority of flee. He joins Clay and
Foote-Antony and Lepidus-for prescription
of the Southland goes back to Southern constitu-
ency for a seat in Congress. Judean, thou hast
thrown away pearl! A year ago Cobb commands
ed the chess board to-day his chance in the game
will be over stated by 0.