Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1851-03-15

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u q oorFiihT-ihs question 81 slarsy. AID
ilv hlHi laloriug a. DE oarday and lii,ti. NIL
b carried BIZ Poini. and he Committee 81 Thir
ieea vas appointed. IS Fhat Commiliss We, Il
fact, owe ihe Compromise. which j trust and Be
lieve has settled sihs darl5auss.ou' permanent
~. What then, again ask. was to censurs
Gen. FOOis on Our wise men Of .he Legisla.
lure, % be sure, saw, or thought they saw.causs
for such eensure- They mus, have had .keener
optics than mins--they must have licked with
microscopic vision, converting mole hills into
mountains or what is more probable, political
prejudice with some, personal prejudice with
others, ruled the hour, and under is influence
they were led to pass resolution Of censare.
which neither the course Of Gen. Foote, nor |
am persuaded. the opinions Of majority Of their
constituents justified. But that is matter to be
decided by the people at the November elections,
and to that tribunal Gen. FoOIe is Perfscily viii.
ling 70 submit his case.
lam charged. my friends, with having changed
my politics and turned wing; but this charge is
made rather covehly, for those Rho make il, il
they know me, know it to be unfonnded.--
And why this charged Upon what is il bas,dl
] will tell you, my friends. Il is simply because,
under the pressure OF circumstances aud in self
defence, ] have thought proper to associate with
myself in the editorial department Of the Demo-
crat. a gentleman of the wing parly--a man Of
high standing, Of spoiless reputation and acknow.
edged ablity--one who has repeatedly received
ihs support Of both democrats and wings LAT the
ballot. box In althe counties Of north Mississippi.
But the gentlemen who so pert1y, bun al the same
time coveny, make this charge, are treadng on
dangerous ground: They are showing their own
Inconsistency and comdemning themselves Ifmy
association with high minded wing has caused
me to turn wing, then every fire eating Democrat
from John Anthony Quitman down 10 the lowest
street brawling politician, has turned wing, for
they have all been counting the whgs--been
.chcek byjowl" with them for the last six months
] could bring hundred instances to prove this
fact, but one will suffice, in as much US it is
conspicuous une:
You know that our State Senate is composed
OF large majority Of democrats. Well. at the
extraordinary session Of the Legs AZURE, held las
November, they had to elect President in place
uf car lar,ented friend, Dr.. Lipscomb. Did they
elect democrat 10 that distinguished station as
they clearly might have donel Not bit Oft
They cast their votes almost unanimously fo- one
Of the most decided wings in the STATE. Judge
tsnien, and he is now, by the resignation Of Gov.
Quitman, actual governor ofthe State Of Missis.
sipp;, made SO by democratic Senatel "Nhat
Is sauce for the goose. &c., /" ymr know the rest
Some people, \ would seem. often forgot 70 re-
member. or perhaps 70 sneak more correctly re,
member to forget The old saw about stones and
glass houses.
But the charge is without any foundations
My politics are unchanged and unchangsahle,- -
However, for the satisfaction Of the gentlemen
who make the charge, Lam FREQ 10 say that 7
would MI Oh rather ben union wing than tlisun.
iondemocrat. \.
Bit my talk has beenrathera ling one today.
Like the story in Hudihras If "ihe brar and the
fiddle" I'm compelled 80 break Off in the mid,
dle.p lfyou viii "lend me your ears, 7 my kind
old friends, viii give you smother talk mex,
week.
For the present, adieul