The primitive Republican. (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-1852, 1852-03-11
.ETTER FROM JEFFERSON DAVIS.
BRIERTEELD, Miss,
February 16, 1852.
MEssRs. BARKsDALE l. JONES:


he has sent out, through his organ, some ?
eleven and three-quarter columns, in con- |
tinuatiOn of his ISLANDERS against myself and v
the party of which am proud to be men, $
Der. If we could be surprised at any alb L
surdity or corrupt device On the part of this G
man, it might excite astonishment that he
complains of disappointed hope of repose
which he had expected to enjoy after the
painfully protracted contest which has oc-
Cured in our midst within the last two years"
The democratic party, true to their previous
declarations and long-established principle,
sat peacefully down under the decision of
the people when the election was over. I,
an humble member of that party, form no
exception to this general remark. In an ad-
dress which / made to the people of Missis-
sippi, in September last, after my nomina-
ton by the Democracy as their candidate for
Governor, l said, in relation to those great
Questions, to consider which, a convention
was soon to assemble
81 acquiesce in the decision Of the peo-
pie, the source of all power in the State,
whatever that decision maybe"
After the November election, l returned
to my secluded home and to the quiet la
bors of plantation life. Here l was not
likely to disturb his rcpose, but how did he
evince his desire for peace2 He left Missis-
sipp soon after the November election, and
paused at Montgomery, Ala, from the door
Of the stranger to send back his arrows of
vituperation at the Democratic State Rights
party of Mississippi In the Senate of the
United States, he so far forgot the obliga-
tions Of his station, as there to continue his
sanderous misrepresentation against large
party in the State, and therefore against the
character Of the State, by virtue of whose
commission he spoke. He returned to Mis-
sissippi, and on the evening of his arrival at
the seat of Government, being the day be-
. fore his inauguration as Governor of the
State, made public harangue, which, as re-
ported to me, was more coarse and libellous
than might have been anticipated even from
him. In the wide circle of his malignant
abuse, hcincluded the venerable patriot who
was Governor of the State by virtue of his
cfice of President of the Senate, some of
the purcst members of the Legislature with
which he was so soon to act in behalf of the
people, and the gentleman who had recently
taken his seat, and was the sole representa-.
tive Of Mississippi, in the United States Sen
ate But the character aud public useful
ness of these, and other distinguished demo
r. Gratis, who came in for their share Of his VII
I'd lifcation, cannot be injured by the venom o
a common defamer; and it is here only re
fe1red to as marking the hellowness and au
R. dayity of his complaint that he is forced in
re to strife by the assailment of others. Scarce
, " less surprising is the egotism and insens
- bility he exhibits in vaunting his election
as a victory by which his adversaries ha
~ been put to route. In view Of the fact tina
tie he was hindmost of his ticket, and man
to thousands in rear Of the vote his party ha
M given but two months before, most me
would have left that point untouched An
- he who is stupid enough to attract public a
\ tention to it, might thank the chance whie
~ should catch his "brains out, as giving ev
dence to the world that he had possessed TIL
within, of which the manifestations had bee
too faint to be considered conclusive.
Before proceeding to notice his article,
wish to correct great error into which
In Las fallen, in the supposition that | ht
~ indispensable hatred" of him, and had MAJ
an ''attack upon his scnsibilities and chara
ocll
orr of it, which / intended to exhibit, and won
les, never have attempted to pierce the impcn
are trable shield of his vanity in search of
Any scnsibility which had no reason to belle
the was within. | sometimes feel for him pit
it's sometimes contempt but hold him too lig
or ever to have for him the sentiment of hal
I have noticed him, and do so now, to cou
tcract the evil which he might do where Il
-. known, or differently estimated. l ha
long been assured that he was secretly {
gagged in the Slishonorable work which
supposed importance leads him now mC
Do openly to perform, and have cause to CT
graduate myself on this change in his pl
2 of operations. However he may claim
20, have abstained from attacks on me in /
1try absence, no one can fail to be struck VI
this the readiness with which he produces all
ton injurious reports which have been utter
against me, during my years of political Iii
and most men must believe, as do, that
se{gs mind has been the general depository a
dies principal mandatory of them. They b;
lex been well preserved, and prove the zealC
care of their keeper. / will show that tt
arc false; that at this "critical period"
which he Unjust be reelected to the Sen
- or Defeated" he comes into the list "
poisoned weapons, and should not be ?
~ mitted to remain on the field with honora
- competitors.
oun- He says his course in relation to his "clai
ods' as senatorial candidate, " is not quite as
= and ~ as Col Davis celebrated letter three ye
hoes, ago, to Mr. Searles, of Vicksburg, writer
Cen be used among the wing members of
S Sag, Legislature, for the purpose of obtaining
Class possible, their votos; which letter, ev
ticle' one who read it, understood as giving pre-
,;roa distinct assurance that the Colonel, if ell
or ed, would give more or less support to
wing administration then existing. I cl
lenge the publication of this letter I
ORR shall ever see the light, the democrats
! AL the nation will have no difficulty in de
Eng mining ach0t sort Of a democrat COL d
reno" IS, and has eUer been" He NAV eouiyo,
1000 out of the last clause Of the above sentel
ids to italicized though it be- therefore take
notice of it here, neither will l notice
erms date, though it was probably misstated
a,,; 1e suggest falsehood but address mysel
Ps. the main features of his SANDER. Mr. Sea
was my personal and political friend, an
little likely to be selected from any supp
INKS, alliance with the wing party, as any dc
oosq. craft my acquaintance. He was amemb
the commission house toWhich my bust
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