Southern standard. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1851-1856, 1853-06-04
The Columbus Democrat.


The Columbus Democrat.
This paper without any provocaon that we know Of in ito
issue stepped aside from its pope and apparent duty
am concealed and cowardy blow at the editor of the STAN
ddrd What Its object is plain to be misunderstood
and is well now any subsequent time IN mt the
ope right In relation the political anteceden of that pa
per- We must distinctly in advance that the garuty
OF the Senior editor of that paper not disturbe us POLITICAL
y he can never be held responsible for political inconss
tency aiding defeat the regular democratic nominees two
years agoor having defended and voted for Russell and
Horne the State cke-o having aided bv his vote and his
pen In sending the legislature from this county, two bitter
HGs lie has no defence for supporting Col Wilcox against
Co Featherstone the regular democratic nominee and who
alter his return from Washington he pronounced honest and
faithful and whose congressional record he declared right 1t
IS not for any question the consistency of such an ed
tor and were this dsincned bear hard upon
age and nfrmiies We controversy with the Sem
lo-we respect his grey heirs lament his msortunes we
admire his scholarship and bid him with great kindness
leave us alone.
The Junors fair game HIS years. experience &c. are in
wiling and his public position has been such that neither him
self nor his democratic friends will question right
since the paper which he part CONTROLS aimed its shafts
at us unprovoked and has descan the
ssency OF our friends democracy-to show him up poi-
can and editor Beyond this will CO. and should any
expression escape coloed by personal unkinnes
occasion dsavowit here and We are after the pot
separate them and through columns design the
thing.
We date political knowledge of the Junior back the
Taylor campaign l949 His hung the po-
tical world the defender supporter Taylor and Fill
more against Cass and Butler through the columns of pa
per iourishing under the de plume of Columbus Whg
1t rumored that the wing party contributed liberal purse
towards the purchase OF the press and that the under
standing that portion Of the contributed gra-
uity and has been regarded For the truth this
vouch but lift untrue the Junior knows
is presume that the Junior did tell his wing friends
that he democrat but that he pledged them his support
elevate the Presidency and Vice Presidency cend-
date OF the hig party. This may be political conssency-if
tits, it is
The election passes, Taylor and Fillmore elected and
after season the Junior ingratiatedn the confidence
of the WING patty and the wing administration become
Of their trusted organs and find the laws of the IT, S.
published by Authority in the paper edited by democrat
but supporting and defending ug administration the gov
eminent This will not bear comment.
IL 1849, find the Junior supporting the whig candidate
for congress- and the wing legislative ticket Is this democra-
! cy2
Mr. Fillmore recommends in his message the modification Ct
the tariff specific for advaorem charges and other
utterly repugnant the democracy Does the Junior disavow
these doctrines Not he. by Authority still there,
and the Prinitiue-fo had changed nameswas still si-
penday upon the public treasury. Now there is something in
this course OF the Junior susceptible of but political expa
nation, and we shall hint at that explanation.
Time rolls on and 1851 with its strife up. The jun
Tor sided with Mr. Emore party, and became union pre-
server in ways than He preserved his union with
the federal treasury think will be found just
bout the time that the Primitive announced its intention
burah for Democracy, twill also be seen that By Auhor-
ty is transferred Aberdeen wing paper The breaking
up of the union terrible and the democratic instincts
the Junior got rabd He questioned the Seniors democracy
denied ours outright and stamped himself to his
had in
forfeited their political confidence and respect He sought
an excuse TO relieve him the odum of his political posi-
ton he less happy in that than his personal friends
could have wished and this another evidence that his
political vacaons had exhausted ingenuity for explanation
and beggared the wit of man for an excuse.
He treated the wing party who had picked him up and made
him their confident and bestowed upon him their patronage
very badly He served the Union party for he ef
their camp he kicked them in the face This adding in
suit to injury
Look at the Juniors course He emphaticaly hire
ling bound for consideration to do the work OF party th
rincpes of which he disavowed This the Judge that call
before him men who have spent years the service
the party than he has months and who in
excited contest have spent money than it took originally
to purchase of his pen against the democracc party
This is the Judge who himself up pass upon democratic
Orthodoxy political purity and party usage This penslone
upon the wing party who crawled at the heels OF Mr. For
who fed upon the crumbs cast to him by his abolition an
corban;zed cabinet is not the denounce any poi
cian No IF he makes merit of his eachery to the viii
Dartv to the confusion of all political honesty ne make
pretensions to leadership his past dupcy stares tn
md and turns the old aside for his deception has pun
chased nothing for him but distrust with those ne now serves
Another political revolution may come and man VINO ma
cold himself twice may find third purchaser. The as
noveth his master and the his owners crbbut IS nc
rckoned among the virtues Of these animals that they elm
with great tenacity to the hand that feeds them
Should the Junior dislike this showing up ne has simply
the consistency of personal friends Alone or we
treat his case pontedy in the future we nave moi P
49, quarrel nor shall we be driven from the field unit
all parties are satisfied
We hope that our young friend of the Monroe De"n0e0
vii his resentment and permit our old nelgnoC