Southern standard. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1851-1856, 1853-10-01
Barry and WiIcox.

The discussion which came off at this place on
the 5th inst, between Messrs Wilcox and Barry,
would seem to require more extended police than
our limits will permit Not that we wife treated
to anything new or interesting by ON late Repre-
sentative in Congress- he did not even give an ..ac-
count of his stewardship" during the period for
which he was elected From this it appears. that
ne was unfortunately precluded from the necessity
that rested upon him with ponderous weight once
more to the rescue, and save our gLorious Union y
He plainly and broadly admitted in the outset, that
the question OF slavery was settled, yet the yawn-
ing 9ulph OF "dsunion'' was before him, and just
ready to swallow up the mighty fabric of freedom,
this lost hope Of the world, the government of the
United States
This was the first appearance Of Col Barry as Il
public speaker at this place His character as de
batter was known to only few who were present;
and we can say with full sincerity, that the impress
sion which lie made as an able and dignlfed speak
er, was decidedly favorable. We cannot extend our
notice Of his speech. beyond bare allu4ion to the
whitening rebuke he gave to his opponent in saw
ing our glorious Union. He told the object in
PLAIN English to get UoteS, in counties having a
democratic majority, and remarked that there was
not man IN the house, who could lay his hand on
his heart and deny the assertion This is so en-
phatically true that its force was felt and we are
happy to add, that many Of our Union democrats
are becoming ashamed of their attitude and of be
ing used by the wings for the purpose of breaking
down their own political principles. Many ofthen
see that this worn out humbug served its turn
in 81, and are lost in wonder, that our gloriou:
Union should require to be saved at every election
To them it seems remarkable that it acoat stag
ed! and thai in this respect it bears such marvel
Gus resemblance to the negroes nose "Why
miSsis, when | blows it, it won't stag bowed =
In plain language, this thre4dbare and worn GU
deception. be seen through and understood by
every man, WON an and boy in the county, and men
of sefrespect are becoming thoroughly ashamed o
it,
We must notice Notifying disappointment
which Col. Wilcox was doomed to encounter Il
his speech and then again in his rejoinder, be tool
special pains to tell the people that he should vote
for Dan Russell, Horne and the other wing nomi
nees Each time he made this great fact known
with such ardor-Such fervid eloquence, that i
was apparent he expected the ''house would come
down. with applause But the announcement
was received ''sittng and in silencel' We suspec
that the last failure caused him to open his eyes
and convinced him that there was no particular
magic in the name Of Dan Russell in Carroll coun
ty.
Blu. according to our recollection, the worst di
emml in which he was placed, was when, ate
his boosted democracy and his devotion to the ad
mnistraton of Gen. Pierce, Col, Barry cooEy re
minded him, ofthe position he would occupy if cleo
ted; and that if successful he would owe that sue
cess to the opponents of the administration. Thi
is unquestionably true, as there are but abou
5000 Union democrats in the state, all told, and
elected at all, he must owe it almost entirely t.
whig votes.
Upon the whole, the Democrats of this county
so far as we have had the opportunity to ascertain
are highly pleased with Col Barry patriot,
gentleman, and an able and accomplished debater
CarroHtoB Democrat