The Yazoo Democrat., 1853-06-22


oT The following communication was hand
ed in last week, but too late for insertion until
this:
50 A Rich Observation-Disclosures,
MEssRs. EDIToRs.--My J attention has just been
called to editorial article under the above cap
tion, in the Monroe Democrat, the organ Of Col
Reuben Davis, the would be whig--democratic--
independent Congressman. and by the by, late
Col. in the Mexican War--who, it is said, aban
doned his counirys cause for his country's good
The very elegant and accomplished writer, a
writer who uses such refined expressions as like
a chicken with the gaps" or ga lousy calf after
hard winter" sets out with the declaration that
am not overstocked with common sense. -
This may or may not be true. But am graft
fed to know that his declaration does no. make
it so, holceUer high land he is certainly rery
high the authority think it doubtful whether
him or myself have the advantage-even If his
declaration be true--for if lack common
sense misfortune and not fault--he is, Ger
tainly, greatly deficient in common honesty, and
:. lest he may not understand the meaning of that
term, honesty--and don't know where TO find it
in the Dictionary, we will give him the meaning
of it--Honesty, says. Webster conformity in
statement to fact truth, as in a historian
Frank sincerity :" The world, nor The rest of
mankind will ever accuse him of coming up to
this standard. For he gives himself the lie
when be takes nearly column and half of his
splendid sheet to reply to an article written by
man not overstocked with commoa sense
not over twenty lines in length. The elegant
soriter says:
!" But, to be serious; e Delegate wishes to
know why it is, that "the very men who are
now making the most noise in favor of COL
Davis, were the very men who were loudest in
their denunciation of him when he was an indie
pendent candidate, against Col. Featherston''?
The very interrogatory itself, bears on. its face
the answer the Democracy of North Missis-
sippi are contending Tor principles, and not men.
They are doing no more for Gen. Davis than
they would for any other man similarly situa-
ted. He is the man through whom they were
linsulted-he received the heaviest shock and he
is the man through whom they will retaliate on
the South"
How does the intorogatory itself answer the
question? / have always thought, and still
to hold conventions, make nominations-and
abide by the same. But say some, The coneen-
tion was packed. Then, why didn't your dele
gates leave. And who says it was packed2-
Why the very men who are ineres Ell in maling
the declaration. The idea that any other feel
ings than those for the success of the democratic
party, entered into The convention, is supremely
ridiculous.
Did the nomination of Col. Featherston In
| l849, insult the democracy? If it did not, why
should the nomination of Capt. Barksdale in
| 1853, insult them Both gentlemen were nom
mated By regularly organised Democratic Con-
ventions. And any man who will now say IT
was wrong to oppose the one IN 1919, sud right
to oppose the other in 1853, must be wholly Gc-
mented or totally dishonest. And for the opin-
ions OF such man-either in relation to myself
or upon any other subject. | entertain the most
unmitiga,ed Scorn and contempt That "shock, >
suppose, is the cause of all the fuss.
In a colloquy between yourselves and me,
Which the elegant writer seems to think took
place between us, am made TO say:
Well reether think it's most too tight, my
self bat, then, they won't fight, no how II they
1 DO, yoa know I'm one of 'um."
So far as it applies to the elegant ,oriter, |
have no doubt but that it is literally true. For
| take it to be good rule, that no man will
fight, who has honor to fight for, and even if
| he could be induced sto screw his courage up to
the sticking point, the fact of it is, he could not
get one out of me, for l will fight no who
is owned body and soul by another.
| will thank you Messrs. Editors. to give the
above an insertion, and will promise not to ask
another such favor. A DELEGATE