Southern standard. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1851-1856, 1853-09-24
Barry and Wllcov

"Gse gentlemen have just concluded their con
NJ, mss Vi THIS county, passing from this into Carro
helr discussion produced but little excitonoant
lnong our people, though they had fine crowds a.
e'cn appointment They are both Young GENTLE
men OF hne abilities, and the uniform courtesy and
perfect good feeling which distinguished their de-
Pl1moent towards each other. will tend greatly to
Keep down excitement and prevent bitterness of
Ieellng among their respective partisans.
WV have not the room to notice at anv 1o,o,l,
the positions assumed by the speakers. Col
Wilcox labored in all his speeches in this comfy r.
revive the issue and the feeling which marked the
canvass of 1851, and array parties as tbev stonJ
at that time. He avowed his determinarion ~
support the Wing State ticket, acknowledged in the
same breath, that Judge Rogers maintain the
,Ton1Stitutlonallty of the Union Bank Bonds. and
H1. !eceh.iy IN frequent speeches made in North
declared IN favor of their payment and
that If elected governor, would 81 n any hin tha
Legislature might pass to raise money for that pur
pose. This will lose the COL many votes in this
county, ndwe sincerely regret that he has tbouobt
proper 10 pursue this course. Personally we en-
certain lor nm the slncerest respect His excel
lent qualities of heart have won from us real es-
teem. But at time like this, when a warfare of
the tiercest character is being waged upon the adj
mlnlstratlon of the President of our choice-and
when efforts, the most insidious and untirino. are
oeing made to fix upon the people of the State a
oeDV OF millions, contracted in fraud of their rights
ana IN violation OF their Constitution, we saw at
such time 1t behooves us to ignore personal at
tachments and prejudices, to lose sioht of mere
personal claims, and look to the fulflment of our
Whole duty atone, IN voting for and supporting
Ihose who are with us and for us in this important
CRISIS. Such is the feeling pervading the minds of
democrats IN this country, and we greatly mistake
the sign OF the time if they do not watch narrowly
the political procLiOtieS and associations of those
who seek public position at their hands They
VIII remember the saying of olden times''he that
is not for us is against us
Mag Barry deports himself on all occasions most
gallantly His high courty bearing-his deep
toned manly voice-his earnest eioouence-bs
modest dignity-the absence of all demagopueism
and pertnesS, win for him the heart of all who hear
HIM amlable and atfable in social intercourse toll
Grant OF the opinions, and respectful to the position
OF others, and open and candid in the avowal and
advocacy ofhis own-he won for himself, durino
his brief stay in this county, golden opinions from
all sorts of men,"
MAJ. 3. deprecated the course of argument
pursued by his distinguished opponent in his efforts
10 eXhume Tor quite transparent purposes, dead
issue, and renew the agitation of question which
the people of Mississippi, in solemn convention, in
1851, had declared they had 'smaturelv consider
ed, acted upon and decided. He thought it not a
little singular that one who had been SO hearty in
his profession of love ofpeace and quiet should be
himself the first to attempt to break up the good
feeling and quiet pervading the public mind, and
begin course ofagitation, against which his owr
party friends, at the Baltimore Convention, had
pledged themselves whether in Congress or GU
of it, and under whatever shade or colour the same
might be sought to beefected." Every one coulc
see the dilemma in which the Col. is placed, anC
the difficulties he must meet in reconciling hi
present course with his past profession. VIVA
may be his object in laboring to revive the settled
issues, and evoke the strife and bitterness of feel
ings ofpast years; whetherit be to serve himself
ordstract and thus destroy his party, we leave
for those who heard him to determine.
We would be glad to notice the other point
made by Maj. Barry in his canvass here, and par
ticlarly his eloquent defence of President Pierce
in the exercise of the appointing power, point, b,
the way, on which Col. Wilcox took occasion to as
sail the Administration with some severity but
limits compel us to forbear.
We send to the friends of Barry in the othe
counties, the assurance that all is well here, ant
that the bearer ofther standard is one of whom
4 they may well be proud Choctaw Niss.) Oh
SerUer.