The Yazoo Democrat. [volume] (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1858-18??, 1858-11-20
From the Mississippian.
SENATOR DAVIS And HIS AssAILANrs

Weekly issue an extract from an opposition
paper, abiding to Col. Davis visit to Name
and protesting to have made the sagaciou
discovery, that he is aiming at the Pres
dency, itocsnrred tome as. one among IN
many instances we have recently had, Of th
ridiculous positions which Blind prejudice
aud ungenerous PARTISAN Bigotry will caue,
men 10 assume.
A year past, and the opposition press al
tempted to ridcuIe what they called hi.
mighty opeysladoWing pouer in Mississippi
and now, ittalks invi diously the attention,
bestowed upon him by the New England
Democracy Thus, for the want Of an,
tangible objection, they strive TO use to his
IpreJudice, the very Judgment which this rreat
Iand pure and consistent statesman has made
in the hearts Of the Democracy. unconfned
BY geographical boundaries. There is, per-
haps, nc man in the whole South, whom thev
could take greater delight in traducing, than
Col. Davis; from the fact that he has never
made any concessions to them, or asked any
favors at their hands, They have lone scru,
tlnlzed him with sleepess vigilance to de
tect some flaw on which they could assail
MN, and that scrutiny has only resulted in
their chagrip at his manly and consistent
course, whether in private or at the hustincs
whether in Mississippi or out of II. whether
on the battlefield, the cabinet, or the council
chamb r, until they have at last resor ed Z, a
most miserable and ungenerous mode Of Al
tack, mode which can only result in reAec.
ing discredit on themselves The Athen;ans
fabricated pretexts for The sentence Of So,
crates; which had no better beginning than
m the law comedy of Aristophanes. Though
the opposition press can never bope for the
success OF Socrates accusers, yet their mo,
tives are no better in principle, and from the
very vlItue of the man, would they extract
the material for detraction. Let facts sneak
to candid world, and the recent facts in
point will not be denied BY the most bitter
partisan foes
1t Is well known, that during the past win
ter, Col. Davis became the victim Of a very
painful disease which kept him in close con
nnement, completely Frustrated his STRENGTH
and jeopardized his life. 1t is also we'll known
that his attending physicians urged him to
BASS the summer in more northern moua-
a'nous region, as perhaps the only means III
preserving his life. He embarke on The
pilgrimage for health, while sympatb Zinc
reuds beheld his pale features and was. ed
rame with intense interest, trembling for the
esult not that his fair escutcheon Could be
aInlshed by the political harpies who MIGHT
ssall hlm; but from fears that disease miobt
treaty have carried its work too far.
Whlle on his route at sea, the passengers
# The vessel with the enthusiasm occasional
y tie anniversary Of Independence day, and
nth an admiration for the great statesman
'hlch made them forget his exhausted t.
Irengtii, pressed their calls until he respond !,
q in brief and unprecedented speech - t
hat speech transcribed from the confused r
lemory Of an auditor, and without the Col. Ii
nel's revision appears in a northern paper, =
which has since pronounced the report un- !
orthy OF credit,) and the gross misappica
on OF what has been called the Bovine
le'iphor," together with other inaccuracies c
hailed with great delight bv the opposition
ress at the South, AMI BY some the en-
uslas'ic friends OF Hammond and Douglas. n
hose misrepresentation, C1E. D. has ok
AIMED to the entire satisfaction Of every
IT mind, and we will not dwell IN them.
On his arrival in Ma NJ. the Dernocr;lcy Of
'at STATE greeted him with honors and atie, p
ons, to which be responded in a dirnif d
"a s'atesmanlke manner. As he journey -
nto other States, similar attentions called "
rIII similar responses from him, end he has II
'oken IN Fanieul Hall and other places, e.
here The eIoquence Of the gifted Ptentiss "
pllyated admlrng crowds, and sent hack a -
riI Of pride aad joy to the hearts of South, f
n Wings. Ii
Col. Davis has publicly acknowledged pl
ese testimonials, as the evidence of fra SC
rna feeling, extended bv the Democracy Of u
o'e States to Mississippi, discIaming up. ii
oprlation to himself, and coufessine no
her personal pride, than as being made the
edlum OF communication He has boldly S,
I'd on New England SOIL that his "frst al AZ
glance WAS to Mississippi, and that he u,
lad long since avowed the intention never III
ain to receive official trust from any other ~
thorty, than that Of the people Of the r.
ate OF which he was citizen" He has
t, in any recent Northern speech officially
? rted, uttered single senlim mt. contra &C
Glory to the positions he has assumed in G.
the speeches he has made, North or South,
Congress or elsewhere. Whenever he !,
reduced political matter in bis New En- ~
md speeches, he has taken the same broad - -
Institutional ground, be has always occup. = =
the same which forms the distinctive fea. r"
e and GROWING glory Of the sterling De-
'cracy OF every State in the Uuion. It is ha
5 answering position alone, which invokes he
confidence and esteem Of the Northern an
'mocracy and it must be gratifying to the
'mocrats Of the South to behold such evil
noes of unity of sentiment on this ereat tn,
-dlnal point in our natural allies. Thew Hc
tend to US the right hand Of fellowship and ate
friendship on the broad platform Of the Ho
Institution, and are pledged to stand with SCI
or to fall with US; while they are surroun.
BY board Of vandaI fanatics who, re~
rdless Of the law, the constitution, or the -,
Die, are bent on uprooting the grand fab -
OF the government, if needs be. to con, sI
innate their nefarous schemes. 1t might dit
fatal error, it we were to lose sight of Ow
fact, that the Northern Democracy ara an'
ter constitutional friends to us, than a
In L.