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AND CARROLL, CHOCTAW AND TALEAHATCHIE COmyn a yTOTTff
the town ot Kjarrouion
Car-
''""southern Pioneer,
(BY G. W. II. BROWN.)
TTNDERthe above title of the
I ...r . wh DroDOse to publ
"Southern Pio-
publish in the town of
Carroilton, a new Weekly Paper, devoted to
hoth State and National, Agriculture, the
tonnes.
current
news
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raUS9 01 X.uucttiivu. r, . --- -
what its conductor believes to be the best interests of
the State and county. It will advocate the great Whig
cause which you have recently seen so signally trium
phant. Believing, that the principles put forth by the
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r the dav. anu me
advancement of the great
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tj tirn ' hia nnnor win np npvnrpn rn
rreat Whig party as uie leneis oi us puimcai creea,
are the only true ones on which this Government was
originally founded, and on which it should be admin
istered, this paper will lend to those principles, when
ever and wherever espoused, its humble but cordial
?U$o man or set of men, will be by us unscrupulously
sustained at the expense of principle, "PuiNCirLES
not men," is our motto by this rule shall we be gov
erned, and in subjecting all to this test, we shall as we
find them, judge with impartiality, admonish with
candor, and reprehend with justice. As humble Pio
neers in the great cause of political truth, we shall
ever point to the cardinal virtues of a representative
Government. But, the interests of our State, and
more particularly of our county, shall receive at our
hands a constant and an earnest advocacy. While
our sister comities have been the object of Legislative
action, and Executive patronage, the county ofCarroll
has remained comparatively unknown and unappre
ciated. It shall therefore be our pride, as well as our
Jutv. to develope its vast resources and point out its
numerous advantages. The cause of education, the
cause of enlightened and progressive civilization, the
only true bulwark of a nation's freedom, shall receive
that attention its importance demands. In fine, as
humble Pioneers in the great crusade against igno-
lance and error, we s-hall shoulder our mattock and
shovel, and taking our place in the great march of
modern improvement, our course shall ever be as Mar
nionsaidto Stanly, Onward.'
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DANIEL WEBSTER.
The following is an extract from Mr. Web
ster's speech, delivered in the U. S. Senate in
the year 1833, in reply to Mr. Calhoun, touch
ing Mr. W's. conduct in
the last war. He
challenged his opponents to prove one single
iota against him, going to show that he had
not advocated measures wholesome to the hon
or, safety, and perpetuation of the liberties of
the American People. Ye rabid loco-focos!
read this extract, and never do ye again call
Daniel Webster an "anti-war-ite" nor a "fed
eralist" for if ye do, we shall certainly
set down, and brand ye zsmalicious LIARS
and calumniators.
From ihe National Intelligencer.
Persevering efforts of this kind have been
made against Mr. Webster, many times and
hv different hands, but thus far without sue-
pace Thp wav' in which Mr. Webster has
himself met them may be learned by the fol
Irtwintr extracts from his speech in reply to
Mr. Calhoun on the 22d. March, 1838.
"But, sir, before attempting that, he (Mr.
Calhoun has something else to say. He had
prepared, it seems, to draw comparisons him
jctli. He had intended to say something, i
time had allowed, upon our respective opinions
And conduct in regard to the war. it time
had allowed! Sir, time does allow time mus
allow. A general remark of that kind ought
not to be, cannot be, ten to produce us enect
when that effect is obviously intended to be
unfavorable. :Why did the gentleman allude
to mv votes, or my opinions, respecting the
war at all, unless he had something to say?
Does he wish to leave an undefined impression
that something was done, or something said
by me, not now capable of defence or justifi
cation? something not reconcilable with true
patriotism? He means that, or nothing. And
now, sir, let him bring the matter forth let
him take the responsibility of the accusation;
let him state his facts. I am here, this day, to
answer. Now is the time, and now is the
hour. I think we read, sir, that one of the
" good spirits would not bring against the arch
enemy of mankind a railing accusation; and
what is railing but general reproach an im
putation without fact, time or circumstance?
JSir, I call for particulars. Tne gentleman
knows my whole conduct well: indeed, the
. journals show it all, from the moment I came
' into Congress till the peace, If I have done,
then, sir, any thing unpatriotic, any thing
which, as far as love of country goes will not
bear comparison with his or any man's con
duct, let it now be stated. Give nie the fact,
the time, the manner. He speaks of the war;
that which is called the late war, though it is
now twenty-five years since it terminated.
He would leave an impression that I opposed
it. How? I was not in Congress when war
was declared, nor in public life, anywhere.-
was puisuiug in v uioiession, ana Keeping
company with judges, sheriffs and jurors, and
plaintuis and detendants. If I had been in
Congress, and had enjoyed the benefit of hear
ing the honorable gentleman's speeches, for all
I can say, I might have concurred with him. -But
I was not in public life. I never had been
for a single hour, and was in no situation there
fore, to oppose or support the declaration of
war. 1 am speaking to the fact, sir; and if
the gentleman has any fact, let us know it.
Well, sir, I came into Congress during the
war. l louna it wagca ana raging. Ana
what did I do here to oppose it? Look to the
journals. Let the Honorable gentleman tax his
memory. Bring up any thing, if there be any
thing to bring up not snowing error ot opin
ion, out snowing want 01 loyalty ornaeiny to
the country. I did not agree to all that was
proposed, nor did the honorable gentleman.
1 did not approve of every measure, nor did
he.
The war had been preceded by the restric
tive system and the embargo. As a private in
dividual, I certainly did not thinlwell of these
measures. It appeared to me the embargo an-
noypd us as much as our enemies, while it des-
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troyea tne ousmess ana crampea me spinis 01
the People.
in this opinion I may have been ngnt or
wrong, but the gentleman himself was of the
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same opinion. Me told us tne otner day, as a
proof of his independence of party, on great
questions, that he dillered with his mends on
the subject of the embargo. He was decided
ly and unalterably opposed to it. It furnishes,
in his judgment, therefore, no imputation ei
ther on my patriotism or the soundness of my
political opinions that I was opposed to it also.
I mean opposed in opinion; lor I was not in
Congress, and had nothing to do with the act
creating the embargo. And as to opposition
to measures tor carrying on ine war, aneri
came into Congress, I again say, let the gentle
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specify let himjayjiis finger on anylon eacj different jnen held different opinions. 1
man
thing, calling for an answer, and he shall have
an answer.
Mr. President, you were yourself in the
House during a considerable part of this time.
The honorable gentleman may make a witness
of you. He may make a witness of any body
else. He may be his own witness, uive us
but some fact, some charge, something capable
in itself either of being proved or disproved.
Prove any thing not consistent with honorable
and patriotic conduct, and I am ready to an-
swent. !bir, 1 am glad tnis sumeci nas neen
alluded to in a manner wh?ch justifies me in
aking public notice of it; because I am well
aware mat, tor ten vears past, mnnne pains
have been taken to find something, in the range
of these topics, which might create prejudice
against me in the country. The journals have
all been poured over, and the reports ransack
ed, and scraps of paragraphs and nail senten
ces have been collected, pui togetner in tne
most false manner, and then made to flare out
as if there had been some discovery. But all
this failed. The next resort was to supposed
correspondence. My letters were sought for, !
to learn li, in tne connaence oi private inena
ship, I had never said any thing which an en
emy could make use of. With this view the
vicinity of my former residence has been sear
ched, as with a lighted candle. New Hamp
shire has been explored trom the mouth ot the
Merrimack to the White Hills. In one in
stance a gentleman had left the State, gone
five hundred miles on, and died. His papers
were examined, a letter was found, and I have
under?tood, it was brought to Washington
a conclave was held to consider , and the re
sult was, that if there was nothing else against
Mr. Webster, the matter had better be left
alone. Sir I hope to make every body of that
opinion, who brings against me a charge of a
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want ot patriotism, errors oi opinion can De
found, doubtless, on many subjects; but as such ,
conduct flows from the feelings which animate
the heart, I know that no act of my life has
had its origin in the want of ardent love of
country. -
Sirwhen I came to Congress, I found the
honorable gentleman a leading member of the
House of Representaiives. Well, sir, in what
did we differ? One of the first measures of
magnitude, after I came here, was Mr. Dallas'
proposition for a bank. It was a war measure.
It was urged as being absolutely necessary to
enable Government to carry on the war.
Goyernment wanted revenue; such a bank, it
was hoped, would furnish it, and T on that ac
count it was warmly pressed and urged on
Congress. You remember all this, Mr. Presi
dent. You remember how much some per
sons supposed the success of the war and sal
vation of the country depended on carrying
that measure. Yet the honorable member
from South Carolina opposed that bill, lie
now takes to himself a good deal of merit
none too much, but still a great deal of merit?
for having defeated it. Well, sir, I agreed
with him. It was a mere paper bank a mere
machine for fabricating irredeemable paper.--It
was a new form for paper money; and, in
stead of benefiting the country, 1 thought it
would plunge it deeper and deeper m difficul-
CARROLLTON, MISSISSIPPI, SATURDAY
ty. I made a speech on the. subject it has
often been quoted. There it is let whoever
pleases read and examine it. I am not proud
of it for any ability it exhibits on the other
hand, 1 am not ashamed of it for the spirit
which it manifests. But, sir, I say again, the
gentleman himself took the lead'against this
measure this darling measure of the Admin
istration. I followed him jf-1 was seduced
into error, or into unjustifiable opposition,
there sits my seducer. '"i
What, sir, were other leading sentiments,
or leading measures of that day? On what
other subjects did men differ?; The gentleman
has adverted to one, and that a most important
one I mean the Navy. He says, and says
truly, that at the commencement of the war
the Navy was unpopular. It was unpopular
with his friends, who hen controlled the poli
tics of the country. But he says h dlOVieU
with his friends, "in this respect, he resisted
party influence and party connexion, and was
the friend and advocate" of the Navy. Sir, I
commend him for it. He showed his wisdom.
That gallant little Navy soon fought itself in
to favor, and showed that a man who had pla
ced reliance on it had not been disappointed.
Well, sir, in all this, I was exactly of the
same opinion as the honorable gentleman.
Sir, I do not know when my opinion of the
importance of a naval force to the United
States had its origin. I can give no date to my
sentiments on this subject, because I never en
tertained different sentiments I remember,
sir, that immediately after coming into my
profession, at a period when the Navy was
most unpopular when it was called by all
sorts of hard names, and designated by many
coarse epithets on one of those occasions on
which young men address their neighbors, I
ventured to put forth a boy's hand in defence
of the Navy. I insisted on its importance, its
adaption to our circumstances and to our na
tional character, and its indispensable necessi
ty, if we intended to maintain and extend our
i commerce. I hese opinions and sentiments 1
brought into Congress; and so far as I remem
ber, it was the first, or among the first times,
in which 1 presumed to speak on the topics of
the day, that I attempted to urge on the House
a greater attention to the naval service.
There were different modes of prosecuting the
war. . Cm these modes, or on the degree ot at
tention and expense which should be bestowed
I confessed I looked wRhmostrroptrtCTritr-rr-sH
suits of naval warfare, and therefore I invoked
Government to invigorate and strengthen that
arm of the national defence. I invoked it to
seek its enemies upon the seas to go where
every auspicious indication pointed, and where
the whole heart and soul of the country would
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go witn iu
Sir, we were at war with the gieatest mar
itime power on earth. England had gained
an ascendancy on the seas over the whole com
bined Powers of Europe. She had been at
war twenry years. She had tried her for
tunes on the contiaent,but generally with no
success. At one time the whole continent had
been closed against her. A long line of armed
exterior, an unbroken hostile array frowned
upon her from the Gulf of Arch-angel, round
the promontory of Spain and Portugal, to the
foot of the boot of Italy. There was not a
port in which an English ship could enter.
Every where on the land, the genius of her
great enemy had triumphed. He had defeat
ed armies, crushed coalitions, and overturned
thrones but, like the fabled giant, he was un-
conauerable only while he touched the land.
On the ocean he was powerless. 1 hat field oi
fame was his adversary's, and her meteor nag
was streaming in triumph all over it.
To her maratime ascendancy England owed
every thing, and we were now at war with
her. One of the most charming of her poets
has said of her that -
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'Her march is o'er the mountain wave,
Her home is on the deep."
Now, sir, since we were at war with her, I
was for intercepting this march I was for
calling upon her, and paying our respects to
her at home I was for giving her to know
that we, too, had a right of way over the seas,
and that our marine officers and our sailor s
were not entire strangers on the bosom of the
rleen I was for doinff something more with
our Navy than to keep it on our shores, for the
protection of our own coasts and our own har-
bors 1 was tor giving play to its gallant ana
burning spirit for allowing it to go forth upon
the seas, and encounter on an open and equal
ueld, whatever the proudest or the bravest of
the enemv could bring against it. I knew
the character of its officers, and the spirit of
its seamen, and I knew that, in their hands,
though the flag of the country might go down
to the bottom, while they went with it, yet
that it could never be dishonored or disgraced.
Since she was our enemy and a most pow
erful enemy I was for touching her, if we
could, in the very apple of her eye; lor reach
ing the highest feather in her cap; for clutch
ing at the very brightest jewel in her crown
There seemed to me to be a peculiar propriety
in all this, as the war was undertaken. for the
redress of maritime imuries aione. it was a
war declared for free trade and sailors rights
i The ocean, therefore, was the proper theatre
tor deciding tnis controversy wun our eueuj
and on' that theatre mv ardent wish was tha
our own power should be concentrated to the
utmost. ; :; . .
So much. sir. for th8 ' war. and for my con
duct and opinions as connected with it. And
MAY 22, 1841.
as I do not mean to recur to this subiect often.
or ever, unless indispensably necessary, 1 re
peat the demand for any charge, anvaccusa.
tion, any allegation whatever, that throws me
behind the honorable gentleman, or behind
any other man, in honor, in fidelity, in devoted
love to that country, in which I was born,
which has honored me. and which T
who seldom deal in defiance, now, here, in my
place, boldly defy the honorable mpmhpr tn
put his insinuation in the form of a charge, and
to support that charge by any proof whatever.
From the Vicksburg Whig.
JUDGE D. O. SH ATTUCK.
The Sentinel of Saturday has an article in
relation taa speech recently made at Lexing
ton, by the Hon. D. O. Shattuck. If the par
ty opposed to Judge Shattuck expect to defeat
mm uy such me airs as inc ouiuc1 m mewvuu-
nel indicates, they are wofully deceived in the
people ot Mississippi. Ihe Sentinel may de
nounce Judge S. as the author and propaga
tor of a "base and unblushing lie "as often as
it suits the taste of its editor, but it will be of
no avail. Judge Shattuck's character for truth,
honesty, and integrity is too high, and estab
lished upon too firm a basis to be effected by
such attacks, come from what quarter they
may. The people of Mississippi, and especi
ally of that portion of the State where he re
sides, know Judge Shattuck too well to allow
any such attacks upon his fair fame to pass
unrebuked, and they will vindicate him at the
polls. There is not a man of any party, who
knows David O. Shattuck, who would not re
pel with scorn the charge of falsehood brought
against him by the Sentinel. Mistaken he
may be, and doubtless sometimes is, but their
lives not a man of loftier integrity and sterner
honesty, or one who has a higher regard for
his veracity. His whole life has been one of
spotless integrity, and we defy his bitterest
enemy to one solitary act of his, incompatible
with the most rigid code of morality. The
article to which we have alluded, contains an
other sentence which we will briefly notice.
The editor says: Where did Parson Shat
tuck learn finance? Was -it when peildling
Yankee Nutmegs in North Carolina?" So it
seems the humble origin of Judge Shattuck is
to be brought to bear against him. He is
sneeringly asked, if he learned finance when
ne was a rcjuumxiu murui vaiujiui
wa th;quouoaeluH?. Was it to sneer a
a life o
nonesi maustry, nas raised himself to a
nigi
station among men. Was it to cast reproach
upon nis name because he was a pedlar? I
not, why was it asked? Judge Shattuck was a
peaier, and we doubt not he is proud of it.
He ought to be proud of it. Born to an in
heritance of poverty, without fortune, without
friends, with no capital but an honest heart
and his own indomitable energies, he has, by
patient and unwearied industry, worked his
way through life. "Low birth and iron for
tune" could not keep him down, his spirit soar
ed beyond the sphere where fate seemed to
have castjiis lot. Poverty had no terrors for
him; with him, as with Cardinal Richelieu,
there was no such word as fail One by
one the shackles of poverty and humble birth
gave way before his well directed efforts, until
the pedlar boy mounted the Judges bench, as
one of the ministers of justice. Nobly did he
t 111
win nis nonors. ana nrouaiv has he worn
hem. The sacred ermine of justice has ne
ver known a stain since it fell uDon his free
imbs, and when he lays it off he leaves it pure
and unsullied as when he took it up. And
yet this is the man who is sneered at, because
he was a pedlar! He is sneeiingly asked, if he
"learned finance when he was peddling Yan
kee Nutmegs in North Carolinat" It may be
that he did. It may be that he did learn his
lessons of political economy while he was a
poor pedlar, traversing the State ot North
Carolina, with his pack upon his back. What
he has learned he has learned well, and we
doubt not his school was a good one, for in it
he has learned what is ot priceless value he
learned honesty he learned to practice virtue
and discountenance vice, to love truth and
despise falsehood. These are some of the
lessons which David O. Shattuck learned in
the humble walks of life. He has not forgot
ten them. In all the situations of life, as a
citizen, a friend and a JudT.e, he has practised
upon them, and his long and spotless career
affords a beautiful commeniary upon them.
Fellow citizens, is such a man to be sneered
at, and derided, because of his poverty, be
cause of his humble occupation. In this free
land of ours, thank God! virture, integrity and
ability are the passports to office and favor.
The son of poverty and want may enter the
race for honor and distinction side by side
with the pampered favorite of fortune; and
nine times out of ten he is sure to win the
bright reward.
David O. Shattuck was . not born with a
silver spoon in his mouth. He was not dan
dled in the lap of ease and affluence, but in
ured, from early life, to struggle with poverty
Emphatically the architect of his own for
tune, the builder of his own fame, he stands
before the people, the noblest work of God, an
honest mart! The partiality of his fellow ciu
izens, coupled .with his own sterling merits,
have placed him before the sovereign people
of Mississippi as a candidate for the highest of
fice within their gift. Calumny will pour out
its bitterest phiah upon him in vainthe shafts
of falsehood will fall innoxious at his feet up
start pretension may sneer at and deride his
former occupation but the people will rally
VOL. I. NO. 23.
to his support and confound his calumniator
by elevating the pedlar to the office of Chief
Magistrate of the State.
. JURISPRUDENCE OF TEXAS.
BY TnOMAS CLAY, ESQ. . !
The following provisionals, either constitu- x
tional or legislative characterize the jurispru
dence of the Republic of Te
1. The President of the RpnnWlf 10 1afrt
for three years only, and is ineligible to re-elec i
tion for three years after the expiration of his i f
2. It is expressly provided by the constitu
tion, that Congress shall not interfere with the
institution of slavery in the Republic.
3. Senators are elected from districts, by
the people for the term of three years, and ar
?.lass.etl J.n.,?!!?.reLi5sf. so that one-third
are elected one year only.
4. It is provided by the constitution, that a
ministers of the go3pel are charged with the
i
care of souls, that they are ineligible to a seat ;
in either house of Congress. . If
o. Une umet Justice, with the district Judges,
or a major'ty of them, constitute the Supreme j
Court. It holds one term annually at the seat)
of Government. The Judges are elected by
joint vole of both houses of Congress, for the
term of four years.
6. The Supreme Court has appellate juris-?
diction only, and tries causes de nuvo without a
ury, upon tne record and tacts, which factf i J
are to be agreed upon by the parties, and are ! if
7. The District Courts have crcneral Com
mon Law, as wen as equity and admiralitv
W II . a 1
jurisdiction. Cases at law are instituted by'
filing a petition setting out with the wnt. jj
b. Ihe Common Law ot Lngland, as now:.
practiced and understood, is declared to be in' ,';
full force in Texas; and the Constitution makes k
it the rule of decision in all criminal cases. ' I f
9. All free white persons who have been six ,
. 7
months in the Republic, are entitled to all the !
privileges of citizenship, upon taking the oaths?
requirea Dy ine lonsmution. t,
1U. 15y a late act ot Congress, it is provided,
that persons, males, who have emigrated tof,
Texas since the first of January, 1840, or who!
mav emigrate bv the first of Januarv. 1841. if
m a 4 r
heads of families, shall be entitled to 610, and,
single persons 320 acres of land; provided; '
they reside on and cultivate ten acies thereol f
for the term of three years.- -.. -
11. Congress at its last session passed a gen- r
era! Bankrupt Law, founded upon the broadest
principles of liberality. By an act of the same ,
session the collection of foreign debts is prc
hibited for and during the term of five years. .
12. Congress has also provided, by a latr : .
law, that negro property shall not be the subj '
ject of levy or sale under any execution or le 1
gal process. It is further provided by law
that in all cases the defendent in execution; j
may point out, or select the kind of propert
to be levied on, and that unless the property t .
thus selected brings two thirds of its appraisec j
value, there shall be no sale. . ' ; I
The reforms promised by the Whigs are no
to evaporate in words. The glowing promis
is already followed by the vigorous perform.
ance. i ne rnuaaeipnia ionn American, c
last Wednesday, says: f
The Postmaster General has recently beei ,
makincr his contracts for carrying the Unite. , s
States mails. We understand he has mad I i I
them 20 per cent, cheaper than theyhav
been made for the last ten years. The systenll I I
of favoritism has been abandoned; andthosf'i'
who propose the best terms, and could givjijj
adequate security, have been accepted. 1 j
was quite otherwise under the preceding Af Ji
ministration. Then the bids of partisans wer
preferred to all others, even if they were higr, j 1
er. It was generally understood by the cor
tractors that the friends of the" Governmcr !
would bid much lower than any others, an h
when the contracts were closed then the extti
allowances were admitted. In this way, the5" : .
items often exceed the amount of the bids, biMr' ,
then the contractors worked with correspony:
ing zeal for the Government. c i
The Mississippian says Dr. Gwtnn Mw.
canvass the whole State, between this and tl , s
election." We shall be glad to see him befo 'j
the people. He will get the bark taken ou ' , j
him long before the ides of November. V! i -know
sundry persons who will be very hapj. ,
to break a lance with the valiant Doctor. T ,
second tilt will find him hons du combat. ' i ,;.
Vicksburg WhigS ;
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A (3bkari.es. To put an article down , '
half price for the sake of the ready cash, a,
call a dozen times for the money. ! ;
To see a man adhere strictly to cold wa
but get drunk on vanity. .
To quaff a bowl of cold creamy milk on
summer day, and find a harmless little mo i
at the bottom. : ;
To break a horse, and break your neck at J , j
same time. " I
To endeavor to display your agility by r.
ning after a lady's glove, which the wind i
carried away, and tumbling your whole ler, 7
upon the pave. , !
A great many anecdotes are related of ;
sonal bravery. We should like to see t
man who would deliberately allow awoma
catch him making mouths at her child.
Beef Soup should be stewed four hours :
a moderate steady fire.
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