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For Governor,
Cirn. JOII. A. Jl ITTI A..
For secretary of State.
SAMUEL STAMPS.
For Trf (isiirrr.
RICHARD GRIFFITH.
For Auditor.
0. T. SWANS.
For Attorney General,
I). C. GLENN.
For Comrrets.
XV. 8. FEATIIEKSTO.V
For the lAshlot'irr.
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30TIIT.
There wilt be a mass nicetini of
both political panics, at tliis place on
the 1st Saturday (1st t!a) in Sept
to appoint delegates to the Central
.'omentum that is to asfemble at
Jackson in October next. Tliis
convention has been recommended,
by many worthy, and patriotic gen
tlemen of both parties, to devise and
concentrate the people of Mississippi
upon a course ofpolicy to resist North
em ajgression upon Southern Rights.
ELECTIONS.
Kfntickv. The delegation from
this Slate to Congress remains un
changed; six whig and four Demo
crats. Tne emancipationists have
been completely routed; having fail
ed to elect a single candidate for the
convention.
Tennessee. The Democrats have
g lined one member to Congress.
The delegation now stands four whigs
and seven Democrats. Trousdale
(dem) elected Governor over Neil S.
Brown. Democratic majority in the
Lower House 1 whig majority in
the Senate 3 Democratic majority
of one on joint ballot.
t sniASA. Democratic candidates
for Governor and Lt. Governor have
been elected by a handsome majority.
C3It will be remembered that
rievl Saturday ithe 2 ) Inst) is tnc ap-i
pointment of the lion W. S. Feath
erston and W. L. Harris to speak at
Okolona in this county.
tlTThe communication of "Dan
iel, was received too late fortius no.
of our papcr;ve will give him a show
ing next week.
0Ncvcr in this age have
we
known so general, and simultaneous
an outpouring of the spirit of God. in
convicting, and convertinc sinners, i
as has been going on in this region
of country, for the last three weeks. -Three Million Dill, by Mr. Upham. ! dependent is doubtless famihar with
t a Revival in the villia2e of Pon- in nearly the precise words of 1hej'""-f 1'I"PJ w "uld
totocwe lcam there have been as ma I Wilmot Proviso. On page 555. of km to perlorm that drudgery
nyasone l.undred and fifty deeply the same work, in the first column. : for this employment value ess as
tortcemed for their sot.ls sanation, at j and five lines from the head of the1 t ccm may ,n the end prove
another five miles South of Pontotoc column, you will find the vote taken,! more p.ofitable to Arm than to con
about nifty persons have connected , in the Senate on this amendment:) tinuc prcach.ng free , soil doctrines to
themselves with the Churchy wentyinmon- the yea,, you will find the, injured and insulted people,
five at another 12 miles S. E. of Pon-j name of John tt. CI.15 lon.rrcor-; Cut the editor of the Independent
i. .1 ntnlnn. icJ. That vote u sufficient to con- i places a different csfmate upon their
in this county, and about the same
number concerned as at Pontotoc,
at a protracted ineetin? which has
just closed at a Church 12 miles South
f this place.
'
(rrThomas II. Benton, the trai-'
tor, we learn has "one over lo the
whicrs. He has In a recent speed;
"given in his adhesion to President
Taylor." Let that be remember (t
It proves that the Democratic party is
not the Free Soil par.
"Would Gen. Taylor carry out his
pled;', to be the President of the
whole people: bv selecting a cabinet
from the slave States? U it tlie wish
of the Patriot that he had dnno so?"
Rtpubliean.
We are rfo( on the stand to be cate
chised as cH Zack said of the ap
pointment of Peter .S. Smith; but jel
aside neighbor, ton will find those
questions answerer! ifi true of ourarti
i-lcs, which was in is ft before the
Republican wj, issue. I.
-James K. Folk, nud Jake Thouii-
snn. stand low down in the catalocue
of J'ice soilers." Republican. J
The charge is too pre osterous to.
contradict. i
Artnu" r. l.acoy i Alabama.
our late Minister to Rr.uMi has ar-; CC- Tart fof the ScnMP p B Blu,,.
r.vcdatWash.iicMiCity.onr.isway,, j j William, and Stephrn
homeward. ! .,., r... it, i ;.i.,r t;,
'Gen. Polk lias declined the
nomination for Governor tcmlcd to
him by the Whig State Convention.
"They, (the whigcandidatts for the
Legislature in this county) come be
fore the people w ith honest faces, ad
vocating tlie doctrine of ''honesty it
the best policy." Republican.
And thus cometh the Democratic
candidates. None of them favor the
repudiation of the Planters Bank
Bonds, but on the other hand they are
decidedly opposed to it. We do not
state this for the information of the
people of this county they know the
position of the Democratic candi
dates, but it is to correct the iinpres-
sion abroad, that tlie editorial ol our
neighbor from w hich tlie above i3 an
extract, would likely produce.
"The policy it(the administration)
has adopted of purgin; the govern
ment ofliccs of all unfaithful and
dishonest men &c.
Header do you see the reason loco
focos have been shoutin? the lamen
table cry of "proscription" at the heels
of every officer of Mr. Polk's Admin
istration, who has been turned out of
office the party wished to hide the
corruptions thai were concealed."
Republican.
Well neighbor you certainly de
serve credit for the originality of that
idea; especially when the nmorals
precede the discovery of vny tit Jed ca
tion on the part of the oflicas. No
further answer is necessary.
"In a certain post office in Indiana
it is staled that larre miantities of
WlJg documents of the laic Presiden
tial canvass were found by the new
Post Master concealed by tlie old Post
Master, and retained by him from
those entitled to them". Republican.
Or rather it is mistatcd, neighbor.
We deny the charge, and call for tlie
names ol'tho old and new Post Mas
ter; and the office.
Tlie editor of Hie Patriot still conteruls
lint Clayton if free ilcr and dangerous
to the South Republican.
Yes neighbor, and if you will exer
cise the reason which we know that
you possess, you will not deny that
Mr. Clayton, is a free soiter. How
can you have the temerity to deny the
charge in the vry face of his direct
votes on the Wilmot Proviso. Wc
refer you to the Congressional Globe
of the second session of the twenty
ninth Congress. On page 5 Id, first
column or the page, and tilty two
lines from the top of the column, you
itl fm.l nr. nmrnWntn(WHtnihPl
. free soilcr.
he cave another, wc will be specific'
i m reference to il. In tlie Senate
j Journals, first session 30th Congress,
j page 033, twenty one lines from the
i . . ... ...Mi r l : . : I
lop, you will unu a proposition inuue
by Mr. Baldwin to insert the Wilmot
! Proviso, in the treaty of peace, with
Mexico, then under discussion; am
ong those who were in favor of the
proposition, you will find the name
of John l.'iytotl, recorded.
Again, on pa'.'e -19, Congressional
Globe, 30th I'omress, 2nd session,
you will find John JI. ( Inyton,
voting against the South, with the
North; on the question of the refer
ence of Douglass' California Bill
liefer to the testimony neighbor,
and as you would anathematize a free
soiler. so let your anathemas be hurl
ed at John M. Clayton, for having
shamefully, treacherously, and taselv
descried the ri?li!s of the South.
fcTvThc wenlhrr is unusually hot,
and crops promise well.
CCTLOOK Ili:Ur.!.un
uhil !!, Whim li.tir
done in Ir Sio.
On Monday the (th inst., they mrl
in font rut ion at Hernando. ort'J ,
.OTllATEl. vrs. gentlemen
. m . vf) vv ,TKn
Uilii if 11 iui uv M 'liuim., anv
whigs of this county tell us thry do
uotUlurc in cvttrt nwils. The whigs
of DeSoto tell us they btlitrt in con
ventions. How is this difference of
opinion, explained? At the last el
ection DeSoto gave Cass 723 votes,
& Taylor S36;a whig majority of 1 13.
Chickasaw gave Cass O H, and Tay
lor 8 16, a democratic majority of 102
votes. The policy of the whigs seem
to be to hold (onrculionsvi)CTo they
have the majority and denounce them
where they are in the minority.
What a commentary npon the sincer
ity of whig professions.
"The Houston Patriot has not wit
ciiouih to keep it self sweet. A pa
per that spells Independent, "Indi
penfleut," prayer "prayr," pam
phlet, "phamplet,'' innocent, "in-
nocicnt, treachery, "trcchcry,"
intrigue, "intreaguc," &cic can
haniiy make it self more ridiculous,
whether it coins its own falsehoods or
merely copies those of another press.'
ladepcndi nt, A ug. 1 Ith
CCTTIic above paragraph, striking
ly illustrates the character of a narrow
minded Yankee. Those who have
visited "the north" have universally
been struck with a minor characteris
tic of a portion cf the Yankees their
little, groveling niggardliness, either
in their monied matters, or in their
every day intercourse with society.
This characteristic, wx) say is forcibly
illustrated in the above paragraph,
from the pen of Giles M. Hillyer.
of the Independent. He. has pointed
out to his readers ft few typographi
cal errors, (wc say typographical, for
by reference to the original copy wc
hud the words correctly spelled,) lor
the purpose of showing off the "Pa
triot" in "ridiculous" colors. Any
reader who is not a FOOL, would mpn, 'nPrlnrr-A n .IlfWnt . 'aie U"S p,ain'5' l"al l"e 8
have passed over the errors in silence c,ccmpnl' "P6 lcnccJ dlffere" ' fanng man tho' a fool" can under
" ! - ? . ' ' falc W,IC" hy S,10W'"S rthnt lle eoM stand it? Examine the votes of Ja-
knowing how easily they occur, un
der the eye of tlie most experienced
proofreader; but this course did not
suit the fancy of this pedantic yankce
editor of the Independent.
Now for his satisfaction, mid in
explanation to our own readers, we
wish it to be understood, that wc re
gard such errors in our paper, with
the most perfect indifference. We
doubt whether there has ever been
issued a ' Patriot" without them- compromis mil"-Rc,vbIican. ;'oriutnanis itesolntion-that tic vo
this numbci doubtless contains them, Kur.h rarclessness as that nei-hbor' ,ut' "S''ttho Missouri Compromise
and we do not hesitate to express the
opinion that every number yd to be
issued, will contain others. But to
accommodate the toadyism of such
men as IJillytr wc will employ a
proof reader. The cMor of the In-
I5utMuiportancc he assumes the garb of
lhe pedagogue, and
sets himself
up as a model artist in tlie science ol
orthography. Very well, having vol-
nntarily assumed that character, he
has no right to complain, if wc carry
til iik through an examination, to lest
his skill; to know whether he is
comiK'tent to discharge the duties of
censor for our's or any other South
ern press. Text Book. Hillyer, on
Oiilipgraphy last edition. Wc will
conduct the examination of this
exotic adven turer.who applies for the
censor ship, from his own compila
tions; Stand up Mr. Hillyer. .Now
spell Kcfcried.-H-e fc-r-e-d." Well
done. Libeter. "L-i-b-c-l-I-e-r." Bra
vo,. Principle, (meaning, tenet or
doctrine.) "A-a-hem!" Why do you
hesitate Mr. Ilillvcr? The editor of
the Monroe (Michigan) Advocate has
spelled it for you. Is your memory
tricky? "At times, but the censor
ship I want, and I'll try; ' P-r i n-c-i-pn-l.,'
Bravo. Preferred; "P-r e-f-e-r-e
d." Bia issimus. Opposition
His
n'ind is
n-ndc.-i.i? uiHiii svntax. bjtwc
will
Tfl it off, notwithstanding wc find
soine stran!te syntactic gibberish in
tinu-rr' last vol.. that needs evami-
'n,t;01.
Wc will continue the examination
ii Orthr.graphy.if you please Mr. Hil
lyer. Stcphvtis. ".Sle-r r m f," Blair
ays differently. Aught. -O-n-g-h-t"
That would have done an hundred
years asro. Unjustifiable. "L -n-j u s-
a ! r: U. " 1 .tl.nrniirc .ft-tl.P-r-
11 I l-UITi ,11.111,111'. . v. .. - - i
i....-. v.,.P-
s u-m p-t-o us- Willful.-W-M-r-u -F '
InlrisinX,I-I-I- In What
Hillvur. do yr-u balk at that
fv,iinl not. after havinc
-A-p-p-o-s i-tion.'
generously offered to teach the 'Tat- fact that hw.ng, is a tree so icr, ...
nnhnlnnv of -;i-wie."we think the evidence equally strong
...in i.:.. l-fftr!tn convict Mernlilh, of holding to
thecensor-ship;'I-ii.t.r.i-.R-i c;ihe same doctrine. Jacob Collamer
nin. n,h.unmh,i : the TostMastcr General the mar
iw nrrntranre.
in assuming to teach the"Pat. iofthc ; if it should be opened.m.ght give Bur
orthography of a word of which you ' rett. the abolition c.msscry some
are so profoundly iguorant-buls'.op trouble, has voted over and ogam
Mr.Hillvcr, a moment longer if you, tlio abolitionistsf
please; in your tree soil edition, there Think neighbor, that this appoint
is a word clothed in great ambiguity. mcnt which you approve, promotes
Il U fh fprin "hehmnn."
used in
one of your mot eloquent & Tanciful " My cnerr.y to your own nglita
strains, while speakingof Gen. Tay-. H'e rights of your neighbors, and the
lnr on tm slnvrrv nuestioil. Dn let TlglltS of the whole 6011th. HlS VOttS
it bo known what you mean by the ' Congress prove it. lt is no idle
Uma"hthman!" Do you mean to assertion, we have the journals of
sav, that old Zack is the steersman Congress beforu us, and they bear
or'that he is heWs-mtm, to intimidate testimony 0r his hatred to the South
and awe into silence vour croaking -to Missibsippi to Chickasaw Conn
compeersf This is a free country and ty.j ea. hatred to the rights of the very
you have the right to be heard. Let ' " of tlie lliat ,cj0,ct6
us have no more 'conceatmcils." jovcr his appointment. Alas! that
As to the censorship, we arc fully Party cal sl,0llld tlllls misIcad S01111'
satisfied with the fair, and candid ",cn- Forgetful of themselves
examination just closed, and urgent-
ly recommend vour claims for the
appointment. ' '
By the way, the gigantic mental
slrido at orthmrranhv that heads this
article, reminds us of an old fable.
An eagle, to the great admira
O 1
tion of the other birds, once borei
. i i ... .
0.11.1 ...sia.ons a .arno, out anon- Do not their ro((S in Congress in
pr bird who Ithomrht it no irreat : , , ., . .... .
do, he fastened his claws in the woo!
oftherom.and instead of carrying
off his prey, he could not unloose
himself, an this bemme the laugh-
xng siock oj nu ine vuu; ouax.
"Well, nciehbor, what will yoo do
with those whigs and democrats of
the south who "have lauded him to
the heavens forhis liberal and man-
ly suppost of southern rights in lorm- thc Compromise Blnthat he votcd
me and introducing Ins celebrated;, ' , . . ..
lis intolerable. In the very article.
upon which the Republican is com-'auous" mv 1",mci 01 -
mcntinsr, is to be found the following l"mbia-tl.at he voted for Palfreys
sentiment. "Very well, as far as that, motion that he voted for Roots free
act(the compromise) ofhis(Clayton') s01' rcsolution-that he voted against
goes, let us recognize it as one of la ' g upon the table Tucks petition,
devotion to the South, and "a great Paying for the appropriation, of the
Southern measure." ; sales of the public lands, (our own
j lands,) for the extinction of slavery
"It is well known that Ewing, is Uniled Slates. that he votcd
a Wilmot Provisoist." Rijmblicair to confer upon f7ie stupid African,
Yes, it is well known that Thos.lhe right of going arm in arm, villi
Eiriiig, Gen. Taylor's right hand his master, to the ballot box.
r. an, is a rank, vile Wilmot Proviso- And this is the Cabinet that the
ist; but it is not well known to us, J Republican gives credit to old Zack
that Mr. Ewing the member elect to for having selected!!!
Congress from the Nashville District, Tjut tie Republican tells us that
Tennessee, is a Wilmot Provisoist. ..Gen. Taylor endeavored to represent
Hear what the Mcmt his Herald says: 1 au pBrts 0f tne Urnm,," If this was
endorsed by the talented, chivalrous, j nie aim or the old General, he has
and truly Southern editor of the ; ,nissed it most egregiously. He
Jacksonian, Dr. Selby. , promised to be a no-party President.
"The recent grand and glorious j but he did not select a single Dem'
17" ,! " !" i constituting his cabinet.-
3i:i mil int. ttuia w linn iitt i.'uh '
allies; enough to cheer the spirits of,
our departed champions of freedom
and independence."
"We cennr dot-ply hi (Stephens) coune
on the qoetion above mentioned, aud in oar
opinion, he iclcd improperly."
Republican.
That's candid neighbor, but it re
quired close hemming to get that de
nunciation out of you.
ClTThc Cholera has considerably
abated in all of the northern cities.
"Well, you need consolation, and
comfort neighbor." Republican.
Your charge against Polk, and
Thompson, has entirely consoled us.
No vestige of grief remains.
it IxTorr iw!'
Tl,m the Republican is tl,.posc
disposed
,0 give old Zack "credit for the
course he has pursued in the .elec
tion of his cabinet." Wc M'pposc
then the whig party ofCh.tkusaw
county is committed to the support
m.l nonmval of Gen. Taylor in e
lectinga free soil cabinet. That the
Hepublican may not forget the votes
ci:c d in tlie Patriot of the 1st insx..
up will repeat llicin. John M. Clay
.. in r.Jnl ltfice for tilt
- T
MOT PROVISO. lor Lphams
amendment to the Three Million Bill
and Baldwin's Troviso, to the tret-
ty ot peace wiu..v
Nu sensible man will dispute the
towhom the letter waswritten.which
toalngti nnu mosi respousiuie uim.v
j -forgetful of the safety of their v cry
existence, thus to "lick" "the hand
j that waves the sword'over thern.thcre
M building up.i strengthening anop-
posiuon. nun rallies 10 me )uu 01
emancipation. They are the people
w ho declare emancipation to be their
work. Let come what will emanci
ration is
the watch w ord.
cob Colllmer 0 the slaver). queS(i0n.
Lcam from t)iem thnf h(J is m nboH.
ml on, fln onpoIlcllt to
' saver., extension, but the advocate
slavery extension,
, . nbolition .. i carn
J for its abolition every where.
,ro,n """ "iai 'r nam
r ,1 .1. t .J r li
, hn s Tree soil proviso, to the Three
Million Bill, thnt lie voted for Wil-
ot'g Proviso that hevokd against
!tiiat 1,0 vote(i wilh Giddings to
-!.! 1. 1 ! .1... r" . r
c; 1
150 hcre 18 a very bonorable and ex
tensive "part or the Union" that has
not been represented in the cabinet.
Well, how are tho parties on the
slavery question represented. Four
Free soilers, one opponent to the
institution of slavery, and only two
Irom the southern party, Preston and
Lrawlord. The injustice of Gen
Taylor, did not stop there. In con
ferring the appointm cnts, the most
important, arc given to the represen
tatives of the free soil party they
have at their disposal four fifths of
the executive patronage. Butthe gros
sest injustice was the placing a reck
less vile abolitionist at the Head of
the Tost Office Department, where
he could assist in carrying out the
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l....: i : . i, . 1 , , i p ft tt f.-i ii.-i i ...
effectunlly, and more easily, i)W5:
other appointee of Gen Taj'u
Tliere was no reason for such an ,
pointment. The horth had i mi;.,,
at stake, with a louthern Post
tcr General they have no slavn t
excite to insurrection -they UTlfe
interest in that property, lo be
died by Hooding iheir couiitry
inflaminatory documcntsjw hilc oh;,
other hand wc have an iunnenst
lercst at stake. The nppoin(mtr.t
Collamer was a gross violation of -,
ery principle of justice and a fK
tons insult to the south, and yet -j.
Republican "gives old Zack gb
credit for the selection of his tabin-r
Come neighbor tell us, did Tn
give this opinion after mature del ),
eration, or were you misled into tl
approval of this error of the admin ;f
tralion by your warm devotion to j08.
"famous chief?" At any . rate let
know whether you approve of tin ,t
pointment of that vile abolition;.;
Collamer?
The twoParfie Iorth.
We grant there are some who clsit:
to be Democrats, that are unsoun.
on the slavery question, but
charge the whig party not a frac
tion the integral, the roots, trunk, 4
branches, as constituting the free so:
arty, in the United States. Ti,.
great Webster, the file leader, lu:
proclaimed the free soil and win.
parties, to be one and the sam
It is at least presumable that he is
acquainted with the stefc of affair;,
and he announces the startling fact,
that whigeery aud free soil ism art
ONE AND INSEPARABLE."
But thtre arc many whigs south,
w ith whom Daniel Webster, is no:
good authority, and they chatter a.
saucyly about an insignificant coali
tion between the Democrats and tk
free soilers, as if their own allies were
faithful to the cause of the. South.
When we charge them with sustain
ing an unholy alliance, to destroy (lie
force of the charge, and divert attcn
tion from their own humiliating con
dition, they take up Trumon Smith's
slanders, and bawl out, stop thief, lo
hide the stolen goods, and e scape dc
lection. But the effort is an unavai-
1 ing one; the physiognomy of the thk:
is tov notorious; hit deceptive smile
too striking to be forgotten; he has
too long indulged in impious and
fantastic tricks, to palm off another,
and his cry serves oi.ly to direct upon
him the gar,e of the world. The el
ections were coming on at the South
it was important to divert the mind's
of the people, from the base, and ,
treacherous coalition of Southcni
whigs, with free soilers, in proniotin;
to the next highest office in the gift
of the people, a vile abolitionist, Mil- S
lard Fillmore to divert the minds of j
the people, from the Corrupt and des
picable free soil cabinet of Gen. Tay-,
lor to divert the minds of the people
from the infamous system of pros- -
cription, and the appointments of
free soilers, by the administration;
and to accomplish this, tho hue and
cry of coalition of Democrats ami
free soilers is raised. This magnifi
cent rascally scheme, however is ?
doomed to disappointment. The pec-
pie too well know the position of the
administration party, to be thus dc
ceived. They will sustain Mr. Web
ster in the declaration that the whig
party north is the free soil party. They
will sustain him, because the politics
of the party, justify him in makin:
the declaration; they will sustain him
because Northern whigs havessame
fully violated the constitution c the
slavery question; they will sustain
him because the whig Repteseuta-1
tives in Congress, from tlie North, j
have raised the cry of no irtwe slave j
territory, under that cry, tfsey haw
rallied all their forces, and have
commenced a vengeful war against
tho rights of tho South. They will
sustain him, because tfcs leaders of
that party ore free soifcrss because
Seward. Davis, (of Mass.) Corwin.
Hale, McLane, Ewing, Collamer,
Meridith, and Clayton, tud every
other prominent wb5 ot the North,
are free soilers; bctanse every lead
ing, and influential whig journal from
Maine !o Iowa, advocates free soil