The Secretary Of the Treasury.
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The following extract from an eloquent
letter from the Hon. Jefferson Davis, places
the Secretary of the Treasury in his true
position, and justly cxcoriaes that brood
OF slanderers whose greatest delight it is to
whisper and decry reputation--a class of
men to be found in every community,
and few of whom may even be detected
here.--Jef.


'1n the mean time, sir, would say that
it would be with the greatest reluctance,
and the deepest regret, that would enter-
tain the idea that the efforts of the Secretary
OF the Treasury are TO be paralysed at the
moment when all his energies are directed
to The accomplishment Of those great OBJ
Jects, "the divorce of Bank and State" and
''the repeal of the protective Tariff Act of
l842."


Am deceived when expect Mississip-
pl TO nerve the arm engaged in such con-
FEST, rather than to trip it of lis pnwero-
1t IS her cause--and her prayers be-
long to him who enters the lists TO sus.
tain il.


The political aspirations of individuals
are only important as they are connected
with the public good. This is, think the
case in the present instance. Mississippi
has now for the first time in her history. a
representative in the Executive Cabinet
We have believed that our interests were
unjustly neglected by the Federal Govern.
ment; we find the Secretary of the Trea.
sury, with his acknowledged ability, labor.
ing for us. Shall he not receive the cheer
necessary to sustain the laborer? Shall
vague rumors shaped by private spleen
shall dark suspicious anonymously thrown
into circulation, be permitted to rob your
public servants of the only reward the
honest politician seeks, the appreciation of
those 10 whom his time and toll have been
given?"