Southern telegraph., 1837-08-15

MISSISSIPPI ELEcTIoN-T Tories who
were but recently trembling with fear and
dismay, under the apprehension of rc'rihu-
tive Justice, and an ignoble fall amid the
execrations Of an injured people, fndinD
that the new couniies-a great majority Of
whose voters have nothing to giin or loose
by the bankruptcy OF the whole State-have
again been successfully brought into their
support, are cheered up in spirit, and exllt
in their triumph. But after all their cla-
NOR, what have they gained in this cleo
tion9 They have only maintained what
they possessed before, and what they have
uniformly claimed.
Messrs. CLAIBORNE and GHoLsoN, it is
true, have succeeded in their election, pro-
badly by more triumphant majority than
was ever before bestowed in Mississippi on
any similar occasion A slight reference,
however, to those parts of the State which
constitute the bone and sinew of Mssissip-
p, will serve to illustrate the popularity Of
their principles among those whose pur-
suits are affected by the rude shocks of fac
ton and corruption under which the Nation
means. The central and Western coun-
ties comprise the great body of her wealth
and resource, and constitute the true pride
and glory of Mississippi. Their intcll-
gence and hospitality--their opulence-
their commercial transactions their extern
sye planting interests, and still g:owing
importance, alone give tone and character
IN the State abroad, and render it the garden
spot Of American soil. In short, these
counties support the State Government
here the burden of taxation lies, and to this
qasrter should the attention of the logisla-
tor, both State AMI National, be turned with
peculiar solicitude. 1t is in Western Mis- |
sissippi that commercial facilities are de-
manded, and enlarged agricultural pursuits
call for the nurturing hand of accommoda-
ton from some stable and valid source.
Bullet it be remembered that here, in the
vital portions of the State, the claims of
Messrs. CLAIBORNE and GHoLsoN were met
with an indignant and overwhelming burst
of popular disapprobation. The Wing can
iidates received heavy IMPURITIES in all the
large cotton growing counties of the middle
md western sections of the Statc--and j.,
ONE ofthe Tories themselves in these parts, !
'ho were too honest to be forever bound =
y the shackles Of party dictation, GENEROUSLY /
anne forward to the support Of at least one
# the Wings. Messrs. PREyrIss and AcEE, |
hough signally defeated, should feel as ,
much personal qualification at the highly
'tterlng vote of their intelligent fellow
citizens in this part of Mississippi, who have
omething at stake in the pecuniarv reyolu-
ION we are now experiencing, as their Oh
'onents can with their overwhelming ma =
critics in the East and North, obtained bv {
ow device and corrupt means.
With these facts blazing upon the broad
ennant of Mississippi industry, with what
lstice or propriety can Messrs. CLAIBORNE
nd GHoLsoN be claimed as the represen
'tives ofour interests? Let their past pro-
'ssions, or their future course, determine
lie question.
We hope that the Wings will not abandon
emselves to despair-but will be firm.
ithfnl, and independent in the discharge
their duty, as worthy sons of heroic sires.
't them be admonished by the results of
cir apathy on former occasions, and the
yhtcousncss of their cause revive their
pes and give additional impetus to their
lion. The political horizon is darkened-
vcring clouds hang over the Nation--and
elements ofsocial happiness and politi-
economy are lost amid the general
'om that hovers around every mans hah-
ton. These things cannot long contin- J
tho country is young, and her citizens
orons and thrifty; and if the Wings will !
united, and combine their efforts. they 4
st end in a complete overthrow of the {
ilsncn, and deliveranco from bondage ?
objectionable as the tyrant sway of 4
wned head. +
We implore the enemies to misruIe and J
ruptlon to weary not in well-doing. N
little band of revolutionary heroes n
g greatly in the minority oftheir invad- r
foe. But they were firm, united, and y
relying upon the Justice NJ
leir cause and the valor Of their arms, II
Q ultimately enabled to pour forth the T. T.
3 of triumph over the merciless efforts CL
bloody desPot@ Let the Wings, then,
indulge in doubt and fear, and view
the darker side of coming contests VI