Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1838-06-12
From the Frankfort Commonwealth.

From the Frankfort Commonwealth.
THE FOOTSTEPS OF THE PEOPLE.
The true sovereigns, the great people Of
the United States, have been in motion,
and, when they move, a broad path is
made which can be seen from afar, and
followed without danger of deviating in
to crooked ways Unlike the footsteps Of
General Jackson, that a" iIlustrious prede-
cessor" Of Van Buren,, they do not tread
down the rich products of nations indus
try-they do not crush the many, that the
few may rule-they do not break up the
barriers erected by patriotic caution a.
gainst facticious ascendancies-they do
net make the land a solitude and call it
peaoe-but they move to increase the gen.
eral sum of happiness, or to prevent the
success of schemes, which if consumated,
would make confusion worse COMPOUNDED,
and pollute the very fountains Of liberty
by concentrating all that was corrupt in
those high places which sooner or later in
every country give tone to manners and
mould the social ethics of the nation.
This popular movement has not, like the
Gulf stream, commenced in one latitude
and increased in impetuosity as it whlrled
around capes and promontories, but it has
broken out, simultaneously, in various Sec
tons, and its collected energies will soon
be felt laundering at the gates of the Presi.
Dental palace. If VIC look to the North,
we find upon the verge of the national
boundary, the State of Maine arraying
herself against the favorite policy Of Van
observation-disclosures stands where she
stood when every foot of earth was made
holy ground by the master spirits of the
Observation-Disclosures Island has just come
out of the conflict, and, as has been witt
ly said, has discharged her Duty. Con
necticut, tired of notions, comes back a.
gain to her steady thoughts and habits,
and the first fruits of her regeneration are,
a Wing Senate, Wing House Of Repre-.
sentatives, and a Wing Governor-prooi
sufficient that her penitence was sincere
and her conversion real. Vermont nee.
ded no awakening-the Green Mountain
Boys could breathe no other atmosphere
than that Of the purest freedom.
YORK, the Empire State, nation within
herself, like the Spartan mother Of old
looks upon her dwarfsh bantiing with re,
voting sensations, and loathes it. She
has made her foOIstep, and mighty one i
is. Il makes the earth to tremble, and
perplexes i'll gotten power with fair O
| change New Jersey-who has not heard
Of the Jersey blue, to his country true
and the supremacy Of the Wings shows
that the old stock has not failed in the new
Delaware, whole souled little Delaware
who could keep her from forming IN th'
line which is marching to Washington
the little star, like the little corporal,
makes up in lustre what It wants ia size
Maryland has long contended with allodd
against her, and 20 far from relaxing he
exertiOns, she, but few days AGO, fecov
cred her ancient capital, and the WIFI
banner waves in triumph over the Monu
| mental city, But here. comes old Virgin,
4-the mother Of States and Of Statesmen
1.-The birth place Of Washington, Of Madi
son, Of Jefferson, Of Patrick Henry, AM
Of HENRY Cay. Sampson has awakene
and his locks are unshorn woe be to h
Phillistines, for tie strong man is up an
upon them. Virginia makes her to0tste
measurs Van Buren's by theside Of 4
and what q figure does i CUT Ia th
CaTolinas and Georgia, Mf. Van Bure
holds doubtful supremacy -he fears tn
dayof trial, and would gladly put il cii {
q more convenient season. Mississippi Ia
also asserted her rights, and broken q
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