Southern telegraph. (Rodney, Miss.) 1834-1838, 1838-06-20
FOOTSTEPS OF THE PEOPLE.


The true foyereigns, the great people of
the United States, have been in motion,
and, when they move broad path is made
which can be seen from MAR, and followed
without danger Of deviating into crooked
ways. Unlike The footsteps of General
jackson, that ''llusiriouS predecessor o9
Van Buren,, they do not tread down the
rich products of a nations indnsur--ihey
do. not crush The u:lny, that the few may
ruIe--they do MT break up the barriers
erected by patriotic caution against fac
tious ascendencies-they do not make The
land solitude and call it peace-but they
move to increase the general sum of happi-
ness, or to prevent the success of schemes,
which if consummated, would make contii-
sion worse COMPOUNDED, and Polute the We.
ny 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 asa whirlec
around capsS and promentnries, hut it hu,
broken out, Simultaneously, in various sec
lions, and us collected energies will s0of
be felt laundering at the gates Of the Presi
| dental palace. IL we look to the North
we find upon the verge of the national
boundary, the State Of Maine arraving her.
self against the iavorite policy of Van BIZ
rem. Massachusetts stands where she stood
when every foot of earth was made holy
ground by the mister spirits of the Revolu-
ton. Rhode Island has just come out Of
the conflict, and, as has been witfily said,
has discharged her duty Connecticut,
tired of notions, comes back again to her
steady thoughts and habits, and the first
fruits of her regeneration are Wing Sc
nate, Wing House of Representatives,
anda Wing Governor-proof sufficient that
her penitence was sincere, and her con-
version real. Vermont needed no awak-
ening-lhe Green Mounting Boys could
breathe no other atmosphere than that of
the pnrest freedom. New YORK, the EN-
pire State, nation within herself, like the
Spartan mothers of old, looks upon her
dwartish baHtling,with revolving sensations,
and Ioathes its She has made her footstep,
and a mighty one il is. II makes The earth
to tremble, and perplexes ill-gotten power
with "a fear Of CHANGE New Jersey-who
.s...as not heard Of The Jersey blue, to his
country truer and the supremacy of the
WIS shows that the old stock has not fail
ed in the new Delaware, whole-souled
little Delaware! who conld keep her from
forming in the line which is marching to
Wssbingtnh?--lhe little star, like the little
CORPORAL makesnp in lustre what it wants
in size. Maryland has long scantended
with all odds against her, and o.far from
relaxing her exertions. she, but few days
ago, recovered her ancient capitil, and the
Wing banner waves in triumph over the
monumental city. But here comes Old
Virginia-the mother Of States and of
Statesmen-'he birthplace of Washington,
Of Madison, of Jefferson, of Patrick Henry,
and Of HENRY Clay. Samson has awak.
ened, and his locks are unshorn! woe be To
the Phlistines, for the strong m IN is up and
upon them. Virginia makes her footstep-
measure Van Bnren's by the side Of i, and
VII a figure does it cut1 In the C,raIinas
aud Georgia, Mr.. Van Buren, holds doubt
FIJI suptemacy-he fears the day of trial,
aud would gladly PIT il off toa more conves
nieni season. Mississippi has also asserFod
her rights, and Bfalen. an tic trlmfnels
which hound her 10 the yicigious car of
Jacksonsm--she too, has Hide her foot
step and ere now Preniis and Word are in
the Federal cite, with NE oIficial sIa'e,cent
and sign Of tho Wing victory. Louisiani.
Ohio and Indilna are against the Lea Fn-
cos, and they know il, The OHIO River,
lhrnughnai its Whole extent does MT leave
Van Buren, spaceon which to put his foot
With Kentucky and Tennessee we will
conclude our nob on The movings Of the
people; these two states so united il inter-
est. "a similarity of climate, in qualities Of
soi', IN physical ssPest Of cosatry, All