Madison Whig advocate. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1839-1841, 1839-08-17

A hIch time, be had upon all occasions
shown himself ready 10 pledge his TOT
tune, stake his reputation, and peril MS
life for the good OF his country, had now
retired from the hustle OF the world, ana
sought in that retirement the rcposc his
exhausted frame so much needed The
fame of that ilIusirious patriot, he said,
had now become the property of the ma
ton, he viewed il therefore as species
of moral treason. thus TO drag HIM from
his peaceful retirement, and assail him
with the ruthless breath of foul calami-
ty lie held it to be the duty OF every
man who called himself an American
citizen, TO whatever party he might be-
Ione-whe,thcr he called himself a Wing
or Dcmoc rata Federalist or Repub!-
can-whether he hailed from the frozen
regions Of the north, or the burning
suns of the sonth-whcthcr from the
barren shores Of the Atlantic or the fer
tile Wales of the west-to cherish his
fame as American property
The Gen. goes on to say that after this
..scorching rcbuke-' ..the Wing clique
who had gathered around Mr.. Davis ex-
hibited much '.fmiering,' ''lrlispering,"
and that they were taken all aback by his
mighty and overwhelming eloquence. The
Gen. also says, both has friends and enc
mics were surprised as he developed
..thosc latent resources as an orator which
have lain dormant in his breast ever
since he has been amongst US, and which
none knew him to possess" and which
we say every one who has common sense
knows he never had, has, or will possess.
But where was the gentIeman's modesty
when he penned the following glowing
description of his own efIort-but hear
the Gen. again-see how ''modestiy" he
speaks of his effort-(our life upon IL
he is the writer)-his burning, whitening
and overwhelming effort, in the conclud
ing remarks of the Citizen of Madi-
SON.
'sThat all who Id view the orator in his glory,
May see that he's the author of the story.'
"When the monumental marble erect
ed to perpetuate the memory of tyrants
and of despots, shall have mouldercd in
to dust, and their very names shall have
been obiterated from the recollection of
men foreyer-his name shall continue TO
be honored and revered as long as 4 Re
public shall have an existence, or liber-
ty itself has a votary among the sons Of
men. Through the portals of everlast-
ing fame, the star of his political exls-
tcnce has made It's exit from the stage of
action. and taken its stand in the highest
point OF the political firmamcnt, there to
shine while time shall last, soaring the
eyeballs of envy which continually glare
with malignant hostility upon his tri-
umphant career. Yea lis brightness
shall endure, and its lustre increase I'M
til final discord shall wreck the spheres.
And even then, when the last loud, lin
gering trump shall sound the warning
knell of departing time-in the nleni- !
tude Of my gratitude have been tempt
ed TO imagine that the lofty cenotaph |
erected TO perpetuatc his name and his
of earthly matter that shall be left to
float on the bosom of eternity's waves"
When this splendid display of genuine
oratory, which elected the admiration of
many of the Wings themselves, was
closed, Mr.. Davis attempted shortre-
joinder, but it was like the pattering of
a few light drops after a heavy fall of
rain; and long will himself and his
Wing brethren remember the castiga-
ton they received in the town of Canton. |
A CITIZEN OF MADISON.