Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1839-09-28

siruct a canal in Vermont or a raA road IR Mlchl-
gan. Are the advocates % Sucl p-incipes entitled
TO the favorable consideration ana support ri. the
intelligent people Of Mississippi
While Mr.. Clay Is put forth by the Wing party
IN the west-lho middle aud eastern states, as
the champion Of the manufacturing interests snd
+ o. internal improvement, and supported on that
ground tor the presidency, IA this state an asser-
! ton has lately been promulgated, iha, he has a.
bandoued the tautf aud juttIua, Improvement
/ systems. Upon the political ethics ql holding up
a candidate ior the presidency. advocating differ
cni opinions 10 different sections al. the lntoa, II
Will be unnecessary 10 comment bat the dcn.al
\ that Mr. Clay is now supporter ct h,s cherished
/ internal Improvement aud tariff systems, Is a sub
'ttiuse too 9alpable 10 impose upon The people oil
/ TINS state, or delude them at the ballot box. HIS
! speeches and appeals have been ringing IN lher
ears too long, 10 permit them SO soon 10 iorget
/ the hobby horse which Mr. Clay has SO iuuogsly
and long golloped round the political lists. Mr.
\ Clay has seldom made a speech ia the Senate
since 1882 on general politics, ia which be did
not again and again urge his iavorte measures
At a late session of Congress, IA his celebrated
controversy with Mr.. Calhoun, the latter gentle.
man charged HIM with riding his hobby the \.
mercan system to death Mr. Chy, IN has res.
ponse stoutIy denied the dcmi>e OF his hobby
avoWed that the protective system was atknovl
edged IN the compromise act, aud reiterated his
adherence TO his fayonle schemes OF national
policy.
| II Mr.. Clay has since made n recanatoa OF
his hersy, let II be produced, OF let the wing par
| y of Mississippi bear the reproach Of supporting
IA man whose political sentiments they reprobaio
and condemn Mr.. CLAWS friends arc attempt
ing to make merit Of the share he bore IN the
compromise act. His fatal policy having well
nigh dissolved the Union, he is eNulied to the
skies by his part2ans for having united IN repair.
ing the breach occasiontd by his own handy
work. Upon the same principle, the youth who
burned the teWpe Of Ephesus for fame, had he
united in extngushIne The flames, would have
been hefaldcu ii history rs good man. a great
beneacior of his country, whose c>oa.snle was
worthy elimination by the tisIug generations Of
all counties.
| Upon the subject Of Tie public lands, the course
/ Of the wing party and 'ef presidential candidate,
| Mr. Clay las not been less anli-fcpuhucan and an
/ friendly 10 The new states OF the south. They APP
pear to think that thc'uyw states have no more cmm
to Tins domain than he old, and that tic hardy pu-
neCrS oil The forest, without whose tNertohs and en-
u tiOt ' ''Nl'''f N'dN nave remained ltT NttN
! hoWing Wilderness, ave Ulu,ed go M more cunsd-
Grafton by The government. jhan the Wild beasts
winch lhey sNhdue, Mr.. Clay ara 'lc WING party
generally have opposed all pre- cmpions and meas
urcs calculated lo uuptW ,Hc settlers uu the public
lands Those settlers Mr. Cay has denounced az a
'HaWlcss labhc," than whom a more mrritariuus
class OF mCn l'en rot IN the Union. He opposed llc
measures for Tie reduction and graduation of the
price Of the public lands introduced by Senator
Walker; he opposed the bill Of Mr. Calhoun for CO.
ding TIE lands to the new states he opposed all
grants OF these lands 10 the new states but adyo-
Gates their sale and division Of he proceeds
among all the states of the Union. Such IS the
"spois' policy of Nj. Clay AID his friends, in rca-
ton 10 the public deman; under which TIE settle
meut Of the new states aud the situation of this pco-
pie is not taken into account, and by winch the new
states, the sale Of whose lands IS 10 compose this
fund receive no more than the smallest Of The vd
states, because the division is 10 be made on The ba-
Sis OF con ressional representation.
In his speech OF January 1882, while urging upon
the Senate The subject Of internal improvement Mr.
Clay said The appropriation Of the proceeds Of the
public lands, or considerable portion OF them 10 that
object would be most natural aud suitable DISPOSE
ton" Yetln the face Of this declaration. Mr. Clay
opposes every appropriation of public land 10 any
one OF The new states, for the purpose OF internal
improvement or public advantage II must come
under the GgiS Of the federal government as ad-
Junct Of the American system, or no new state can
hope for donation oi land BY the voice Of Mr. Clay
or the new wing party
The hostile feelings Of Mr.. Clay towards the new
states, were again very frciby displayed in his ad-
yocacy of the right ofhe Cherokee Indians 10 estah-
ish an independent government within the borders
Of sovereign state which was equivalent TO gen
eral opposition TO the policy oi tie late admlnsra-
ton OF removing he aboriginal irlbcs west ot the
Mississippi; policy the advantages OF which 10
The southwestern states, was only eycefdCd BY ts
wisdom and is humanity towards the Indians. A
policy which tas redeemed the richest portion Of
Mississippi from tHck wilderness, and filed the
launts Of The savage with tie abodes Of civilized
man. Yet large portion Of the people Of tins state,
are called upon 10 5estow the highest honors in the
gift Of trceuen, upon that nan, who opposed the
measure that gave 10 them . country
Fellow citizens, comparison haa lately been IN
sttuted by several respectable gentlemen Of the
wing party in this state, between Nj Van Buren,
and Mr.. Clay, upon the subject OF abolition. We
are not insenSble that this topic has been banded
from one party TO the other, quite as much as COM
ports with good sense the dignity political dis
cusson. and we should not again obtrude il upon
YOU. had it not in some degree been rendered ne
cessary by the organs ot Tire CHG convention. The
course Of Mr.. Van BURN upon this SUBJECT IS as far
= from disguise as it is above reproach During The
late presIdentia CANVASS he was nierrognicd Us to
his op'noh upon the constitutional right Of Congress
to abolish slavery IL the District Of Columbia. Be-
lcving that the legislative power oICongress over
the District Of Columbia, was ample for all purposes
4 OF legitimate legislation, be frankly sad, upon The
abstract night, that he believed Congress possessed
tie power; but at the time declared, that there
were obligations against IFS exercise, no less solemn
} ana binding than constitutional prohibitions. Could
: any southern man ask more
e When all ayowals d option and alpedecs upon
Tie subject had been rendered unnecessary lur any
. purposes oil ambition, By bis elevation Ia tic 7es
D dencv Mr. Van Buren, voluntarily declared IN th'
C inaugural address that lie would nterposc hs veto
10 a1y bin. having fir It's object The abolition n sia
c yery within tie District Of Columbia. Against oil
0 schemes Of interfering with tie subject d Sayeg u
: tie District Of Columbia or the States, Mr.. Van Bu
:. ren has repeatedly avowed rs most determined hos