The Yazoo City Whig and political register. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 183?-1840, 1839-12-06
POLITICAL.
From the New Orleans Bee.
The national NVhsg Convention


Idapends the success Of constitutional refom.
The cause Of law, Of order, morality, the
Happiness of society and the liberties of the
lpeople are in the keeping of ITS members:
let them acquit themselves to their country
| in a temper becoming the momentous ma
ture of their duty.
| Ii may not be amiss, at this time, to offer
some reflections upon the ends which the
convention is expected TO accomplish. The
hopes of the wing party will be revived or
| depressed as. unanimify or discOrd may cha
Eracterize its proceedings, and the elements
/ of the opposition wilIsbe scattered or united
as q spirit Of compromise Or jealousy may
prevail over its deliberations.
The members of the convention should
bear IA mind that the object Of the whig|
party is success, and thatthey are. assembled
together to commune and reason upon the
best means of securing the triumph of great
political principles, and for that purpose only.
In order to- enter upon the delicate task Of
adjusting the claims of the wing candidates
for the presidency with any hopes Of fa-i
yorable issue, il will be the duty Of the
members of that august assemblage, to dis
card from their breasts every prejudice,
prediction OF sectional preference-to ex-
anime the whole bearings of the question o!
availability, with eyes ofreason, and decide
it without passion. The state conventions
and legislatures which have chosen dele
gates, although most of them have express
ed their preferences in terms, which cannot
be mistaken, have wisely left much to the
discretion of their representatives., and
pledged themselves to abide the Judgment
of the assembled wisdom Of the party. Let,
then, the delegates meet as brothers, as
co-laborers in great and holy cause, and
not as partizans pledged to support the pre-
tensions of particular men. Great as is our
admiration of the illnstrious senator OF Ken
tuucky, proudly as we regard bin as the
front and bulwark Of our party, aud firmly
as we believe he would be the most availa-
bic candidate. at the approaching struggle,
if the wings of the Union, in solemn conVen-
ton assembled, shall decide that another is
more likely to consolidate the elements of
the opposition, we will submit to their deci-
sion, if not without sigh, at least without
a muTmur.
The convention should not forget thai, to
secure the election of whig to the presi-
dency, it will be necessary to use every
means to conciliate and and harmonize seem
ingly conflicting there are none in fact
interests of the various fractions of the
party. The pretension of each candidate
should be weighed in the balance of calm
reflection. The preferences of the various
states should be considered with great deli
1eration. Nothing should be lightly Tesply-
ID Criminal, chickering's, sarcasms, inham-
natory speeches, and invidlous comparisons
should be studiously avoided. The judg- |
nent should be appealed TO only. Every a
proposition should be scrutinized with a rea- S
on unclouded by passion, and decided with I
eference 10 lis effect upon the whole oppo- Ii
ion, and not by narrow and contracted mo- 4
ions of a sectional character. Ia
As unanimity and concord on the part Of d
he delegates could not fail TO produce a. o
corresponding concert and union in the Il
anks Of the party, if, after the convention a
las become satisfied as to the most eligible {
candidate, the members should agree to- G
.ether, and uaaaimsuslg recommend him to
he snfffagcs Of their constituents. the cohe- !
ence Of the opposition would be accom- /
,lished. What asgl0rious example would (
ueh a surrender OF. private and sectional G
reference to the common good offer for the 8
Of the party II would prove TO- i
he world that we are contending forprinCi- d
,les--that ours is indeed party Of princi. s
lies; party cementedBy the ties ofcountry, &
nd the hope of working out the salvation Il
{ the state. Worthy of such a sacrifice 81
) the wing cause. The principles for which 4
hey strive, form the basis Of all just gov v
rnment they are essential to the preserya- Is
ion ofour Liberties, and the purity of popu- D
w.. o1l,,., 2.
liration his admiration of men to leopard Z;
heir safety G
To the foregoing suggestions, we would, q
nth Difference, add, thar, in. announcing &
HE aCANBfDATE, an address, embodying the Z
rinciples at issue, their Importance to the y
dccess OF fee government, and the claims q
the nominee upon the confidence of the q
eople, should BE drawil up iii the concisest b
hammer possible, and signed BY all the mem v
ers. Ii IS important that the address v
lould not be of lsngthto deter persons ol
ON reading Il Il should be put into the v
ands of every citizen, In form TO invite
erusal. Lei itcontain plain truths, told IN
plain way. Without trope or metaphor, ItI
1ould unfold the tenets OF our political Il
nth, aud enforce them III eloquent simple r
Itys Truth Is migIltier than lhetoric Ia
We foFbeafs At this time, % urge the pre-. S J.
'Fences Of this state, ii respect to the can &
date, upon the consideration Of the con- p
antions; these preferences are known, and a
1le delegates have been appointed to en- q
rec them b that body. Our opinions have b
ndefpone no chgngs inrespect to the seIec- g
on which Is To BE made but, as time draws q
ear The exentfu moment OF action, It ISL
roper that tie press should abslaiu from 81 q
upon the subject aud leave me
after 20 the reflection OF those Nho arc se-
,cted 10 decide it, The newspapers have