Madison Whig advocate. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1839-1841, 1839-02-16


journal, re stated TO our Patgoas, clearly an
explicitly, tie P9.icy and political Psiueiglc
'te would advocate The only point lef; uade
teFmined, was " 10 we should Supporter s. n
20 would prefer among the distinguished mel
ranged under the banner % tho FYAigs-of OF
country and bertg"--for she hig4 and RESPONSE
ble Office of President Of the United States
we leit !: 4 duty VIC owed TO the COMM unit,
IA ~h.caI we lad cast orr lot, to abstain from
TIE expression Of any preference, and Withhold.
nEgiEg our predictions in favor Of the claim
of any man 70 the Pres;deEcv, until VIC know
that those feelings Of preference would b,
sanctioned By our fellow citizens, snd that W,
would bet represent and express their wishe.
and desires. For ourselves We have nevc1
shrauk from an cx preston Of our own prefer
encc-it has been known to our friends. and tc
al with whom we have intcIchanged opinions
and that preference we now daclarc both fol-
ourselves and The Wings Of Madison 70 be fol
the Fatfiot-HENRY CLAY. We feel that in
hosting his banner, and ranging ourselves un-
der It's broad folds, that we are not misrcpre-
senting the feelings of the Wing party of Ma
dison, nor Of the State, bui that Henry Clay
alcne, Of all the champions Of freedom. num-
besed in oar ranks, can or will receive the
warn, ardent and enthusiastic support OF the
Wing party Of Mississippi.
Believing, ther, that in placing the name Of
Henry Clay at the head Of our columns for the
PresidcBcv. that we ex press, not only our own,
but tic wishes Of those among whom We live,
SIC VIII give him ard his cause our warm and
ardert support, 50 long as he advocates the
prime. pies he now does; ard IN so doing, We
know that we arc sustaining a man worthy Of
oar cause, and worthy OF our country. That
our country needs one more able and comPe-
tent 70 administer its government. and to guard
and protect the best interests Of the people,
than either the Precent Executive, or his .'ilus-
trious predecessor" IS sufficiently evidenced
by the dlaPidated ard unsettled condition Of
our curreCcy --tiie bankruptcy Of the Treasury
and the Profase and proGigate expenditure
of the pubic mone:s. By the fact that
commerce - vitality injurcd-5u- merchants.
baukru2tej, and credit prostra;ed--the public
treasure sna:cacd with ruthless hand from the
e.cred cgstcdg Of thc lazy, and placed in the
clutches Of yeual Partzqne, for the purposes OF
pecalasion ard fraud, as a rewa!l 'ar their pres
tItuiion of principle at the shine OF Party.
BY the fact OF the Pcrn;cious and revolutionary
doctriEe,--thIt originated with the rabble and
Migrants of New York, bUt which is now en-
braced by the whole loco fcco party-ttat th e
sacred obligations OF contract NAV be yioIa,-
el--and vested rights Invested, thereby attecb-
ing Of the principle ingredients of civil
liberty the peaceab.e and uninterrupted eniov-
ment Of private property. BY the fact thar
the sacred aud inyioiable ri t inherant to man
and all ireemer, the elective franchise has
been torn from the people, by encompcssing
tie ballot box with drunken and hirehng par
tizans. 20 deter and prevent the people from ex-
ereising their rights. By the legislators Of
frecmer, while discharging their duty to their
and their country, being compel
led to bear arms for the preservation and better
security Of their lives,
By the legislature of free and sovereign
State, while in session, being attacked and driv-
en- from, its walls b. an infatuated mob, headed
by Government officers and Par,izans, and its
driven from their seats, and thrust
through the Windows of their hall--barcly es-
lpi ng with Iife. And that the consii,ution-rie
sacred constitution-the noblest work If the |
nob!est men that ever adorned the page OF his
tory. OF breathed ,le air OF ibeI,y--the richest
gift ever 5equeated TO a nation Of freemeE-l
hat even Eet not being permitted to remain in
violate, but corru?tons polated hand must also |
be laid upon il, and its ordinances violated and |
rampled under foot.
These are the acts, and such has been the |
9oiicy OF the party now in power, whose every
itep has crushed and destroyed the rights and |
interests Of the great mass OF the people. And
ire not these sufiicientto awaken the people to
sense OF the necessity of change OF rulersl
Do not the developments OF each succeeding
lay prove that the present. Administration
ives aud is bIsed upon corruption, which like
olson has ooursed its way through .he veins
nd arteries of their partv, and threatens the
ollution of our whole country We anewer
Oddly, they do. Then to whom shonld VIC
ook, to redress these evils, and correct such
buses and rescue and redeem the country from,
he hands OF the spoilers and corruptionisis.i /
20 whom should we look, other than nIar, who
as often stepped forward in the hour of
eril and hazarded all for his couRtry's good
Should we not look TO THAT NAN, who, when Y
10 Missouri question aeitated the whole Union T
came forward the bold defender, and the fear I
IS and srccessful champion of the rights and
Einciplcs of the South, IL
Should we NOT look to TBAr MAN, who. when
he storm Of 80 ragged and threatened the per-
eiuity Of our Union, and the destruction OF
le fond hopes Of the creators of our Govern
said TO the troubled aters, ..pence,
Fsiiil, and they were stilled,'' We should,
nd vi do.
The crisis has now arrived when II bellooycs
se.y Wing, every freeman. to step forward
- fescuiny the Nation from the
Of the spoilers. aud place the Eeins
Gov erf,mcnt in the hands Of StaiesInan,
ie who has shown that he has always the
elfarc of his country at heart, and who il
.lonc ambitious Of his cauntry's goed.' We
ell that the people are awaks ming 10 sense
the danger that surrounds them, shas they .
i9naer believe that they are free, because
ron the chains that bind them, liberty may be
ritten--that they feel that their liberties are