Madison Whig advocate. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1839-1841, 1839-07-20
For the Madison Hhig .4dgoc9ts.
Our County Senator.

/ Our County senator.
Nh. EDITOR Strange as It NAV APP
pdar, it is nevertheless true; that the
democratic party in this county expect
/ Col. Fulton to be elected TO the Senate in
November by Wing votes. Do you ask
how the Wings are to be induced to vote
for the regular Democratic candidate, a
man whose uniform and jealous support
of all the measures of the party under
the late as we'll as the present admins
tration has made him the most prominent
politician in the ranks of the Loco FOco
party? I'll tell you. Col Fulton, feel
ing perfectly sure of obtaining the entire
vote of the Democratic party, exerts all
| his personal influence TO obtain Wing
votes. In order to accomplish this OBJ
ject, he declares in his public speeches
and private conversations, that national
politics ought to have very little if any
influence upon elections for members Of
the Stale Legislature. That that body
can have no influence upon the action of
Congress, except IN the election of a
| United States Senator. That the vote
| for members to Congress in November
will test the strength of the parties IN
this county; and that in the event Of kis
election to the State Senate, he will free
didate for the United States Senate, if
the Wing candidates for Congress should
| receive a greater number of votes IN
| November than the Democratic candi-
dates. Having made this pledge, which
he says covers the whole ground, he sx-
poets Of every Wing who prefers him
personally to Col. Phillips. Now it IS
perfectly plain that if this vancouver
succeeds, Col. Fulton's prospect is very
| fair; for no man in the county possesses
more personal popularity than he very
deservedIy enjoys. Although the Wings
have a majority OF two to three hundred
votes in the county, yet with the entire
vote of the Democratic party (for no
| Democrat will ever think OF voting for
Wing under any circumstances,) and
the support of the Wings from personal
feelings he may be elected; for there IS
no reason to suppose that he is less Popu-
lar among the Wings on account of his
| politics. 1t would be one sided affair
| He would run with Col. Phillips among
the Wings, upon his personal popularity,
| and the local politics of the county; but
| no further-when the contest reaches
the Democratic party, then all excuses
must cease. There must be no division
| there. The uRi0n of the party IS then
the paramount consideration; and every
one of the faithful is expected to come
up TO the polls and cast his vote for Col.
Fulton. This is the maneuver by which
the Wings are to be humbugged into the
1 support of a thoroughgoing Van Buren,
man. But the Col. and his friends are
destined to be disappointed The Wings
well remember the time when the De
mocratic party had the majority in this
county; and they very well know, that
in those days, no pledge from Wing
could have obtained a single Democratic
vote; on the contrary, they remember,
that the party were then in the habit of
calling US, traitors, tories, federalisis.
&c. Bearing these things in mind, il
i would be very strange indeed, If the
Wings could be pursuaded TO sacrifice
the candidate of their own party, and
support a political enemy. | say this
would be strange conduct for the Wings.
eren if Col. Fulton's pledge embraced
every point in dispute. But il does not.
lie says he will vote for Wing for the
United States Senate in certain contIn-
l-gency; but he will vote for no measure
that the Wings may think necessary to
insure the establishment of National
Bank-because he believes such an IN
stitution to be unconstitutional Now,
this is the issue The Wings are for a
/ National Bank. and the Democrats are
Il opposed to it. Col. Fulton's constitution
al scruples Will prevent him from serv-
ing the Wings in the very measure for
which they are contending. He says the
h Legislature cannot create a National
Bank; and consequently, he could no,
be called upon TO act on the question:
But contend that he mag be called upon
to vote upon the question, and further,
that his vote might decide the question
In Congress. Suppose resolution was