The Rodney telegraph. (Rodney, Miss.) 1838-1840, 1839-08-29

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3 spl Il, IN have been hoe0fed by
Il hsreceipt of your letter Of the 2osh q June,
transmitting . me q copy Of the prac eed,ngs
lofil,e Whigs Of Madison county at . public
Injecting held 81 them DIOR the purpose oi
Recommending 4 candidate TO succeed The.
| Hon. r u Walker in the SenateE the Y !.
/ Mvown nomination for that ofIice ofhigll
honor and trns. wns entirely unexpected
and at once xgra,ifed and peTplcxed me. i
lam not inseilsible 10 that ambition which
seeks the good opinion 0f others, and is gra-
/ tificd BY its exhibition. even when colored
Iby kind partlality and friendly prejudice.
That the wings Of Madison deemme worthy
Of occupy ing seat in the highest delibera-
Tive body On earth, has not failed toawaken
/ the most grateful emotions. But wasper
picked rs to the course proportion me to pur-
sue. Ihad never indulged the vanity Of
/ surprising that my services c did be Of suf
Ilticient Importance to require my continu-
! ance in political life any longer than my in
lclinations prompted. Accordingly after
mature reflection long since. determined
to abandon at the earliest opportunity, oil
! participation, except as private crtlzcn, IN
political affairs, in the the contests of which,
even my limited obseryatlasasssl-<lsscover-
ed, imbecility toofrequently pass for capa-
lefty, hypocrisy for candor, and cold hearted
Iselfishness for ardent and disinierested pa
Itriotisrn. Political science has become for
1.-The most part, the science of deception.
! Not only are the dictates of reason and ex-
perience set at naught, but facts themselves
dofed. Physical truths no less than moral,
which have for ages been considered Inn
pregnable, fall like beleaguered cities be-
fore the cunning devices of modern political
warfare. The mausolem Of history affords
no protection for the remains Of the past,
political sorcery evokes from them foul spi-
rits which never ac.uatcd or controlled their
existence-and the events of a former age
are compelled 10 bear false witness before
the present. What happened yesterday is
denied to-day, and plain. modest truth is sta
red out of countenance by audacious menda-
city. Tho conclusion, therefore, is not tobe
wondered at, that in these dark aad snrrupi
Times, private happiness and public service
arc Incompatible.
Both inclination and private interest for
babe me to abandon my cherished and ra-
pidly maturing plans Of future life, and adj
monished me ofthe rashness of again plung-
ng among the wild breakers Of public op'n-
ion, where the barqne that moves straight
!, forward, is almost sure to be swatnped
while the ticking and veering, craft by
adapting itself to each sudden change Of
J wind and wave, gains the port in safety,
On the other hand, could not forget the
fuU1lg d1ruus y frizfs Dff1s In nalr beloved
State-obligations that shalIuever call upon
me in vain, when they point out mode b,
/ which can liquidate any portion of the
heavy claim Mississippi justly holds agains
me-. Neither was | regardless Of graft
tude to the Wings for the bold, uniting and
successful warfare which they have waged
against the party in power, party undel
1.-THE baneful influence of those destructive
theories and corrupt practices the prosperity
of this great nation has withered and died
lAbove all, | fememberedwith pride and ex-
4 ultation that the Wings of Mississippi had
preserved the honor Of the State, when the
lopposite party, Esau like, was bargaining il
away for mess of polificaipottage. They.
and they alone are entitled to the immortal
praisesof having warded off the first traitor
Gus blow aimed at the elective franchise
) 1t was beneath their stern response that the
servile tools Of the President shrank abash
ed, and it was upon their mandate they sur.
rendered the rich jewel theY had stolen.
Me the Wings have already honored faI
beyoLd my humble deserts, and in retiring
from political contests, did not doubt that |
should be succeeded by those who would
with equal zeal and ampler capacity, fgh
! the great battle ofprincipie.
II Ihesitafed, therefore, on receiving youl
communication, not from any question ofmy
duty in sacrificing private and personal con
siderations 10 the success Of the good cause
but from fears lest the partiahties Of mi
j friends ia Madison had betrayed them int
/ an iniudicIous selection, From the subse
llauen' action Of the Wings in the other part.
i lof the State, however, I have been forced d
/ the conclusion, that whether judicionsly D
! not, they are DESTROYS of placing me in nom
/ ination. Being convinced Of this fact from
f the proceedings of various public meeting
j Las well the general expression OF ID,
! whi0prsslsJ do not hesitate any longer il
j Iplacing nsy glf in the hands of my politica
friends, with The distinct understanding, tina
linasmuch acccde to their wishes, no
i from moffy personal agrandizemeni, bu
1 from sincSSo desire to do my duty TO ths
country, SO my nanle shall at once be draws
from nomination, sh0uid snb<equent o6ee1
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