Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1839-02-05

| the institution of marriage, and throw
mankind down to a level with the brute,
In fine, he is a bad man-one inwhor
we would place no confidence, and with
whom we would never enter into CONVEX.
sation. A man who is, in every sense o.
the word, contemplate, obscene in Ian.
guage, base, vulgar, and abusiYe--the verv
worst man who could have been found in
the State of Ohio, or in the Union. He
is the only man we know, in whom we do
not know some redeeming trait of char.
acter.
ave do not speak Of him as a politi.
clan, but as an American, and one who
haO roSuId fOr tire IITuTdi CtISII dCIer or IIIs,
countrymen, and wishes to put them on
their guard against such wretch. We
hope this description, faint as it is, will be
remembered, and that all who ever meet
with him in his character as Senator, will
treat him accordingly"
FRANK CoNFEssIoNs.-The New York
Evening Post, the leading Administration
journal in the Empire State, and one OF
the most thorough going partizan papers
in the Union, publishes an article devoted
10 the searching investigation of the causes
of the declining fortunes of the Jackson
party, in which we find the following hon.
est admissions. So far as they go, they
justify every thing which has been said BY
the Wing party, of General Jackson's un.
fitness for the Office to which he was ele.
waited in a moment of blind deIusion.
The errors of tie Administration,
believe, commenced with the late admins.
tration, and we have 10 trace the gradual
falling off our maiorites far back in The
days Of President Jackson .
"The first cause. then, to which be,
lieve, the disasters Ito the administration
cause) are to be ascribed is the violence Of
the late Administration.
''The late President had great faults
these faults were chiefly what are called
Of the minor class--faults Of temper"
I" This violence of temper was caugh
up, and echoed by serUile fOllOIOerS ana
bind imitators."
a." Another system of measures pursued
by the late administration, which, believe
had tended greatly to discredit it in The
popular mind, is the appointments to office
the systemGtized adoption Of Partizan
ship as basis Of promotion. Ii is not I,
be disguised that this originated with Gen
Jackson" &
s'He made it rule to provide for hi
friends, and, it was impossible for maj
in his situation to discriminate as to tn
motives of that friendship. The resul
was, that the most sordid personal motive
! were in many cases considered as but de
votion to the true interests of the country
and rewarded accordingly. 1t very short
, ly became maxim to REGARD PGrtizGnS b,
lucrative and honorable offices, and in al
ill-timed hour, it was declared that to tn
victors belong the spoils. An adag
fTGHgh a0ith corruption and abuse to Al
ertent that defes calculation"
. 1t is thus that full justice is rendered I,
} the Wing party for their opposition t
General Jackson, by their opponents them
selves. They opposed his election be
cause he was a man of violence an
had been so during his whole life an
was therefore, utterly disqualified to pre-
] side over a government of laws, ever,
} principle of which breathed peace, ant
was repugnant to violence. "Servile fol
j lowers and blind imitators,' have adopte
his maxims and practice, and are now cal
rying them out at Harrisburg. He de
clared on one occasion that " he woul
! obey the Constitution as he understood it,
Ia maxim, when uttered by chief Ma
! PgistTate, fraught with every mischief tbs
| can threaten the peace of country. II
! sized upon the public money in violatio
5 of law. The violence of his practice, an
: the disorganizing character of his doc
: trines, have produced an abundant Gro
of " servie imitators..'' Charles J. Ingel
5 soil, when he urged his followers in Ker
e sington, to resort to violence at the polls
: and the New York Van Buren, Comni
+. tee, when they spoke Of ANARCHY as " bl
] state Of transition" remedy for poll
ical evils, were but following out the u,
lent doctrines and practice of Gener;
Jackson, as now acknowledged by b
New York supporter. .
II
Uncompromising hostility TO the +,
T election Of Martin Van Buren," was Il
sentiment given by the Hon. Mp. Tai
I madge, u. s. Senator from New Yor
after Mr.. T. had closed an eloquent speed
, at late supper given him after the la
/ glorious Wing triumph ia New York. d.
'Fallmadge was an early friend of Gel
Jackson, but he is one ofthose honest polit
clans who cannot stand every thing: al
! like thousands and tens Of thousands
the earliest friends Of Jackson, he now 60
J against the reelection Of Mr.. Van BuTe
. Let The Wing motto be in the WORDS
Tallmadge,
"UncompromisIng hostility 70 the !
!. election d M artin Van Buren,. .
a year apo, Mr. Van Buren, vas q \
4 daily habit Of saying get l1r. Biddle bu1
q men Ike cattle IN he nnarkef reY
q mind, said Old Nick @ himself viii
s knowing wink, and q sly laugh 10 !
E sleeve when the proper time comes,
q mean t6 buy g0is. I, S
e The time has come. and Van S sloH
q away among Nick chatle .CsisCli
y Journal.
IS
. few weeks ago, all the Tory Qrga
i contsndad thai ism consisted
"A sarnoriSnu n R;a1leia Rank. and :