Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1840-12-05
THE RESULT.

We have just emerged from one of the warmcst
| political conflicts IN which We were ever engaged
! II was emphatcaly conflict which called INTO re-
qulston The heTcest passions and the most undaun-
| ted energies Of our nature. All that the utmost in
genulty Of embitered partisans could devise, was
made To bear on the momentous issue, which has
just terminated. What, indeed, has been left un-
done
! We have seen powerful enemy, inci'ed almost
| to desperation by DEPRAVED and AMBITIOUS
leaders, wage a war Of cruel determination against
an Administration, under wh sc auspices our coun-
try and It's institutions have been sgnaIly losiered
and promoted.
| We have seen the public press teemng with
reckless llbels, hurled with vituperative ard mag-
nant aim at the reputation ola Chief Magistrate
| worthy to tread in the footsteps ola JEFFERSON
| MADISON, and a JACKSON, and slanderingin
the language of the latter, both the living and the
| dead"
| We have behed swarms of demagogcal table
| orators traversIng the country, and proclaming
| from the house tops, that this Administration MUST
| be put down, PEACEABLY ifposSible but FOR
| Chilly, Gf necessarily heTading in advance an in
enlion 10 RESIST the sovereign will, Iegitimaely
| proclaimed through the ballot-boxes.
We have seen the most sauary and wholesome
| measures Of government, which common sense had
stamped as lndspensably necessary 10 the safety Of
| our Institutions, inexperienced and unSpa rnply
denounced making the FALSE appear the better
| reason.
| We have seen history searched, the lepisa tive
halls Tansacked, the archevcs Of Government pour
ed over, and the intrcacies Of technical diplomacy
explored, in order to discover oibIes on which To
arraisn u statesman, second 10 meme who now lives
| in the country.
| We have seen standing armuof 20O,0OO men"
rise, like Banquo's ghost, from the perturbed ina
glnaons Of designing partsans, and paraded in all
the pride, pomp and circumstance of tcdr before
an intelligent and enlightened people
We have seen peacedbta men -unacauainted
| with the munitions OF war-men, who in The sor.
mics, period Of our late war held il "UNBECO-
MING moral and religious people 10 TRIUMPH
IN the success of .4merican arms''-w have seen
these same men ransack the camp, survey the
field Of battle, and enter into all the minuie of arms
and accoulrements for the purpose of digging up
from the grey stores of oblivion hero whose
title it was supposed would entrap the multitude,
however little his achievements might command
their admiration
We have seen the spies and pmps Of Federalism
ohtruding themselves upon the Kitchen cabinet"
of the Chief Magistrate and have seen them OGLE
the maid servants into their mercensry designs
procuring at their hands inventory Of the spoons
and knives and forks Of he President, vainy endea
voriug to extract from these an argument against
the merits OF the Democratic candidate.
We have seen those who live in splendid PA :
ACES and regale themselves at home upon deli
cous Tokay and sparkling Champagne" descend
into the 70 UNI, " take the voter by the hand" and
offer him cup Of " hard cider" because they i'm.
acined that BY " STOPPING TO the peoplp thew
would have it in their power to " CONQUER"
them at the ballot boxes
Al ri n
lc-the Z" flag of the free hearts only home
which erst waved its stripes and its stars bove the
wrpa he'd Clouds beacon light to guide The world
IN LIBERTY and INDEPENDENCE Desc
CRAPED and DlSHONORED, and in lis stead
we have seen raised aoft the flag Of Great Britain
hearing upon its folds the ignoble inscription; ZEN
GLAND EXPECTS EVERY MAN TO DO
HIS DUTY"
We have witnessed other and still more disgust
o inc exhibitions. We have seen the consecrated
l. LIBERTY CAP, with all its haIowed associations
= torn down from our National standard and in It's
is stead reared the degraded emblem of RUM BAR
IS REL-and the American Eagle, The noble bird Of
love hearing in his beak the peaceful olive, and in
l. his taons the cleaning hnnderboli scoed and de-
rs rided. and the meanest oflhe animal creation a
n RACOON. made to usurp his haowed place.
DR. We have seen a man asking his tellow-country-
II men 10 elevate him 10 the highest office in the world
re ami vel REFUSING to disclose to HAT people the
r, nrincinles upon which the Government should be
re administered-a precedent fraught With imminent
m norl IN our institutions, al d suited only 10 the III
s. loaned regions where il is admitted, THAT THE
js ZINC CAN DO NO WRONGT
lie We have seen men in high office, disregardful o.
r. ,ber solemn oaths P0LLUTE the sacred ermine
he ano bean PERJURY upon Their souls by purchas
~, abandoned instruments like cattle IN the sham
10 Mos At The JUDAS price of thiriypeces of sill
IN vern ner head, and conveying them Qke waer) BY
Us means of PIPES" from city 10 city IN order tc
corrupt the elective franchise and render Tree gov
oil eminent mockery and by-word
&c From conflict thus characterized by all tn
e tricks which human ingenuity could invent - l
~ wonderlnl that we have emerged unsuccessful =
nc Tia, our opponents have gained temporary 40
g' van,a0, over Us Bot their majority Is so sma
IA thai they have nothing TO boast oi-nohlng 70 10
ire sr;re Them with future confidence Had the Dem
WI ocrats supposed there danger the result wou
"a have hoen different. But, IS, we have only
ul ook oul more vigif nily hereafter. Our oppooen'
la :, rry concealed in the bosom OF Inc ee
y: \. mepts ofdssolution
~ crLev Lnow not how 10 nse power when fhey OF
nv nv ;n !, They cannot use the same exlrs'rdna'
u xer,;ons again thai have just made Turn sneces
SO 81 IL, the Democracy stand firm by their par
noi I ,be;r principles, and Federalism viii DC sWel
'ts ~ ra,;on az soon as il can he reached throue
~" lboxeR. Vigilanee fidelity and 'airiHhs
IN e,,rg The evil, and speedily restore the hone
! \ reign or Democracy heyN0Re'