Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1840-03-31
NUMBER XVIII.

may HlOulQer ilIO utlSt, I0auSOteufnS uIsSOiFe IN
the flood oftime but here is Clay, that viii
be Clay SO long as waters roll, currents dash,
cataracts hurl, and rainbows play.
BY late calhoun Wing. Wings of the
Union! You are united, and
"There is a tide in the affairs ofmen,
Which, taken at its flood, leads on to fortune
On such full sea are we now afloat,
And we must take the current when he
serves"
Already our sails are Pickering in the breeze
The constitution is your beacon star. Steer
well your ship, and victory is your haven.
By James x caskie. Gen Thomas Ii Bay
ly:
" Oh! that the Gods the gift would give US,
To see ourselves as others see us"
By J Staples. Modern Democracy; At
one moment, exhibited in the expulsion of a
Senator Of a sovereign State; at the next, III
the expulsion of State itselffrom the councils
of the nation, because neither would obey the
commands of the Executive.
By r II Johnson, of Hanover. Our illus
trious guest: The flashes This spirit and the
thunders of his eloquence are to Faction and
Fanaticism what the rays of the rising sun are
10 the fungus generated by darkness, heat and
corruption.
By capt Allen " ilson. common sense re-
quires change ofmanagers after so MANY I'M
availing and innoVatmg experiments--the eff
fects leo manifest to doubt: therefore, a change
is indispensable for the good of the proprie-
tors. Leigh and Archer as the successors of
Rives and Roane.
By E Davis. VIM Henry Harrison: A
light beaming on our Western horizon, radia-
ting and dispensing thesdense fog of Govern
ment corruption.
By Yeoman. Retrenchment: Nothing
so good for it as the old Log cabin and Hard
cider candidate.
By John Davenport. Henry Clay: From
the Clay of Kentucky, may the evergreen
spring which shall mark the political grave of
Martin Van Buren,.
By IL B Montague. Henry A Wise: The
refining fire of this Administration; one more
blast from the furnace, and it will be all dross.
By Richard Hill, ir. Washington and clay:
The foes of our country and constitution trem-
| bic at their names.
By B ward. Mills Mansfield Esq. of
Nansemond county: A gentleman of the Old
English stock; fair sample of true, noble-hear
led Virginian.
| Richmond: The taste they have exhibited in
/ III Will VIC DIE dSSCLIDICus
can only be eXcelled by their own beauty, eX-
cellence and virtue.
| By a son of the Emerald Isle. CLAW we are
clay we win be, and with patriotic hearts we
greet that noble clay who strives so hard to
| keep Us free.
| By W m NJ Watkins. Martin Van Buren,:
A little statue placed on a mighty pedestal.
| BY T McCue of Augusta. The native ev-
ergreen Of Hanover county, Va. transplanted
to Kentucky, uniading and pure, It fourishes
/ in every cline, but is indigenous to these Unit
ted States its leaves are for the healing of the
States Henry Clay! a name dear 20 us all !;
our children lisp it, the aged statesman, patriot
and soldier repeat it with delight, +" leaning on
| the top of his staf.'
BY John G AcCabe. John Calhoun:
"All evil spirit as thou art,
It's enough TO grieye the heart,
| To see thine own unstruug--
To think that Gods world hath been
The birthplace of a thing so mean"
By E b Ward. The Fair; Natures From
tispiece displayed by the Great Artist to give
beauty to his works.
By E B Ward. Public instruction: So
extended as to embrace whatever Is essential
to happiness, virtue and usefulness !; so restriC
tCQ do " oO41luloGCl fdAiItJs p1lOC
and ostentation.
By col c p Green. John calhoun: Whose
lead the State remedy party have been proud
to follow: the only man on whose shrine | ev
er found myself throwing the incense of man.
worship. / ask pardon for the apparent deg
: radiation, and while I promise for the future tt
act as my own political guardian, advise my
old companions in arms "to get their free pa.
| pers."
ByHB Montague. H Clay: In the heart
of every true Wing, and in his every Wing
has home.
By Edwin Farrar. Henry Clay: The mel
honor, the ladies' love, and posterity will de
light to speak his praise.
By VIM M Burwell, of Bedford. The stric
construction Of the Federal constitution, ant
; the rigid restriction Of every department with
; in It's appropriate limits : Wing principles
the existence of the Republic depends on then
> observance.
By Rich'd H Johnson, of Hanover. JOIN
catiline calhoun: Too fai HESS to be owned
, as the slave of gentleman.
By Rich'd Hill, sen'r, of Henrico. The I'm
practicable Wings and the calhoun Wings
! & Save us from our friends"--they have weak
ened the cause ofthe Wings more thantht
combined forces of the +" Democratic State
! magogues, Thomas II Benton.
By James Winston. John calhoun &c
Id omne gelus): AS Jacksonisrn, Ike the sma
pox, cannot be taken but once, their presen
f distemper must be species of variolod
By Col Ro B Corbin, ofCaroine. Herr
Clay: The greatest Of Natures great men i
the Republic: An impartial and grateful pos
terity will do him justice.
: BY Geo w Turpin. Jno II Bolts: He la
taken the right track, ard, fine don't bolt, vic
, tory awaits him.
By James B Thornton, Jr, of caroline.-
Our cause, The cause offree government: I
inspires the heart, and nerves the arm of th
patriot.
BY s A Pattcson. State Dsfranchist
ment; Our fathers had not fixed the punish
ment ofsuch crime, as on the old Roma
tables the sentence against parricide wa
, | left
"They could not render
r That penal, which had neither name nc
thought,
In their great bosoms."
By T'heo Robertson. Henry Clay: Th
faithful sentinel on the watch-tower OF Libel
Q y.
: By DR. w R Savage Old Hanover: Sh
has done the State some service: she frs
n gave birth to Patrick Henry, and then to OIL
! llustrions guest, Henry Clay.
BY Sale. Henry clay: The public We
!. and general utility, the principle and end of
4 his actions.
c By HLKent. The Right of instruction
! Acknowledged as sacred by modern Demos
with fhpiT loavt