The Rodney telegraph. (Rodney, Miss.) 1838-1840, 1840-04-04


Remarks 0f e. E. D0bsfass, EsQ.
At the County llsstins held IL Feystte, On llS
asd Of March, 1910, Cor the purposs 81 -
spending to the nominations of the Harris
hurg Convention.
Fellou-C llizcns- 'sas ss'ess $3.50
IF ever there was a people on enrth
who ought to be prosperous and happy, Il is
the American people. Possessing climate
of every diversity, from the iorrid to the fri
gid zone; a soil the most fertile Of any 10
;1he world, the spontaneous productions Of
'whichsare almost .suflieientt to supply all the
Injuries and necessaries al life; people
yet free, and whose will is the supreme
law. But notwithstanding thes bessings
which Providence has heaped upon us, mis-
fortune has ovcrtaken US whilst yet in our
infancy, and we are in the midst of want.
To whit are our misfnrtunes to be attribu-
TED? Have our people fallen into the vo1
righteousness and slothfulness Of Spain
become enervated by luxury, and ceased to
make exertion2 No. There never was a
population possessing more energy, enter
prise and industry, than the American peo-
pie. No nation ever, in so short a period,
accomplished as much as we have done by
energy and enterprise. There is not sea
nor an. ocean upon whose waves our vessels
do not ride not port in which our flag (the
proud emblem of our liberty does not wave !;
and no nation with which we do not carry
on traffic. Our vessels go forth laden with
the exuberance of our soil, and in their re-
turn bring back the rich products Of others.
The hardy yeomanry of the land dig out Of
the bowels of the earth all the luxuries and
necessaries of life. Our mechanics vie with
any others for ingenuity and industry Our
manufacturers are successfully coping with
those of England and France; and for the
last FIVE years the product of the soil has
been Of the most abundant kind. Why then
is not all prosperity, plenty and happiness?
Whence then, the ills that beset us? will
tell you, fellow-citizens. The thinkers have
spoiled the main wheel Of government. Pr
lots who have been only accustomed to nav
igate the small inland streams of our coun-
try have taken hold of the helm of the great
vessel of State, and launched her upon the
broad ocean, without chart or compass; and
she now lies PROSTATE, like a Chinese junk,
subject to the buffeting of the waves, and
liable to be driven into any port where the
wind and tide may carry her.
Those to whom the people Of this country
have entrusted their public affairs are the
ones whom we hold accountable for the
misfortunes and calamities that are now
overwhelming us. Those who have 'redu-
ced US from the best to the worst currency
in the world-Ihose who have plundered us
of our treasures and borne them to foreign
land; and who persist in fastening upon us
odious measures which Mt once sap the
foundations of liberty, are the ones whom We
hold accountable for bringing our country to
ruin and bankruptcy.
Fellow-citixens, we have assembled here
to day, not for the purpose Of whetting up
that asperity Of party feeling, which has too
long distracted our country. Let all party
feeling be laid aside, and let this be desig-
mated as the political millennium. Let Fed
leralists and Republicans, Wings and Demo
Gratis mingle together, and rally to the res
cue of a torn and bleeding constitution. Our
pilots into whose hands we have confided
the vessel of State, have left the beaten, re-
publican track marked out by Washington,
and followed by Adams, Jefferson, Madison
and Monroe, and are now verging towards
the mopaxchies and despotisms of Europe.
Let US recall them from their wanderings,
pay them off, and discharge them as incom.
petent and unworthy;and confide to other
hands the destiny of this great confederacy.
Yes, let It be confded to one who was era
died amid the scenes of the revolution-one
who imbibed the spirit of patriotism one
who was tauahf lessons of wisdom by Wash
ington, Jeffefs3n, and their compatriots, who
achieved for US our liberty and indcpend-
ence. To such q man alone should the
destiny Of this country be confded, and such
men alone, in my opinion, are capable Of
bringing it back to its pristine purity, and
fully carrying ont the design Of the fathers
of our country, that of making us free,
prosperous and happy people.
Whom do we propose, feIIow-citizens, for
this important trust1 IAN old, war-worn vet
eran, whose silvered locks and fnrrowed
cheeks, show that he lived IN other times,
when liberty was not an empty sound, and
when patriot meant one who fought for the
liberty and Independence Of his country, and
not for her spoils and plumber. That man
is WILLIAM HENRY HARR1soN -emphatical-
ly man of the revolution. Though TOO
young to participate in its active scene 81
imbibed that holy FIRE of patriotism Which
has marked bis life.z Then was first kin.
died that spark Of liberty, which fred Bis
youthful bosom, and induced him to forsake
the quiet ease and luxury Of private life, fol
the toll and danger Of the camp. He was
one of those who first descended the valley
Of the Ohio, nnd landed Cd DE Bpot where