Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1840-06-23

not ask ten. nafrlsOnS Opinions DeCdusV
doubted il. Having been in intimate inter-
course with him for several years, knew that
his views on these subjects were according
with my own.
am very respectfully,
gent. your obi. serv't.
]. MACPHERSON BERRIEN.
"COME LET US REASON TOG ETH
Err would say word to the original jack
son men. In 1924 you and were together.
We supported the election Of General Jackson.
Blair and Kendall were the devoted partisans
of Mr.. Clay, and Mr.. Van Buren, supported
Mr.. Crawford Kendall continued to be the
jealous partizan of Mr.. Clay; advised him to
vote for Mr.: Adams or not, as he pleased, and
after the election of Mr.. Adams, offered to
come on to Washington, and defend MIR. Clay
from the islanders" to use his own words, that
were published against him, if Mr. Clay would
give him an Office worth fifteen hundred dol
lars per annum. Mr.. Clay refused to pay him
the stipulated price, and Kendall turned his
poisonous fangs on the benefactor who had
warmed him into life, and became States evil
dence to convict Mr.. Clay of the charge against
which he had volunteered to defend him -
Blair came in at the eleventh hour, under
ronage of the government--Now where are
you, and where are these men! You have all
the kicks, and they have allthe coppers.-Your
labor is reduced forty per cent, in its value,
and they boast that they have reduced the val
ne of flour, one half! How is it with their
salaries? Kendall who entreated Mr.. Clay for
fifteen hundred dollars per annum, receives his
sac thousand, in hard dollars, and his pickngs
I'D afaH.D e. k1Ak l-... u
thousands, without moving his finger, except
as the pensioned libeller Of Gen. Harrison, and
those who have refused to surrender their
judgements and their principles.
And these are the men who, by virtue of
their position in the country, denounce such
of the original Jackson men as disapprove of
the measures which have brought the country
into its present unexampled condition, and call
on you TO follow them in their denunciations.
What would entreat of you to do is, calm
ly to go over the whole ground with me, and
let us reason together on these things. How
does it happen that the men who were opposed
to us IN 1S24-who then reviled and ridicuIed
General Jackson, even more than they now
ridicule General Harrison, got possession of
his ear, and have through the potent influence
of his name, risen into power, while his strong
est and sternest friends are driven fIom him,
and are denounced as if they were enemies to
their country Go into any of the States, and
look out for the original Jackson men, and you
will find that many of those who raised the
standard, and bore the heat and burden of the
day, are now prescribed and prosecuted whilst
a mongrel mixture of money-loving office hol-
ders are the CHOSEN leaders of the party.
How is this ? why is it so! Men will change
but principles will not. When we rallied a.
gaInst Mr.. Adams, the strongest argument
urged against him, was, that he abused the
patronage OF the government to re-elect him.
self. Who does not recollect Col Johnson's
celebrated declaration, that he would oppose
the reelection of MIR. Adams, though "he were
as pure as the angels in Heaven z" The
people were then aroused tovindicate the purity
OF the elective franchise. Your purpose was
to assert the power of the people to elect their
own Chief Magistrate; and you rallied against
Mr.. Adams, because you resolved to demon
strate that the voice of the people was more
potent than the patronage Of the government
Your desire was to prove that your votes could
not be purchased with your own money. That
the virtue of the people was stronger than the
love ofmoney. You triumphed. The election
OF Gen. Jackson was a triumph of the elective
franchise. You gained the battle but lost the
fruits of victory. Gen. Jackson used the power
which you had defeated, not only to re-elect
himself but to appoint his successor. He
brought the whole force of the Federal patron
age to bear on the elections, and by exerting
his own personal popularity, in aid of the DOW
er and influence ofthe government, he elected
Mr.. Van Buren,. These things are true and
no man can gainsay them,-our confidence
has been abused, and you have been inflamed
by the artful appeals to your passions and pre-
JUDGES. You have been taught to believe
that in following the will ofyour party leaders.
you were asserting and maintaining your prin-
clples? wonld ask you if you do not see that
by supporting Mr.. Van Buren's reelection,
you are violating your principles? Who be-
heves that Mr.. Van Buren, is the free unbiased
choice of the people! What viii the world
believe if Mr.. Var Buren, is reelected! What
will you believe 1.-The is able now, by the
force OF the federal patronage, to re-elect HIM
sell, is there not an end to the freedom of cleo
tons Will 1t not prove that the love ofoffice
and filthy lucre Is stronger than the love of
country! But why do treason thus! Come one,
come all and swell the rolling tide of public
opinion. Let the next election be triumph
OF the popular voice, speaking in voice of
thunder to all who are now IN authority and to
all who are to come after them; proclaiming |
that the people are sovereign and they have |
resolved to assert their power. Let the orig. |
inal Jackson men rejoice that our candidate is
a patriot In whom there is guile. One who |
has no selfish ends to CRAFTY. One who /
comes into power with no griefs to avenge and
no debts to pay. One who will bring ioy and |
peace, and plenty to suffering country, and
who have no terrors, but for those who have |
coVerd the land with sadness and aff1ic%ion
Another consideration. Our candidate was
nominated in the spirit of patriotism. He was
CHOSEN as the ralying point ofevery friend of
liberty. In selecting him, there was a surren- |
1er OF personal preferences. A great MANY of
The Wing party were the Jealous friends of
another distinguished citizen.-They believed /
that ne had been prosecuted, callumniated. and /
INJURED They believed that the times were
ausplclous to the indication of his fame, and /
d their preference for him; but in the spirit of
devoted patriotism, they have remembered
your preJudlces-they have yielded their own
preferences, and have given you candidate
lpon whom you can unite without sacrificing
Iour pride of opinion-they have acted wisely:
I is Tor you by uniting with them III the cleo.
ION OF General Harrison, to show that ven.
90, are prepared to make some sacrifice for the
sood OF the country.-Bah. Pilot.
PARTY NAMES.
We copy an article from one of the london
papers on party names in England, to which
We invite the attention of our readers, and avail
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