Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1840-12-26
cnMPIINEN-r no MIR. VAN BUREN.

iom The Charleston Mercury, y h'ghl hoho'a''e w |
It's editor Wa1 mas one OF NJ. Van Bugrns n'osi de-
oided opp'neutS tiur years sga;
=" Mr. Van Blten. BY cny adopting What was
pure and hunrst and re,''n,lug IA The Oohey :" lns
predecessor became dairy mrrr ohnoNmus 10 the Id
etaIisls. lis yStce 10 The south IA hS hdrttN 'o
the charter, boldly avowrd and CONSISTENTLY mart
ta,ucd, ell no hing Ia hops from kim lie h't'rrrd
that party b. na procll na,on rr npe,nng a. wots,
measures, and II was h> misfortune that the mtas-
weS II wa, h,s duiy 10 au,sue held "ut no hans Ia
thr aVatcv, no golden spccuausnS tn the hop al
the pupe. lie iouud under the painful ma, lton
succeeding an opium QJsm ct wealth, Hnd TIE ealin
reasun that called them back la homeiy teaIiN, and
eNhOu,d Ia abstinence and prudence aud substituted
The gradual return 10 sober health for the rapture ct
excess, proved less acceptable phys'ran than the
quaekery which Told the patient that hlS Suterngs
were llc result oil the anudute, and not the poison,
and which wooed him back 10 the seductive dug.
But experience VII dSpc the delus,on and exPsc
The cheat The People WILL ere long, discover that
there IS no, substantial relief ~ the change Which
has been urged upon them vocllerously, Ane Which
DIZZY have been ,aughttu desHe SO mpllculh, and
tie repuhlraG party rt.orran,zcd wllm "a lew
years accord To Martn Van Burea the WELL
DONE. winch republican, South Catohna vii praud-
h tsnN hy her vole--anJ not The less ptuud.y be-
cause she viii vote almost alone. Ii a puul of
now She opp ,Std JacksonS administration when
IT was strongest altr having struck with the fore
m,st tn bung Il mo power. For most IN opposing
Van Buren,, unt he asked his power lor her pun-
ciples- She VII be the last "a desert him. She
planted her gallant standard an his sde--and The
clearn. up OF the smoke OF the disastrous battle
WI show It waving there sld. We must defend
the b,dy of Palracns and strike in the name Of the
IaUcn more slrrnIy h1n IT lac was cheering Us on to
improve victory achieved Let The lime serve
iau,er, aud the TRAITOR bttray, but il never hers
To embark
son the smooth surface Of a summer sea
Blu To desert tn ship seek the shore,
When The wrni raises aud the tempest roar"
II was never more true than in this instance,
| that,
"Ihe fewer men-the greater share Of honor"
| While we ATE careful thus 10 clam and assert our
station in the order u hale. are sure that there
will b. nothing IA the hrst movements al Washing.
| ton 10 show that VT have mistaken our place TIE
frmn IS which the President has evnccd assures u.
that IN the closing acts and av wss of Ia sdnus-
tratlon, there Will ba no compromise of the primer
| pies 10 whidh he has 50 noby sacrificed his Official
power but that by Stern perSeve' anee 10 the last
he Will secure Ia hIuse HE enduring confidence and
Gratitude OF hls party, aud helespeci OF pnsieriy
| Ills valedIcnry words wi. b. the oid wach-words
| o 9S calling the Republicans OF the South and the
| Union Ia the rerscuc- and Ms he resumes hs place
as private IN the ranks he will wave us on To the
only true and safe ralylng pmnt where the Jeller-
| son banner waves ~ lhe outer wall OF State Rights
There only, can the Republican army safely rally
| We must champion our principles Ia the entrance
The only hope Is to resist the first encroachment u
| fedora li>m-enCrIachmeuls which must ensure 10
| evltallv IN the measure oil such cbmbina lnn a.
has bought Harrison INTO place, whether their due
ule hero shall br made to wear, at first the hvpn
critic mask ol Webster or glare forthwith IN all IN
truculent, but more canid ultra OF Adams On lit
subject OF internal improvements, the Tariff, IL,
Bank, the Currency and Abohtl0n-et orr grpunt
b. occupied once the extreme ground, that wheih
or spoilers attempt 10 take The constitution bv storm
or lay Sappiug aud minuy; their very thsl move
ment may be itIl and srreNttd. Thus is the uni,
t''d policy. IA ncgplidtr with the rne'n, ~" Wer,
luIly-to VI Ia hy the smallest concession To .
promise ever So ltie--lu seal onr cBpltuaticn; L
ay dowu our arms and Iced the monster whose TO-
crease Of appetite grows by what II feeds on. lie
a determined onset force the molly invaders to de.
velope their plans to show the arm, aud The men
and The leaders upon whom they relyi and thou
sands whom they have dthIJed, viii see ahd repen
their and throng back toe be,esguered battle
meHls oi the {, n,iiluuon.
We expecl from the President that his closing Of
tcial acts viii marshall Tie ncnceUs o the party
which has sustained hun to the last, and proud,
sustain him suiI-str,cly upon the de ocralc plat
form, we expect IN his closing message n legacy u
sound prime pes--accG7dng 10 Which the gtea BAT
ile Of lIerdom my he begun and hc continued
We expect il conf irniIy, Tor 1t j. due 10 his owl
lame, aud alike due aud important 10 the party win
are much proudsF wlh beng defeated with bn
than L they shared the triumph Of his enem,es.'