The Rodney telegraph. (Rodney, Miss.) 1838-1840, 1840-03-21
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Esprit OF SEvEN't f-SlA.
This IS the title Of most able and spirit
ed political paper just established at Indian
apolis-the first number having been issued
Oh the 22d ut. 1t is edited by Joseph "a
Moore, Esq. young gentleman OF great
moral worth, and very able political wr'-
Ter. Read an extract from the address Of
this champion of truth on commencing his
editorial Iabors:
With an enthusiasm unparalleled in the
history Of political contests IN the United
States, the people have responded to the no.
mination of William Henry Harrison OF Ohio
for the Presidency We're this feeling Con-
| fined to the section of the country which
was the theatre of his early glory, or to
those States in the West, of which he might
Justly claim the paternity, we should re-
gard it as too feeble a basis upon which to
build the hope of success; but when the
shouts which have zrcsounded within the
walls of the oId"Cradlc of Liberty" have
been re echoed from the Exchange of New
Orleans; when We know that the cabins OF
the West, the manufactures of New Eng
land, the commercial districts of the Allan
tic, and the plantations of the South, are
alike pervadcd by the feeling, The indicas
tons are loo clear and satisfactory TO admit
Of doubt as 10 the result. And what do
we behold In these spontaneous movements
Of the peoplei Merely the ebuIltlon of
gratitude for the soldier who has fought
Their battles and defended their liberties?
No! there are still higher and boiler motives
which actuate the frecmen of the Union.
They behold in the man not only the SOL
der but the statesman-one whose mind
has nnhibed lessons of political experience
from the lips Of a conspicuous actor in the
scenes of the revolution, and who thus
brings down to the present day the feelings
which animated the boso:as of those whose
patriotism no one dares to doubt. One who.
in the humber and more distinguished off,
ces of the country, has exhibited those quail.
tiles of the head and heart which command
ed the confidence alike Of the people and
those who entrusted him with power. One
who, whether amid the splendor Of the
court Of a foreign country, or in the private
walks of life, has ever exhibited that repub-
lican simplicity which endears him to the
hearts Of the <rue democracy. A hand I'M
| stained with the gold of office-a mind re-
sisting the corrup:ing influences, beneath
which SO many have fallen-a heart ever
evincing its earnest desires for the welfare
of the peop!e-wisdom IN the council no less
than bravery in the field--sterliny integrity
in public as well as il private i;fe-ail COM
mend him to the best affections Of those who
truly value the liberties of the people, the
safety Of the Republic.
| In the elevation of such an individual TO
the FIRST office in the gift of the people, we
discharge not only debt of gratitude TO the
/ man, but duty to our country. To the
memory nt these whose blood was incurred
out ia the stormy conflicts Of the Revoluiion,1
we owe the effort to restore the government
| to what it was designed to be- To those
who are vet TO reach the stage of action, we
are under Obligations to transmit, not the
fragments OF a rich inheritance, but tn I'M
mntilated, untarnished legacy Of our fathers.
And when we are gravely told, by the Chief
Magistrate that, the speople expect too much'
when, from state Of prosperity, with the
means of preserving it, the government and
individuals are alike brought to bankruptcy
when the csnstitu.ion imposes, no 1unger, a
restrain: upon the lcentiousness of ambitions
men-when powers Of ether departments
are assumed by the President, and even the
policy Of sovereign States becomes the sub
jectof Executive dictation- when those who
are vested with: control are so blinded LyI
avarice, as to be regardless of the interests
Of the community, and reply to appeals for
relief only by reckless experimens--wh when
large portion Of our citizens, possessed Of
/ the constitutional qualifications for Office,