Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1840-04-18

let me aAuW myself as the warul, Devoted per /
so0al friend Of NJ CLAY, and an uneQualled al a
mircr OF his talents and services. believe he Il
deserves Ia be President OF the L. States. above "a
al our other candidates, and vet with all these N
admissions | cannot but consider his prospect at
present hopeless one. We have lost three
years IN contests about men, and the tide of vac
tory carrying no where, except into the edd,eS y
formed by opposing sections, or upon the barren
beach of useless controversy, seems cbbng 10 q
leave Us there. The Wing party being an intel
hreul aud intellectual class must necessarily do
as own thinking, and with thought comes variety
OF opinions aud with variety want OF unity and
concord. 1 his Is our prcdtcamcul and our dan
get. Ii We were united, We Should be lormda-
be 10 the enemies OF our country but, alas, We
are beaten IN detail. Let us apply this fact to
the choice OF candidates. Mr. Claws political
course, and long conflicts with portions ol his el,
low citizens, have rendered HIM liable to warm
opposition, personal hatred and unjust prejudice.
Is It the part oI >agaCous men to venture against
such odds With majority of the States against
Us, is tt prudent 20 t,k every thing left u, Our
party leaders want sagacIty, or, As peter Slyl-
mg il, philosophy, They act AS # mankind
we've always aCtuatcd by the best motives, and |
that the holding up al abstract truth, Is the pledge |
of victory. Not SO. Nations, like individuals, |
often rush bhndIy to ruin from passion, preJn- |
| udice, ambition, and many other causes. II IS |
IN vain to oppose their vii wheC they take par.
I ucular bias They who attempt It are sacrificed,
aud thus history tells u, with It's monory page, OF
the downfall OF patriots valnly struggling against
their errUg counJrsmen, and finally OF the down
! fall Of the masses themselves. This is lhe law OF
nature, and the vii of Providence. Let us also
apply this fact to politics. We cannot expect per-
fciion in the people at large we can only rely
on then general good intentions, sustained by a
consciousness, that their own interests, lndlvdu,
ally, are at stake with those Of the mass When
they arc right in The main, is as much as We
should expect. We cannot hope that they will
cease 10 be men IN order to please us. Ia TIN,
knowledge consists the tact of the administration
party They studlousIy seek TO know the public
will, and they follow IT long enough to profit by
It's force and power How adrolly they awaited
themselves ol the popularity Of Jackson, BY
bad measures they have lost much Of us adyan-
tagc, and by prosecuting such scheme as the
Sub Treasury they viii loss more. But slIIi
hey are strongly entrencAed, and We must cary
their entertainments, or be doomed to political
slavery How can this be done Only by unit
ing on the man who has less opposition to him
, than ahother. Superior or splendid talents or eN.
allied claims ATE not the questions to be consider
- ed. What IS any man compared to the cause
II What have we 10 do with political rewards when
our county is on the brink oil run
Herein the friend. Of Mr. Clay have made IA
:, fatal mistake. In ther love for han they forget
u that battle is 10 be fought, Enthusiasm viii
" 20, always oYerpower superiority Of numbers.
: II it could, Mr. Clay would have been President
long ago.
" II Mr. Clay nuns he viii meet with opposition
, from old party antagonists, whose heads have
- grown grey ~ political Iuquly.
q, The old JACKSON MEN viii oppose him,
"a The ABOLlTIONlSTS, generally, viii op.
py,e him.
T. The violent Anti NIasons vlil oppose him.
The lrshmen, Who have already denounced
Il, him for his attack on O'Connel, viii oppose hun
80 The enemies Of the United States Bank wi
=, oppose hlnl.
ey The WESTERN sQUATTERS w,a op
W pose him.
H. The Southern State Rights men w oppos'
h" him. So say several leading papers N Goor
~ ga.
'm Now, in the name Of Heaven, shall We run h'
~, risk Of this opposition, or even the show OF II
!" Can We 90 hcadlong Gto fight with these ad
.! verse elements actively at work against MS Ar
-, we strong enough to venture much II seem
TAI 10 me that some men must have taken leave o
NJ their senses, to advocate any candidate agalus
ne whom any portion Of this opposition may b
brought. Nothing but strong and decide
ION course on the part Of our editorial friends, al
up lu appeal without delay TO the good sense OF h
nee party will save US from utter rum.
ole To whom shall ve lock for aid Where
Tor the man sufficiently popular to be ou' candidan
as, aud one fee from these objections
"' nv, answel, we have him, and have had hun f
,hreo years, aud if good policy had prevailed, "
wv W., would b, this time have looked down all opPos
II ton.
Among the ppeople" Of fhis State he is at th
r moment vastly more popular Than aa3 Other cal
u dldaie and the reasons for il lie deep N The b
man Eear.
. Since the reyerscs IN the West and South al
:, North, men have begun 10 think, aud thnnif
-" mas produced wonderful changes under our on
.re eyes Our letters from the western counties a
'''9 sure US that The delegates to the National Go
81 ycn,ion wi, generally be Harrison men, al
~ such they will be from this vicinity.
APPS, luz name u ,''"' 49, "''
him mere " 'e" VI OUT 'e'"''ls inc
edly is suspected that was al first merely schef
olo. 10 get nd Of Mr. Clay, and the implied obIgal'
arts Of his support. As It took hte better To
Sc vas expected, few have attempted TO press
Nav But il IS the ldles Of all attempts, and even d
,,m sienaly fails Gen. Scott IS not known a.
lich Wing. and not identified with US. few am
can tious men in New York, and IN The army, dou
=. ~ less hope TO advance themselves by adyanci
or bim. But, leaving all other objections out
,n,r view, two circumstances fatal to him. grow
mi. out OF celebrated personal controversy. u
,slIy. Jackson's letter, and that Of De Whl Clint
,,,eys will shortly make their appearance by which