Independent Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1842-1844, 1842-10-22

lply the general affirmation" as stated, fol-
il ls evident that the expression GALL
, which practices and principles" &c. was
r intended to embrace each and every one OF
lhe preceding charges, including the one
under consideration and it is most undg-
niii ed bubble, to contend for the reverse.
AS 10 whether we were right in the use
Of the word all when we said the wings Of
the south could not support MIR. Clay with
. out an abandonment of all former pro-
LESSONS and principles is a new issue which
we might admit or deny as we see fit, and
yet it would not affect the present iSSue.-
With regard however to the Bank question
being ga profession or principle" which the
wings of 1910 in this State would not a.
bandon by the support Of Mr.. Clay, we
can say, in passing, that great many Of
them would, while we believe the great ma.
iority would not The wings Of this coun-
ty in their manifest of 1910 said nothing
about bank,-the appeal to the "Freemen
of Madison County" talked great deal
Of gold spoons, the standing army, of
Hooe's case, and of Mr.. Van Buren's ad-
mission that Congress has power to abol-
iSh slavery in the District &c. but said no.
thing of bank; "a bank is not therein
mentioned in connexion with the "contest
for the maintenance of republican govern
ment," which was 10 take place on the
following Monday. On the other hand, we
have before US the Wing Advocate of May
9th 1910, containing long letter from
one Of the strong champions of "Tippeca-
coe and Tyler too," Senator Rives, in
which he labors hard to shew that Genl.
Harrison was against U. S. Bank. We
might also refer to the address of the whig
Convention of Virginia, in 1910, to shcw
the same thing,-In Georgia and North
Carolina, Genl. Harrison was urged upon
the acceptance of the people as an anti
|
Mr. Badger himself made in the Senate of
the United States, showing that before one
of the largest meetings held in N. c. in
1910, he Indignantly proclaimed that the
assertion that Genl. II. was Bank man
was false Besides this he is well known
to have been every where lauded by the
wings Of 1910, for his adherence to the
principles of the Virginia and Kentucky
resolutions, and to Mr.. Madson's report
thereon-the latter of which denounced the
Bank, and all of which, were aimed at its
destruction, it is well known too, that Genl
Ii. had pronounced the charter 10 the last
Bank to be unconstitutional, and many per-
sons here in the south voted for Gen. II.
believing him to be anti Bank; the sugges
ton of our reviewers then will not release
such persons from the charge of abandon
ment of sail former professions &C."
We are next attacked for saying that
Mr.. Clay is the champion of the doctrine
that the executive should interpose no ve-
to except for constitutional objections.
But how does Candour meet our charge ?
BY showing that Mr.. Clay does not hold
the doctrine ascribed TO him No; but
by quoting the opinions of General lIar-
rison The GenI. expressed himself diff
fereniy in his letter to Mr.. Denny; there.
fore Candour, and his equally illogical en-
dorser, concludes that Mr.. Clay has not
gone so far as we said he had. 1t is worse
than idle to attempt to shew that no such
conclusion can follow from such premises.
The attempted argument, coupled with
wha: we shall presently show, proves on
by, if it proves any thing, that the wings
of 1910, who supported Harrison and his
views on the veto power, cannot, consis-
tently, support Mr.. Clay who entertains
entirely different views of the subject.
We are called upon for the shook and
page" whereon the authority We had for
attributing such opinions to Mr.. Clay may
be found. This is the "unkindest cut of
ALL" Having declined so unceremoneous-
Iy, a similar call from US, Candour per-
haps did not suppose we would comply
with his. Had he supposed so, he would
never have made The call; for he must
know, if he knows any thing, how very
easily we could furnish the proof that such
are Mr.. CIay's opinions on this subject.
We did not give them in the first instance,