Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1842-05-10

om beat high with the hope OF deliver
ance. But in the councils Of Heaven,
another result was prepared. The
good Harrison was taken away. All
can bear witness teelhe pang which
our hearts felt, wi She melancholy til
dings reached Y And it was not con-
fined to the & party alone; and for
many a good nan, who had differed
from him in litical opinions, severely
felt the blo some expressed indiffer-
ence at the went, and few so far for
got themselves, as to indulge in exul-
tation. He hazw1ed nothing in say
ing, that no dispens. pm of Providence,
since the death of Washington, had
produced throughout whole land
SO general a convict b we had
cause for sorrow, an he anticipation
ofevil. Still we coy not but hope.
The gentleman, on hom by constitu-
tional provision, the uties Of President
devolved, as his fr Id from BERTHE re-
marked, had b pminated and cleo
ted as a here votes were to
| be got alton. was "every
inc 49, W could it be sup
posed he y I've faithless, and
forget all the tions imposed upon
him by the G Instances of his cleo
ton heighterd y a solemn sense Of
Providential il opposition? How ctuel-
ly all cur hope were disappointed, is
known but 10 y we'll. Nothing which
the ingenuity OF man could devise,
deeply anxiA IS as the Wing Cabinet
and Ashe~ y Congress were on the
subje bic to satisfy the impfac-
ticable 5 of Mr.. Tyler. The ex-
ira S CLOSED in gloom and des-
pondd And he must be here
permit say, that he then regretted
deepl our Wing friends in Con-
gress bt take up at once and pass
the b Establish. "a Fiscal Bank, rec
ommf u by Nj. Ewing, the then
Seer Of the Treasury. AS mat
ter o. llicy, he thought, in this in
stance, the Wings had acted injudi-
ciously; though subsequent develoPc-
ments, he confessed, had produced a
strong impression that even this bill
would no: have received his official
appreciation.
Congress adjourned. The :Whig
members issued an Address to the
People Of the United States, detailing
| the causes why nothing efectual had
been done for public relief. and de
scribing matters as they actually exis-
ted. To every word, contained il
that Manifesto, Mr.. B. said he heartily
subscribed. Immediately after thi:
proceeding, several elections took
place, and the Wings were defeated
What was the inference? Did il
manifest any diminution Of Wing
strength! Did it prove tina. the Wing:
/ were less able, or less willing than be.
, fore to carry out their principles? lie
US examine. In Maine, for instance
, the election took place Immediately at
ter the Veto. There, as elsewhere
} the people were suffering from all th'
i effects of disordered currency-thi
r Bank Bill was looked 10 by them p
: a great measure Of relief-and, at tn,
: very moment when they expected it
: adoption. they are informed that it ha
: been destroyed by one they suppose
: a fiend. And without opportunit
n for consideration, or time 10 rally fror
1t the effects OF such a blow, they ar
y forced into an election. Did they G
e over to the enemy? No, sir, they re
NAMED at home, and permitted tn
n election to go by default; and, thong
ot not excusable for inaction, when tn
is great interests Of his country are
is stake-yet the circumstances offer
d satisfactory solution of the causes {
IN defeat, there and elsewhere. Sue
Sc being the state of things-with one
d the head of the Government, who hf
E. now thrown off all disguise-who n
'e longer claims to be Wing, either
n principle practice or name-and iroI
Mt whom we have now just reason to e'
e pect an active agency against VIII
le success--what ought the great VIII
lie party to do? AS the eloquent gentl'
ct man last up {Mr. Cherry had said
s. this is no time for uncertainty or ind'
ID cision. What was ever gained by
u by hottest men, united for just nurP'
he ses? In 1886, the Wings were defea
n ed for the Presidency, and why? B
es cause, they were split up into fra
lis ments, sustaining one candidate in o.
IN State, and a different one in anotht
hit and by thus dividing their strength,
,er might have been expected, were b'
re- fed and beaten. But when Harris
ID was nominated at Harrisburg. eve
res man laid aside his personal predile
he tons, buried minor differences ofopi
ad ion, inscribed his name upon the WI
ey, banner, and unfurling it TO the bree'
re, invoked the people to rally and dT
&C. the spoilers from their prey. l
raj peelle of the United States gather
to under that glorious banner,and in le
yer ACHIEVED akictory, which astonisf
sh- themselve And SO it will always