Independent Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1842-1844, 1843-12-02
FOR PRESIDENT,
John G. CALHOUN,
Or South CAROLINA.

the p1rty, Uul lHey Tuliicu uuueI uOeio
ded leader, who marshaAed his band witt
the determination of defeating the rea
democratic ticket"
The above remark appeared in the
Free Trader of the 22d of November
We have not quoted the whole paragraph
but what has been omitted does not con.
tain any thing explanatory of the above
We have sought in every way, to put a
construction on this remark rs would re.
concile it with the good understanding
that ought to exist amongst all the men,
bers of fine democratic party, and also
such as would reconcile i, with the truth
of the matter. In this we have been un-
successful. To our mind, the remark is u
gross and palpable falsehood. 1t may
have been ignorantly made, thiafwe can
not say, though we are under the impress
sion that the editor of that paper is not at
all remarkable for intellect or Information
He pretends to say that the friends Of Mr..
Calhoun in this state, separated from the
party and did not support the nominees of
the convention. Some Of them may have
done so, il is true, but so did some of the
friends of Mr.. Van Buren,. The demo-
cratic bond-payers are composed indiffor-
erently of the friends Of both the candi.
dates. This the Free Trader knows, and
every man in Mississippi knows. The
remark is mean attempt TO identify the
friends of Mr.. Calhoun with the small par.
ty who voted the Independent ticket
What sort of justice is done to the large
body Of Mr.. Calhoun's friends who supper.
ted the regular nomineesi What are
they to think when they see themselves
thus misrepresented and prescribed by
journal which we'll knew that thew had
devoted themselves to the success of the
Democratic party, and those they beIiev-
ed TO be It's regular nominees? After hav-
ing toiled tor this success, through an ar
duous campaign, after having encounter
ed all the difficulties aud heart burungs of
ii bitter party warfare, and seen their cause
triumphant, the world is co,lly told by this
reracious paper that the "Ca!houn men
went oil on the LonI question" Why
does he say the calhoun men?'--why
did he not say portion of the bond pay
ers went of on that question: He then
would have told the truth. This il seems
would not have suited his purpose.
But not satisfied with misrepresenling
the " Calhoun men" here, the Free Trader
calumniates them in New York. 1t SAYS,
" they rallied under degraded leader"
and made every effort to defeat the Demo-
cratic party. What degraded leader?-
Whom does the Free Trader meant Is
The degraded leader. Mike Walsh2 If so,
was it not wanton, infamous SANDER 10
attempt to Identify the friends of Mr.. Cal
houn in New York, with the little faction
of rufians led by Mike Walsh? 1t is a
falsehood too contemplate 10 demand
reiutation. But when Gid this /" leader"
become degraded" A short time since
did not the Free Trader, in compliment
TO the editor OF the fernando Phenix,
call him the Mike Walsh Of Mississippi
and 60 on to speak of the abilities of Mr..
Lawns, and the services he was about to
perform the State? Did the editor Of the
Free Trader intend TO compare his friend
10 degraded man! II he did, he is even
more ignorant, or malicious, than his re-
mark about the Calhoun mem shows him
TO be2 The object Of the " degraded"
Free Trader seems 10 he, first: to deceive
he world abroad by creating the impress.
ion that the friends of Mr. Calhoun here,
opposed the regular nomination, and at.
enpted TO defeat the Democratic party;
md second, to deceive the people of Mis-
issippi, by making them believe that the
Cllhounimen" in New York also attempt
ID 10 defeat the party. In regard 10 The
irst misrepresentation, how d. The facts
tlnd' That portion of The press in this
'hto which supports Mr.. Calhoun, and :
AVE placed his name at the head of their {
columns as their first choice, without an +
xce2tion, baltied for the regular ticket, G
nd endeavOred 10 secure its triumph. The {
Phenix, the Aberdeen Advert
or, the Louisville Messenger, the Pauld-
10 Clarion. the Jackson Relormer and the s