Louisville messenger. (Louisville, Miss.) 1842-1843, 1843-05-20
IN. CALHOUN'S CLAIMS TO
EHE PRESIDENCY.

Extract Of a letter To the Editor u
The Georgia (.Aug7tstaJ Co"stita-
fionaiia:-Conlinucd.
ni-ln compliance with our prom
Use last week, we publish the conclu.
ding remarks Of the correspondent OF
the Georgia ConSiitutionalist, OF the
subject of the next Presi lency, which
are rs follows:
81 take occasion here TO remark
that you must not conclude, f ON the
interest manifest in the Success q
Mr.. Calhoun, that ii arises from any
personal prediction for that gentle
man. With him, have not even the
slightest personal acquaintance; nor
did | ever see him but once in my
life, and then but for few minutes
No, sir, it is from a deeply settled
conviction, that the ascendency of
Democratic principles, and consis,
tent and firm adherence TO them, be-
yound all doubt or suspicion ofinsin-
cerity, as well as an equally well
settled conviction. that the vital inter-
est of the South especially, and the
preservation of our Union, all unite
at the present tine, in requiring Of
the Southern Democracy TO present
Mr.. Calhoun to the Convention in
May, "A, with its whole united moral
as our candidate for the
Presidency. For disguise it as we
may, this mode OF nomination, by "a
national convention, has superseded,
and virtually ovcrrides, the Constiu-
tional process by the electoral collie
ges. These latter, having now, in
practice, only the function left them
Of registering the DEGREES Of the ma
tional convention. Hence the inn
portance | attach to the decision Of
the South upon this seeming pfelimi-
nary, but real election of Chief Ma
gistrate, as far rs the strength Of the
democracy of the na'i''n can effect
the object; and hence too, the great
importance of securing the fairest g.
fullest Representations of the party in
that convention. Let us have no
packed jury in this monientous ma
iional concern; no great decision Of
the American democracy, upon so
vital matter, brought about by the
intrigues Of clique Of unprincipled
political gamblers, whose motto is
''aIl for the spoils," and nothing for
principles. Let US watch closely the
movements of aspirants for the Presi-
Dental Office; and it we find one of
them, aiding indirectly, or permitting
the "pipe-laying" system to be prac-
tised in his. favor, 10 discard him
promptly as unworthy our support
1t is high time, that the standard Of
political morals should be elevated in
this country; that the growing inn
preston upon the public mind, that
our government has become corrupt,
and unworthy the confidece of the
people, should be corrected. And
how shall we begin this work of ele-
waiting the standard of political NOR
ais, and inducing reaction in the
public mind favorable to the political
virtue ofthe government? | answer,
by elevating tothe Chief Magistracy,
a man who has never condeScended
TO mingle in the closet intrigues of
the Washington wire workers; who
has stood aloof from the trammels of
party discipline; who has evinced
through long service in the councils
of his country, a moral energy OF
character, which dares TO pursue the
right, in defiance of private and per-
sonal considerations; and a man too,
who stands conspicuously prominent,
as the first statesman of the age, who
has no trained bands in his service,
to be rewarded for gone by services.
Such man IS now presented to the
people of the United States. Will
the South, in such crisis,he so blind
to her interest, so reckless of her FL.
ture safety, and the preservation Of