The Democratic Whig. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1842-1843, 1843-11-02
10 THE WHIGS or Low N DEL

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a the part Of some Of you e support
=, the State Legislature other tha9
.,r;,,,ly wing candidates. But iftherb
aver Was m occasion cn which you
m;pbt properly relax the severity Of
your rule Cd this subject, i 10 now.
The repudistOrs ii both oftheir con-
ventions have made the question ORE
pudiation subject Of paramount con-
sideration. No candidate was put in
nomination unless his opinions were
strictly ortllordox on this question. It
mattered not how jealous democrat
he may have been, even ifhe were one
Of the purest water, a real Jackson Fan
Buren, Tom Benton Sab-treGsury man
unless he was prepared to sustain those
OF his party who had plunged into the
slough of repudiation, he was excom-
municated from the fraternity of Dem
ocrats. The issue having been made
up exclusively upon the doctrine OF
reputation has been accepted by the
Wings, and they are in other parts OF
the State battling the question solely
upon that ground Under these cir
cumstances shall we refuse the aid OF
allies who are willing to unite with rs
in waging war of determination a.
gaiust this monster until it ceases TO IN
fest our land ?.
"No; say some Of the Wings, hut
although we ale not disposed TO refuse
their,proffered aid, we are not willing to
bestow upon them the honors and offi-
ces of our party" But shall we sur
render success ON a question Of such
vital importance TO the interests and
character of our State for the empty
satisfaction of a strictly Wing triumph
from which nothing more would be
gained than from the election Of two
bond paying Democrats To the legisla-
ture? Upon all questions of State
legislation their course would be the
same as Wing representatives. No
subjects in relation TO general politics
are Gkely to come before them. 1.-THE
bond paying party comprised OF Wings
and Democrats, have the ma jority in
the next legislature and the election Of
an United States Senator should come
before the two houses, which however
the best informed politicians think will
be deferred until another session, the
bond paying Democratic candidates
IN this county, if they beselected, will
themselves pledged not to
support either directly or indirectly the
election of any repudiator for that sta
ion.
Another consideration for the Wings
n regard to this matter is the fact, that
he doctrine nfrepildiafinn is stranger
n this county than the Wing party, as
s proved by comparison ofthe vote
of al with that of 40. 1t may be an
swered that fuckers residence in the
county and his popularity carried ma
ny Wings into his support from per-
sonal regard; but that does not account
for the defeat ofthe entireWhig ticket.
The inference from that election is,
that many, who had been classed with
Wings, voted the Iepudiating ticket.
They may still pursue the same course
and our only plan for counteracting it,
is TO obtain as strong vote from the
bond paying Democrats as possible.
To succeed in this, we must shew
some confidence in them, and as the
Wings are more numerous in the coun-
ty than the bond paying Democrats
they can afford to act with more
Iiberality. 1.-The bond paying Demo
Gratis do not then support the bond
paying ticket it is because they are
hypocriIes in morals and have not the
Doldness TO confess the principles, by
which they are secretly actuated. But
without their assistance it is impossible
Tor the Wings 20 succeed on this ques-
ion; and any attempt to elect a strictly
Wing ticket to the Legislature must
inevitably result in defeat. 1t is for
llese reasons that we Recommend a |
general union Of all bond Mayors upon |
Messrs. J. A. G. BoUcHELLE, Scorr |
THOMPSON, and J. N. BARKsDALE.
1.-THE ticket should not be perfectly |
satisfactory TO the Wing party through I
,ut the county they have little reason
o complain. There were numbers of
who had either declared them
selves candidates or were disposed to
10 so, and to avoid the misfortune of
saving a multiplicity of candidates, we
made every effort to engage the atten-
ion of the Wing party and bond-pay-
'rs generally on this subject. We urg-
ID upon the party the necessity of hav-
ng convention from every part of the
county for the purpose Of comparing
he local preferences and determining
lpon some three individuals, Who would |.
'e most generally acceptable. After
eVeral attempts convention was got
en- up; but two highly influential and