The Democratic Whig. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1842-1843, 1843-09-21

ADDRESS
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Nhe Wing ConVeIIlo son asaefnu tN ~ fA4A-
son On the 12th Of ims hst,appointed ihe an
dersiQned q committee % prepare and PUBLISH
an address 10 The Wings Of Mississippi and
10 such othss a. are desiTous Of co-operailne.
with them IN redeeunng the obhgations and
restoring the honor Of tie STATE.
We viii discharge this duty as briefly as
We can, and respectfully solicit. from az polit-
ical parties, a calm and dispassonate consider
alion Of the reflections contained 10 the 90.
We claim no extraordinary ability 70 en-
hglIten or instruct our fellow citizens. other
tLan that which may have grown on oian W.
partial and diliguf investigation q such
sources Of Information as have been within
our reach, and which are, perhaps not equal
" accessible 10 those inhabiting remote pcf-
tons Of the State, where copies Of the laws,
journals, and plhor public documents may not
have been distributed II numbers proportion
cd 70 population.
The subjects legitimatoly belonging to the
province ofthis committee are.
Ist The condition ofthe Wing party in re-
ation 70 the General Government
I'd. The condition Of the "bond payers ~
relation to The State Government.
The duty Of the Wing party 70 The Gener.
al Government growing out Of this two-iold
relation, is both novel and complicated. and
under existing circumstances. viii require, to
some extent a sacrifice Of theif predilecl ions
though not Of the essential principles which
they advocate,
It is needless 10 recapilulate the familiar
history which rendered the year 1910 memoir
able by the overthrow Of the odious and cor
rupt administration Of Martin Van Burpn, or
to describe infinitely the causes which sudden.
| " blasted the triumph Of the victorious wings
and frustrated all their wise and patriotic el-
forts to restoie prosperity 70 the Union. This
history is indeliblys recorded in'the prolracted
sufferings, which though endured patiently,
have not been lees keenly felt ay majority
at the American people.
The death Of President Harrison, and tn
political treason Of bis substitute, Mr. join
Tyler, palsied the win Of that majority which
placed him IN Office, and suddenly revived
from their PROSTATE condition, those whom The
people had Just driven from the capital.
Power thus acquired, cannot be perpetuates
nor can the people be thus suddenly cajole,
+ into the absurd scheme Of inviting back int
Office, those whom they deliberately banshe,
from It in 1910.
L is true that the fdilurs Of the wings L
restore the purity Of the Government and pros
petty Of the nation has been distorted by ihel
/ artful adversaries into a ssmblancs Of des
ertion Of principle and violation Of pledges
! But this accusation is too palpaby unfounde
: to gain more than a temporary belief
= needs only the dissemination oftruh 10 con
{ vince the peopo,th that tins charge is an uncrun
9 ulons libel, and that the failure Of those meas
a ures, 10 which the 'whig party was pIedc
Q ed, is attributable wholly 10 a corrupt coal
4 ton between the Chief Magistrate Of The Un
c ion; and the leaders Of the Loco'0co party,wh
I having fret used ITO bear their burdens as III
d ass bears gold' have required bis service
0 By turning him out ITO shake bis empty ear
= and Craze on commons AN object ofcxecra
s ton to one party and ofdeFision to the other.
D To the same cause are attributable the re
! cent successes ofthe Looosoco party IN SOM
J, ofthe States Of tie Union. which in 1916
Il gave large maiorties FOR General Harrison q
o very small maorities for Martin Van Bnrer
: That which stimulated every nerve Of our a
a Yefsaries, filed the wing ranks with despor
Z aeney. Bafied BY a President elected B
q .ttasnsl YEA but 2si'ng in concert with the
e opponents, Wielding that most powerful Of a
\ nlonaFuhcal powers the right Of defeating n
expressed viii Of the people BY nleiposing b
8 bslo, and that too for the purpose ofdeieatin
q every measure Of the wholesome Legislatio
/ proposed BY the wings, and thus preventin
z them from redeemiRg their pledges and carr
e ing ont their principles; weary OIL iruitle
!. strife and desparing Of theN Republic, viii
= Mr. Tyler continued to hold the reins
d Government; without a leader, without cor
cert or vigor ofacton, the wings have until
/ recent period, withdrawn themselyes from Il
arena and left an undisputCd field to their a
e tive and plotting adyersaries. This is eyide
a from the fact that the number Of the Locofoc
;. votes pollod al the late elections does not q
4 coed that poIed Ia 1910, while the who
Z, number ,of the wing votes polled, does n
e equal that Of 1910, by many thousand vote
j. In the late Virginia elections distribute
!. Of 800 wing votes among the Dstricia gvr
e email Lncoioco maiorilies would have ensure
!. the election ofwhig members Of Congress,
Il those districts. The same remark Is appei
4 BE 10 the late election in louisiana, where Il
whole vote Of the State, al the recent elei
e ton, only exceeded General Harrison's majo
It ity in 1910, BY about 700 votes. What el'
q but defeat could be expected under these CT
q cumstances by a party betrayed, dsuFle
/. and discouraged, and Disguised with the &c
: and expense Of a victory the fruits Of whic
!. had been widowed BY the foul breath Of ire
e son at the moment ofils enjoyment,
o But now The condition Of things is change
l. and with il has already changed and win col
If tinue to change, the fortune oflheiwhig part
! The traitors term Of e6ics snearly, al an eT
y and with it the power Of defeating the wi
and salutary measures Of patriotic part
A The eve Of another great contest is at hand y
. volving the same issue for which we battled
' 1910. The hopes Of the wings are awakenl
r the more, the higher the great combat a
: proaehes. We have e leader whom we a
3 mire and IN whom we coniide--a man gre
+ BY nature, but exalted yet more by HE mob
II sxoTtions and magnanimous sacrifices in T.
!. service Of his country, whose long briliant,a
o useful life Is interviewer with the history
a every free Republic-oue who has always pr
h ieFred his country's good to be his own pc
!. sonal agrandizement-Who with the stronge
" claims 10 the suffrsges Of his countrymen, S
Z conded with hearty zeal the nomination Of q
n waFworn and veteran Harrison,---thus estal
= fishing the strongest claim TO the SURFACES
3 his party BY yielding up 10 another, those ho
= or 70 which bis youth had sspired, for whic
h bis manhood had toiled and which were b
j the menlsd guerdon Of bis age, for the pg
/. pose Of healing the discussions which divid'
MI the ranks Of bis countFymen who were thl
& eontendinp, under the banner Of Reform, Il
Patriot, the phanthropist, the Sage, the II