Louisville messenger. (Louisville, Miss.) 1842-1843, 1843-05-20

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g0gafBmpnl, y innb Who 10 BY birth,
blood, sympalliy, and piinciple, one
Other nOblesl, most talented and pI'
lfloi,e s0nsi Ono who, wliatsvcS
may hn,e b on lhs apparent ineon !.
lenrios, ha, ncyrf bcrti found f,l.o 10
her honor md hyf interest In tile hour
of lfial--pnc too who novof tbflnks
lfpm hs duty 10 HI, county from
parry policy, or want Of moral eonf'
nge 10 sustain and defend "thc light,
The ust and Iho truth" Especially.
vii tho great Democratic party Of
tic nation, Who, Ut this NON NJ,
owe, moro TO lld, bold, honest, aud
daaae champion Of rs principlesshun
10 my otter public character, now
upoo tho political stage, suffer lhls
occasion 10 pa.s without an effort TO
bring back tho administration Of tho
government to the truo principles Of
the con tia ion1 II we are sincere ~
our profession Of princlplc'-A-our Po-
lilical creed our course Is plain--in
Mr.. Calhoun we have the very per-
sonilication of democratic principles
and with him rs President, the
South may endure the workings Of
he federal system for some time to
comc---which do not believe il can,
ifthe antagonist principles and their
great advocate, should rule in the
ascendant.
II cannot be considered rash or IN.
charitable for a man 10 express the
convictions Of his mind; and it has
been, and is now my belief, that the
Union will not survive the admins
tration of Mr.. Clay, should nc unior-
tunately be elected to power unless
the opposition in Congress be suli-
ciently strong to resist his measures
or he be wise enough to reverse
the whole order Of his political life
This he will not do--and hence the
danger Of a dissolution Of the Union,
should he succeed to power. There
is at present a calm in the political
affairs Of the country-but it is not
the calm OF safety or prosperity--it
is the calm Of that ''solitude' which a
reckless party has made, which is
called peace. The country is now
in a stupor, produced by the high po-
Iiical game which has been played
before il, but will, ere long, be arou
sed 10 action, to reform, to redress.
Mr.. Van Buren, has done the state
some, perhaps much, service; this
must be conceded; his country has
rewarded him for doing his duty
amply rewarded him--he should ask
no more--he has shared his country's
honors bountfulIy-and through the
,ll-powerful influence Of the cetcren
Hero Of Orleans, combined with his
own merit has moulded the public
affairs of this Union for the last u
years. What more should lie ask or
Iesirc of the peoples Why surely
the time Of one generation is enough
to satisfy the thirst for dominion, of
any reasonable man.
The time is approaching, when we
shall require more bold, daring and
decided democrat than Mr.. Van Bu-
rem is or ever has been. The half way
house must be given up, and we must
strike for principles to the hearts core.
We cannot call Mr.. Van Buren, a de-
cided advocate of free trade-he is
for judicious tariff'-a discrlmina-
ting tariff. We cannot rely upon Nj.
Van Buren's moral courage, in case
of powerful and overwhelming ma
jority in congress, in favor Of abolish.
ing slavery in the district Of Colum-
bia; for he is not restrained by con-
stitutional scruples from approving it.
True he is opposed to it upon expedi
ency may not change in his view Of
the SUBJECT!
Reviewing the whole ground, and
looking forward to struggles that the
south will ere long have to encount-
err. with boss against US, my firm &
Interchangeable conviction is, that we,
of the south, have but one alternative
lelt--and that is, most Distinctive to
declare through the press, through
our legislatures, through meetings e.
resolutions Of the people, and through
our representation in congress, that
our brethren of the tree states must
give up the protective tariff, and pro.
vide by law for the security of our
slave property within their respective
limits, or we must provide for our.
selves otherwise. 1t is our high priv