Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1843-07-29
MISSISSIPPI POLITICS.

JOHN NJ. CLAYTON.
MISSISSIPPI POLITICS.
The anomaly now presented by the dis
tracted condition of this state, il a com,
plete s%hadowing forth Of the grand specta-
Gle which will be presented 10 the whole
American people, when the crisis arrives
for tho selection Of n locofoco candidate
for the Presidency. The recent rupture
which has thrown the dominant party Of
Mississippi into factions and conspiracies
sunderod BY the Gordian knot that knit il
together in fact, which has literally torn
it to shreds and patches-has opened a
pathway through which, III all probability
the wings will attain The ~ascandancy ane
commence the system of reforming the
morals Of the state. md reasserting that
honorable position she enjoyed before she
fell into the hands Of the spoilers. No
member of this confederacy has been more
abused and degraded by mercenary politi-
clans, and reckless adyenturers than this
state. The corrupting influence of loco.
focoism has been more thoroughly imbed.
ded in its very yitals than in any other
portion Of the Union. Laws, and forms
of laws, and the most cherished principles
Of order have been destroyed. and so high
has tho licentious spirit ragged, that the no.
venue has been piIIaged with IMMUNITY.
The novel sight Of three parties running
thleo several tickets. two Of which conflict
with each other, whilst the third marches
steadlly onward, gaining strength and vi.
gor the fierctr the battle RACES, is a picture
which must afford encouragement to all
lovers and advocates or correct principles.
AT tbs unfortunate pefiod when Repudia-
ton first lifted its cres: in Mississippi, the
whole l%ocofoco party, almost TO a man,
4'ggrappled it with hooks of steel" and 50
sweeping and all.pervading was is flight
from one extremity to the other of tbs
state, that the wing party which stood up
against the doctrine firmly and h%eroicaIly,
was oyerrun completely. Tho Legislature
Of the state contained about two to one in
favor Of the public theft, and nearly every
office of the state was soiled by the occu.
patton of a brawling deDunciator of state
integrity. Time wore apace, until return.
ing reason, stimulated by the universal
cei1suro that was yolumed forth from every
Of the Union, partially assumed her
sway, causing numerous adherents to
abandon The pernieious theory. The scales
were cast off, the light of truth broke
forth, and now the huge colossus trembIes
to It's centre. The prospects of the wing
ticket are truly promising, and that event
is the only and that can effect the rege-
neratlon of the state. Should the whig
ticket fail, we may almost conclude that
Mississippi will never recover from the dis.
grace which now Weighs her down. Other
have strayed from the true and bon.
Drable ling of conduct, but they have been
redeemed. Rhode Island. whose safety
md perpetulty was for Il brief period me.
by a band of wild and mischlevous
ilsorganlsers whose measures would have
'educed the state TO anarchy, was rescued
~ the intelligence and virtue Of the peo-
,le. South Carolina, deluded aud infuria.
ed by The fell genfns Of notification, once
1alsed The standard Of muiiny, but she was
luckily rebnked and corrected by the cfpas.
ening rod of federal power, and Tennes.
now wears upon her brow a dark spot
there by the infamous conduct of
hose recusant Senators who have deprived
he state of her Senators in Congress.
)ther states have in times gone by been
astray by the vagaries and false theo.
les of dishonest and scheming demago.
mes, but they have all come back into the
old. But reputation, the besetting sin
f Mississippi, is a crime Of a deeper dye
han any we have alluded to. and it has
a rock upon which the state must
pitt, unless it can be saved through the
ornament success of the wing party. At
resent there are three candidates for gov
rnor perambuIating and c~anvassipg the
Wing, a Loeofoco Kepudlator,
nd a Locofoco Anti-RepudIator. The
respects Of Clayton, the regularly nomi-
ated wing candidate, are described as IN.
sually brilliant. God speed him in the
God work !-Tropac.
LowELL.-They make nearly q million
nd a quarter yards of cotton cloth at Low.
Il, per week, employ about 1000 opera
yes (6375 ~females) and use $4,000 lbs.
{ raw cotton per week. The annual a.
,ount OF raw cotton used is 1865, OO0lbs
nough TO load SO ships of $50 tons each, j,
nd Of cotton manufactured 70,275,9I0 ;
ards-100 lbs. of cotton will produc &c 80
ards of cloth. i
AFTER THoUGHTs.--When the veil Of !
cath has been drawn between us and the
,lects of our regard, how auick.sighted ]