Independent Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1842-1844, 1843-09-30

viz s It's feel IT, resisting toes, resumed
that natural position in the asccn3an, to
which its principles will always ent'do II.
AID now the Phiisline woman is again
putting on all Ter Establishments TO woo
back tho dem~crltic Sampson 20 ier fatal
embraces. After all The wo,ul experience
of the past, will tie rejecting splill o. de-
mocracy again listen II tie Transforming
voice of the political Gree, whose selfish
notes are atIunei at Albany Wlil 1t con-
sent II 90 into another exile 10 honor an
Individual? viii it compromit tie most
sacred of all principles TO embark IL
personal quarrel, an 10 al in avenglng a
personal disappointment! The spirit of
democracy Indignantly answers no. i
wishes only the success OF lis principles,
the permanent welfare Of the country, the
freedom Of man, tne greatest cool OF the
number. And in order t. secure It's triumph
in the coming cohesive propose leader,
such as is described ia an article from the
Alabama Tribune, TO the columns OF which
we always resort when we wish any thing
better than we can produce ourseIf,
80 preplre them for that Judgment,
his friends now invoke the clos est inye,tl-
CATION Of his who'e public career We
point with pioad defiance 10 ogcry positijn
he has ever haId-as repre,en'atye-as
scnltor--as the war CHI mp IN in the
HJuse--as secretary OF war--as Vice
Presllont--as HE leader Of the gallant
party Of '99, in its last terrible struggle,
and we ask, did he ever lack Judgment,
wisdom, integrity, or courage! Strait
nize every act OF his political Ite--try
him by "tAe ordeaI Of Grc''-we:gh him IN
the incest DA.ance--and when and where
do you find nm lacking any Of the essen
tIa elements OF true greatness! As an
administrative officer, he has III wn he
can have no superior; as law maker, his
judgment and wisdom are unsurpassed;
bpt it is a sentinel on the ramparts of the
constitution thai h. stands unparalleled.
In the hour Of our country darkest Pc
ri; when the torch of dis?orl she'd its ia.
rid glare over the whole land, and the
cmbaltIel hosts of CONSOLIDATION were
waving their black fig of defiance, who
was it that rescued the gI,iiDus charaet OF
our rights from the ruthiess hands Of lis
desp0icrs! Who brayed every danser--
perIIed every iniercst-sacrliceG every
unhalowcd emotion, to bear oil the sa.
cred ark of Liberty and Equal Rights from
he Nandals OF federalism, and who, amidst
the dcserliJn Of irlnenls, and the curses
Of fees, stood over that ark, ready t, b.
immediate in It's defence, rather than
yield it TO its enemies? What cared he
though the storm thickcncl, and the light
ming play e. all around him? What cared
he Tor the thunder of executive wrath, or
the lrowns Of federeI myrmion,l His
heart was right, and there he stood -un
aweJ, unteritca, unconquered. O! if it
he permitted to the iiastrioa3 dead to look
down TO earth from their heavenly abode,
with what Intensity IF interest must the
scraPhic spirits Of Jefferson and Madisn
have watched the struggle, when with al,
most his single, stawart arm, he with
stood, in defence Of heir glorious bcqIest,
the whole host Of eXasPcra'oI and ,aAled
usurpers.
Look at Mr.. Calhoun, at what point
you wll--therc he stands, the undaunred,
the interrupted, the unconQuercd DErrN-
DER OF THE CONSTITUTION. When in his
more youthful days, his clarion-tones
aroused the indignant ''cnthu>ilsm' Of the
country to resist British aggression, it was
prophesIed, that he would stamp himself
upou the age" And is the propccy not
already fulfilled? In ali after tl'ne will
not the youthful patriot point with decided
enthusiasm" to
THAT name,