Independent Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1842-1844, 1843-01-14

ing 10 dl p irag' The rrelentions or 10 re-
Ject the rec ymmenlati N Of oihers,we can
not fob ar to express our high qualification
ntthe stand which our county has taken on
this subject. 1t seems 10 us very clear that
Mr.. Calhounnot only ought but that he
: wiH be the nominee of The Democratic
party for the next Presidency His per-
sonal popularity once 81 overwhelming, as
f ahesied by the electoral votes of 1921
%, is fast being re established, while the
doctrines Of which he is the peculiar
chim?lon, and especially The doctrine o.
Free Trade, are every day gaining more
and more of the confidence Of the people.
In the State of New York, for instance,
the battle in the late contest was fought
upon the principles Of free trade, and the
democratic candidate, who was known to
be favor ,,be to Mr.. CalhoIn, was elected
governor by majority of twenty-one
thousand votes. Besides the press tbroush
advocacy of Mr. Calhoun as of any other
man, and majority of the leading and
Influential members of Congress are said
to prefer HIM. In the South his popuar-
ty may be considered as overwhelming,
while in the north, and eSpecallyin New
York and Pennsy lVania, we firmly believe
it is as great as tn of any other man of
our purity.
That Mr.. Calhoun ought to be the can.
didate of our party is a proposition even
more pain than thlt he Will be. HIS ey-
al,el talents, long and faithful political SER
vices, his known capacity for a1miniStra-
ton and his complete idcntifi aim with
The great di tinguishing principles of the
Dem )cratic party m Ike him unqualieIly
the fttest man to be their stan lard belrer
in the ming c,n'et. He has been in
the service of his country since l3l
having entered Congress at that period
His first etfjrt there was in sustaining the
Recommendation VI d uGC dIuhOl vi ''lHC
second war of independence" against
most powerful and eloquent attack from
John Randolph. His llbors in support Of
tie war, were such as to make him the
leader Of the war party of that day. He .
remained in Conyre AMI occupied pro-
minent position on all the great questions
which were agtated there until 1917, ,
when he was appointed by Mr.. Monroe to =
b. Secretary of War. 1t was in this new
theatre of acton that Mr.. Calhoun's ia ,
tents for alministrat N were fully eyem-
pliied; it is well known tn out OF chaos
and confusion, he prod iced perfect system
and organization. At the end Of his Sc )
ven years services in President NJ Dnroe's Il
Cabinet, Mr.. Cllhoun was elected 10 the /.
office of Vice President of the United
States, by the Democratic PARTY, and
again in 1928 he was reelected on the 3
ticket with General Jac kson, to the same O
off :e. His name had been Lefore the a
people in 1924 f'r thu Presidency, bat, to il
increase the probability Of an election by B
he people, and pre'eat the Choice of Pre-, S
'ident, from falling upon the House Of Re. p
'resentatives, he mlgnaninously withdrew B
lis name from the canvass. d.
II was at this perio, while Mr.. Calhoun n
'ccupie the Vice Presidential chair for ci
is last term, that the adjustment of the 81
lrl!f br CHI on crisis in which he was b,
ol'ed to be the mrst conspicuous tor So
Y ha'eNNr may be the difference ofopinlon, C
J ms Il'ne'in re!eren &c u the pop 'iety
i Mr.. Cliho ms sAurse on Nullii.ation.
II must admit that he w., guide by the :
oftest and mos di ,in.eresteI .,r;o.,Sn oi
lie was then Vice Pre- !ent of the Unh.a l
States, elected by an immense minority u
lie was al o a candidate for re election on
he ticket with Gen. jackson, with a Ger of
alnty, we may say, of re election. 1t can. de
lot be denied TOO, but that, at this time, M
he prospect of his succe eding Gen. Jack, ca
on in the Presidency, was much greater 81
han any other mans. Yethe vo!unt rlg
esigne1 his unexpired term as Vice Presi- "a
eni, declined running againfor that sta. or 81;
on, AMI surrendering his prospects of in
,eedy elevation TO the Presidency, he es. br
ous I'd the unpopular siie of The question pr
a at The cali of his State became the an
hampton Of her cause in the United States u, IN
enate. lie has himself sad-s'the road ,ns
ambition lay onen before M: Ihad but -