Independent Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1842-1844, 1843-10-07

snouiG pe ever, po"eFicSs instrument 10
enforce injustice.
But 10 return 10 our candidate and con-
cludc. Fellow citizens, there is one re-
markable difference between The two men
thus prominent Before you-a difference
you all recognise, feel, and appreciate. Ii
is this: that one of these men you know.
and the other you do not. You do know
MIR. Calhoun; as man you recognise in
him great characteristics Of human indi-
yiduality, impulses, passions, faculties, tai
ents and opinions. He has made them
known in your public councils, he has i'm
pressed them on your legislatures, and
even the very creed Of party, The ortho.
doxy OF democratic faith has something in
ii now which he originated, and which you
have accepted and held fast because 1t was
good. He has said and done a thousand
things in the course of his public career,
which have land his character open before
YOU, which have come from his heart and
feelings and gone home TO yours. You
might agree or differ with his views, but
YOU made personal Acquaintance through
them with him, and him you were sure to
like. And from this acquaintance you are
now able to determine how he viii or
would act in any supposihle case, or on
any given question, and you can determ-
inc this on the merits of the case itself,
without reference to It's bearing on politics
or votes, or any influences or interests that
might be brought 10 bear upon it, With
Mr.. Van Buren, all this is widely different.
No action of his life enables you to guess
what manner Of man he is; you may Judge
in what circumstances he was placed, what
objects he had in view, but you refer II all
10 the externals, and Of the internal mind
you know nolhlng. Search in your minds
for all you know about him, and you shall
find you know what offices he has held,
and that you do moi very well know how
he came TO be selected for them He has
never dealt with you dmetlly, but always
at one remove, always, as 1t wete, at Sc
cond-hand. He has not stood out, man
Of free speech and action, In bold reilet,
like Mr.. Calhoun, before the people, bat he
has praciised apart with her servants. BY
those the people trusted he has been trust.
ed, but not by them. lie is a man OF cal
cuation and one who makes no mistakes,
and his strength lies in his knowledge OF
every pivot and pnion of The political sls-
TEN. Such knowledge in political lie l.
eminently val liable and useful, and The man
who had genius for acquiring it and turn
ing it to account becomes indispensable in
public bodies. Not in political clubs and
| hlt al
so in Legislatures and cabinet councils, ana
to all in tnrn he did god service, and from
all he collected his wages IN advancement.
But he has no personal popularity ;he never
had any; and the deliberate approb ton,
halt negative, that we beS'ow on lis pub
lie career, is a thing as d ffoI ent rom he
genial feelings Of friendship with whl h
men speak Of Jackson or Calhoun, as II
certificate of good character is diieren'
from a cordial embrace Fer Mr.. Cal,
houn, we repeat, these genil! feelings OK
isl; we appeal Tor them confidently TO sym
palhies as wide as this Union, and we call
on the millions in whose breas this APP
peal must find an echo, to give IN their an
swcrs at the ballot boxes. To them we
appeal from the Ii yh handed proceedings o.
the late convention at S. racruse, a hundred
men assembled, nobody knows how, with
out mission or credentials, yet claiming 10
exercise the whole powers of the demo-
cratic party. These men have arrogantly
actually appointed delegates to represent
us all in the Baltimore Convention; dele
gates whom that body cannot recognise,
whose seats other delegates elected by the
people IN THE DISTRICTS will dispute, and,
for the sake of peace in our party, it is to
be hoped successfully. The contract that
puts the state Of New York into The keep
ing Of thirty-tour men, TO be delivered ov
err, bound hand and foot, to Mr.. Van Blu
rem, must be annulled, for there are thous-
ands upon thousands among its people who
+, might have voted for him voluntarily, YET
who will not be dragooned into it thus.
ri Fellow. citizens, The issue is before you
On one side YOU have man practlsed IN
office, familiar with majoriles and minor
tiles, skil(ul to use or to escape from them,
and very great in politica! addition and
satisfaction. On the other is the eloquent
, apostle of living taih, and that faith a
! true one, and your own, q man who is the
impersonation of enlarged political views
and suchacton as those views inspire. We
9 leave this issue in your hands, and believe
;. we may predict, in reference to that keep
ing back or confusing of opinion, which we
+, have have had occasion to denouuce in
| Mr.. Van Buren,, that you will not trust d
man who thus manifestIy REFUSES TO TRUST
YOU.
E JOHN L. II. McCRACKAN,
!, EMANUEL B. HART.
q JOHN HECKER,