Independent Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1842-1844, 1843-09-02
Number 81.

| or IN the Weston the Mountain or IN
the Vale; | refer it to the secret thoughts
of his heart to decide, whether he does not
know and feel that Mr.. Van Buren, is nu-
popular!
Sand none did love him'
If the election of 1910 be conclusive
and indisputabIe TO prove the personal un.
popularity of Mr.. Van Buren, at that time,
can we rely on any supervening develop
ment 10 establish change in the popular
feeling? What are "the assurances on
which the friends Of Mr.. Van Buren, rely
for his re .election9' They are stated by
the Correspondent Of the Alexandria Ga
zette, and adop'ed by the Editor of the
Enquirer. We arc told that he "received
the undivided support Of his party IN
1910" This proves that "his party
was lamentably and pitiousIy unable to
elect him
do not believe che received the undi-
vided support of the Republican Party:
That Party, undivided, could have elected
any candidate; but with Mr.. Van Buren,
as their leader, they could not be preserved
IN unbroken phaIanx. They were torn
into fragments, and remnant degenerated
into the Van Buren, Party, coIdy sustain
ed by some, who were ready to testify
their devotion to the Republican Principle,
even when represented in his person. 1t
was but fragment OF Republicans who
encountered the defeat of 1910. 1t is verI-
Iy believed that the Republican PLrty
never could have Witnessed the triumph
of their adversaries, if some ut them had
not fat itously endeavored TO force the no.
n,rs of the country on Mr.. Van Buren,
in defiance of a strong feeling of rePug-
nance, with which he has been ever regard
ed by many good and true Republicans.
These are unpala'able truihS-hut II
they be truths, they cannot be dlsregarded
with safety, and fear if we turn away
from their contemplation as objects dIsa'
greeabIe to the eye-,aking no steps to OBJ
waite their force, we are doomed to incur
heavy penalty, and its bitterness, to eSPI-
ate the cgregl)us folly.
But we are told that che received up
walds of 100,O 600 votes more in lS4O, when
defeated, than when elected in lS36.'-
Perhaps, this may be ascrbed in part, with
Justice, t. the practice Of traud-ln part 10
the actull numerical increase OF the con.
stitutonal body ;'--and perhaps, IN sui
greater degree, to very thin election IN
1886. And what are the just differences
from this fact stated by the correspondent
of the Alexandria Gazette, and relied upon
as an assurance Of the reelection OF Mr..
Van Buren,? Ii would seem to prove con-
clusiyely, First, that, in 1886, when he en-
loved the full benefit Of the popularity OF
President Jackson, he was but co'dly re-
ceived by the people, and entirely unable
to inspire that fervor of popular emotlon'
necessary to bring out the strength OF the
Party. Second, that he was regarded by
his adversaries in 1910 with such feeling
of incurable aversion and lmplacable alb
horrence, as TO stimulate them to those
wonderful efforts, which produced results
absolutely confoundng all human calcula.
lions and transcendng human credullty.
ItwouId appear then from this fact adj
duced as an assurance of his reelection
that The man recommended by the cores
pondent of the Alexandria Gazette, and by
tho Richmond Enquirer, as the Republic
can candidate for the Presidency, is one
who engages not the affections of his
Eiends, though he inspires his adveLsaries
with Ioathlng disgust, and implacable hate!
We were next referred to the immense
dmiuution of the Wing vote exhibited in
a few months after the election OF 1910, in
the States of Maine, New York, Pennsyl-
vana, and Ohio. Bat it is not stated by
the writer, there was corresponding in-
crease of the Democratic vote. On the
contrary, it is Justly inferable from his
statement, that there was no such increase,
and that the elections were carried by the
Democrats in consequence OF the failure
of their adversaries to cast their votes. II
this were the fact, il would prone the e.riSt.
encc Of Wing strength able to beat Mr..
Van Buren,. But suppose this not to be
the fact, and that both parties fairly polled
their strength in the second series of cleo
tions to which the writer refers, then there
is no resisting the conclusion, that tho Re-
publicans, when separated from MIR. Van
Buren,, were stronger than when connect
ed with him, Because in the elections Of
lS4O, when his name headed their ticket,
thew suffered the most mortfying defeat;
whereas, in the second series oil elections,
when our tickets were disencumbered Of
his name, we rushed resistless TO all glori-
GUS victory.
The present condition Of political par.
ties in Virginia, furnishes another "assu
rance" to this writer of the reelection Of
Mr.. Van Buren,, but every candid mind
must admit, that the strength of the Re-
publican party IN the Old Dominion, is not
increased by the probability that he is to
be the Republican candidate for the Presi.