Holly Springs gazette., 1844-04-13
From the New York Tribune.
THE TRICKS OF A DEFEATED
PARTY

PARTY.
Gen. Jackson was fined bv Judge Hall
for defyIng legal precept and imp, isoning
the Judge who issued l.. shortly after the
proclamation OF Peace and the consequent
cessation OF Martial Law in that city, two
months after the British defeat there. twen-
" nine years ago. Since that time, he and
his exploHs have been prominently and al
most continually before the country and be-
fore Congress; there was a Jackson Con
gress almost uninterruptedlv from 1927 to
lS4l-fourteen years If modesty preven-
ted 1t under his own Administration. 1t GER
tanly might have been done unGer that of
his successor, but no movement was made TO
refund the New Orleans fine until after both
were out oil power. and the Wings had OBJ
taned the ascendsncy in Congress Since
then. the refunding. unconditionalv and
without disclaimer of censure on Judge
Hall, has been pressed by the party as
though 1t were life and death matter-as
though Jackson would go to his grave dis.
honofed and branded if this were not done.
They have arrested the business of Leg
Islat'on. not only in Congress but in the
States, 10 pass resolutions for refundng, un-
Ill they have finally worried the meas ure
through, and So 700 has been drawn from
the Treasury and sent to the Hermitage,
which will be charged TO the account of
Wing extravaganza in making up state
ments for Loco Foco Addresses hereafter
Can any man fail 10 see that this whole ope.
ration is meie cectioneering maneuvre,
to reinvest Van Buren, with the mantle of
Jackson2
Next as to Oregon. 1t is more than
twenty years since we made compact with
Great Britain that the People OF each Ma
ton might occupy that wild and dis:an; re-
gion. being governed by their respective
laws and magistrates This arrangement
was In iorce throughout both Jackson's and
| Van Burens Admnistra.ions-nobod brea
| thing whisper of dissatisfaction But at
| last. when the attention of both countries has
been called to the sublect-when our own
adventures are pouring into the Country in
| great numbers and force-when a Brush
/ T. nbassador has just arrived charged ex-
p:tssiy with the Stlllement of this question
when, as Mr.. Calhoun urges, we have
barely to preserve "a wise and masterly in
activity to secure 10 ourselves all ofthe Ter
rltory that Is worth possessng-iust at this
moment when at our option we may either
settle the matter by amicable arrangement
or leave 1t 20 settle itself in our favor. the
leaders OF the Loco-Foco party proclaim
| that they i0iU not have an amicable arrange
ment--that they will have immediate notice
| given TO Great b ita IN that we will termin
ate the existing arrangement al The end of
the year specified What can thev mean by
| thisk-ls this the way TO obtain possession of
reSion go many thousand miles away.
wh'ch VIII be commanded by the larger
Naval force in the Pacific What can
they mean but to get up a War fever in the
country IN the hope of mending their bro.
ken fortnnesi Else why did they no. take
hoid OF this matter when they we're fully in
power. and when notice of termination
might have been given TO Great Britain
without direct insult to her offers to treat
ana Der Professions of amity?
,, Then look at the Texas hubhub. Six
years ago. when Mr. Van Buren, was Pres
| ident. Texas offtred herself to us. At the
head of Mr.. Van Bnrer's Cabinet stood
John Forsyth of Geofg gia-an able and far
seeing Statesman and as thorough a South
ron as ever lived
At that time Texas owed little or no Debt,
and almost her whole territory was Public
Properly. She was at least a better bar
gam by Twenty Millions of Dollars than
she now Is Yet Mr.. Van Buren, and his
Cabinet rejected the proffer of Annexation
unanimously and Lnhestatingly they did
not think 1t worth mentioning to Congress
But now. when all her best Lands have
ceased to be Public. and she has instead a
bankrupt Treasury and heavy Debt, the
LEGO Foco politicians are pushing on the
Annexation of Texas
Can there be any doubt as to the dr;f.
of those ground and lofty tumbings Y Are
the; not obviously the tricks of a desperate
party, which sees defeat starir it in the face
on the wellsettied issues ii has long courted.
AMI on which il even now pretends TO be
ready TO rest the Presidential struggle? Is
1t not a mere cuile-ish maneuver to obscure
the Iafiff. Currency and Public Lands IS
sues on which The People are preparing to
deliver their verdict2 We trust il will be
SO regarded and treated throughout the
Country.