Columbus Whig. (Columbus, Miss.) 1843-18??, 1844-02-01

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Il nnlpsiunalslg happened. thas some &c the
most liberal and staunch wings ii the State,
conoeivsd. that By the union Of bondpayers
thrnnnhani lhn ssain ifrpapeeitKa q party dis,
iinctions. zhea .bpqd question: - Il waa termed,
Il might Be carried with tie afdsisst certainty
We 'ssy nni6rluahRely Aot bbcAuse. so we're OF
posed % sprli ID nnsass d hot that thonghi Il
inexpodient d islpolsie, hhs bseapss, W. 81 an
early time, discovered, that what The wings yie,
/ ded, from their pnho0nded aplictpdc for thehor
nor Of the State. was intended TO be appgopria-
| ted todhe promotion ofthose who. had heretofore
been attached 10, and who had in the past acted
with the Tories ]; and who at this time. profess
ed to. be IN favor Of the pay ments DC the bonds
without these dissenters, from their party, MAXI
the slightest sacrifice. of party principles to meet
the wings on common ground on this question.
This was position at which the wings as patty,
Tevoltcd. They could see no propriety in such
a course, and therefore spurned the thought of q
victory on so dishonorable terms.
The wing press of this place, after receiving
the views ofsoine of the most eminent wings. in
i the western portion of the State, adopted this
measure ofpoliey. as il was called at an early
time, and despite the oft repeated evidences DC
the impracticubility of the union. it was frs,
rendered and desired by the wings, continued
10 advocate it, and TO recommend it, TO the voters
of the county. This gave rise to division in
the wing ranks. and the consequent formation of
| two bond~paying tickets for the Legislature,
| whilst the repudiuting Tories, had but one, and
and that, the offspring of county caucus and
convention. The history of this division, is the
| solution of our defeat Had the bond-paying
Tories manifested, one tenth the liberality which
was nobly praeticed BY the wings, the enemy
would have been ours; but We regret 10 say
that the same love of "spsls,' for which they
as party, have made themselves notorious, was
most strictly and uncompromisingly adhered 10,
on this occasion. They proposed to accept of
fee at the hands of the wings, but refused TO
promise 10 vote for any wing. This was surely
a most insgnanimous and generous course
and was well calculated to inspire the wings |
with the utmost confidence and admiration for
their professions ofssate pride, and isinterested
support of state honor.
Tho bond payers under this unfaYnrable ex< /
citement, with so many candidates before them. L
for the strongest men, before the c6mmunitg.t.at
they might carry tho county. in despite The d.
vision, yet in this they made signal failure -
i: was argued and believed that the supporfsI
of the bOnd-paylng Tories, to The Eegislature1
woule greatly increase the strength Of the bond
paying party. This, however, proved untrue
in practice for the most Of these tories who pros
fessed to be in favor ofthe payment ofthe bonds.
were SO strSng and enthusiastic partisa51s fhnf
when they discovered that the T,ors party would
be divided and weakened BY the differences Of
oplnion upon the subject of the bonds, they in II
place OF STRIVING to induce, as many rePudiatUrs
10 support their bnnd.payipg hIethrch. as chez
coulds turned themselves ana made the most e
ruthless mar nnon those Of their rarfv ,,.s has
become candidates Err akn~ Legislature. This :
hey didsand refused to vote for them; not
they Confessed, they agreed 1 .
with these candidates in every measure OF poll
y. Jet they wero indisposed TO sustain moi, who
would endanger the success of The party, BIZ be- :
coming candidates, contrary to the wish Of the Ii
epndiating Tories.
The impression has been That the bond pay Y
NC candidates, Wing and Tory. received the
Vlole Of the bond pay ing party in this coun>
J. This impression is erroneous as may Be
hown from The vote given 1lt
Mr.. ClaytOn,s vote was 667--and General d
sfown's was 658~E giving Mr. Clayton a ma ior. y
Y Of 80 votes. Now we believe that Mr. EIays s
BY did not receive more than the full Whig
bic 10 learnsvery few. i any rcpudiators. voted s
81 him. liza Tow repudiat0Fs voted for bin. vel :
NOW Of eevcrll Whigs, who did not 50 the prob n
hilEtE is, that lle lost IS many NJ he gains
the bond paying Tories, as MIR Williams re-
alyed 81 votes. Add the 81 votes Of Mr. wis | Z,
ans ID the vote of Mr.. CLAYTON. and his mas g
Srity over General Brown would have been " "
laf so lie the bond. Tories had supported &c
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