Columbus Whig. (Columbus, Miss.) 1843-18??, 1844-06-27

the ADVOCATES Of distribution and a pFo-
tectives tariff-meusures which I consider
RUtMOUS 20 the interests Of the country.
and especially % the interests Of the PLANTING
States-I HAVE STEADILY AND Ar
Ali TIMES. OPPOSED BOTH"
!, Potka IN soutR Caroltna.--Tbe folloviDo
communicated article, which we cut from th6
Charleston Courier, expresses in Pungent Ian
guage the uniSer feeling Of the country in
relation 70 the nomination OF ono Of. the Tee.
blest-absolutely one of the very tesblast--
men IN the Union fol. the high Office Of Prasi-
dent Of lhe United States. Il is written for
the meridian of South Caroline, bat la the
phraseology Of the, Almanacs, will answer
without much variation for all parts Of the
cOuntry. 1t is equally just. true and 10 the
purpose, m most particulars, in every quarter,
and With every party. We venture 10 say
that the same ideas have suggested them,
selves and the same feelings been uppermost
IN neatly every rational mind, from Maine 20
MIssissppi-NetO York Enquirer.
HO'O has the nomination Of Mr. Polk
been TeceiUed in South Carolina?
WhGt support iOiH Il 7'eceiUs?
BY Mr. Calhoun's particular friends, with
exutation--as a triumph over Van Buren,.
BY Mr. Van Buren's friends, with the cold
ness or hostility, which the displacement of
their ablest man, BY man Of straw, could not
cut excite.
By the mass of the people of bob parties,
with the Question: ,''WhO is Polk?" TYLER
certainly would have excited mora onthuoi.
asm--fOr he has both done and suffered on the
Texas questionable life Of the cause--and
had won in, South Carolina some, positive
popularity, by Identification with Texas and
Calhoun.
What support will il receiye3 Il will re-
celYo the support that party discipline can be
brought to give, TO, man of whom the people
know nothing. The politicians Of the Cal
houn sOctAVill follow the example Of Mr. Fl-
more, and give Mr. Polk the same hearty en-
brace, and gasp him as ''the stick that broke
Mr. Van Buren's head!" But there will not
be particle Of generous enthusIssm--not one
bosom in the State will kindle at his name
not one heart leaps at the, thought Of his ele-
walton. The prospect Of his success brings no
giadness to patriotic pride. No one In the
State or country could feel that IN his cleo.
ton great services had met a proper reward
great talent a fitting theatre for action. Mr.
Polk has had no career of his. ODn-and Il
distinguished by absolute, sub-seFvitudn1lit0
those portions Of the career of Jackson and
Van Buren,, whinh brought down the hottest
indignation Of the country, aBd-Soutb Caro-
lima. It u not question, that be is the small.
est spirit the country has ever had presented 10
It for its sufrages If Mr. Van Buren's nomi-
patton for the Presidency struck tho country
originally as decension from the great men
who had preceded him, 10 there not a pTeei-
pee between Mr. Polk and Mr. Van BuEsn!--
He possesses none Of those grand qualities
like Jackson, which command the admiration
of all men. None Of those points Of career
and characier--like Harrison and .JohPgon--
half hero, half coed felow--WhiCh command
the hearts Of the people. !, None Of that exc
peri0nce 10 affairs, and quiet wisdom, which
compels the respect Of politicians, epd the
confidence in safe admipiStTatiOn. which dis
tiDguIsbed Mr. Van BureD. Mr. Polk e q
mere naked P0ltticiGF--his name comes 10 uG
with none of the GLORIOUS VestmenlG Of the
orator--none of the brilliant distinctions Of
the bero-nons Of the steady, fIll 6plondors Of
the Patriot statesman. "A nleGgureless partiZam
--be 10 nothing ont Of party and has achieved
nothing which has commanded the hanags o..
gratitude ofthe country His Is nqta nation.
81 mara Mr. Polk viii cOnseQuently receive
I'm South Carolina mere party support
sooihed by the defeat Of Mf Van Bnp61-in
the Union, bare. party support, chilled BY the
poverty. Of bis character and career, and the
displacement Of Mr. Van Buren,, and all the
great names of the Democratic Party. A6'h
% cepain his merits would noe haya won him
the distinction of being nominated 90 wee
President ON any ticket Of bis party, which
would embody the strength a bic par y just
SO certain is jts that his nomination tor The
Presidency, is an empty disiilctiOn, and Mr.
Polk viii fulfil his msSlon and the hopes Of big
party, in proving tie hero Of an unparalleled
defeat. m as ga AN OBSERVER.