Independent Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1842-1844, 1844-06-08

Adams, the acting party, 10 Mr.. Calhoun,
the consenting partyl But why does Col.
Benton so readily excuse Mr.. Adams, and
why does he so often repeat the excuse 7
Take all that Mr.. Adams now says to be
,ue-ihat IS that he was The last member
of Mr.. Monroe's Cabinet to consent to the
cession of Texas-does not that rather 90
TO prove that Mr.. Adams prepared the pa
pers and the treaty so as to convince Mr..
Monroe and his Cabinet that they ought
to acquiesce, and that his seeming oppos.
ton was mere feint, intended to be used
for the purpose Of shifting the responsible
i,y from himself to Mr.. Monroe and his
Cabinet? Does moi this fact, if it be true,
prove that the documents were suppressed
for the deliberate purpose of deceiving
the President and his Cabinet-the Senate
and the Peoplel Il should be remember.
ed that the treaty and the Missouri ques-
lion were agitated about the same time
that one forbid the holding Of slaves above
90 deg. so min. and the other cut off our
territory in the South West, by giving
away Texas. When we trace all the
movements OF Mr.. Adams since that day,
il is manifest that he has cxerted all his
talents and vigor to transfer political pow.
er from the South West to the North East,
by curtailing the number and influence OF
the slayeholding States, and that the ces-
sion Of Texas 10 Spain and the Missouri
restriction were both measures for the nc.
complishment Of that object. Now, we
ask. who of all others has taken tho most
decided stand in opposition to Mr.. Adams2
Who has sacrificed the fairest political
prospects that any man ever hadi Who
has offered up The most unequalled person
al popularity, in defence of the rights and
interests OF the South? Who has been
more bitterly denounced, and who is more
hated by Mr.. Adams than any other per-
son, and because he has been chiefly in
strumental in defeating Mr.. Adams and
his schemes against the South Is not
that man John c. Calhoun? And yet, in
the face of these facts, Col. Benton, Sc.
nator representing the State Of Missouri,
and the Globe, sustained and patronized
by the South, have formed coalition with
Mr.. Adams and the abolltionists 10 de.
nounce Mr.. Calhoun, and charge upon
him that he is responsible for the loss Of
Texas in 1871! Was there ever such
effrontery? The reason for this is paIpa.
BILE Col. Benton has ascertained that he
cannot be re. elected to the Senate, unless
he can secure the wing support. He does
not believe that Mr.. Van Buren, can be
elecied--and hence he is playing for him
self in vindicating Mr.. Adams now, as no
played for himself when he assailed Mr..
Adams then. In 1919 Mr.. Clay was n
candidate against Mr.. Adams, and Colonel
Benton was his plant tool, because no
hung on 10 Mr.. Clay's skirts. He secs
that he can now use Mr.. Van Buren, as n
means of defeating the democratic party,
and hopes thus to render himself accep,a-
BILE to The whig patty. and thereby secure
n reelection to the Senate. We warn
him and the country, that if Mr.. Adams
shall dare to become responsible for the
calumnics propagated by Col. Benton and
the Globe in his behalf, the coalition will
then provoke an expose that will over
whclm them all in meriied disgrace.