The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1844-02-10
HON. WILLIAM C. RIVES, LETrEp

hon. WILLIAM c. RlyEs' LErrE,
"egive below an ex,rac, from Mr. R;v,
late admirable letter to his friend Col F.
mund Fon'aine OF Va, in which he com,
out ia favor Of Mr.. Clay for the pres,denc,
ain the approaching Presidential coutes
men, We ought not and ca mo, be neutra
ana Il, as every thing now indicates is to b
we case, that contest shall be Letwcen NJ
van Buren, and Mr.. Clay, | have as Ii,tl
hesitation in saying that there is bu, on,
line Of action by which we can acqui, on,
selves of the full measure Of our duty 10 III,
country, and that is, waving all minor con
s'derauo"', to give manly and de,e, minee
support 10 Mr.. Clay in preference to Mr.. Var
Buren,. For myself, can conceive If :,
greater calamity to the nation, or deepe,
oiscred't I" the cause and very name OF DOS.
n'ar government, than the re election of M
Van Buren, would be, after the sipnaI md
overwhelming majority by which he was
so recently deposed from power, upon the
fullest canvass Of his measures, policy aud
conduct. s... .-.s-Y
And what are the wise and henicna n,
measures OF administrative poicy.which are
promised us as the fruits oi Mr.. Van. Buren's
restoration? A return TO The glories and
blessings OF the Sub-Treasury system-a re.
newed war upon the currency, commerce
and business Of the country Just at the
moment when, by the mere fact of the with.
drawa! of the hostility Of the government.
and that ris medicatrir nature which il in.
hercn', IN the energies Of free, en- ,erpr;s;ng
and industrious people, all the business Dur.
suits OF the milton are regaining their pros
per''y and activity, and the currency and
exchanges e the country are finding their
proper and natural level, every thing is to
be again thrown into confusion, and we are
+" be replunged into chaos Of wild and
pernc'ous experiments, simply to signal,ze
a relnorseiess party triumph, in the cocsum.
NATION Of measure openly at war with
every great practical in,eres. Of the commu
my. And to this would be added, by a
natural and necessary come c,ion, all ,ha,
long train ofcongenial abuses which inelo> .
r'ons'y illustrated The era Of Mr.. Van Bu-
fens former administration multiplied
echemes forexfend'ng Executive power. and
PRESIDENTIAL patronage profuse and pro- /.
ngate expenditures of public mouey--the ,
IMMUNITY and protection Of fai.hless public !.
of1cers, purchasedby the merit Of their party
serv'ces--a new brood Of defau,ers, Of the
ii"y's and Iiarrisses, a race, the entire
disappearance Of which, since 1910, 10 one
q the proudest proofs Of the justice and me- !.
cess'y Of the charge then decreed BY the ,
voice OF the people. But il we're vain 10
attempt an enumeration Of the tesu,ing
abuses thntmust ever attend The fundamental !, !,
heresy Of Mr.. Van Buren's political system, !,
which instead Of regardIng Governmen, As !,
nigh and holy trust for tho good Of the =
country. sees in it nothing but job to be :"
administered for the benef, of party, Of IL
which The President is the head and grand p
1lmOner. II
Now, ] would ask, what is there to be =.
pprehehded from Mr.. CIay's election, =.
Which ought to have the weight Of feather - :,
the scale, when compared with the fatal y
no destructive poisoning the vital
Of Republican freedom and virtue ne
= wen as The essential sources Of naliona CO
'.osper'ty and happiness, which, we have te'
.,.'y reason TO believe would inevitably 70
wv me restora,i n Of Mr.. Van Buren,. nj
~ 'ua'' doubtless, have, have paraded be. an
nS ~, Iur eyes, in steroiyped horrors, the old be
~ ,"'eaooare apparition oflhe Tariff, the fir
~ ~ ""o D'sfr'bution .--On The subject Of
'"e Ia!lf do no. hisi,aie to say, that sol
''' Gays creed developed in his recen, to