Columbus Whig. (Columbus, Miss.) 1843-18??, 1844-02-22

QehxaE events, make1t ceft9m tnat M !
IA buren,. will be candidate fpEre-eleetion..
.rbe potency Of party drill has frinmphedand
| he Il again, attempted to be foisted upon the
country.
Amore impudent and audacions diarega rd
Of the win of the people cannot be conceived
No man was ever hurled from power, Win
sueh signal marks of contempt, and none ever
snnIs from, a shigIl estate into utter disgrace
with 50 little Of The sympathy ofhis fellow clti-
zers Ii was TO be hoped, that one who hae
been visited, with this overwhelming and re-
tr;butiyee eengence, by thealnost unanimous
voice OF his countrymen, would have remain
cd in retirement spending the evening Of ms
DAYS in Just and sincere repentance for the
mast enorrnities of his life. he would have
thus saved himself and friendssthe moEllheatson
| of second defeat and his enemies sahe asa'
greeable necessity Of exposing the unDsnsnf
ing cofruptiens which weighed upon the coahf
try during his administration. re Rs
= But alSe s.spoilsmen have too keen an Incen-
five 10 action to be thus fOiled.. They know
TOO well, the strong guaranty his election
would afford. of their security IN uniicenceq
plumber, to relax their efforts 10 concentrating
theiru rilIaIlowed purposes. They ask his eli.
eva.lor. with aiI'the boldness OF one dcmand4
inn fiuht instead of that meekness which
should characterize those seeking favors,.
The solemn verdict of his defeat at the bal.
OF box, they caltthe drunken carousal OF mob. I
/ Ii is thus, that party who profess 10 worship
at the shrine Of the people r'dlcnle and abuse
their deliberate acton. $3.50
But what are Mr.. Van Bufen's principles,
and what has he to recommend himself to the
support of the people Lake Ialieyrand, ne
has been on every side OF every question, and
.suses words not to convey ideas, but to con-
ceaI them," So far then, as professions are
concerned it is impossible to determine, but we
must CLEAN them from his acts. Can we ever
forget his vote against the admission of Mis-.
sour as a slave State or his abandonment Of
her interests at this critical jincture. 1t was
this effort ofthe north to legislate against the
interest ofthe South, that MIR. Jefferson called
the "death knelI of the Union" it has long
been rung but he may yet be right.
Do we not remember his vote in the Con-
vention of New York, restricting the right OF
suffrage, 10 those who possessed property
qualifications thus excluding poor old Ravo.
lutionary soldiers, and admitting free negroes
who were rich. Ihs we consider the dead
lest stab that could be inflicted upon our in
sfitutions, the certain effect of which would be
to build up an odous aristocracy of wealth, ov-
er&he heads ofthe people. VIII his advocates
in Mississippi plead these as particular merits?
they cannot deny them, for they are recorder.
licences
Every patriot will recollect his co. operation
with the Northern Fedcralists in getting up
De Wit Clinton. as the peace candidate in
opposition 10 Mr.. Madison, who was the war
candidate. That perilous era in our history
excited not patriotic thrill in his bosom; yet
they say this Immaculate statesman is the fit
ruler of free people.
His notorious cOnnivance at robbery and
plunder is still more startling. Sixty three
out Of sixty seven receivers of the land Offices
were defaulters-they were continued in Office
long after this fact must have been known to
him and not one out of the long list was ever
punished. These are not half the black and
Gamnng acts which mark his political course,
they viii hang round his neck during the pres.
ent canvass like mill stone.