Columbus Whig. (Columbus, Miss.) 1843-18??, 1844-05-23

this wise and conSld erat e4aSsemblv has fnadeq
Let me remind you, (butARhy should remind
you!) that when our Fathers resolved that
they would achieve the iDdependence OF Their
country, they announced to- the world, astheir
own reiance,and as presage other uItinlase
success, that important dc aration."O OR eau F
l. JUST AND OUR UNI IN Pc SfEcT!'' CCheers) We
havea duty to perform<lss dangerous, :ess glo-
riious, than fell to tlE~wrs1f our Fathers. It is
not our part to create independent States: Ii
is moi ours toerect constitutions for free gov
nments, to shed the liAh ofcivil liberty on the
earth. But upon US isN conferred the inherit
ance of this constitution and of these institu-
tons of civil liberty: and I'VE are charged with
the highest remaining duty which can be per
formed, and that is their preservation. And
therefore, gentlemen, ip. 'discharging this duty.
let it become not only the language, but the
sentiment of every thinking, patriotic devoted
man, and let the declar3tion 60 forth from this
emnence to the Gulf Of Mexico, to the fails Of
the Missouri, to the very extremes of The north
and the east, and let it give both tone and Wig
or to every Wing heart, and strengthen every
Wing hand, AQUA CAUSE TOO Is JUST, AND
OUR UNION, TOO Is PERFECT" (Cbeers.l
The Convention has proposed as a candi-
date f,r President of the United States, Hem
RY CLAY OF KENTUCKY, Prolonged ap-
plause.
For thirty years, and more, Mr.. Clay has
been eminent and prominent in the public SER
vice. He has served his country faithfully and
usefully,-both at home and abroad. (Cheers)
His long career of service, the position IN
which he stands before the country, and all the
indications of public sentiment in all quarters,
have proclaimeAAbat he, of all the rest, was the
man on whom, Upon the OCCASION public sen.
tlment had concentrated. And under the clear
indications ofthe public judgment and the pub
Iic will, for one, do rejoice and trust with sim
certy, that there was not found dissenting
voice, nor doubtful vol ce, to break the unan.
unity of that result. (Deafening apDlausc)
1t ls true, gentlemen, that in the course of
LIE now not short, one passed in the public
councils with Mr.. CLAY, there have been
questions of practical admnist alton. and
some of them. am free to say, which deem
not unimportant, on which we have not been
agreed. And there have been occasions
on which we have taken different views
of what was best calculated to ensure the
Permanence OF Wing principles and the
pTedomlnance of Wing measures in the
public councils. On these occasions, on these
questions, we have differed and acted with
equal conscientIousness and with an equal de-
gree, | trust, of mutual respect. (Cheers J
Yet know no great constitutional question,
know 10 great, leading, internal interest of
the country, still less do know any question
touching our public relations, on which there
is any difference between that distinguished
leader of the Wing party and myself. Gre
doubled app!ause.)
But, lift were not so, and even under pres
ent circumstances it might be more becoming
in me to hive avoided the EXPIRE ssion of any
personal feeling, however deep and sIncere-it
might be more becoming to have confined my
ssit-ia saying. that ha ia WaIG: that he IL
selected by a Wing Conventian; hat he is pre-
farEad out of Al the Wings Of the couu'ry; and
rupted by storm of applause which contin-
ued for some time;] and that as to the part
which am to act, there Is no more doubt,
trust, ofmy disposition than there is of my du
ty. Loud cheers.
The same Convention, gentlemen has also
proposed candidate for the second office in
the country. 1t was not expected that the
convention should come together, having at
tanned previously settled opinions as nnani>
nous in this respect as were found and kno wn
to exist in regard to the first Office. And of
the most worthy gentlemen proposed by the
several states. each and all of them, were de-
serving of public confidence and fit for the
Office which their friends desired them to have
Among them selection has been made; and
IN my judgment 1ciSer or a, better could not
haze been possibly made! (Cheers.) There
Is not in the country man OF purer character,
OF more sober temperament, of more accom-
plished manners. OF more firm, u11jfanching. un
bending Wing principles, Than Theodore Ere
linghuysen. (Long and loud applause.) Nor
does he enjoy respect alone; but such is the
purity of his life, the ease OF his intercourse
among men, that he has az strong a hold a.
any mani know, not only on their regard, but
on the love and sffection and fervent attach
ment of all WHO know him. (Cheers.)
The State of New Jersey needs no passing
from me. You all know her
ancient and recent, for patriotism.
All you remember her revolutionary services
and her revolutionary suferngs. You have
heard, you all kRow,thst patriotic revolutiona-
ry dust lies at Princeton, at Trenton at Mon
mouth. Some ofus have learned from our faith
er's lips-alI know from the history OF the
country that in the season oflhe deepest gloom
of the Revolutionary war, when the little army
of Wines, which was the only support of
WAsRIN sToN, and the only stay against the
enemy that was Overwhelming the country,
traversed New Jersey, tracking; their path on
snow and other frozen ground red with blood
from their wounded feet, all know that through
the whole, her whole population, ALL WHIG,
administered of the little all they had, some of
ford aud some OF raimens, to these suffering
martyrs in the cause of their countrY,( cheers,)
And if an occasion has now come rendering it
proper, I am sure every person present viii re-
ceive qualification from ito remember New
Jersey: to remember that pa triotic and gallant
State, and with entire cheerfuiaess and readE
ness, may bear a mark of regard in proposing
tn confer, as far as in our power, The second Of
fee of the government; on one of her most
distirg aished and cherished sons, tcheers.
Ge!ltlemen, the duty before US and the 9TH
er w higs of the country. is to restore that as
cendaEcy which circumstances have impaired
Ii IS to re-establsh pure Wing principles and
Wing measures-to reafirm the sentiments
on which We acted in 1540:-to do that soork
DER again; and to do it nolC. God willing, SO
that Il soiH hold! loud laughter and cheers. I
The present circumstances OF the country
are full of The indications of prosperity. Much
GOOD las beeh d me. It is our duty Wand our Pur-
pose. to hold ON to what has been obtained; TO
pursue farther what b desirable. to make per-
Tnanent All our interest and to secure and es-
tabLsh tie general prosperity of all classes:
We are called upon to establish, 10 settle firm
10. the great interests Of the country. We
NAV almost say that this is now all that every
;nterest needs. and hence we muss preserve
the benefits already secured we must leayeof