Holly Springs gazette., 1844-02-02


are inseperaSly connected vi:h ne purity
character and preservation OF the Govern
ment itself, and in my humble judgement
are overwhelmingly conclusive against the
pretensions Of Mr.. Van BuIen.
As little shall we permit ourselves. trust
to be Enlightened from our propriety@ by the
old and hollo expedient of senseless and
arbitrary use ofpary names. Those who
are so prone to ring The changes on the
nomenclature of Ftderalists s. Republican.
would do well to remember that they have
saen. reading and enquiring men. to deal
with and not children Try Mr.. Van Bu
rem and Mr.. Clay by any test derived from
the authentic history of political parties IN
this country. or by the standard OF those
great principles which exist IN the essential
elements of our popular institutions. and
MIR. Clay stands before the world the far.
better Republican Of the two.
In that great array and struggle of the
two parties of The county, (among the most
memorable in our history) which arose out
of the controversy and war with England In
1912. where was Mr. Clay and where was
Mr.. Van Buren, Mr. Clay gallantly lea
ming the Republican hosts in the House of
Representatives, and sustaining the admin
istraton Of Mr.. Madison, with all the ener-
gIes of his patriotism and eloquence. Mr
Van Buren uniting with the Federalist TO
depose that illustrious man from power, and
to supplant his administration Try then
again by that standard which Mr. Van
Buren himself in a most elaborate speech
delivered ia the Senate Of the u. S. IN 1928,
declared to be the true and legitimate dis
tinction between the Federal and Repu5li-
can parties, the one seeking to ertend the
other to restrain, Executive power. The
public have not forgotten the various schemes
so sedulously devised or countenanced by
Mr. Van Buren during the whole period
of his administration, and fully exposed at
the time, to augment Executive patronage
discretion and power, and nothing surely |
has more eminently distinguished the ca,
reer Of Mr.. Clay than his constant anc per-
severing efforts to restrain. and to provide
new dykes and securities against the en-
larqement of abusive exercise of the pow
ers of that department ofthe Government
Judging them, then, by Mr. Van Buren's
own definition of political parties, as cor
rectIy laid down by him in 1928 but to-
tally lost sight Of in his subsequent prac
tice, let the sober and impartial judgement
ist and which the Republican.
Ii is impossible for any rehecting man to
contemplate the actual and prospective con-
dition ofthe country without seeing in il al
ready the germ ofnew difficulties and trou- '
bles, which may, in their approaching de-
agitate our glorious Union to
its centre. The Oregon and Texas ques- :
tons in our foreign relations-at home, a
deficient revenue. with all its ordinary 1
pressed up to their farthest produc- a
tire limit, and some of them. there is reason
TO apprehend beyond the Tariff controver-
sy re-opened. with all the conflicting inter- i
ests and passion which never fail to be q
awakened by il; and added to those. the re- :.
kndIed fires of the Abolition excitement
each and all of them are questions which P
carry in their bosom the fearful elements of p
civil discord and intestate strIfe.-The worst .
and most dangerous aspect they present, is.
that all of them bring into immediate and Q
opposing array, ifnot into angry and hos
LiIe collision the sectional interests and feel
ings ofthe different geographical divisions
of the confederacy u
Whose at such a moment is the master y
spirit that may have power 10 still The rising
tempest before it sweeps with destructive
fury over the face of our yet happy Union; $
or should this prove hopeless and impossi- c
BILE, whose the commanding genius, TO ride =
in the whirl-wind and direct the storm 2"
To preside over the destinIes ola great Re- y
public, in a crisis of such complicated diff a
Guilty and peril. calls for something more fl
than the arts ofthe mere party politician. :.
1t demands the highest moral and intellec-
tual qualities Of the Statesman-c courage,
self possession, elevation of character and
elevation oil views, nobleness and gene
rositv of nature that attracts confidence. and 0
can inspire enthusia SIN the spirit of per- b
suasion and the spirit OF command combin-
ed Let the annals of the country. ia some
OF the darkest moments which have ever u
lowered upon Its fortunes, be consulted. and Il
thew will answer whether HENRY CLAY or O
MARTIN VAN BuREN is the man for such
a crisis.
have thus. my dear sir, with the frank t
ness due to our relations of friendship, per- b
sonal and political. gwen you my views on
a subject which is soon to absorb so large
a portion ofthe public attention, and to- ?
which no good citizen can be Indifferent. L p
flatter myself they will meet your concur. q
renee. and that of our Republican friends .
who have acted with us in trying scenes
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