Independent Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1842-1844, 1844-08-21
ELECTIONS.


NORTH CAROLINA .--53 counties heard
from. Graham, W., 1875 ahead. Ia
counties to be heard from, which will pro.
badly increase Graham's majority to 5000
Wing majority in ls42-4592.
Observation-Disclosures incomplete. Ow-
sley, wing, will probably be elected by s
or 5000 majority. Wing majority in
1s42-l5, 720.
Enthusiastically few counties heard
from, which both wings and democrats
claim.
Alabama, Missouri and Illinois have of
course gone for the democrats.
The following from the st. Louis New
Era, the leading wing paper in Missouri,
explains what is the true state Of parties
there. The wings have no candidates for
Governor or Congress in Missouri, yet the
wing papers are in the habit of calling the
Independent candidates wings, and even
mark them as "WH!G" in the election
returns. The contest there is entirely
between two divisions of the democrats.
The wings were too weak TO run candi.
dates. The St. Louis Reporter, the organ
of the Independents, says il is unfair and
slanderous to say that Allen, the indepen-
dent candidate for Governor, did not in-
tend to vote for Polk and Dallas.
The Missouri democrats differ on the
subject of State banks; one party whom
they have denomlnated "hards are in
favor of an exclusive metallic currency.
The rival party, whom they call "softs "
are in favor Of a paper currency Of State
banks. The wings pretend to have a
great horror for the State bank system,
and make it constant theme of denun-
citation against Mr.. Polk that he is in ia
vor of such scheme, and yet these State
bank.hating gentry are ready and anxious
to steal the "softs y of Missouri into their
party. Verify there must be wonderful
degree Of "cohesive power" in the shin.
plaster system.
"THE INDEPENDENT TICKET for Gov
ernor and for Congress should receive The
UNANIMOUS SUPPORT OF THE
WINGS, as choice Of evils, and as
means of breaking the iron despotism that
the Ultra-clique men maintained in this
State. Once give to their nominations
an entire and signal defeat, and they will
never again attempt TO dictate to the State
as they have heretofore done. The Wings
sacrifice no principle in voting for the in-
dependent ticket; they haze no candidates
of their own. The Independents agree
with them on all points Of State policy,
and will pursue a much more liberal
course towards the Wings than could be
expected from the Ultra-hard Destructiyes.
Then vote for the Independents. as a
choich of evils; but we conceive it to be
the duty Of every Wing to vote for Gov
ernor and for Congressmen-ani The spell
will be broken that has bound together
the little cliques of Locofocoism through
out the State. LET EVERY WING
VOTE"
In the following brief note, Mr.. Cal.
houn Indignantly denies the foul motives
which have been attributed TO him. By
the mass of the people he will be believed,
but the false.hearted hirelings who have
been uttering the SANDER will handy III
about as glibly as ever.
estate DEPARTMENT.
LIST August, 1874,
SIR duly estimate your motives tor
giving me the information you have, but
the charge Of being unfriendly' to the
Union is utterly unfounded, and so obyi
ously circulated for mere electioneering
purposes hat cannot think it worthy Of
serious refGtation on my part. The whole
tenor Of my long public life contradicts
it, and every friend and acquaintance |
have, knows tito be false. My life has
been devoted TO the service OF the Union,
and the constan and highest object Of
my ambition has been TO preserve and
perpetuate it, with pur free, popular, fed
eral system Of Government.