Independent Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1842-1844, 1844-04-06
From the Ne,p York Standard
TIE PRESIDENCY,

Our readers will find in this number Of
the Standard, additional evidence, from
various sections of the Union, Of the utter
hopelessness of the success of the demo.
cratic party, with Mr.. Van Buren, as their
candidate for The Presidency; and not the
least among those evidences is the informa-
ton from ST. Lawrence county in this
State.
We are not called upon to account for
the causes of opposition to Mr.. Van Buren,,
or the motives which inAuen, men, whe.
Their they are patriotic or sinister; the nm
questionable fact, that portenfous opposi-
tion does eriSt, is enough to alarm every
true democrat; and if the voice Of remon-
STRANGE, or even of denuDciaion, is not
heard in loud and threatening tones, il is
to be attributed to the hahtual respect
Nth Which Mr.. Van Buren, has heen trea-
ted, and to the hope that his own good
sense will prompt him to Withdraw his
name, rather than to any confidence in his
success. When we see our friends rashy
hurrying on 70 destruction, il is not in
human nature to abandon them at once to
their fate, but it is the part of true friend
ship, to demonstrate and tn warn. True,
the headstr0ng, who counsel only with
their own Way w2Idness, or with their self.
esteem, wl!t consider the interference of
trien5s as officiousness, if not hardhood;
bat who would be deferred from snatchng
from the precipce the man bent upon self.
destruction? Who would hesitate, with
gentle, yet commanding power, 10 with
draw from the arts and inrigues of sci
Of sharpers and gamblers. tn ose whom
they respected, and with whose good name
their own is identified?
The language of the letters, OF the re-
solutions, and the language of the results
Of the elections, which we this day record,
cannot he mistaken. Whatever of harsh.
ness there may be in any of them, is not
to our taste, nor does it meet our approba.
lion; but who shall or who can prescribe
formula Of words in which patriots may
express their fears--party men their dis
staction--or friends their disappointed
hopes? The rashness of our friends not
uEtrequen,!y exerts warm language; their
pertindctty in wnat we believe to be fraught
with ruin, not only to themselves, but to
W., and thousands of others, does and will,
tax our patience beyond the forbearance
which any man can ask, however exalted
he may be. And This exhaustion of pa
tience, must result in irritation and es-
arrangement, unless it can he terminated
speedily. Inquiries will be made as 10
the right Of any one man and the few self
ish adherents around him, to insist on
continuance of the favor by which he has
been elevated from post to post for third
of century; and if he be not openly
charged with selfshness and ingrattude.
and the cliques who care neither for his
nor the general veal, be not denounced. r
ostracistd, it will not be because they have
not all grlevously offended and wounded
their best friends, but because mistaken
lenity shall permit them to 60 on unadys.
ed and unrebuked, until they, and every
measure and principle which they profess
to hold dear, shall have been doomed to
abeyance it not destruction, by the success
oil the common enemy.
Was such language as Mr.. Van Buren,
now hears ever before addressed to him,
or to any other public man whom the de-
mocracy honored9 Did he hear single
friend beg him 10 decline the canvass of
lS4O2 Did not all sections of the party
rally as one man, and present him as the
sole candidate? Can he see no difference
in circumstances then and now? Can he
possibly believe that the fear of defeat,
then unknown, will not be potent now in
turning many from our ranks, and inducing
others TO be inactive and Indifferent? Can
he tell US from what quarter new strength
is to comet Can he point to the thousands
OF young men, four generations of voters,