Independent Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1842-1844, 1844-04-06

1910, and count enough Of them to balance
the prodigious majority then obtained
against him? Has he the eridence that a
single democrat rho rOttd against him in
1910, uiH rote for him in 1874? If he
has such proof of the prevalence of the
"sober second thought" il must have come
10 him in the watches of The night, or in
The deceiving letters of designing men,
for il is not public-h is not kno1n to the
democratic purity.
Does not Mr.. Van Buren, believe that
the democratic party can triumph with
General Cass as their candidate? We
have not met one democrat yet who does
not think so; and if Mr.. Van Buren, thinks
so, why should he persist in running, with
so many public expressions Of tearlulness
as 10 his SUGGEST Why not come out now,
before the assembling Of the Baltimore
Convention, and decline hopeless can
vass? Does he not perceive, that by his
silence he detaches trends from the demo.
cracy every hour?-that he prejufices The
cause OF whomsoever may be our candid
ate, even il that candidate shall be him
self, BY q cold, formal, and unwilling vote,
which is The only vote he Can now get, it
by possibility, he can get it at all.
We disclaim all disreSpect 10 Mr.. Van
Bu,en in what we have written, but We
will not impose upon others, nor stulllty
nor degrade ourselves, by protesting to
believe those things which we know are
false We will not express belief in the
SUCCESS of the democratic party with him
as our candidate, while we feel, Sin every
member of our frame," that defeat will
be disastrous, total; and, for long series
of years, hopeles.ly lrremediab'e.
Suppose Mr.. Van Buren, defeated, and
we repeat that we have no doubt he will
be, if nominated, what answer can he
make for having entailed upon The country
all the mischieis Of whig msru!e, which
he so wildly prints, and go strongly dep.
reca,es! By what code of morals or eth
les can he Justify himself 10 his friends
whom he will have sacrificed, or to him
self, for the cures which servle sycophan's
will have aided 10 bring upon him? What
answer can he make to those who have
been induced t. yield him the opportunity
OF defeating the party, by Withdrawing
their names, as in Mr.. Buchanan's case,
or hy consentIng 10 he on the restoration
ticket with him, as in Col. Johnson's case?
What answer 10 the chivalrous and ac-
complished CASS, and the noble CAL
HOUN, for edging them from the course,
after he had so'emnly declared that he
should lie better satisfied that one of them
should be his successor? With what face,
heart, or tongue, can he read The various
passages containing evidences Of his mo.
desy, moderation, patriotism, and sound
judgment, which are contained in the letter
Of y. p. @ which re publish to -day?-
The language IS all Mr.. Van Buren,. 1t
came from his heart, or his heart is blacker
than ebony. 1t was meant to be beliepea,
and we call on him to show that such was
the fact, by ACTING UP TO 1T. We
would not willingly, nay, we should, in
very agony, be brought to think less oil
Mr.. Van Buren, as public man, than we
have thought; but, if he insist on being
run as the candidate of the democratic
party, when we know that he cannot get
the nomination as 'lhe free will Offering"
Of the party, he will not care what we
think of him, he will think so meanly of
himself.
He says he will not take the nomination
but as "thc undoubtcd free will offering of
the democracy of the nation" That offer.
bo ,ot ~ RnItIr
Mr. Calhoun. The Pendieion Messen.
ger, of the 22d inst: says ave learn that
Mr.. CALHOUN will probably leave home to.
morrow for Washington. We sui Join the
following extract from that paper:
"Mr. Calhoun The Washington cor
respondent of the Philadelphia Ledger,
makes the following statement relative to
the acceptance of the Office of Secretary
of State by Mr.. Calhoun: 'Mr. Calhoun's
readiness to accept the appointment was
known before the late melancholy catas-
trophe. For it was in contemplation to
nominate Mr.. Henry Wheaton, now our
Minister in Berlin, TO the vacant Judge
ship, and TO appoint the late lamented Mr..
Upshur Minister TO Prussia. Mr.. Upshur
only wished 10 retain his office of Secre.
tary of State till The arrival of the trearv
with the tariff league, which he expected
in abou, four weeks"
So far as this relates to Mr.. CALHOUN,
(says The Messenger,) we feel authorized
TO say that ii is entirely unfounded. We
learn that the first intimation he had of his
intended nomination, was by letters recei-
we'd from Washington, dated The day after
the catastrophe on boaid the PRINCETON.
His answer was not waited for, but the
nomination sent in, and unanimously con.
firmed, without hearing from him on the
subject. That he leaves his retirement
with great reluctance, we know. Nothing
hut the importauce of the question al Issue