Mobile register and journal. [volume] (Mobile, Ala.) 1841-1849, 1845-04-02
For ,hs Rnri.l.r and Inrrn.l.


| was pleased to see that part of the personal
wranglinQs which have grown out of the debates al
The Court House, on the attempt uans er the dem
ocatc parts OF this county, 10 the support OF such
politician as JAS W. McCLuNG, by attacking HI
old democrat like Col TERRY, finds place 10 the
columns Of The old Register Whether MIR. Camp
bell by his Incorporating hostility 10 TERRY,
which lie declared he would carry 10 the polls, and
which he based on his un6Inrss for he station, and
the ertoTHy Of has morals TO those Of j. w McClaRe,
meant Ia imply anything derogalor 10 Col. TERRY
he may be left 70 argue with the editor of the Adver
User, and few democrats will care which gets The
hest Of il. II is as well, loo, that The speech oi
PERCY WALKER, Esq, in which Col TERRY was
30 contemporary accused OF The greatest ignorance
was not reported al all for he might have found
much occasion as Mr.. Campbell, 10 revise his
position and reconsider the force of his expressions
Considering the relations OF strong personal
disagreement in which the chief speakers against
Col. TERRY have stood towards him before the
public. the violence Of their hostility ought to
have little influence to his prejudice, although il did
succeed at so small a meeting obtaining an appar-
ent decision in favor Of his competitor for the nomi-
nation.
But opposed 10 the suggested call for another
meeting for changing the result ofihat meeting in the
appointment OF delegates To Tuscaloosa. Yet do not
doubt that, AS it stands is against the wishes Of the
democracy of the county Two to of the d. mocras
who mean TO remain democrats, prefer TERRY to
MCtLUNG. will go further and say, without ex.
pressing opinion the proprety of such course
that there are hundreds Of democrats who can i,h
great difficulty lie brought 10 the polls at all for Mr.
McCLUNG, even If nominated. Some many of
the best democrats inhrxibe in their de,erm,no.
ton To vote for him. But there ia full conyic.
ton that II is impossible Tor democratic Conyen.
ton TO nominate him. 1t Is doubted whether he can
carry into the Convention Ue counties out of Mobile
The democrats of the county, therefore, may dismiss
all apprehension OF being called upon to vote for Mr.
McCLUNG as the candidate OF The party.
IL useless e. an t,oet.
ing for another selection OF delegates Ii would pro-
duce heated, contentious debate, and add new Ag-
graya ions TO the divisions which the former made.
without affecting the result al Tuscaloosa. Let the
appointed delegates 60 and record their votes iOr
Mr.. McClung They are left without discretion OF
alternative. Whaevr may be the decision Of The
| Convention, the Mobile delegates bound vote
for J. W. McClung, and nobody else, The Com
vention candidate; and, considering all The circum
tances of the appointment, and the history OF the
politician, and The impulses whirh Obtained him the
nomination. |, for ono, am not disposed to disturb
any body IN the enjoyment al all the comfort and
honor OF that political position.
But, while they representing 81 Of the 1850
democratic voters Of Mobile. in the attempt 10 make
MIR. McClung the candidate ola Tuscaloosa Demo.
cratic Contention, it would be ofiIlem
10 hear what their candidate thought of democratic
Con, entons in 1871, when he denounced that VIM h
nominated our present Governor, FITZPATRICK,
and sought wi Ig votes to defeat it,.
| "Such nonins tons are procured at Tuscaloosa,
" afford no evidence Of popular sentiment. Their
" tendency IA 'to steal power from The many TO the
Sc few 10 impair il not TO destroy The Independence
Z" and purity Of the elective iauchise.''
al we are compelled 10 vote foI a man because he
- has thus been nominated, would il not lie as We II
" TO surrender at all the power Of making the
80 selection to these sefconstiiuied Conventions and
Z" thus save The people the trouble Of going through
90 the useless ceremony " voting appeal to the in
d" dependent voters of Alabama, and ask, the,
al n he dem liz il
prolessed to be tho organ of their senimenis?-
" What number of them aitende | the primary meet
I" ings winch were called! What opportunity had
d" the delegates of knowing the wishes of those
90 whom they pretended to represent "-( Ertract
from the circular eff. w, McClung against the Con-
utnton phich nominated Coz. Fitzpatrick. dated Fe-
bruary s, ls4l)
merely ask the representatives of 81 voters in
MOBILIZE to consider The force Ct these questions when
they are 81 Tuscaloosa endeavoring to gel this same
j. w. Met lung the nomination, from Just such IA
democratic Convention as he refused to respect in
lS4l.
In ookug over this same circular of Mr.. McClung.
find The following passage which is Of some inter.
est, as announcing the attitude occupied by Mr.. Nc
Chung towards the democratic party its candidates,
and Of lis principal measures IN IS41,
cat the late election QS40) did not vote for
" either Of the candidates. and for refusing TO do so
" have been assaulted in prose and in by some
4" OF the sina u political rs of the day "
81 am opposed to the sub Treasury system and to
" the proscriptve policy If the present administra
" iion"-( Mr.. Won Burm's.)
In 1871, therefore, MI. McClung ran as the oppo-
nent fGov. Fitzpatrick, The opponent Of Conven-
tion nominations, the opponent of Mr.. Van Buren's
policy and the especial opponent oflhe sub Treasury
system!
Yet few men in Mobile county have succeeded in
selecting delegates to cast the vote of Mobile at Tus
caloosa, for JAS. w. MCCLUEG, to be the candi.
date of democratic Convention, for Governor oflhe
State.
If it were possible that he could be nominated, |
would be for saving the party by appealing to the
people Of the COUNTY. Since he cannot be nomlnat-
ed am for letting those who shouldered this respon
sibilily carry it.
STEADFAST DEMOCRAT.