Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1845-10-08

characteristic policy have perverted Sain
Paul's maxim Of being "all things to al
men" They now act upon The caich-yote
system, regardless Of The means or argu
menis embIoyed, and aim only to achieve
a party triumph and dlscomtit their adyer
sarics. They have abandoned all hope
of the success of their principles, both
: here and in the Union at large, and now
( catck at the sectional prejudices, the float.
: ing humbugs, the irrational humors, the
Jealous heartburnings, which agtate and
inAame cliques Of men and fragments OF
, counties, as political capital upon which
TO foist themselves INTO power in the face
of strong majority which has repeatedly
and uuequiyocaly CONDEMNED both them
and their measures. This has ever been
too much the nature of wing policy, trust
ing to influences which we're exciting but
transiiory, rather than TO those which tho
calm and less apparent we're permanent
and irresistible. We might almost apply
to it the epithet bestowed by D'Israei up
on Sir Robert Peel's administration, and
say that it is " an organised hypocrisy. -
"a false man." says Carlyle, "cannot
build house," still less may false party
maintain a majority, or administer a GO
vernment Success is to the whig party
more runous than defeat, and its hours Of
most triumphant victory, have heen but
The immediate precursors Of most ignoble
! humiliation.
The wing candidates for Congress have
concered,andare now acting on new sys.
tenn; instead of the denunciation, nvec-
tive, and ribaldly, Of few months since,
they now employ all geneness and com
plaisance, our party is no longer called
% locofoco agrarians and plunderers," but
most soothIngly The democracy, honest de-
mocrats; there is but one party, call are
wings, all are now democrats" the Ian
guage Of these gallant wings is no longer
defiance, but most insinuating Cancellation;
their lips are fluent of kindness as ever
the heavens of mamma that showered on
Israel. Such sudden conversions are very
suspicious, especially when the price Of
the conversion is demanded bythem to be
paid at once in the .bestcwal of seat in
the lower house of Congress. If there be
in the democratic party creduity enough
to believe in such changes, or blindness
enough to be deceived by such glaring
cbicanery, that party richly meritthe down
fall which must speedily attend such
shameless folly.
Though such as we have described is the
policy Of the wing candidates, the whig
press act on different plan, yet one suit
ed TO effect the end which their candidates
propose--their own election. The wing
press with an energy worthy of higher
cause, is indoiatigable in lis exertions 10
arouse and discipline its party. Not a
passion but has its appeal, not a motive
that can excite which is not touched skill
fully and strongly, Even repronch and
sharp rebuke are employed and dispirited
rank and file of the party are urged to the
contest by the fear OF their leaders, as The
Mexican soldiers are brought to the charge
of an enemy by the threats and swords of
their own officers. Though the wing can
didaies and the wing press pursue the plan
50 opposite, they are guided by the same
principle--sefintere and pursue the
same object, the destruction and defeat Of
the democratic party. If the wing candi-
dates persuade the democrats that there is
no ground for party distinction at present,
and then seduce away the votes of many
of our ranks, they will secure their imme-
date purpose, their own election, for they
rest secure of getting all the wing votes
that will be polled. But though the whig
press wish the success of their candidates
most devoutly, they are not willing 10
preach the amalgamation of parties, to
relax the bonds Of partisan brotherhood,
and thus diminish the strength Of the pre-
JUDGES on which they rely for support
Hence we do not find the press preaching
the doctrines which but little time since
would have been SO heretrical, that {" we
are all wings, all democrats" doctrines
certainly strange from men who would,
very recently perhaps, point to the demo-
cratic, party and thank their God I" that they
themselves were not as other men"
1t is common stratagem in war for one
party TO retreat and affect discontinue,
and when the conquerng troops confident
in their strength and success then become
scattered and disbanded, to return and OBJ
tain victory even at the moment when all
seemed Iost-ths slratagem the wings are
attempting 10 introduce into politics if the
democratic party tall victims 10 it, they
have lost the wisdom and courage by
which their former victories have been
achieved.
So far from this being season when
party lines ought to be obliterated, il is
time when our party should be careful that
they are represented by men e ::ried po-
litical faith and courage. The next Con-
gress will be the first under democratic