Holly Springs gazette., 1845-07-19
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candidates for the Legislature have been
left out In the last SoI,hron. We had I'M
derstood hatlhey were fairly nominated by
the Wing convention ofthat County, and
If so. why should the Wing paper OF that
County Tufuse to place them at the head
of bis paper. or rather, after having once
placed them there. take them down =
We have been told thatthe reason Is that
one or two Of the nominees. although full
believers in every principle of the whig
creed, differ with the editor on the Briscoe
Bill. If the editor of the Southron claims
the right TO read out of the whig party eye-
| ry Wing who does not agree with him on
this question. be will find the ranks of the
Wings greatly thinned in many Counties.
So long as 9 man believes in the principles
TINT the wings have heretofore cortended
| for, we deny the 4 gh. of az editor to- ex-
communicate him for not believing or bel
Ieving in The constitutional:ty of any State
law. And If this course is to be persisted
10 other papers must speak out and give
| the opinions of their counties on the mat
ter and see if whiggery is the same in Mis-
sissppi as ia other Siates.-Cantoa Creole
| We confess cur surprise at seing the
above article in the Creole, paper which
we have been accustomed to regard as true
to the faith as any In the state bu, from The
tenor Of this article, we cannot resist the
suspicion that the editor is inclined towards
an evil way. If not. what does he mean
in saying that the editor of ne Southron
"would find the ranks of the wings great
Iy thnned," So For our part, ace think
the Sou hron did precisely what it ought TO
hare dane. 1t did not excommunicate the
gentlemen alluded to 1t simply took down
their names as the candidates 10 represent
the princi pies of the mass ofthe party who
nominated them for we suppose The Creole
viii not deny that very large majority
OF that party are opposed TO the aforesaid
nominees on the subject of the Bfiscoe Bill.
Certainly, then, they can claim no right
to misrepresent their constituents in tlis
matter. If they could not carry oul the
views of tiasezwhe put them before the
people, i: was their duty, as high.minded
gentlemen, to have declined the nomination
at once. As we remarked before, they
have not been ercommunicated If they
continue to act and vote with the wings.
we'll and good-we shall be glad of i: for
it will show that they prefer e5u7siry to self
But as party advocating certain princi-
pies, we undoubtly have righ. TO require
conformance 10 those principles, by every
candidate whom We may bring forward for
public station.
But the Creole complains that the South
ron has acted without authority in leaving
out the names of the nominees from his pa. |
per. Now, if our memory deceives US
not. these gentlemen were nominated upon
the condition tha. they be found right upon
this question. If we mistake not, land if
we should be in error. we wish to be cor |
rected,) the nominating convention called |
on them itself. by resolution, to make |
known their sentiments in relation to the |
Briscoe Bill, than which, IN our opinion. |
we have never met with a gurcr specimen |
OF wholesale robbery, attempted 10 be ac-
complshed by legislative enactment. But
if we be mistaken. still. is the editor of the |
SouthroE hired to "a clique, or has he no
principles of his own, that he is bound to
keep the names of men al the head of his |
paper, and advocote their election to office. |
merely because they were nominated by a |
convention. when his conscience tells him |
that IN promoting their elevation, he would
be aiding in the advancement of priuciples
dishonest in themselves, and fatal to the
character of our state. which is alreadv
besmeared with the foul slime of ,epudia-
tlon2 The Creole talks about these men
being sound on all other doctrines of the
whig faith. What, We would ask. have our
candidates to do with tariff. national bank.
&C., or any other question of national poll
cy' IN our coming state eleclions2 For
the good it would do, they might as well
run upon the merits OF OConnelps reneaI
agitation. or the celebrated Maynooth Bill
which so troubled the minds Of the Iords
and Commons Of England. duling he late
sitting OF Parliament The test of quall6. I
cation TO. candidates turns, therefore, entire
~ upon matters of state policy. Wha,
then. is IT. which marks the line of d;.t;a.
tion between the parties In this resna..