Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1846-04-11
THE NEXT PRESIDENCY

Tor THE NEXT PRESIDENCY.
an. We sees in some of our EXCHANGE,
VIZ sPecuatlons as TO the probable spccessn
o. Mr.. Polk. There are aspirants enoupI
s. IN all conscience, among his frieods;
ate many, IN TACT, that we can discover bu
hn one way OF reconclIing the am &kpu
ms brotherhood, and that is, by Mr.. PoIl
himself running Tor second term. Mos
H prominent among the competitors IS Mr.
or 1aihoun, who, 1t. is said, intends TO h
H. candidate in any event. HIS Iong co,
/ vices ana Industrious talents are believed
10 present superior claims TO those of any
/. OF his rivals. While we must acknowi
a euSe mat there are some points in hi,
n character which we cannot admire. b;s
excessive ambition, his sectional feeling
= me lrreconcIleabIe Inconsistencies of b.os
pubic lie, we feel compelled to Weld
sincere homage to the lofty powers If
ms mind, and 10 his pure and blameless
character IN private life. As man If
intellect, Mr. Calhoun stands head and
SHOULDERS above the whole throng of
democratic aspIrants. He has, too, an.
os"er ana a great advantage over his
''SaiS' so lar as personal qualities arc
concerned. No man among them all has
such hold upon the hearts. as wall ~
'he Judgments, of his admirers. In This
respect, ne somewhat resembles Henry
clay ana Andrew Jack son. The Calhoun
men love their leader. His name kind. |,
les enthusiasm In their ranks. Mr.. Cal. 4
noun' It is believed by his friends. viii T
run well In the South, while, in the West
lie is expected 10 float along in riomnb
ipon The great inland sea- But we
'oVef expect TO sec him President 5
lis party is no match :or the Old Hunk. I
Is IN wire pulling game. The Chiv. o
Try make splendid allies; they are mag u ..
'nceht at charge; they sweep over The u
elo oil battle with modding plumes. and s'
' y, Snln'ng IN the sun; their i'm pc tn - -
wy is reslstIess; but the Old Hunkers Ia
IN 'ess ostentatou, dNrch steadily al ' '''e
olt heels, thinking more OF spolls than -
oFy' and generally manage, in their VI. va
net ana unobtruslve way, to rifle the ~
'cNets OF the vanquished Toe, before the a. a
walters have got down from their sad. 'a'
es. '''0'' '"u- es
Next to Mr.. Calhoun, among he prom. ~;
cut aspIrants, in point of talent and W. W.
''eS,.nlanshIp, are James Buchanan and w
'"S " RI Sht' Both Of them are able, p -"
or'headed, strong minded men. Mr., rs"
mas OF late acquired more no. O..
le'y than MIR. Wright, from his more '0'
hSptcuous position before the country
AGILITY with which he managed the "'''
"omatc correspondence with Mr., Pa 70
IMAM But, 1t may be that Mr.. WRIGHT " I,0
pursued the wiser course in ,keepino Il
y, from the contests of the day. and oor
'o.lhg himself 10 come into the arena ''''
future period, free from any entan. ONE
. with embarrassing ques tons. sup
zen Cass and Mr.. Allen, TOO, ara o.; The
NY aiming with desperate ambition 0ea
the purple. They would both nm Deer 9t
MN 'noir party in the West, being 49,
!, Wv, western men, and both red hot fop one
whole of. Oregon" The Generoi moe
ever, has the advantage OF a militarv rePr
lIatlon, and has !, r., cum
airy some service in tho e., '0"o MS by Il
lie contrary, is a civilian, and has '"T III
'f met a British bayonet, excent in w
ynation on the aoor or - g, p III mind
e. however, he has performed won. "h'c
, ana set the whole world at defiance p7oP'
MS bravo words. Allen is a young , ,oHg
an IMAM Cass; full ofvigor. fire, eneT. "a Iaf'H'
md with much more 1ba, " ord; onoi Oregc
GO 0. talent. He has risen ranidIy oosaI
0llc life, and with his ac,;v;,, ctalmt
ueism, and radical no,;oa 'i:y' ue'n a Brit
ne, II he is not now, one of the most "'arkt
uaole rivals for the succession. asked
need not say how earnestly We eau IN
u uePIore the elevation to The Pres. SUI VI
VI either oil the men we have named NC ga
ing from all If ,heo, ,,. "u''iou' It's nor
important question of public policy ne IRE
Qua De tempted to des pair of the SECTION
VIC II the present dynasty shonId ProsPe'
ceeded by another of similar sn,rit marker
rInc'Ples. Democracy, it is said is .,o c|i OF
sSlVe' and It's organs boast that r "n' REP
is its crowning cha t""' few THU
we point IN tho old I" " 'o' tS'Ics for an
republican Caitb. wboa l''i'fNS OF before
measures to have raca;.o P'ose ''the gr
u OF the Apostles of nat Church @ea ano
~ the Democracy claim to be the UGH Pc
cceSsorS, when we show thattbeir 81 .L-
'uers, mat they themselves, within wind ="
er oil a century, have denouncad ,hn "u 20
ilnaoie' schemes which they now In orr =,
eno,b wn " national purity "Yes my
e"s1h, we receive the uniform w.v a. :.
varying reply,-Democracv il ,yoo,.