Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1846-07-15
Cass and Allen-OrceO

- The wing preSs Is now sure that th6se
gentlemen are deadssstright--an no mis-
take. II will be re aected that the same /
worthless came TO the same conclusion some
time ago. Benton annihilated Cas-, and |
Critenden annihilated Allen. They were /
both killed and buried but to the coafu-.
sion of all Whigdom, they appeared again. .
as lively as ever These two Senators /
have found themselves in minority on
the Oregon question, in The Senate, and
this has killed them. If this be fatal, /
we should like to know what is 10 become
Of the Wing party in the Senate geneealsp I |
They have been in the minority, or no
where at all, for some time, except on Tie |
Oregon question. Perhaps, however, as
they are used to ii, the conclusion is That
they can survive il better than Cass and
Allen, who are not accustomed to such
position. We hope the latter will look at
their opponents and learn patience in ad
versty, from their example So many
sturdy Wings have been driven up Salt
River lately, that the stream must be lole.
rably clear by this time.
1t is amusing to see the Wings trying 10
boast on the Oregon question. twenty
years ago they tried 10 settle il--they
claimed the whole-denied the right Of
/ England to any-otfered to compromise
and were repulsed-patched up the bust
| ness and left others TO do what they could
not; only embarrassing the questions, and
/ leaving it more troublesome 20 deal with
than it was before they touched it. When
the subjectwas preached again they slrenu-
ously resisted all attempts to settle it
wanted the ''maslerly inactivity" TO remain
as England did. This was their poSiuon,
which they tried hard TO mainiain, but had
TO retreat from it as best they could. The
! Baltimore Convention, like Clay, Adams,
Everett, &c, claimed the whole. They
followed in the footsteps OF all the high
authorities in this country. Unfortunate
ly, there was too much Wing in it--nut
that the principle was not right, but the III
tated party have the misfortune to spoil
good. measure, If. they touch it. The peo-
pie heard the question debated, and sus-
tanned The President, who avowed himself
for the entire claim of the United States.
When he got hold Of the qsestion, he found
il had been badly Winged, and had be
come very Troublesome 10 handle. He did
tpretIy well with il, considering in whose
hands it had been. lie placed II on The right
ground before the representatives of the
nation. The lower house showed dispo-
siton 10 do as they were instructed. As
the Wings had been on all sides, it was but
natural to look for them on all sides al any
time. This created no surprise; but there
were two Democrats in the Senate who
| have grown too large for the sentiment Of
! the country. One thought OF his cotton,
and the other fell to studying geography.
| They were both important meu, in the
opinion Of the country, and still more i'm
| portant IN their own estimation. The
| Wings fell IN behind them in the Senate
and shouted hurrah for US See how we
pippins swim! Between the cotton, the
geography and the Wings, 81 40 ives prac-
| tcally rubbed off this terraQueous globe.
Calhoun, after bullying England about
slavery, and hurting defiance in The teeth
of Mexico, suddenly made atonemcnt for
these undgnifed things by reading a ho-
miy on the on the horrors of war, and
the blessings of peace, showing that this
country could not engage in conflict
without falling into military desPotism-
exactly, cried all the Whigs-that's just
exactly what we think -we thoaght 50 all
the iime-great speech lhat-great.
| Col Benton had run a tilt against the
Texas question, got badly bruised and
| backed ont ingoriously: but his time had
now come. Geography, chronology, and
all the documents came out from their dusty
corners at his call. Dictionaries :old him
what coast meant. Out went 81 40
| clear as if ii had never been written on
the face of the earth. There it goes,
cried the Wing press we knowed so--na
such line in geography. Benton's great
man--a very great man--vefy learned
very. We knew he was, man Of vast
learning!
Well, the Wings. although knocked off
their .pivot--maslerly inactivity pushed
aside, and the matter settled-now claim
credit as if they had done something.--
The fact is, they were only ciphers ranged
at the right OF significant figures and COUNT
ed largely only from their position.
We shall allow them, however, to boast
| little; they haze done something. They
have managed to aid in forcing compro-
mise, and giving up part Of Oregon,
which the Democratic party did not intend
to surrender--at least the majority of
them. They have prevented their oppo-
nents from carrying out fully one measure,
| implied in the late canvass. This il some.
thing. The country understand that the
Democratic party mean what they say,
and intend TO fulfil! what is expected of
them. They don't make demagogue pro-
misses two dollars day and good roast
beef, and then do, and try to do, what no