Mobile register and journal., 1846-12-14
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The Contest of Is4s
 The time has come Tor demae \ s ta speak plainly and in demand patriotic action in reference 10 the coatest Of 1918 Nut that SO much alarm veed he ielt abont the s0 much Vaunied whie yiciuries.- These will be founi f anal, zed to be made up of such materials as the whgs will find difficult 10 manage ti this. however, more in another article Que word now n relalion To the position democrats are assuming towards each other in reference to the next presIdeaiial contest Here. we anprehend, there is cause nf aiafm; f here s the rock of diff cultY II IS no use ta wink dowa the fact thu the democrats have hard work helbre them to earrv ihe next election; add ihes will be wise n time if lhey consider the policy, in season. that will be The lore. runner o' de'eht md shun II, and adopt that hat will esut in victory.
 Now we cannot hut regard the position taken, in some quarters as erroneous. We allude to the manner in which distinguished indiycnals are nomi- mated and pressed forward candidates for ihe presidency. Wnl defence tn eur co- laborers lhI. policy IS most faial one, and ~ill breed lulIe be- sides mischief 10 lhe great cause ol democract. It IS but aiding to The things that, lust now cuafihue to weafen lhe energes of the party. IL will be well for democrats to learn wisdom and take en- couragemtnt from the past. Let lhem renemii CT the state oi their cause n the fail of 1913 Then long and bitter personal contest about presidential candidates had eslranged part of he party aga'nsl the olher and many blows. heavy and el. hcient. had been dealt oul by democrats upon each Oher that the work of saving lhe party seemed an
 
 looked upon the effort hnpeess. Still the effort was made and there has mol been nubler scene than that which presented itself when republicans, of widely different preferences IS to men, agreed , for the sake of the cause t unite heart and hand o save it from ruin
 And is there A democrat that regrets the conse- quences of those efforts By hs means democrats were victorious. By being victorious the odous '42 lariH was repealed and on the basis of equality was passed; the independent treasury hill has been raH fIa finn patriot Jackson have been established. Is there not in the success of such measures as these, triumph worth rejoicing for Let il be remembered that all these and more but the legitimate fruits o the union of the democ aey.
 Now the same path Of redemption nnh success is again open. The democratic parIy-lhe democItic cause-is Tn the actual ascendency in this country; II IS guiding the nation onward It's glorious career To ma antain this ascendency should be the aim of every patriotic democrat-humble disnguished- whether acting in the workshop, on the farm or in ilie cabInel. In comparison with this object the mere personal hopes s-the prelerences--of one and al are as nothing; and the claims of one man or of another sink into lnsgnifcanee. These claims, that are al times go much talked of, are nolhing--are shadows. The claim is of another characer-is the side of the party. The people have right to the services of any one of their great champions, when their cause IS in jeopardy and needs them.
 itseems to us then, that lhe true policy of the democratic party was never more clearly 1lalked out II IS 10 reirdin II Hom pressing the nomination of any one of the distinguished democrats for the presidency and al once bery the hache of internal discord. As 10 the former we hope that it's decis- ion may be Jeff with NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION that may assemble that day that may be concluded upon hereafter. say in May, l84s Undue attempts to oresial the action of this conven- ton may be attended with disastrous results And along with this policy as to the nomination hope that the energies of he party may be directed 10 redeem ihe ground that has been gained by the whgs l instead of being devoted to distract our friends This will be sure to bring about lhe union of the democracy, and with union triumph in lS4S | as glorious thal of lS4I. Such, il cannot be doubted, is the patriotic design of the nf the party. IL IS not in this quarter that those pollacal combinations are formed that elevate one man and put down another, for among the people the demand Is for democra,c measures. They wish To the principles that came into power with Jefferson maintained hy Jefersons successors; 10 see labor secure in it's earnings from lh" silent influence of monopoly; 10 see lhe law regardful nf liberty and justice and right, than Of those special inter ests that struggle 50 hard 10 mointain heir priyi leges and groan pteously when these privileges are taken from ihem These are triun,phs that are sought by the masses, and they will be glad to rally about the standard of any of the true hear ed democratic leaders in order to secure lhtm.-l Bos- ton Post.
 Capt. WERE. Of the illinois Volunteers, under command of Gen. Wool, arrived this morning from Brazos St. lago on the brig Apalachicola. He left Moncloya on the l4lh ut., lhe same day that Mir. Daunoy, who caDo the steamer Monmouth, did, and consequently brings us later intelligence from the army. He has returned on account of sickness.
 OFFICIAL DEsPATGHEs.-Lieut HUNTER, of the Navy, arrived al ihe $. w Pass via Pensacola and New Orleans, at A. M. on the 10th instant with dispatches for the Gulf Squadron The reveaue schooner Ewing, which had been kept in readiness by Commander Webster, was immediately ordered by Capt Foster, to take Lieut.. Hunter, and l0t