The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1848-09-08

F.. C. Carson, Esq, Andrew Miller, ESQ.,
James Peacock, Esq Joshua J. Lewis, Esq.
?. Dougher,y, Esq, Hon. William Dock,
Hon, George Kremer,
Instructed by the foregoing resolutions, the
committee beg leave to address you, and ask
your cooperation in carrying out the object
therein sci for h.
Satisfactory Information from all parts Of the
Union leave US no room to doubt that Genera
Zachary Taylor, the hero of Okeo-Cho bee,
Pulo Alto, Resaca de la Palma, Monterey, and
Buena Vista, is the Spontaneous Faroriie Of he
" toiIing miIlions'' Of America, for the office
OF the President Of the United States; and it
is a just cause of congratulation that the peO-
pie they who pay our taxes, fight our battles,
and make our President by their votes hare Ia
ken The matter Of the selection of our President
into their oWn hands, and are calmly, bat abso-
lutaly, moving forward in the exercise Of
their own dearest rights, guaranteed to them
by the blood Of their revolutionary fnthers.-
This right should nerer be delegated array oren-
trusted to the management of Others, except
when necessary to procure a concentrated &C
ton in sustaining great and essential prlnci-
pies, by the selection Of one from among a
number of talented and equally patriotic and
worthy men, presented and urged from differ
ent sections Of our common country, as an
appropriate andard-bearer-thus avoiding d.
vision and consequent defeat.
No such necessity exisisat the present time.
achievements The most brilliant, talents the most
undeniabIe and exalted, and patriotism The most
deroted, superadded to a lite and character
entirely potess, have marked out one Of our
citizens, raising him far above the level Of
even the great men Of our country, producing
a concentration Of the public gaze, and an
unanimity of the public voice, which places
the matter beyond all reasonable doubt, and
thus dispenses with the ordinary machinery Of
party politics.
No man holding the principles which per-
vNdes the Declaration of independence, which
animated and sustained our fathers in the con-
tIct which terminated in the adoption of our
inlmitabIe constitution, but must recog
nize in the events of our history since that
epoch, the same guiding Hand and oyerruling
Power on which they relied, leading US on
ward arc upward, as we are rapidly advancing
towards d~estinies far beyond the reach of NOR
tai eye. Twice, at least, in our political history
when dangers, at a time, both seen and unseen
threaten ed our domestic peace and welfare
have the affect ions of the people at large been
so drawn towards an individual, as TO give un-
erring indications Of his being the man for the
%exigency of the times. A Washington. in
in whom all contided to settle and arrange our
federal government, and a Jackson, with in
%slinctive foresight to apprehend danger, and
more than Roman frmncss TO meet and dispcl
it, Who but General Washington, who had
led our feeble army TO victories over The proud
est OF earth's nations, conld have recnnciled
tie conflicting interests of the States, built M
from general bankruptcy a national credit. and
cemented such seemingly discordant elements
into a perfect union? And who hui Gen. .Jock-
son, who had closed the second war of indo
Pendence in a blaze of glory, could have with.
out a war compelled France TO do us LONG de.
layed Justice; or with a purpose as unbending
as fate, have delivered our country from that
most powerful, dangerous and corrruptipp in.
stitulion, the United States Bank?
The price of liberty is unceasing vigilance.
and we fear the day is yet far distant when
the friends of freedom can lay aside their ar
mour and fold their arms in ~security. Are
there not some clouds hanging about our Do
liIical horizon, which, although yet small.
Oetokento the observing patriot a storm which,
will require not only wisdom and strength, but
courage and unshrinking frmness in him who
Is safely to hold the helm of State? States
men in every section Of the country are look
ing with intense interest upon the settlement
o 1.-THE question which must grow out oflhe war
In which we are now engaged. Who is the
man for the occasion, is no sooner asked, than
the public voice, from the St. Croix TO the Rio
Grande, answers GENERAL ZACHARY
TAYLOR!
The people believe that themnn who c0n
lead armies, advise cabinets, and win tbe whole
affection Of our citizen soldios by his ererou
''a' Voeluge' wisdom an%dh'manity, is best
" 70 HI tne ONCE Which he Father of his
country and the hero of New Orleans have
SHOWN by their successful and glorious civil adj
mlnIslration can be most safdy entrusted 70
nose who' IN their own time aid age arc "frst
IN war hrst in peace, and frslin the heart of
their euontrymen.
We will not in this %circula, write the the
eulogy Of General Taylor, Tor attemnt u
1"amero'e his brilliant services. They are
Wfl.'en IN letters ofliving light not only in the
pages q our country's history, but in the
nea''S o. our fellow citizens They are seen
ana read by all Men, except Nose whose iaun.