The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1848-09-29


Democrats were no longer worthy Of being
q, lled aallies Of the South" and shat be should
never gain speak Of them 90 such, and came
At last, with evident reluctanoe, to the Preslden
tial contest. He said that Iang persons eK-
pected him to speak evil Of .aeral Taylor
they would be disappointed ae Knew no
evil Of the old hero, and spoke e him as one
of the the purest and noblest men the world
had ever seen. The Colonel seemed greatly
moved in speaking Of General paylor, and his
eulogy Of the old man was beyond alt question
the finest we ever heard. 1t was received win
thuuders of involuntary applause. Hefeler-
red 10 the Kindness and almost p%aternal regard
shown by General Taylor TO the MisslssIPp'ans
under his command, and was again interruPt'
ed by a storm Of cheers. He said the old Cen
eral stood godfather to the sons OF Misslss'P
ri when, amid the war and smoke Of the fight
they we're baptized in blood on lhe height o.
Buena Vista-and was again compelled TO
pause by a hurricane Of applause. He said
that, during the progress Of the battle, after
he (COl. Davis) was wounded, General Tay.
lor came and sat down by him-the firm de-
termination on his brow seemed struggling
with an expression Of deep sorrow for the
brave fellows who had fallen and those who
were vet to bite the ~dust-when on being in
terrogated as TO his purposes, he replied, Wine
the fire Of an uncOnquered will glsemed ~ ne
eye-"my wounded are behi q me, aud
shall never pass them alive" About this tlme
the crowd became so excited that they were
almost ready to carry the Colonel from the
stand. But he was not done yet, He said thai
after all, Gen. Taylor in a political poinl
Of view, must be regarded as identified with
the party which had nominated him, and that
therefore, he (the Colonel) would be obliged
10 vote for Cass and lButler. This announce
ment was received with loud shouts by the
Democrats; and the Colonel, after scolding
them a little Tor seeming to suppose that he
ever intended to do anything else, proceeded
to remark that Martin Van Buren, was a very
corrupt man-very that he had always beer
so, but that he had stuck up to his pledges SC
as long as he remained in office, and that Cas-
would, in all probability, do the same! HI
told US that the doctrine advocated by some.
Of leaving the question Of slavery to the mon
grel population Of our Mexican territories
was %polpubly wrong and exceedingly coDtem
ptible, and being pressed for time, he omitted
mentioning that it was the most prominent dot
trine advocated by Cass in the Nicholson let
ter. lie also took occasion TO inform us tina
(though he was going to support aNOrthorn mai
himsel) the South must rely upon herself il
the great struggle which must soon come upoI
the slavery question and that the Presidential
canvass should be conducted with such for
bearance as to prepare the way for that anal
gamalion Of parties which the coming crisi
would render necessary. The people will tax
the honorable Senator'S adcice, without follow
ing his example. They mo consistent,
do both. The first intimation or that lrul,
self-reliant spirit which the South Intends i
%eVince, ought to be, and will be, embodie,
in almost unanimous support Of General Tay
Tor.
But for the fact that Senator Daviss persona
influence is, deservedly, very great, welshoul
feel grati'ied to know that he was going to r
reproduce the Raymond speech many time
before the election. And, after all, We al
not right sure that the speech would not d
more good for old Zack, than the Colonel's al
nouncement that he cannot vote for the o.
man himself.-Y. Wig