The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1848-09-15

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rapidly ioPablio favor, and is now enjoying a
liberal patronage. On Saturday n:ghtiIs regu.
lar meeting was attended bY a very numerous
andience-consistin ofl2 Lecofocos, Q wings,
5 adde's md one bat. The performance went
of with greaIeelait and tbe speech Of the orator
rofthe evening, A. p. Hill, Esg, was received
with Tremendous plause, use hisexpression,
because most Of Tie aPpla uiing was long ~
one ind vidual, whose instrument Of applause
partook somewhat Of The Elephant, il being a
wclttfimmed stick, heavily mounted wilhiyory.
Mr. Hin opened his speech by rcmarklng
that cveryIour years the people Of the United
States voted fora President. This unexpcct-
ed news took the audience By surprise-ioT a
Flew minutes every face wore the picture Of
jay and g~ludness, which met with an cnlhnsios,
tic Response, ii HE oltTepeated rops and tlluu-
derngs u The Elephantne stick. Indeed 50.
loud were t~hetones ofthis thUnderer( havarof-
ference to the stick) Of Locafecoism, that the
poor solitary bnt, wlticlliill then had aided in
rendoting attractive the performances Of he
"Canton Democratic "A ssociatipnn-jecame
suddenly invisible, aud did not appear again
dpinglhe evening. Such complete desertion
on tie part Of the bars, produced an unpleas-
ant change in the feelings Of our Locofoco
friends. In place of the rapturous delight
I which only d few momcnts before had III up
their countenancrs, there now appeared an ex-
preston Of The deepest Gloom and dependency.
fearful suspicious passed through lhrir minds,
that they had again been deceived; and tha'
instead of Southern Bats, they had been as.
saciating themselves with Northern Bats with
Southern principles. These +" foul suspielors''
they endeQvored 10 disgris e-but il was in
vain. Out of respee, however, for The feelings
and constituencies Of the members OF the Asso-
citation, | will iorbeor saying anything further
upon tlis subject; The design Of my present
purpose being mainly, a brief review Of Mr..
Hilrs speech, whichWos truly an exceedingly
weak affair. shy this not to the disparage-
mont Of Mr.. Hill; on the contrary, | think
him a young man Of promising talents, but be-
lieye that he has broughtlhe 10 bear in favor
Of q bad cause. His two recent failures in the
way Of political speaking, should convince
him that he has undertaken a difficult task
Certain democrats have pronounced his late
speech as being very mild. Thisis true; i
was indeed mild, SO mild as 10 win several Of
its hearers to the arms Of Morpheus, where
they would have rested in " sweet repose,' If
they had not been aroused BY the louder and
more forcible language Of the Elophontine
stick. But 10 the speech,
Mr., Hill after finishing his preliminary, de-
clared thai to be qualified for the Presidency,
a man must be politically " honest and copa-
ble." These two qualifications he conlended
Gen. Cass possessed, and rather insinnated
that Gen, Taylor did not. TO prove that Cass
y as honest, he attempted to refnte the follow.
ing charge, which he said had been made
against Gen. Cuss by the wing party, viz
I" Thatm 1895 while Secretary OF War, and q
member aud Chief Agent Of an association,
called the /" Western Land A associations and
formed for the purpose Of specializing in west
ern lands, lhat he (Mr. Cass) acted unfairly
and dishonesty, as well as cheated and swim
died his associates out Of their just rights
Now in regard to this charge, | would sny e
Mir. Hill, that whoever told him that il wa
made by the whig party, either consciously o
pnconsciously, uttered what is not true. tn
g charge referred TO, was preferred against Gen
Cass by Francis OIL Smith Of Maine, a dem
s ocrat, and formerly a member Of Congress
from that State, and also a member Of tn
Cass " Western Land Association" lie say
that he " paid 10000 into the hands Of Cas-
or his agent and has never rec eived anytAin
whatever ii consideration Of his money" A
to the truth Of the charge VIC must Judge froI
Mr.. Smiths statement. lie has for a lon
time been inhigh standing with the democri
tic party, and by those who are PERSONAL
acquainted with him, he is pronounced a gel
'e leman Of unquestioned verocity. In making
grave and serious a charge, he is in duty boun
to proyeiL, and if az honorable man, will d
SO. The letter Of Mr., KereheNal, which NJ
y Hill alluded to, denies the charge that Ge
Gass swindled his associates-but admits III
while Secretary Of War, he speculuted in ives
:" ern land7, and that he got up an association f
that purpose. Such being the fact, | won
J ask every sensible and honest democrat, if it
not disgraceful, yea, politically dishonest, f
81 one of the highest officers Of government,
OF use the advantages Of his high trust, for Il
he purpose Of monoPolizing and specializing
u lands; that thus he might enrich himself,
be the expense Of the poor hard laboring en-
grant! There can be but one answer, a
TINT must be in the affirmative. This one bo
act on the part Of Gen. Cass, while at I
head Of the War Department, oughtto C
VINCE every candid, unbiussed mind, that
he heart and IN principles he is anti-democrat