The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1848-09-22
Gen. Henry.

In the last Southron we find an eloquent
letter from this gentleman, repelling the false
charge that be had deserted Taylor. We
have only room for the conclusion:
"With all my heart then, | must vote for the
true old patriot and soldier, who is no profess
sional politician, and who alone Of all the can
didates occupies a broad national ground. He
builds up no middle wall or partition to divide &
estrange The people from each other. He draws
no sectional or geographical line, to distract
and disrupt the old order of things. lie brings
no partisan feelings, with the fell spirit Of
prescription, in his train. He declares he will
be the President Of the people, and moi of a
%party-that he " has 10 enemies TO punish-no
party schemes to sustain-no preiudices to
gratify-and nothing to serve but his com.
Try"
If elected, | believe General Taylor will
bring the government back to old republican
track, from which it has go greatly deviated i.
He alone, from his honesty, and purity, ana
bipartisan position and feelings, can save the
constitution from ruin. Bleeding and torn as
it is, he will heal its wounds and restore its
original beauty The Union will be preserved
uninjured in his hands, Grateful as the people
everywhere are, for his great services beneath
the flag Of his country, they will heurken to
his voice, when that of another might be UNI
needed. Like Washington, he is the only man
in whom all parties in the country, by whatso
ever name they may be called, have implicit
confidence. His position has thrown a rever-
ence and an affection around his name, which
no other man can boast. He is less liable to
local prejudices and objeCtions--less liable to
have his motives impugned, than any one else.
Having never mingled in politics he will COM
mand the respect of all. That he will heal the
discussions Of a distracted and politically d.
vided country, none can doubt, who will look
dispassionately at the virtues Of that wise and
great old man. He will administer the laws
with an equal and a just hand. He will leave
to Congress the law-making power, and con-
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ecntive duties. The people will not be cor
rupted by their own money, nor federal Office
holders dictate how they must vote. Public
servants will DO public servants, and not lordly
masters. A strict accountability will be in
troduced in all the departments under his
charge, and economy strictly c%njoined and
praclised. He will make merit the passport to
office, and destroy the mouster-spirit of party.
The people will once more harmonic togeth-
cr as brothers, and all and every portion Of our
wide and extended country be equally bleAt.
Peace, with healing in It's wings, will halIow
all The land. Conquest and the spirit Of strife
will give place to the industrial pursuits of
agriculture, commerce, and manufactures. The
country will once again blossom like the rose,
and prosperity and happiness be the inmates
of every cabin and of every mansion,
This much, as a patriot, | feel General Tay-
lor will accomplish. As a southern man, lie
Of all men cannot be doubted. On the subject
Of slavery, he will obey the constitution. No
man, Of any party. ought to demand more than
this. He will be peacemaker on this vexed
subject. Can we who live in the sunny cline
doubt him? He has not become our friend
through any sinister purpose--no presidential
longings came over him, and changed the
whole current Of his life. On the contrary,
his cheek was first famed by the southern
breeze. His education, his home, his interest,
his family, all are with us. His duty and his
affections are ours, but they are also for the
nation. He is an American citizen Of broad
and generous sympathies. He can BE- trusted
by all, but particularly by the South--aye, we
fear not to trust him with our rights in refer
ence to our slaves, whom we so confidently
trusted with our sons upon the ensanguined
fields Of Mexico. God forbid that any should
draw back from his support through fear in re-
gard to them, when the people Of the South en-
trusted that which was dearer than life--their
honor, their sons. their btothers-to the care
Of that gallant old war chief. Yes, they trust
ed him then, and were not deceived. Try him
again, and the star Of his success will still
bless the country with its mild yet e%fulgenl
rays. II it were the last act Of my life, ]
would unhesitntingly, %iOyfully, cast my ballot
for the honest and true old Rough and Ready.
The people need his services, and the will Of
the people must prevail, in defiance Of all the
arts Of party and the corrupt influences of
spoils and power.
Respectfully and truly your friend,
PATRICK HENRY.
Tslegraphed to The 50. Louis Republican.
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