The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1848-08-11
o. RI, Madison County.
MADISON, July Is, 1913.
A PLANTER.

"ADlsoN1 July lO3 lo4o'
GEN. P. HENRv-Hon'd Sir: The friends of
Gen. Taylor have been looking with consider
able anxiety to your appearance in the field
and on The stump in defence of that brave and
pure American patriot, and Southern candidate
for the Presidency.
Thefe is but little agitation in the county on
the subject of the election; yet there is by the
leaders of the party opposed to the election of
Gen. Taylor deadly hostility. Why it is so
l am at a loss to know, unless it is the distri-
button of the thirty million Of dollars collect
ed from the many by Government and paid out
to the %favorite few? The periods certainly near
at hand, (if not already,) when the South
should act as a united band Of brothers; those
that are not for Southern institutions are a.
gaInst them, this is the case with 900 Of every
1000 Of the citizens of the free States; and the
South being greatly in the minority it is GER
tainly our duty to support the man that will
stand by the constitution and defend the rights
Of the South under it. 1t is obvious to the
mind ~ofevery thinking man, that the subject of
slavery will come up for action in a very differ
ent shape from what it has heretofore, within
the next four years, and every man South
knows that Gen. Taylor is the man for the
crisis, for a great one it will be to the porpe-
tuity of the free institutions of this great and
happy union of States. He has met the for
eign enemy FIVE to his one in open combat and
vanquished them, and if elected Tof which |
have no fears he will take the constitution of
our fathers which is a guarantee of our rights
and liberty, and will vanquish the enemies to
the South without the shedding Of blood, and
it is to be hoped, settle this question for all
time to come. ~lfevery man woman and child
on the globe would free their slaves and you
did not, their act would nOtlegully affect your
right in the least, and if a citizen moves to a
territory of the United States, and purchases
land and becomes a citizen, there is no right
on earth but a tyrants power, that can affect
the title he possessed in the property he owned
in the State from whence he emigrated, unless
taken for the public good, and paid for. Any
law or usage to the contrary would be anti
Republican and a usurpation.
There appears to be but few objections to
Taylor; some say he is not qualified, for want
Of sense, the same they said Of Gen. Jackson
in 1924, others say they do not like him be-
cause he is a no party man, and do not know
where to find him. If he could stoop so iOsO as
to be the tool Of party, he would be unwor-
thy of the confidence of the American people
In battle democrats and wings fought side by
side, nobly defending the stars and stripes o.
our country, and were hewn down and buried
in the same grave, and their bodies watered
with the tears Of that great and good man,
and many have been permitted to return tc
their country, their homes and their friends
and many of that number have left, some Q
leg, others an arm, and some both in a foreign
land, and if he could now meet those brave
men and soldiers as a partisan he would BE-
unworthy Of the name Of an American citi.
zen.
Gen. Taylor, like the father Of his country
takes the constitution for his guide, (Which he
swears to support,) not resolutions passed a
Baltimore, Philadelphia, or else where, but The
constitutional compact between the States al
construed by himself and defended by thu
purest patriots and lovers Of liberty, that thil
nation has ever produced, and if those public
- -n ~ - -
rect, they will float in their orbits, around tn,
constitution, and at the proper periods do thei
functions IN support of all constitutional act
Of the various departments Of Government.
Should your health prevent you from takin!
the field have no doubt but another nobl,
lover Of the south and Taylor, will be ready Il
raise the watch fire end sound the alarm,
am yours truly,
n w HATEV