The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1848-08-04

matters which may serve their interest in know
ings
! have been now you know nearly half
a century in the public servicc--a consdera-
BILE portion Of that time have been stationed
away on the outposts ofthe Union, where three
classes of people meet--one class who wear
their rshirts inside their Observation-Disclosures
who wear their shirts outside their waistband
and another who don't wear any shirt at all, :
thus have had the management of the civil
| ized-thc half civilized-and the savages,-
and the only rules for my guide have been
cal'd on to find in the Bble-the Constitution
Army and Indian tribes, (and for amusement
looking occasionally into Esop's fables,) and
by studying all these carefully and attontiveIy
| believe may say have done equal JUS
tice to all parties. In all this time we have
! had but one constitution, bur far as could
| Judge from the newspapers that would some
| times reach me, we have had ever 80 many pol
| itical partles-so many in fact that have lost
the run of them. So | concluded il was best
for me to stick to the constitution, as the SAT-
| est guide or as you rightly say light house
that has all its bearings and distances well
laid down on the chart,-and let the SLASH
ers, and s revolving lights" serve those who
know them better than do. | have learnt
too, Capt Jumper, in my day and long service
that good men and bad men are apt to be found
in all paries-just as have found some saw
ages mix'd up among civilized men, and a
mi ks " nv AZ
good principles after a little instruction as
some who wear long tail coats. SO think
the safest course is to Judge folks by their con-
duct and those who love justice and the Con-
stituton best are the safest men to rely on.-l
Now that is pretty much all have got to say
about party, and would only add that no par
ty will ever find men OF their number who
don't square their conduct by the constitution
not as this man that man claims to un-
derstand it, but as congress Qhe whole peo-
ple) understand it, and as 1t was understood
by those who made it--and when hoar a
man say there is a doubt about this or that
point, ! generally find that many would be
better pleased if there were no Constitution at
all. Please mark that down in your Log
Book, Capt. Jumper for reference
When was told by great maRrof our
fellow-citizens that they wanted me to allow
my name 10 be put forward by them for the
highest Office, aud assured them that had
always been und sill was willing to serve my
country, the same folks wanted to know il
would MOI agree tn serve them alit,lc better
than | would serve some of their neighbors il
became President. Others wanted TO know
what party belonged to,-and some wen, so
far as to say IL did not agree to go with their
party and turn politician they would all vote
against mo.
Now Capt. Jumper, lie, us look into this mat
ter, and zee what would have been the result
II had been politician, real out and out
party man. A, the battle OF Buena Vista
had under my command a small but gallant
little army, about one fifth in number to the
enemy pouring down upon us-my little army
had in its ranks men perhaps of all parties,
wings, locofocos, abolitionists, barnburners,
old hunkers, aud all the other parties whose
names | cannot well remember. Now sup
pose I had been party man and said to my
party " come boys follow me and let our party
alone have all the honor and all the sPoils OF
victory,-and you who don't belong to my
party, stay in camp and play kettle tenders
i can't trust you for you don't belong to the
right party What do you think Capt. jun
per would have have become OF us and our
nars Folks don't know what they are talking
about when they ask me what party belong
to, and if they want to know how IL is that
am not party politician, let them see what
have seen, and what Gen. Scott has seen,
and what every officer and man has seem
when the time of trial had come, aud the enc !
my was to be licked. Such are the times and
such are the scenes that knock all palry party |
notions out of man II he ever had any, aud
then he leanrs a lesson he can't well forget, aud
he mnst be mighty mean man, | reckon,i he |
should ever after become far ungrateiul as
to forget when a pinch comes, our hag, our
country, and every thing dear TO Us, look TO the
equal efforts ofall parties; and that It was
to such efforts we our success at Palo
Alto, Resaca de la Palma, Monterey, Buena
Vista, Vera Cruz, Cerro Gordo. Charubuseo,
Conueras, Cbspultepec-and finally TO an hon
orable peace % any one ruPPoses these bat
ties were won by any particular party- Il is
sure sign he was not present and did not see,
as he M ght. IL he had been there, men oi all
parties standing shoulder 10 shoulder, with ono
heart and one object-loOking TO aud lighting
nnder one aag--one consiiluiion-an'l iof one
country.
Ia such a school, Captain Jumper, man IS
not apt 10 learn ss much Of party as he isinad
TO forget about all parties; aud Il be lives taTo'
such a schooling, and is night hearted man,
you will find he has buried oil has political par
" prejudiccs in the same grave that holds the
dead bodies of his companions who bravcly
hghtng fSr the glory aud honor Of that flag
that consultation and that country Ne proudly
claim as our own.
Lam rlad the Two Pslliss is afiOst again,
and hope she msy be able 10 accomplish The
toar voc have cot ont for her. and hope me
tive ;. rot far Distant when shoes 20 hastsnd
wess. sud North and So1,h. snd hnd q saio