The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1848-07-14

called thrones; fling away those weak baubles,
crowns and sceptres; cast away those shallow
names of king and emperor; get yourselves
(t is not difficulty nominated by a Locofoco
Convention, and rise to substantial power!
You, fugitive Philip, shall return TO Paris with
your Gulzot, put down all discussion, and in
suit your Congress. You Of Austria shall
Dragon Italy till doomsday. You, Frederick
William, shall 'reannex' as many Sleswicks as
you list, and complaisant Diets shall affirm by
resolution that Denmark invaded you. And
You, oh Democratic Nicholas! shall, with a
little Manitest Destiny, conquer C~ircassia and
give laws to your California, Poland, stigma
Using as moral traitors every serf who shall
dare to question your constitutionality!
This is all the answer that she 18th, 18th,
and 10Th propositions of the Platform about
European despotisms and their fall need or
merit. Suchmanifest claptrap hardly deserves
the ceremony Of being seriously confuted.
THE ARMY AND THE WAR.
Of the 18th propositiou-which sanctions as
our 'indemnity for the past,' the paying to
Mexico, besides the vast expenses of the war,
above twenty millions Of money, and as 'sc-
curity for the future the armed acquisition of
two wide and wild territories incapable Of
feeding as many troops as will be necessary to
keep them from revolting--we lave little to
say, except that 'the duty of the country to
provide for the vigorous prosecution of the
war, should the treaty be rejected,' depends on
the fitness Of the war itself. If its author, the
President, prosecutes, in the midst of his ex-
traordinary achievements, the matches Sol
der who has conquered that Peace; if the
President does every thing he can to disgust
the brave and capable, to demoralize the dis
ciplined, to reward the insubordinate, why
must we send more troops? There are still
enough admirable officers and men there tC
heap injustice and insults upon: there is still
an authority here to fling poison on every laur.
el and cover every scar with contumelv. The
Army and its great leader made the peace. II
that peace tails, its ia lure will be the natural
consequence of the Presidents W tortuous
conduct; first, in taking away from the Army.
by ~favoring insubordination, its terrors for the
enemy : and secondly, in violating the faith Of
the Treaty itself, by taking measures to gel
possession. Of Yucatan.
In the panegyric upon our troops of all sorts
contained in the 18th proposition, we sincerely
and heartily concur. I'll as they have beer
treated in many particulars; shametully al
9 many of them have been sacrificed by placing
them under the command Of men who knew
no drill, no tactics, but those of an election
> day; they have-Volunteers as well as Regu.
} lars, Recruits as well as Veterans-done won
$ ders, such as prove that our people, animated
by no motive but patriotism, afford the fines
0 material in the world for an invinoible soldiery
: THE FINALE.
= The platform ends, not unuptly, with a par
n ty requiem, a funeral peal of praise, addressed
to Mr.. Polk the departed, the passed-away @
>, Presidents. We feel under some obi gatiol
y to insert entire this Obituary, though rathe
e against usage, and although by no means con
q WINGED of the sincerity of such an epitaPh, o
q the grief of rich young heirs like Gen. Cass O
10 his expectant followers, Nho have set this II
s%cription upon the Presidents monument, b
way, no doubt, Of reconciling him to the hurr
with which he has been thrust into it:
"Resolued, That the confidence of the De
is mocracy of the Union, in the principles, caps
le city, frmnesg, and integrity of James K
10 Polk, manifested by his nomination and eiet
l. ton in 1914, has been signaIly iutiied by til
e. strictness Of his adherence to sound democrt
tic doctrines, by the purity of purpose, the Ell
at ergy and ability which have characterized h
Administration in all our affairs at home an
d. abroad; that we tender to him our cordial col
n gratulations upon the brilliant success whic
a has hitherto crowned his patriotic efforts, ar
le assure him in advance that, at the expiratio
" of his Presidential term, he will carry VII
of him to his retirement the esteem, respect, an
admiration of a grateful country"
a Even thus, among heathens Of old, were S
a CRITICAL animals led along, bedecked with foy
X ers, to be knocked on the head: such mono
IN, Of ribands and streamers do horn-handle
lt- knitted butchers bestow upon an OK the pri'
Of their hearts, as they conduct him throul
,e- admiring streets to the shamblcs: 50 they
&C. the Inguisition were said to bless their victlr
X, before burning them! 'You may do any thu
in to a man, (says a French maxim,) provid
ct. you do it politely This is 'killing one wi
tic kindness,' to be sure. The being tickled
en- death has, however, been said to be %Particul'
his ly agonizing. What! so much praise and
md more pence! all this glory and no gal
Certes, if Mr.. Polk, a retired private ma
lod was worthy of the Presidency, this illustrlo
We Mr.. Polk must have merited a dozen Ere
SEES denotes. And is his mighty name, with
the this 'blazs of Locofoco gloryf' to descend
res endless ages another example Of the ingra