The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1849-09-01

was nominated l0r Die Legislature lAe
Whias Of Kinds, and wqs elesled Jg q lnga 0os
Chan anY oihsr candidate, ne toeA las seat 4
the Legislature III 1914 where, by bis firm, far
and liberal course, always independent in the
expression Of his W opinion, and courteous
towards opponsnlsO he won the respect and
confidence Of all, and, from all that we can
learn, was considered the most popular member
Of that body. When the resolutions instruct
ing our Senators to urge the immediate an
~nexation Of ] exas By tresty,' came up, Mr., Lea
made a speech, in which he forstold, viii r.
marknBle accuracy, the consequences OfhaSly
and indiserest annsxaliOnyas already devel-
oped, and now threatened.
In the summer and fall Of'44, Mr., Lea visited
Tennessee, and took an active part in the Pres
idential contest then pending; and it is the
opinion Of many that, but for his active efforts
among his old friends in that State, the vote o.
Tennessee would have been lost 70 Mr.Clay.
In 1845, Mr.. Lea was prevailed on 70 become
a candidate for Judge Of the Third Circuit, and
would doubtless have been elected BY a large
majority, but for a misunderstanding OF his
views in reference 10 the notorious BFiscoe
Bill, which, for the time, alienated many OF his
friends. But the excitement, with the occa-
sion, having passed away, Mi, Lea is again in
full possession or the confidence Of his pgrty
many Of them being the more Jealous in his
support now, from the belief that they did him
injustice then. He never advocated the odiOus
doctrine Of Reputation, or the Briscoe Bill ;bEl
was opposed 10 the policy Of making the latter
an issue in the election then p~epding. He
thought, as many others did, that the Loco'
who created the Banks, should be permitted tG
deal with their own offspring as they pleased
at least, that it was bad policy for the Whigi
70 adopt and nurse their sickly paintings. Hs
may have been wrong in this, (and that wa
the opinion Of the Soulhron, bpt if he was, !
was only an honest difference Of opinion abou
a matter Of expediency, which involved nj
moral guilt,
The MississiPpian will find itself egregiousll
at fault in counting on Mr., LEAFS want Of pOPu
! larity at home, &c. II such were the fact
il should be no cause Of taunt from a worship
: per Of Jackson and Polk, neither Of whom,
is well known, could have been elected to an,
Office in their respective beats, as the votes j
the Hermitage precinct and in the town Q
Columbia, whenever they we've candidates, vii
prove. Mr.. Lea was defeated for Mayor Q
this city by the present popular Wing iRcun
bent, who has a habit Of beating every body VIII
n runs against him for that office, but it is nc
Q that the people liked Mr.. Lea less, but becaus
they did not wish to tu7l ont an old and vel
tried public officer. Il will be seen,tben, tbs
90 far from Mr.. Lea having never been electe
I to public Office but once he was elected niue
n ~oftener than his worthy but chapgeable con
petitor, Gen. Quitman, and has not suffere
more defeats. There is nothing about Mr., l
which should make him unpopular, as he
honest, intelligent and faithful to the Coust
tuition, and possesses q character Tree from n
prOach.