Southern patriot. (Houston, Chickasaw County, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1849-08-01

NNNthi "tiUitN 70 tf INios IN one W. I
stance, il is not lrespasing on pro /
prlety much TO say that we have but
little good grounds to believe much I
in any Of their assertions so far as
their political action is concern
ed.
Democrats, we cannot surrender
our time honored and long cherished
principles into the hands OF mendi-
cants aud professional quacks, with
out jeopardizing their purify and
efficiency. We cannot surrender
those principl es now without degrad.
alton. We have stood by them too
long thus to give them up. Expert.
once has shown them all powerful
for goo they have stood the test OF
time and OF trial Under them we
have marched 10 many a field of
strife, and whene er the clarion
; tones OF those sage and profound old
chieftains who laid the corner-stones
Of the glorious political fabric we
defend have been heard amid the
rushing storm asking flour flag was
stall there" a cry from a myriad OF
hearts has broken forth beneath the
broad arch of heaven drowning in
its vast and terrific tones he profcs
sional chant of Federalism and the
wild yeIls of bastard patriotism -
Young as our form of government
is, novel and diversified as are our
institutions, our wants aud occupa-
tions, there is that vigour and ma
turity Of political information and
economy interfused throughout every
artery in this vast confedoracy pow
erlul enough to yield 10 all, peace,
and Profession both TO life and prop
erty.-The soft and invigorating
breezes Of this contenent fans the
brow of many whose memory reach
es bsc OK to the hour when a Washing
ton "A Jefferson, a Madison and a
2 Jackson dispersed the prerogative
of power committed to their. hands
by a trus,ful and patriotic demo-
crai. The history Of man shows no
such prosperity, no such expansion,
no such internal quiet as is here
manifested In four score and ten
years this magnificent contenent has
been spanned by the sons Of a har-
dy, Industrious, law>abiding commu-
nifty, and the arch CT American con.
stitutional freedom is now sinking
e down and will eventually rest on
o the sands washed by the ever ebb-
: ing and flowing Pacific. Democrats
s to what is all this prosperity attrib
0 utable? Which of the two great
+ parties in this country has had the
S direction and assendency, which ha,
e guided the ship Of State, and what
principles have been paramount
e Think of this!
Remembre democrats that at this
$ moment one ofthe most portentious
questions threatens the safety, the
prosperity Of our Union Of States. 1t
is for you now, as in days gone by to
:, roll back the approaching storm. Can
you then commit to the hands Of
: those who have ever opposed YOU
d and your principles the ship Of State
and permit them, with their Inexpe-
= rienced pilots 10 attempt to shun the
+ quick.sands and shoals their cupi-
dity and factious opposition hav,
n brought us among?
= can never bring myselfto believe
! that you will ,ield one inch ofyoul
advantage to any Of the many prom
: Uses that may be made to you by oul
. common adversaries.
y Fellow Democrats, my mission i,
now filled, | have achieved all
y proposed. The means which have
!, been compelled to use as well as the
: results which believe must inurt
. to our party, are now before you, -
y You must Judge of them and of me a
+ you please. | did not consult yol
! as to the propriety of the step,
n chose TO take, and hence if | hay,
10 been guilty of any breach of democrat
&c ic usuage, alone am responsible
n | have unmasked q double tonguet
IS opposition | believed it necessar
Q to success. Whenever time and cir
st cumstances will permit, / shall b.
y ready to defend my party, my princi
It pies and my positions. have beer
d. privately and publicly told by m
Y, democratic brethren my political DIES
1t, tiny was sealed, and that my pros
ID poets politically, were forever doOmo,
" This may be so, but can assure then
" and all others interested, no one cal
l. regret it less than myself