Southern patriot. (Houston, Chickasaw County, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1849-10-02

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fame to give him an ephemeral pop
ularity. And Decides, he was not
elected by a majority Of the popular
vote, on the contrary the official re-
turns show a majority against him
of about 10000 When we con-
meet these facts with the broken
pledges, the ruthless unparalleled
prescription and manifest imbecility
which have marked the course Of
this administration from its very
outset, we cannot wender that the
congressional elections that have
been held since the 4th Of March
last, have gone almost every where
overwhelmingly against it.
There is another fact to be taken
into consideration in this connection
that is, had the congressional elec>
tons taken place in New York, Pen
nsylvania, Ohio, and some ofthe 9th
er states, this fall, instead oflast, our
majority in the House instead of be-
ing only three or seven, would al
most certainly have been from thirty
to forty, perhaps more,
The truth is vast majority Of the
American people are and always
have been essentially democratic
and they will become more so as the
new appointments Of members to
the House, give increased strength
every ten years to the mighty anC
rapidly growing west, where new
states will probably be formed every
F six or eight years, for the next hal
century, and they will all come il
the Union, as has invariably beef
the case heretofore, with heavy dem
ocratic majorities Whenever, there
fore any opponent to the democracy
in principle or in party association
is elected to the presidency of thi
republic-we don't care by wha
name he goes, under what flag h,
sails, whether it be federal, wing
neutral or no.party-his election i
the result ofaccidentdl circumstance
, in his favor, and is not the honest
well considered decision of a major
ity Of the people. and they will col
rect the error as soon as they hay
an opportunity ofdoing so at the bal
= lot box. This truth has been illus
trated in our history b. three mem
orable presidential electlOns-to wit
the election of Mr.. Jefferson in 1901
that Of Gen. Jackson in 1923 ant
that OF Mr.. Polk in 1874. It will
again be illustrated by the election
of a democrat to the Presidency il
1852, by majority which will terify
lift does not completely demolisl
and put down federal whiggeIy fol
Z a quarter of a century to come, a!
= did the election of Mr.. Jefferson il
1900. OF all the accidental presi
dents, Gen. Taylor is the weakest
+ the weakest in intellect and the weak
est in the confidence of the people
I Old John Adams and his son JOIN
+ Quincy were certainly men of yer!
E high order of talents, but Gen TaylO
}. has had no political experience, anC
t possesses not one single civil qualili
q cation. Mr.. Webster very tersel!
: and justly said "his nomination wa
: one not fittO be made" and his ad
}, ministration, although yet in "thu
: green leaf" has already shown tina
he is totally unfit for the exalted ST
e ton to which accident has elevatet
o him.
n 1.-THE democrats under the most dis
h advantageous circumstances, SHOULD
n elect a small majority of member
e to the first Congress under Gen. Tay
+ lor's administration, is most probable
III nay it is almost absolutely certain
70 that they will elect an over whelminl
1t majority to the second. We nov
= look to the downfall of this admins
j. tration and with it the. downfall o
d the wing party as "lixed fact"