The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1849-10-27

MIssIsslPPt AND LOUIsL ~.

The Congressional elections have been Of
rought to a close throughout the Union, vain "
he exception of those which are shortly 70 q
in Mississippi and LOuiainnes Hhs r. ia
lsewhere have dovoly ed upon these pstn- ri
tic States the responsibility Of deciding %na' 81
%DoIitical complexion of the ensuing House "
# Representatives shall be. II IS theirs " 0
whether General Taylor shall present the S
novel spectacle Of q President elected ~ 'ae 4
r,ss and unsolicited sufrages Of the peoples b
bafled and defeated in the outset @ ms Au i
by hostile majoElues % U'H &
branches of the national Legislature AASy i
ara N determine whether, in contHoatihg =
his elevation, they designed to give him ~
ohapco to conduct pus lie affairs upon = !
which sympalhizes with the interests ~
,..,,s &c ,,s people, or wlrsther they conferred
g. .aon him 10 embarrass and annoy MN.
Thew must say, and SOON whether the nouss
or Representatives shall be friendly o. naittsnu
H., wbatberi il shall be organized TO thwaft ana
dofv him. or 70 aid him in carrying o~utsucn
measures and reforms a. an honest anu Vt
IN, Chief Magistrate shall deem necessary %
the prosperity and happiness q ne county
W. Loow If no TWO states 10 which we
,vonld be more wilIing,tO ebtruslsthe declsion
Of this question. louisiana was inc nfst ~
marshal her legions for the field when General
TAYLOR and the small bat gallant ARM under
NJ commxnd were nlenaced on lheeRlo Grande
by an overwhelming force. The rolls were
filled pp with eager volunteers as last % their
names could be recorded. No where was
there displayed a nobler enthusiasm, . more
patriotic devotion, than the people Of Louisiana
evinced upon that memorable occasion
Amidst the waving Of banners, and the accla-
nation Of admirlng multitudes, regiment aster
regiment embarked for the scene o. STRIFE 10
rescue their countrymen, threatened with Dan
gers which seemed big with doom, 81 avenge
their fate. The attachments and confidence
which he events of that epoch enlisted and
con6rmst, yet reside in the breasts Of ne Pee
ME Or Louisiana. They were first to leave
home and family to share with taytor
the dangers and hardshiPs Of . foreign cam
paign; will they desert him nows They kno"
him. They are his friends and neighbors
Thew have been with him on the tented held
and Al The domestic hearth. Will they now
lend countenance to the calumnies which nave
teen poured upon him in torrents, by abandon,
inc him to the lard usage OF his detractors
viii they stultify hemselves-'hey who kne"
him. and, knowing him, voted for him-Abys g
voting now as to give color to the charge ina
they abased themselves BY e%lecung q sdolt'
an timbeciIe,' q 'cypher,' to the Chie' MagiS
/. tracy? The people Of Louisiana are accuse
! of committing even SO great a fraud upon IN
, rest of the Union. Will they plead guilty
I will they withdraw from his support at III
! crisis Of his fOrtuness May We not answe
4 for them: They viii not.
r And Mississippi, tSo VIII me men I
Monterey desertth their commander now that h
4 conduct before that walled city is denounce
4 and condemned whose who woaid defeat n
II administration! Will they join the ranks
d those who r%eproach and mock at hin! W
,bav not rather retrieve the losses which
friends have encountered elsewhere, as tn
redeemed the field orBuena Vista, when with
grasp Of the enemy? Congress is The Bue
~ viata Of this day, and they are now, as TIN
the forlorn hope Of the General. Win tn
not sird themselves up for another rescue, a
an snatch victory from the jaws Of deteats
md thew rally 10 the work they can and viii 9
coed. The friends Of Generat Taylor thrOuI
nv out the Union look to Mississippi for sncl
re. victory as shall fill the land with gladne
me, Nor will they be disappointed. We have
and faith in darker times; and we are speaking
rsir those who do most when most is required
used be done.
ti1g Both Louisiana and Mississippi have In
esls beyond most others at stake IN TINS {
nv test. They are most interested in the lmPr'
q an ment Of the great river which washes the
cues which bears its name in its greatest len
nich. and cuts the other in twain. The produc
with empires sweeps BY their doors Or ia bro'
r OBJ to their homes Tor consumption. The lmpr
! in ment Of the Mississippi and its tributaries !
to concerns them. In abandoning General !
smo- Tor, the people Of those States desert their
eople interests, as well as their n~eighbOr, their frl
that and the General who led them TO renown
curse glory, The prOmptlngs Of policy chin
J cor with the appeals Of gratitude and prld
made erOusing them up 70 the work that is b
i my them. Be they firm, jealous and faithful
mente another Buena Vista is before US. The
ID left with those who knew how p m
hOuld crisis which fills q nation with expectation
ounce anxiety. al
The STATE OF NIcARAeuA.-In another
We give the details Of a treaty lately 81
into between our own government an
!" Wy State Of Nicaragua, which has been eff