The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1850-06-29

eating to themselves the name Of Democracy
EHVe shall therefore speak OF him and the good
jackson mem as democrats from that time on
In General Jack sons first annual message he
referred TO the 3rd plank in the above platform
and said, Ut would seem advisable to limit the
service OF chief Magistrate to a single lermi
And in his second annual message, no doubt
feeling a proper sense of his pledge he said
Experience abundantly demonstrates, that
every precaulion in this respect is a valuable
safeguard Of liberty-ohe which my reflection
upon the tendencies Of our system incline me
TO think should be made still stronger. II was
amendment OF the constitution removing all
Intermediate agency in the choice OF the Press
ideni, / recommend some restrictions upon The
~ye-ehgi6iity Of thst officer, and the tenure oJ
offices gene' Gby'' In his third annual message
he again referred to his recommendation Of
amendmentso of the constitution, giving directly
to the people, the election Of President, and
making the officer ineligible after one term.
He said: so important do I consider the cham
ges in our fundamental law, that | cannot, in
accordance with my sense Of duty, omit to
press them upon the consideration Of a new
congress-
Was this pledge of the jackson party CONS
piled withe lis answer is a part Of the his.
tory of the country. He did go into and served
a second term Of Office.
Whether he sought the Office second term
or not we leave to dispassionate dem ocrats, in
view Of attending circumstances, and Of Mr..
A.. J. Donalson's letter; written in the winter
Of 1881, then his private secretary, TO General
KriPPs, a member Of the Pennsylvania Legisla-
ture, to determine. IT, hat in that letter
his private secretary an (when speak.
ing Of the re-election ofGV IN Jacksonj used
this language to wit. sThe President would no
doubt feel it a most grateful compliment to be
assured that the course OF his administration has
not disappointed the wishes Of Pennsylvania,
to whose Partially and early support he is so
mdch indebted It was also said that the let
ter was ranked by the President, and to his
credit, that Mr.. Donaldson denied that Gen.
Jackson had any knowledge Of its contents
BE this how ever, as it may, soon afterwards his
friends in the Pennsylvania Legislature, pro.
cured his nomination for a second term OF
which call, on the 9th of February
1881, hes esponded bYa letter and said: THAT
be had not anticipated that the appreciation
OF his fellow citizenswould subject him to my
future callsin the service of his country He
then referred 70 the sbovs, Recommendations of
an amendment Of the con s~titution rendering
Presid mt not re-eligibIe, remarking that he had
expected to retire in conformity to that princi-
pie. He however, ultimately agreed to be
by his friends, and said-'I feel it to
benny duty to yield my personal wishes to their
sOlicitatons.'
B~rawling p~artisans and demagogues may say
he merely recon- mended a change Of the con.
but we doubt not that the more can
lid and dispussionate democracy will admit
hat If the evil practices and tendencies were :
great as to require a change Of our eonsinu-
ion, it would have been more consistent and
TO have changed the practice by exam !
lie, and TO have stood on the platform. I
Soon after he was elected a second time, he
md the democratic party dropped this plank OF
heir platform, and have continued ever since
ilent on the subject,
In General JOckson's address (prior to his
Of tie l4th of Oct, 1926, at his re-
option by the Tennessee Legislature, when
of the necessity Of a change Of the
institution, for the purpose Of rendering mem.
erS of congress ineligible during the time for
'hich they were elected andfor two years there
fter, goes on further to say, 'But if this change
\ the constitution should not be obtained, and
Important appoin tments continue to devolve
n the representatives in congress, it requires
10 depth Of thought to be convinced that cor.
upton will become the order Of the day, and
hat under the garb Of conscientious sacrifices
0 establish precedents Of the public good, evils
It serious Importance to the freedom and pros.
'eTlty OF the republic may arise, 1t is through
his channel that the people may expect to be
lttack ed in their constitutional sovereignty.
tyranny may well be aPprehend to spring
np in some favorable emergency. A gainst
such iRroads, every guard ought to be %interpO-
and none better occurs than that Of closing
suspected avenue with some necessary con
restrictions. We know human ma
ture 70 be prone to evil. We are early taught
to pray that we may not be led into tempta-
ton; and hence the opinion, that by e%onstitu-
tlonal provision, all avenues to temptation, on
the part of our public servants should be clo-
sed.'
Many no doubt, believe these remarks were
intended as an indirect cut at Mr.. Clay, who
offended and voted against him, and was
afterwards, while q member Of congress, ab-
Secretary Of State, and had lax en- the
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