The Woodville Republican. [volume] (Woodville, Miss.) 1847-1853, 1852-01-20
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way. How good honest and sensible dem
ocmts should sver have been 80 deladed as
to haze hark ensa unto the calls OF whigs. 10
hold aC6hveniida. and jdin'a ah them un.
der the ciaFtssp Of a mere mans. has been
wholly u~naceouniable 10 Us los surely No
enc could suppose shat hard shell wings
R fYfT agiye pP {Be Old, fedefqIst pda-
spfg' and adori .bgse " true democrats +
! As ke have heretofore said, their object
lia c5d eipg lie ~depocrats, was TOO plain
80 DO pspndsrsood-lhey well knew their
oayhope uas. 40 laA rpen some hpmhug,
bby &laeiIto ssyshdsiraw'o of a purtionaof
The 5enit cfsts. and thas divide the party,
I whereby they might have q chance to slip
into powss belwesa thsm,s ssas ,-ala1 be
The .estof the sihcerity 81 this pretended
I've aud affection fof democrats and, their
Republican principles was directly aud iaiF.
~ put 90 them. at the SO called Union Con
yenticn, assembled At jackson, Oh the Sin
%instspt, The creduious d democrats, whom.
they had persuaded to Join them IL calling
this unnaturatDiixed Convention offered the
following resolution sssi. .4q5w ws, 4
"1sts That this Convention adheres to
the principles and measures of policy adop-
sEHtFfff Hn-gafaN aIaaIHHaf4a .nrFf N.HF H -
ted blythe National Democracy IN the Con
%ventiop held in Baltimore in 1910, ls44,
aHa)lSfsg whose wisdom, we believe, has
been illdstiated,' by the prosperity which,
under Their auspices has attended the adj,
ministmtion Of the ogemmenk" 5.a.t snt
ohitlfe adoption ofthis resolution, a mum
der q wings announced their disapproyal Of
Iit, and withdrew from the Convention
Editors, MAssessq2Raaa. eiisit eai BE- .,9ue
No, ho! they wdaidat stand i, that was
not what they wsrealmipg az { they could
mot gull the democrats without swallowing
|tleir principles they wottld quit their com.
patty, ahd Il, a%IIiIieit professions OF love and
venetSliOn rot i.he glorious Union, slide.
We here present The principles of tn, Ma
tional pemocracydin Copyenuon in BALI,
more la ls40, ,lS44. and i sAs--whichethe
wings In this ,spsebati,a Con seution, lately
held III JacRsoha'w would moi stand. l3fnl lw1
o.hfhM F33lNy1gn 90 LlW silNHH4aVUt) i8
Wessk aysry4true Republic an TO read
and examine hsmcarefullysa o. sa,1 r0l
Y Rfsoited-rhet the American demo,
acraay place iheir trusts not in ~factlous sym
bois, no1in displays, and appeals insualng-
10 the Judgements and subversive or the III
%tellect Of ne people, but in ssealn reliance
upon che intelligence, ,she patriotism and
the discriminating Justice % athe American
massesg sdi ,Hdt ,sah "a bna aolu hal-jsl
! aAfnl hsiian yliaaiQho ssIn~s5m II yho.
! HsSakue9rrThat We regard this us q dis
tiictlvs feature o. ouFpoltical creed, which
we are protd to maintain before the world
rs lhe great moral Element in ! form Of GOV
eFnleate sprngiag tran apdAuphelds by the
popular wills and we cohtraetyit with thu
creed aud practice of fesdesraiIism, vonaefl
whatever name or form widuh sseksto pal
ny the win Of the constituent, ana which
sMtI9.im 8nl 8.Ml 12at4l Il3ltiW aE. 80 is9qY n
'copeelyes no lmpostpTe TOO nhonstrous for
''hs popalarcedplityas ~ pndi3s bsils ys
!, Rfsottssf, : lHeSJaAMTRat entertaining
these views, ne DshoctaEie party Of, this
uplapu through ihes delegates assembled in
q general, cenvsniioaofthe States, comin NO
ltogether In spirit,p Of concord, OF devotion to
thedcctrincs nid faith Of a free representa-.
i've government, and appealing 10 their
iellowfeluzensl for the reetitude of theirin-
,Ientionss renew and lre.assert before the
American people, the declaration of princi.
pies avowedbyit chem when on q former ocl
eosiopp IN general Convention, they present.
ed theif candidate for the popular suafages.
lspThat the Federal Government is one
Of limited power sS9detived solely from the
Constitution, and the grants Or powell shown
therein ought to be strictly construed by ali
u~heldepMsmen's aud agents Of the govern
.menh aud that IL isinexpedient n adauoer.
Ioas TO exercise doubtful constitutional bow
Anb@i sili ali aiQn3p1g isnm bilr 'sIeNiI
sTtsQ4 HH0 bHu ssVia8fna IL sssnplehf III
2. That the Constitution does not con-.
ter upon the General Government the pow
er to couamense ~andsoanyson a e~eneralsys.
tenn Of Internal improvements. le slipd owl
a. Thsttlhs Constitution does not confer
authority npep the Federal Government,
directly or tndireeslysa 10 assume she debts
Of the sevemhSiate contracted iorlooal inil
tnni improvements, Or other STATE pdtpoS
nor would such assumption 81 l,udskt1 ana