Southern standard. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1851-1856, 1853-12-10

detect the willy schemes and
ingenious tricks Of Fooe and his parans But the work
doneFoote had deceived few and through their aid he
red the State.
Had been otherwise would the party have failed reeect
Jefferson Dayisl Let the who doubts give wholesome
reason for that doubt, and we will remove it.
Il isGue Jefferson Davis He sacrificed in that
than any other Leaving his resignation constituting
equitable claim the party shall mention another OF
deeper significance and enduring because involves his
reputation a National Man The party with which Jeer-
Davis identified in Mississippi known, and fla
military called beyond the limits OF our State, the sunion
Secession party. How untrue thsi is, all know This
Identified with evil to government. and in the older
States Dsnnion not more odios the Masses than Abo
onis to the sensbis OF Southern Rights It
is but seldom Jefferson Davis name in Northern OPP
position journal disconnected from either Socesionist Disu
ons Thus, for defending the principles of Madison and JEFF
rson and esousng with Jealous warmth the position DELHI
erasy taken by disparity III his State his is be-
sneared with touness abroad and his influence in the Nation
al councils weakened This is wrong No man should be
permitted to suffer in reputation through the treachey of his
party The broad and open ground the true one and parties
have right abandon it, than individuals. If
III the defence of the position deliberately taken by his party
suffers in bis reputatonby that act and popular belief in his
political integrity essened thereby party is bound in honor
yincate itself and those who may have been sufferers in
its This obligation paramount among men, and
that casusy which draw the line distinctly between the
duties obligatory and not parties in the premises
This brings say, that the Old Democracy of Msessp
p are bound to vindicae Jefferson Davis reputation.
The party he headed two years since under camer counsel
and more mated reflection has into power. So far it
has indicated itself The State Senate that body of sound
fundamentally stern men, who resisted with Roman rmness
the open threats nd secret appliances Of the coalition has been
most tumphanty vindicated The presses which defended
that have been sufficiently compensated for their labor in
being allowed tohorad to the world verdict through the bal
lobox confrmatory Of it All liishas happened
One act yet remains anperormed, One by hon
or consistency and gratitude due opropidate the
y and chyaous bearing Of party Jefferson Davis should
receive the hands OF his old their endorse
They should say him. and through him the world
confidence in his political integrity, his public and private
virtues, mistaken Whatever may be said by Others We
the People Of Mississippi viii never permit confidence in
Jefferson Davis be essened should all The macontcnts the
acous domagogue and the paco-seckers the land cry
'Socessiouist," 'DsuGionist" against him
This endorsements due Davis Whou;i his enemies are
triumphant Without it, his friends will have permitted the
opposition draw differences and conclusions his discrelit
They wilay that he has lost the confidence of his party
tacy admit that he is Disunonis and that they fear
further tusthm with Legislative powers These coRcu-
zions the low, the mean. and the INSCRIPTIONS will employ
Such human and in political afairs,we have seek
nowhere Tor such evidences ois manifestations will show
that neyernice in the employment the instrumsntae
said of the Old Democracy OF Mississippi that she disownedin
her hour Of prosperyhe leader who sunk with her hour
of adversely
With these general might close this paper with
the conviction that in instances tendency will be
dorsed by party friends It'll due the administration that
present lis claims upon notice, and that exhibit the
claim Jefferson Davis reelection grounds still broad
er than those given above.
President Pierce is the first man in our history who owes
pln
al issue. The acquisition of contiguous territory and It's final
settlement by the Congressional ofS50 reused
sectional strife such this country before had witness
ed This called the conservative feeling every where. 1t
the best rembled contemplate, and had
thep patriotism exhibited sure that our
Bee Wild have withstood the shock The old party
SC gfincipes ofJef1erson and Madison sci its face
AiR5 lst the treachery OF those then power, and
tdeveldp6ugh the platform erected at b imore in 1852,
apupoe determined to resist further Sectional Strife Upon
this platform the present administration brought into pow
err The sanctioned the of $780, and President
Pierce has given the satisfactory evidence the Nation
that he viii forfeit confidence reposed in him Upon the
scest construction Of that platform he nodded his cabinet
dispensed patronage shaped his foreign and domestic policy
mapped his aims positively be misappehend-
ed This positive determination has escaped notice. 1t
has invited opposition In New York texhbitcd fierce and
threatening With the nerve OF old Jackson Pierce seiz-
ed the leaders by the throat hurled them into the ranks
the open aconiss similar transPired Massachu-
sets In Georgia similar spirit has found expression This
discomfort Spreading and shall in the Congress
the teeth of many snang This session of Congress
one full of trouble and perpexty and every hindeace the
ckser invent viii be thrown in the path the Pesi-
dent. That this will be true can doubt
On the fidelity and unity OF Senators and members of the low
er house. the administration depend for the
measures and for armance ofis domestic policy Look
among the older members the House and several names
up fill the measure of our wishes Where those
the United States Senate? Many there talent and tact
But among them ALL there could wish put
forward the peculiar organ the policy of the adminsa-
ton We now think of no fitted by age weight of char
acer readiness debate and possessed rmness req
sJeerson Davis Possessed of all the of the cabinet
could appropriately and efficiently defend its policy
successfully bring forward the measures to uphold and
firmly fix its maxins, he There will his voice potential
and the sectional strife he has implicitly pledged himself
eist will with mpacable foe That President Pierce
would willingly release Jefferson Davis from the discharge
the highly responsible duties he admirably controls
very much doubt But that he would the transfer
ence we have indicated, we shall not question
Wehod these be Should they be questioned
we shall defend them.
We will here notice objection the of Davis to the
Senate 1t has been said that he provded orthat is he
in office Thiss true and President Pierce with sagacity
called around him cabinet remarkable for its administrative
talent and representing in the persons of its officers the con-
servave elements combined in the Baltimore platform In
this he acted with prudence and wisdom He engthenedh
administration and gave the country guarantee tina
he would trample out sectional bitterness
THIS provision for Jefferson Davis regard only as Ma
onal endorsements by who had himself been endorsed
by Nation 1t affirmation by President that he
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