The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-10-13

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Prom Clarion.
Mississippi Psiittcs-
Exliacls OF speeches Of Hon j. McIsas and Hon S
d. hoEcrs Candidates foI governor oi Missssippi
After m appropriate exordium and some playful
aiiusions TO Judge Rogers. COL McRae proceeded 10
discuss she principal questions al issue 10 the pending
canvass. We took Bo,es, and will, therefore, only
bnehy recur 10 the speeches OF the two candidates.
Col McRae gave mastery exposition Of the princi-
pies OF The democratic party He referred to the sDona
lous attitude o his competitor the great questions that
had always divided the republican and federal parties,
and questions that would practically divide them again
were the wing party ascendant Having become the M
noty party o the country and having ascerained the
utter uppopulary of ali their darling measures. they
abandoned them during the interval OF defeat, probably
secretly nduging the hope that q new opportunity
would be gwen them 10 feel the popular pulse upon
bank. tariff. distribution, SC The quescence Of The
wing party, be argued, was not 10 be trusted In the
Harrison campaign Daniel Webster assured the people
THAI national bank was obsolete idea II was obso
lele only during that memorable and peculiar
he wings IN Congress brought the idea in vogue
again. and the power in the hands OF John Tyler,
saved The country the infection.
CuA McRae read from the address of the whig State
central COMMITTEE published preceding the session oil lhs
wing convention, 10 show thai the party had pejudged
the administration oil General PIERCE that the leaders
had made appeal 10 the rank and file rally
TO whig men and measures and that they strongly dep
recaed supporting democrats Tor office while there
competent wings 10 fill them He read from speech Of
Judge Rogers made short lime precedent 10 his noH-
nation which The grounds were more boldly and
unsquivocay taken. He also presented 10 his audience
the strong federal resolutions OF the wing convention
aRd directed attention especially to the resolution
demnaioy Of President Pierce for his appointments
showing how early and now eagerly the wing party OF
Mississippi had sought peiext for iaclious warfare
upon the administration chosen by overwhelming
majority OF the American people. Ia defending the pro-
prely OF General PieTce's appointments. Col. McRae
took occasion TO present the character OF H. Davis
in cooring less vivid Than just to his very attentive
audience Ii eloquent euogium, in the OF
which he cited the encomiaslc opinions OF Senator Bell
OF Tennessee, Cass and ohers eminent and veneaied
among the "conscTp pi fathers
We cannot follow Col McRae further; nor, SO far
have done him even justice The mesgre outline OF
portion OF bis speech which we have given is from
memory, uHAsssted by single note he listened 10
with mark ed attention ihrough ghout.
The Hon Francis NJ. Rogers followed. The Judge is
an imposing looking parsonage but much more out OF
than within lhe roslrum. We would not be considered
impertineni oficous, but yet cannot ioIbear
friendly hint 10 The Judge He should his e!ocu
ton. Gifted with ne sonofous voice. he should moi
permit its csdences 10 fall 80 fequenily 10 that naudibIe
uhspsr encing in mere unmeanlng grinsce II s kind
OF pantouDe, dumb pahos or mockngly inarticulate
soemniy. which wonderfully exciies, without all
isiyng. the curiosity OF his audience But we would moi
be thought hypecTical, and shall therefore leave the
or the matter OF The Judges reIoinder That
could be comprised within a nut shell, If we omit the
chapter from, or elaborate essay upon. our revolutionary
history. he Judge congratulated bis fellow citizens OF
the county OF Jasper that party names longer
garded they had hitherto been. II was longer
necessary TO show The harness marked neck tpo,6oi
Nomenclature nothing. the Judge conended. he
then drew sombre picture OF the gray headed old voter
one foot in the grave. &C. ready 10 casi the mantle OF
suffrage upon the youthful and representative OF
hs house. He appealed most toachingy to the yousg
who had not yet worn party smmes, to 20 Tor the
country and not for party trbe Judge was the conn-
try-NcRae the party y The tendency oi this portion
OF the wing candidates speech leave the impress
son that he parry man, bui kind OF oosmopo
lite in PATRIOTISM and tins IN the lace OF the notorious
fact that be among the hrrt. not s hssl, 10 call
for q reore snlEaiIon ot the wing party. with pank
in the 'paiform" vote for bat wings, from
up the Office 10 which he aspres Consistency
thou lewelg SO said the Judge, becoming Shaks-
pearan while rspyisg to McRse. Does not the
irite sphorsm apply most appropriately 10 himself
OF Judge Rogers regarded all the old party s
sues a. obsoiee Ba, the Compromise and The Pacihc
railroad tlhose great those lssoea.
one ng ghost OF the past and the other dim spectre
10 The hs platform The ghost OF the
Compromise exkumed most 1nwliiingly before the
assembled cxsns and the spectre OF the Pacific railroad
look ed like thing hall made up, like Shakxpeare's
Richard, inanition. The Pacific railroad hobby
had mer,i-Ii WAS novelty The good people had
no, thought OF before, because having immediate
and bot te remote nieres IN tina, colossal internal I'M
provepent PROJECT quarter o century hence may
have somc OF the khadowy outlines of reality.
Col MoRse reloined IN animated speech Of twenty
minutes He assaulted successfully the positions OF his
competitor upon the Pacific railroad the bond and other
question: He showed how utterly exiraneous and rel
the Pzeihc railroad. The Mobile and Oho road
phatoally our Pacific railroad, and be need state
Win what pfacticAi De hau FAVORED Grsnd
lec, Of internal improvement whose .dlfasive benefits
were proxims,e and important to Mississippi.
Judge iioyers replied Tor minutes In rei,eraon and
explanation Of hrs possl,ons.
What impression esther gentleman made upon the large
audience IL would be difcu to precisely tell Both par
iie. highly pleased with their standard besrets
The whiss think their candidate did very well, being
thankful that he could make even plausible sho oe
Tor cause 90 utterly indefensibe Jasse Rogers
gentleman Of fascinating personal address; bot The odor
of his principles nloerxbe this republican regton
and the very beat be do IN the eastern counties will
he TO get The party vote, and that in ITS 'ene,y," "a
questionable Col. MoRse and the democratic State
ticket will be sustained amongs, OF old. Over
elunng ms,oriies will bear the representatives, OF
prne,pie through the medium of the ballot boxes
nonth 10 splendid victory and the wings wiiI take
another voy age upon that brny stream which excu.
svey navlgsted by their hAli-dIsnaned weasel, with
pennani ever sadly streaming al halmast Salt rver !
thou iufbid torrent 'is pity that The parry whichac
cordsg TO Judge Rogsnpossess~s the greatest i,ieec
tuai lights Of The Union should waste ,beir sweetness
upon the desert arr OF thy bleak shores and dlm their
brsnce in thy hszy atmosphere Bot republican
itm The genius OF democracy, never conquered and al
ways eonquerng, wills Il, and thou us needs obey
Fikx at BkLsoRaL--RoYAL FIRKNKS-On Friday
afternoon, the 10th ult OF the cottages occupied by
the engaged at the palace At Balmoral
discovered TO be 6w and. being contiguous TO The