The eastern clarion. [volume] (Paulding, Miss.) 1837-1863, 1859-09-21
NIVII NIUE z 7.
Sept l., 1859.
For ne Eastern ClGr1Dl.
Senatorship in this District.

Senatorship in this District.
EDITOR EASTERN CLARIoN-Ds1r SIR
For many years past | have ceased to take
an active part in politics. but retain all the
deep interest and solicitude for the peace,
prosperity and perseverance of our com
mon country, its union and progress.
and especially, our beloved South, that ! |
did feel, when in earlier days took an |
humble share in the public discussions Of |
policy and principles proposed for securing |
those desirable objects. Hence, in the |
present state of affairs, and the great agi- |
tation of the public mind, produced by
the wild hunt for Office" and the pre-
sensations by progressives" of new and
untried experiments, and extreme and
radical measures for the consideration of
our people ! have with some care and
much anxiety looked over the long list of
our fellow-citizens who tender their servi-
ces. or who have been selected by their
| fellow-citizens. or a respectable part of
them, a. most suitable to fill the various Of
| fees Of the Federal or State governments.
| And in this survey of the field, with
view to Judge Of our future, | find the
name of Rev. RoBERT McLAIN, a. regular
| Democratic nominee for Senator from the
District of Clarke, Jasper, and Wayne.
His election in that District can scarcely
doubt yet see that great cxertions are
/ being made. and means used. which can
not approve, to defeat his election. feel
constrained to offer a few reasons why
desire his election, and think be should
be chosen by your people. While sol
EMMY disclaim any wish to dictate to- or
NEEDLE with the affairs of your Senatorial
District, have the right and claim it, a
every other citizen does, to express my
preference, and reasons for it, for any one
Of the citizens of that District that think
most able and best qualified to advise and
counsel with me, or my immediate Repre-
sentatives, in the Legislature, on the vital
and unusually important matters Of the
present, and the ominous and threaten
ing portents Of the future. Mr.. MCLAIN
has not been many years a citizen Of your
District, therefore. not 50 well or so long
known as in Kinds or Yalabusha COun-
ties, or at his native home. His antece-
dents should be known. They are highly
honorable to himself and afford the best
guarantee that he is faithful and trust
worthy.
have known MCLAIN almost from his
infancy from early boyhood; intimately
during his school-boy days and studies for
the ministry, and since his residence in
Mississippi, period of over twenty years,
and therefore think | know him; and
knowing him thus, have right to state
my knowledge and opinions. If men are
born Democrats, he is one of such birth
lie was a Democrat in boyhood, in a coun-
tywhere there were three or four hundred
Democrats and fourteen to sixteen hun
, dred Wings. Democracy has grown
= with his growth and strengthened with
his strength" In our last interview,
/ found him, if possible, more firm, decided
/ and intractable than ever although we
s had discussed and differed on all the lead
ing points of the policy dividing US as
Wing and Democrat for the past thirty
/ years. lie is the architect Of his own
= fortune" a self-made man. Without mon
ey or estate, without influential friends
/ without any other aid than his own labor
I self-reliance, industry and strong deter
= mination, he obtained his education and
fitted himself for the responsible station
he has long and faithfully filled. honora
. bly, to himself and most acceptably anC
t benefcially to his fellow men. lie is
Q native Of Tennessee, a slave State, has al
ways been sound, open and decided fo
the South, and with the South on the sub
4 iect Of slavery, as we have it, and that too
J. when / doubt much, if he ever expected
to own a slave himself. and most certainly
!, judging from his situation and surround
; ings at that time, there was very littl,
IS probability that he would ever own slave
! or be personally interested in the subject
z About the time of completion of his col
4 lege course, or Just before it. the villag,
y and county in which he then resided wa
n visited by an abolition preacher under tn
guise of travelling missionary, who became
!. very bold in disseminating his views, an,
;. challenged controversy. That challeng
= Mr.. McIain accepted, and as a youthful
q David, met and vanquished that Goliah.
= lie Is an active business man, with fin
n education, good talents, large stock O
n practical information much knowledge q
% men, and the history Of our country; ia
= miliar with the condition and wants Of on
n citizens from the workshop to the pulpit
IF from the cabin Of the poor day-laborer {
y the elegant mansion Of the wealthy plant
y y er or merchant, and hearty friend to al
!. In every community in which he la
Is lived, he has been a leader or cooperate
is in every public work or matter having 70
its object their benefit and improvement
he or the elevation of the morals and INTEL
Is gence Of his fellow men. His moral char
acter is without a stain, and his honor
truth and integrity never questioned, 5
far as know or am informed. With al
,e these qualifications and advantages, h
- would adorn the station, honor his col
le stituents and be most useful to them, a
he well As to our beloved Mississippi, who's
) present and future requires such men i
y her councils,
re But | see it objected to him that he
] a minister of the gospel, and therefor