The Yazoo City Whig

The Canvass.

Our candidates for Congress are all in the field, battling manfully for the cause—Starke has given many a deadly thrust to his opponents in the north, and caused the knees of the leaders of Repudiation, Briscoeism, and Locofocoism to tremble as did those of Belshazzar, when the writing appeared on the wall. Tompkins carries all before him, in the east, gathering many trophies of his victories. His surpassing eloquence, powerful reasoning, and keen wit, bear destruction amid the ranks of his opponents as did the mighty broad sword of Coeur de Lion, amid the serried hosts of Saladin. Brooke has come gallantly to the charge, exciting fear and trembling on the one side, hope and energy on the other. Of Bingaman we have not heard much; but doubt not that, with his usual power and ability, he is doing good work in the battle.

Our leaders are doing their utmost, and now whigs of Mississippi, the rest remains with you. What say you?—shall we give up the contest, and calmly and quietly yield the victory to our opponents? Never! no, never! Let us not give up to despair. We have been conquered several times, but what does that signify? We, like the gallant Bruce of yore, may learn a lesson from the spider, though seven times it endeavored to fasten its web to the beam and failed; yet, nothing daunted, it tried again, and succeeded. So, let us try again, we may succeed—and, ultimately—we must succeed! We are battling for the TRUTH against Error. And,

Truth, though crushed to earth, will rise again;
The eternal years of God are hers.

Let us but do our duty, and victory must crown our efforts. Let nil desperandi be our motto, and "Onward"! our watch word.

But to accomplish our purposes we must be united. We are dealing with a wily foe, and must watch with attention his every movement. It is easy to see that the cunning leaders of the Locofoco party are endeavoring to split our ranks upon questions of State policy, which have as little to do with our Congressional elections, as would a question of policy between two Arab tribes. We must watch them closely, or they are ever ready to resort to any kind of jugglery and trickery to accomplish their foul ends. Remember, that "united we stand, divided we fall." Let no difference of opinion upon questions merely local separate our ranks when we are about to meet a common foe: Let every whig in the state be up and doing, every man can do something to advance the interests of the glorious cause in which we are engaged. Let us be prepared for the conflict, and meet it manfully, and if we are all found fighting shoulder to shoulder, in November, the shout must go abroad through the land, Mississippi is redeemed—the days of locofoco misrule are over!