The defeat of Mir. Van Buren in 1S40, wa
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The defeat of Mir. Van Buren in 1S40, was personal defeat. No one principle of the democratic party was beaten down. General Harrison hardly proclaimed a principle, eX- cept that he would not be candidate again, and would be sparing of his veto. As soon as the party was relieved of the incubus of the men in power, 1t rose like strong man from his sleep, shaking his invincible locks. Elections were carried every where. Hu- initiation and defeat overlook the whigs in their strong holds.

 The strength of thc party rests or mighty principles. The strength of Mir. Calhoun, Van Buren, Cass, Johnson, and Buchanan, depends upon their fidelity to these princi- pies. In whose heart is most deeply planted the love of free trade, low duties, no debt. separation from banks, economy, retrench- ment, reform, and strict adherence to the constitution whose intellect is most richly stored with arguments to uphold them on whose faith can we most depend

 T.alabam1 Tribune.