Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1839-10-15
THE IRRESPONSIBLE PARTY

| even they could desire, and have then
/ Sub Treasury in full operation, @notwith.
standing the lamentations in Congress OF
elsewhere" as Mr.. Cambreleng boasfed
and yet they are not satisfed;-every
thing is at skies and sevens-the Govern
ment is on the verge of bankruptcy-there
is no sound and general currency, COM
naerce languishes, and pecuniary pressure
bows down the energies of the country.
They see and feel all this, and know It TO
lie the work of their own hands; but TO
escape the fury ofthe people, they all lift
up their voices together, and proclaim with
an exceeding bitter cry, Il didn't do til
didn't do it it's all the dong of the IN
fernal Whigs--they are in minority,
but their minority is larger than our ma
jority. They have ruined the country"
This craven. bastard and skulking spirit
has been displayed by the present Govern
ment party, ever since the fruits of their
in;quity have been coming to light. They
put their parhsans and favorites in posses.
sion of the public money thew steal it
and run away with it--''its aUthe fdnh of
the Wigs" They squander 35 millions
year; but, poor innocent souls, they
couldn't help ii, the Wing minority in
Congress forced it upon their majority
and they were compelled totake it. They
reformed the currency, by putting down
one bank and putting up five bundled
the whole humbug explodes upon their
hands-they swear they never had any
thing 10 do with tit was all the work
of the diabolical Wings. They have the
Government under their cotrol-hut &C.
o-ding 10 their confessions, they are
utterly powerless IF wing crooks his
finger at them, all their wise, well.laid
statesmanlike schemes for the public good
are upset In moment, and produce only
general ruin ard distless.--They are a
most unfortunate set truly, to have in
their keeping the destiny of a great peo-
pie. It's wonderful, that their patriotism
does not urge them 10 retire, when they
find all their plans miscarry. or arefl ustra.
ted by the wicked Why's, and made 10
curse the ssdear people, whom they were
designed 10 bless.
Ifthese men would stand up in defence
oftheir mlsdeeds boldly and with shirt.
and ayow their reasons TO abide the con-
tseqCenees-they might personally es.
cape our contempt, though heir vices
would demand our detestafion and abhor-
renee. Though guilty Of every crime
against the State, they might Still. like
Cataline's followers. lay some claim 10
one redeeming virtue. But when Il is
considered thai many ofthese men about
Y ashIpgton were spued up, as /; were,
from the very dregs ofsociety, and thrown
naked and unwashed, needy and avari-
cious. with their native vulparity Of
manners and depravity Of disposition
about them. into stations Of high trust and
power, it IS not surprising, that hey are
wanting IN every virtue -and that truth
and candor and moral courage are abhor.
FenI to their natures They are not the
men to confess their errors and ask for.
giyeness and mako atonament. While
they have tongue. which IS their shield
and spear. while falsehood IS civ 81
refuge toiheu, they viii tnrn sheir backs
upon all virtues, and fee to It for .proteo.