True American. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1835-18??, 1839-12-23
MONDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1889.

PROGRESS DIsoRG lZATloN.-NO sooner had
General Jackson lowered himself in thu Presidential
chair, than the edi for the Reorganization and de-
sructon Of political system and nicely balanced
government s'gnrd sealed, and sent forth to every
quarter of,he Union. That edict with the broad sap
of Jackspnsm upon it, has been obeyed the letter up
to this time.
True to this bla'k design the currency Of the
try first attacked, and the buteri"g Of power
have neary demolished every rilIar of SYSTEM tn.
most beautiful ~ etrical and favorable to liberty ever
erected by maa
The lofty and, until then impregnable ctade! Of >tae
sovereignty. repo ing in sronleu: upon the walls Of the
Constitution-the Senate Of the United States-ua as
next attacked by the myrnidons Of power, and from
being the most august and wise DO y Of legislators and
councillors in the world fee from the susp ion OF
party bias it has fallen Fl m its high estate and is now
degenerael INTO assembly Of Presidential svco.
pants who do the bidding of 'hr Executive an register
his acts as the laws Of the land.
third great step was ia en-, in advancing the
dcrous designs against the AMI constitution by
attacking the weakest pints OF poor human The
Executive, once, yelled msef with the covering OF
supreme power, and made himself the fountain of oil
honor and reward. lie Slapped the deep foundations Of
moral honesty and honorable inc gritty, by procaming
his adhercnts and aprontses TINT "to the victor be
long the spoils" American office hollrrs, the twink
ling Of eye, from being formerly the most honorable
in the country, deg-nerated int Of corrupt
hirengs, whose fingers he'd the public money, but
to appropriate it to their use and behest.
Thus rapidly in few siort years, under the edc,
Of General Andrew Jackson, has che progress OF
dsorganiza,ion leaped forward, changing the whole
| structure Of TIL GOVERNMENT and Of SOCIETY. And
this too has bsen effected by only three grand ac,:
the destruction If he currency:-,he destruction Of the
independence Of the Senatr- the destruction Of the
people, honor and moral integrity.
But the lad is yet come. The c'enen,a! cons, II
ton If the House Of Representatives il the fourth grent
step in overurnng constitutional liberties Misss-
sippi was the frs, siute receivc the blow. by the
recon Of her dele CATION the cast e vote of mer-
cenary speaker. The attack is even now making
upon the sovereign state of New Jersey. For dozer
da has the solemn assembly of the peoples Repre-.
| sentaves been prevented from organizing under tn,
Constitution and the laws, by the edct If General An
drew Jackson, and ifNnl now thp time will cone when
the Executive may find it necessary t, dissolve t,e
Representatives by marching armed body into the
peaceful hall Of egisation. The scenes that hive beer
enacted in the capitol this present session Indicate III.
coming storm surely any phenomena in nature are
preceded by their necessary signs Every every ho
| leads neurer to the grand denouement. Tho pace
which disorg anzatnn of the government of 1889 and
Of whole social structure in the United States under
the edic Of General Jackson is hurryins on fear,,lv
rapid. The people alone stay its marcl, If no,
arrested in 1871, shall be hurried under the ruins Of
the free institutions erected in l7a9 and the funeral
kne ofhuman hope, aud human liberty will b sound.
| ed Throughout the world.