The Yazoo City Whig and political register., 1839-09-20
POLITICAL.
From the Richmond Whig.
PennsVIVania Whfg Address

principles profeSsed and violated BY the par.
~ in poweT-lhe train of abuses which has
marked the whole career Of the plunderers,
and the great principles which distinguish
the Wing Party from its opponents, and
which ought firmly to unite all men who
love their country and appreciate the bles-
sing of well regulated liberty. The Com
mittee says
s'It will occur to the recollection Of all,
whose memories can call up the transactions
of some twelve or fifteen years, that Gener-
al jackson was supported and elected to the
Presidency, chiefly upon the following
principles or grounds, which he was pledg-
ed in the most solemn manner TO the ma
tion, to adopt and act upon as the basis of
his Administration, viz:
A single Presidential Term:
The exclusion Of members Of Congress
from Offices 10 be filed by nomination or
appointment by the President:
The destruction Of party spirit, BY select
ing for Office the most worthy and capable
men without distinction ofparty:
The 'retrenchment' Of public expenses,
and
The reform of various alleged abuses
Never were sounder principles or wiser
measures announced by a candidate for pO
pular favor; never were they more earnest
ly, and with apparent sincerity, urged, nor
more honestly, and enthusiastically sup.
ported by an honest and confding people.
We may now add, what history already re-
corded Never did an Administration so
grossly violate every principle il had pro-
fessed. Never was Chief Magistrate borne
oc s-t-,
power, and never were the bright anticipa-
tions of people doomed to a more CON-
plete disappointment"
The multiplied instances of prohigacy are
clearly recounted, and the necessity of a
genuine reform earnestly, inculcated.
"To accomplish this purpose, we have
raised the great BANNER of opposition to
misrule-the WHIG BANNER; around
which our fathers rallied in '76, and which
they sustained till victory perched upon their
standard. We have inscribed upon its broad
aa expansive folds those principles which
ca lone eserye oar hbertiess and PeTpe-
epublic, through all future time
'sEtslnal vigilance, and watchful jealousy
of Executive power, the price Of liberty"
The Constitution and the public good, the
supreme law" ssThe independence of the
different departments of the Government to |
be maintained, that they may act as checks |
upon each other" ga President, who shall |
know no party but the nation, no enemies
but the public enemies; who shall have no |
political debts to pay, no private wrongs to
revenge" "UniVersal education, the safe
guard of popular government" s'.Fidelity /
TO our country, our constitution and our
principles"
The assurance of free acquiescence in
the nomination of the National Convention
is earnestly given, and an earnest exhorta-
tion made for thorough organization of the
Democratic Wing Party throughout the
great Commonwealth. The Committee
conclude with the following eloquent tri-
butte to the great statesman whom they
deem the proper agent to carry out the
work of genuine Reform, and restore the
country to its former proud and elevated
condition.
Our great object now is to secure the tri-
umph of our principles BY the election Of
President who will be guided by and carry
them into practice. Holding ourselves
bound to support the nominee of the Wing
National Convention, we cannot doubt that
it will present to the American people, as a
candidate for Chief Magistrate and their
suffages, name that will at once inspire
confidence and insure success; a statesman
not less distinguishes by his eminent pub
lie services, than by his comprehensive un-
derstanding, his expanded views, his manly
frankness, and bis thrilling eloquence; not
less BY the warm and jealous support Of his
cause in the dark hour Of defeat
and disaster, than by his consistent, unyield-I
ing, though almost hopeless opposition to
The pernicious measures aud inordinate as
Of power which have characteri-
Jed the government and oppressed the :
country for the last ten years; not less as :
he sagacious author and advocate Of these
measures of national policy which have, in
heir operation given an irresistible impetus :
o the prosperity, and an extraordinary in-
.rease to the productive labor and wealth
If the country, than as the successful paci-
icator of angry collisions which threatened Y
be most serious consequences to the peace q
md harmony, if not the very existence Of q
he Union. Such man is HENRY CLAY, a.
Df Kentucky; who, springing from the ranks g
# the people, has an his sympathies with p
hem, and has ever labored to promote their o
interests; who is indebted 10 his own un- Il
ided exertions, an mistaken integrity, the d
,ountiful Gift Of strong intellect and a g
lriiliant eloquence, and to his consistency b
nd steadiness of purpose, for the elevated
Dosition be has long held in the public eye,
md the confidence reposed ia him BY bis
ellow citizens during the prOtracted period Fl
le has been in public life. There is some 3
hing in the very name Of HENRY CLAY, 8
which inspires enthusiasm, and touches i +
;hord ID the heart of every man who can 5
admire bold and manly bearing, combined &
With suavity and courtsOusness Of manners;
j frankness and sincerity which knows no {
yuile, and hides nothing even from an sne.l