The Yazoo City Whig and political register. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 183?-1840, 1839-07-19
From the n. 8. True American.

Every day brings with it the most astoun-
ding development of fraud, curuption, em-
bezzlements public monies, speculation in
lands the peoples funds, base impositions,
on "the sovereigns," concerning, prosecution
of the citizen for opinions sake, violations
of sacred trusts and the actual stealing Of
the peoples funds by the thousand and one
Office holders in the general government from
the executive down to the lowest tide wal
/ ter. And in those states where the demo.
cratic party is in power, the same ontrages
arc committed by the officers of the state
government. The people are now reaping
the abundant harvest of corruption by the
Jackson party in this country. Hard is the
labor, and bitter fruits gathered, but the law
of cause and effect is unalteTable. And so
| deep in the souls of men has sunk the iron
of party rule, that the whole ruling party po-
litic seem to be bent on their ruin. They
will not pause and reflect, and turn back to
the political pathsof honesty and integrity,
but rush on crying for more blood. With
keen scent they seek for the spoils of Office,
and he is the most honofed among the party
who seizes upon the greatest share. The
bandits law is the only bond of union among
these monocrats. They acknowledge no
other power on earth.
The sixty-four defaulting receivers whose
names should be inscribed on the tablet of
scorn and handed down to posterity, were
honest disciples of their MASTER. Without
remorse they violated their trusts, and now
glow of shame and mantle their cheeks
when their names were held up to the gaze
of their countrymen as robbers of the deep
est dye. With them and with their party to
steel the peoples money is venial political
sin to be washed out by bold manifestation
of allegiance to the ruling party. The
scores of registers who have acted against
the laws of commoH honesty were faithful to
their trusts-to the victor, &c. The host
of the defaulting custom-house collectors
for the last ten years, and their 'honest
subs' have done the state some service, in
relieving the public Golfers of millions, and
they were only denounced when they swerV
ed from the true faith.
The legion of government agents in Flo
rida have kept pace with their bretren in
means, did they commit their pockets some
millions of the public monies. The myriads
ofparty postmasters throughout the country
have not omitted to avail themselves of a.
share of the spoils Then come the disbur-
sing officers of the general government,
honesty among them has been word the
meaning of which they appear to have lost
so eager were most of them TO carry out the
Jackson principles of reform.
Somuch for the doings of the members of
the executive army; the brave privates who
have served so molly. Are the chiefs blame
less? The president is a speculator of the
first order. He is a second Louis Philippe.
Oswego lots, Chicago claims, bank stocks,
western and southwestern lands are ieWils in
his eye. His motto has ever. en-trouble
the waters and then descend into them, or
break up existing Institutions, and profit BY
the distress incident thereto. One of his
secretaries accepts $4,000 in shares of
certain land company to advance their In
terests politically. Another one furnishes
a few hundred thousands ofpublic monies TO
one ofhis satellites to enter some valuable |
lands about to be offered for sale. A third
manages the revenue of his department so
mysterious that he enjoys the use of thou
sands of the peoples money without fear of
being detected. The influence of nearly
everypublic officer is sold to certain cliques
and monopoIies. The post Office department
is political engine of the worst sort; and
that Of the treasury is in so disordered
state that chaos itself possesses more of the
elements of order. That war and navy de-
partments are PROSTATE at the feet of the
nomocrat; and the land bureau is the rem
devious of unprincipled spectators. If
The downfall of this nation be not decreed,
the people win rise in their might, Danish so
polluted party from Office, and place in
power government Of principle honesty