The Yazoo City Whig and political register. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 183?-1840, 1839-08-23


sense. % b ne offspring q oeo.iocoismiI
Ind II course sle prices ere nncommoniy
high. And ii cannot Be doubted, that me
stead Of such state Of things juatifying
the opinion, which Col. Benton says must
become general. that the death Of the United
States Bank was the birth Of American pros
perityi men must inevitably conclude, that
the present condition Of prices and Of affairs
at large, is attributable 70 the war against
the United States Bank--a war, which we
think We have shewn. originated entirely
from monarckicaI desire on the part of
Gen. Jackson and his friends, to perpetuate
his power.
With respect to the gold and silver and
indemnify bills,o which Col. Benton.speakes
in language of such Disgusting Qualification.
and which were intended no doubt, 10 aid
in procuring the executive command of
legal tender, we know that they have failed
to preserve the circulation Of the precious
metalsi if, indeed, they ever succeeded SO
far as to bring any considerable amount of
them, for the moment, into circulation
There is now so small portion Of them in
the country, or in the South and West at
least, that the Branch Mint at New-Orleans,
but short time ago, fraudulently alleged
the metallic currency of the nation, to the
almost incredible degree Of thirty-three and
third per cent. And of that small portion,
we know that by far the greater part is in
the hands of brokers, those money-dealing
sharpers and 'Edrones Of the community"
who are ever the offspring of monetary de-
rangement and distress, and who, after hav-
ing been created in innumerable swarms by
loco.focoism, are now the peculiar subjects
fofpersecution and outcry on the part of their
creator. 1t is absurd to suppose that foreign
ers ever thought, or ever viii think, of
bringing their gold and silver to market
like that Of our country, lin which they could
meet with nothing else than pecuniary dis
tress. This accounts for the scarcity of
specie,
IfMr. Rives'exposition, to which we have
before referred, can be relied on-and surely
no man possesses a more thorough knowl-
edge of the secret and detestable machina-
tons of the party in power than Mr.. Rives
we would, in conclusion, ask why the OPP
ponents of United States Bank should vote
for Martin Van Buren9 IF the Independent
Treasury is finally established, it will neces-
sarily involve an entire union of the purse
and s4oord, and consequent contamination
of Virtual consolidation and despotism,--
Hence, the most plausible reason that some
State Rights men can give for their support
of Mr.. Vau Buren,, would seem to be hope,
resulting from all this, that the present gov
eminent scheme will finally overreach itself,
and in the end create disunion, BY achiev-
ing, in truth, a consolidated despOtism; which
last the people of the states respectively. will
readily perceive and most promptly resist.
When we reflect on this, and the actual dis
honesty which has distinguished, and now
distinguishes the party in power, in reference
to the public money, we cannot but prefer
Mr.. CLAY TO Martin Van Buren,; even were
there nothing else to recommend the former.
No change can render our national condi-
ton worse than it now is.
should the loco-fOco party be defeated,
such defeat will, when viewed in connec-
ton with the remarks which we have VEN
tured to make, inculcate, most fotcibly, the
old precept, that honesty is the best policy
And if we have been mainly correct in our
foregoing views, we would suggest the con-
sideration of them; as showing in manner,
the danger ever attendant on an Experiments
ing Government. And seeing before us
happy probability of Mr.. Claws election and
a restoration of health to the credit system,
we will take our leave of the executive and
its party, in the appropriate language of
Lord Byron:
g Now, fare ye well; enjoy your little hour;
Go, grasp the shadow Of your VANISHED power;
Gloss DER the failure of each fondest scheme;
Your strength name, your bloated wealth
dream. 4
The Presidents late tour in his native