State rights and democratic union. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1839-18??, 1839-11-27
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nassee TO ta4 H0i. IS. Fostsf aud 5fsgr
White, her present senators. They speak in
tore not to be raisinterpieted; while they
declare the policy of the general government
in strict accordance with majority Of the
people Of the state, IA policy at once derlva
tive from the spirit and fount ofthe censtitu
tion,-under which the resolutions were
passed. Read that sacred instrument without
penchant for party--freed from all local in
teTests, and compare the resolutions with it;
and all will discover them to be the very re-
Election ofthat instrument. But II may be
said, although they may "carry uPcnthem is
mantle and image, n-were they not concoct
ed by party for party purpOsesl-we respond
they were,-but, for such purposes, and by
such parry as gave US freedom and lnde-
pendence. We despse not h. name of par.
ty, Of sect, whenwe can effect the prosperity
and salvation of our common country; for
such coalition of men does but e. hlbit tai
ent, virtue and patriotism of the multi'ude,-
of majority of good citizens united IN on
common bond, sentiment and sympathy, Tor
those rights secured them, aud which an OPP
posing faction, either through belief or
phrenzy, would snatch from them, for their
own aggrandizement, AMI laugh at us poor
miserable creatures, who in all the stoli ty
of slaves, gave ourselves up to their care and
keeping.
We are we'll aware that there are too many
broad and palPably false rumors, and symbol $
of IumeIs set afoat by our enemies; but tbis
T is a mere trick of legerdemain; and tt,sy
must rely much on the credulitv of the Amer.
lean public, who will ever repeat in memory
one syllable they prnt:--WIl free people.
like the dulIarGs of Sweden, in the full powe,
Of liberal, fee government, ask king? will
they draw down the ramparts that shelter
them, IN destruction upon their own heads?-
No! Neither will they permit others to do
it. Indeed, majority, in the eyes of wing
Federalism, seems 70 be national sin OH the
part ofthe Democratic party -rail out against
it-wh'Ie they themselves are cOntendlLg for
the very same obiec:!- "Brother, cast the
beam out of thine own eye, &C." Do not be-
lieVe il; there is too much elasticity in a
! free government, ever to destroy, howe'er it
may be harrassed, or jeopardized for time,
still there IS recuperatve faculty that will
restore it to pristine vigor, in all the glory
and strength of its originality.
In concluding these remarks, we take OF.
cason to say that, the Democrats have ma
jority in both houses Of the legislature
which fortunate circumstance will give rise
| to the election of r. ]. Walker to the U. S.
Senate, and ifthe legislature of Mississippi,
will but follow in the pathway Of heroic Ten
nessee, By way of Instructions, it will afford
Mr.. John Henderson TIE exquisite felicity OF
spending the next six years amid the ''bright
seducements Of his own file-side."
Navigation has commenced in good earn.
est, = We have had some Two or three steam,
boats at our landing since the late rain-we
are glad to find keelboat tied to eur liver
bank containing choice eatables, such as fine
apples, excellent potatoes and hest Of
other things, to tedious to particularize.
Preserve the currency! United States
Bank Stock sells at the enormous price of
SIS per share! Go il: old Mother Shin.
plaster!