The Yazoo City Whig and political register. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 183?-1840, 1839-12-20

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Executive desire to control the money Of
the nation. We ask an true and honest de-
moerats to read the following sentiments Of
their political brethren.
Adore SIS.
10 the Democratic Republicans of the
County Of Onondaga:
A portion Of your fellow-citizens, old
school and unchanged Republicans, beg
leave to address you in the language Of fra
ternal friendship, and to solicit your atten-
ton TO the peculiar position which we occu-
| pr in common in reference to the approach.
ing political struggle.
/ Il has been our fortune to differ from the
present National Administration in respect
/ to the prominent financial measure which
the people. We have dissented likewise
from its general policy towards the credit
system and business interests of the country.
When General Jackson, through his official
organ the Globe, denounced the sub-treasu-
ry scheme, as adisorgaa;ziag and repolt-
tioaary, sabSersiee Of the fundamental
paiaciptes Of tie government, and It's eatire
practice from 1880 to the present day, =
we applauded the sentiment as one of just
observation and patriotic foresight. We
have not changed our opinions since. At
The time the present Executive submitted
this project to Congress, we do not believe
that it received the favour or appreciation of
one-tenth part of the community. 1t met
with the almost universal condemnation Of
the people. None but the mere echoes OF
the Executive, dependent upon the heads of
their opinions, responded in approving vol
ces to this new expedient. We Tejoiced
when we saw it defeated after FIVE different
trials in Congress, and hoped that an .admi-
nistration, avowedly acting upon the JelfeF-
sonian maxim that 'sthe will of the people
should give law to their servants" would
have acquiesced in the decision Of the peo-
Pies representatives., and have suffered the
scheme TO pass quietly into oblivion.
We are among those who have witnessed
with painful feeling the course which Mr..
Van Buren, has thought proper, generally, TO
pursue We have observed with regret and
modification his deviation from the beaton
track of republican, and the rising influence
of old-fashioned federalism in his councils.
We are alarmed at the rapid strides of the
General Government towards unlimited do
mination over the rights and institutions Of
the States. We are disappointed in the fruits
of his administration, and can no longer re-.
train The expression of ourloss of confidence
in the integrity, ability, and wisdom of the
leading men by whom it is supported.
We have seen the Republican party of Mr..
Van Buren, turning its back upon the Repub
lican party of General Jackson We have
seen nearly all the professions and the poll
teal maxims of the latter repudated by his
successor. We are witnesses of the strong
growth Of power, under the auspices of
Democratic Chief Magistrate, and of the
diminished influence which the popular will
exercise upon the policy of his administra-
ton. The whole history of his management
of public affairs is a record of resistance to
public sentiment, and it is as obvious as the
MONDAY sun, that if he succeeds in the ac-
complishment of his wishes, the triumph is
that ofofficial power and patronage over the
honest impulses of popular opinion
We feel constrained to declare to YOU,
and to the independent electors of Ononda-
ga, that we can abide the operation of these
principles no longer. They are sapping the
temples Of Liberty. We abiuro the proposed
Sub-treasury scheme, and deem il full time
if we would oppose It's penicioas tenden-
cies with affect, TO manifest our hostility by
an open declaration Of our sentiments, and
some decisive course of action. We must
no longer support the men who are laboring
to impose that gigantic scheme upon the
country. We must cease to degrade the
character of American freemen, by falling to |
in public the opinions we enter
tain in private. We must act for the Re- |
public, and if the consequences to our sepa-
ration from our former political associations,
the responsibility must rest upon those who |
in spite of our Inconsistencies, have driven |
us to the adoption Of the alternative We
therefore announce to all who may feel an |
interest in our conclusions, that we have, at |
length, resolved TO assume position of 'aa-
compromising hostility to the establishment
Of the Sub-treasury scheme, and to devote |
our best exertions to its defeat upon the f.
nal question at the polls. We call upon all |
who love their country, who would again
restore the days Of its golden prosperity, who
would revive the true spirit of republican.
ism, who would repel the aggressions of the
general administration upon the reserved
rights of the States, who would resist the
Entertainments Of Executive influence, who
would preserve the balances of Constitution
who would maintain the supremacy of an
public opinion, and who would
to Posterity and to the ions of
he earth system Of free Institutions best
ldaptedfo the wants, the welfare and hap
1insss of man,--W summon all such to our
standard, to espouse our cause, and to do
,atae for its success.
RESOLUTIONS.
Resolved, That it is one of our highest
as American freemen, possessing
he elective franchise, and through it, the
light Of passing judgment upon the acts Of
,ur rulers, to form and express opinions res
,ecting the character and tendencies of mea-
ures Of government, and that in doing SO,