Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1839-05-14

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from b M IS, expre z g g en-
ri what claim MI. Van ButeF. Y t1ose
DAYS a II rs possession 81 southern priu.
ciple Unlotunatoly for ua. % nave aei
lile d the Doctor paper, neither ha
opeof tie w shineton RelorInsA, ION lRnlea
tie Sentinel made large extracts + happsn
Nell io is that nrInen1ory i good, and thai
WsIeeoIIect hat Doctor H1aAN re.pablisled,
from tie elornar tie following account g
lie name ation d MI. Van Bursn, Y tha
spring 81 1857 r " any hosas poeas
pins e logic The Doctor can show nat q g
Van Bufen ana bis Partizans have abandoned
the principles which Inc Rof0rulel ascli6ea 70
them ia 1887, and which every patriotic
Sonthelnss then denounced g decidedly alal..
Sou. the1. perhaps, re may admit tllat
M. van Bufen s 4 Z Northern ma ivitb
Southern principles But 70 tie extract
from Gle ~ ashington Reiormer. which pocs
Hagan endorsed 81 ! publications. The Yicss-
burg sentinel Herei i =:
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ito accident OF design We are t0sal.
tribute the selection 81 this royal ar, at
/ the late Inauguration OF coronation It's
certainly not a little remarkable that such
D rune should have been chosen on such
i an occasion otickle the ears Of majesty
wiihal. We cannot believe it TO have
been the result of accident, any
more than that the swords and bayonets
which were displayed, were the result Of
accident The whole pageant indicated
"a. settled arrangement, a fixed design,
'' WhdW be King bul Cbarle, clamor.
ed forth amidst drawn swords and fixed
bayonets, to greet the triumph Of al
usurper, seizing the highest power in the
State against he knotca a1iH Of a naajOri
y of the people There is something il
these pregnant circumstances which We
ought not to lose sight of. The mass O
mankind IN all ages have beer. deceived By
names. The liberties Of every country
have been lost by disposition on the par
of the people to trust TOO much to tht
names of things rather than the sub
stance of things Plutarch expressed hi.
establishment that Caesar could, for so ma
ny years, have welded the power of /;
King in the Roman Republic. 1t was be
cause he was too prudent to take til,
name of a King. The word had beer
obnoxious to the people from the time o
the Tarquins- the thing had been fel
eyen before the triumph of Cesar.
1t seems TO us that there is a very strong
Indication that the American people ar,
rapidly becoming the victims of the sam,
deFhsion which enslaved Rome. Unde
the name of President the Executiv,
Magistrate of this country already WELD
more power than the King of Great Bri
tain: The late President has been allow
ed to trampIe openly on the constitution
at pleasure; and men have been founI
worthless enough to justify his conduct
under the plea that his 6 naotiDes mere hon
est" Thepeopls, too, have submitted t
these ontrages, not only without muir
muir, but with absolute adulation |! d,
not the facts themselves show that Their
is something in the state Of public senti
ment calculated to tempt ambition to trl
Eexperimentsl Sit not natural that pow
or should seek TO extend and fortify itselI
when the chances of success are indica
Gated so strongly? We may be too sus
picious facts, as they strike us, com
pei US to fear that there. is something a
| work, III secret which, for the present
would rather shun the light. Time wi
disclose It sll-but il may be, too late /,
prevent the mischief.