The Yazoo Whig and political register., 1840-07-10

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this article i'd their respective papers; and
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tell their readers whether our stateunts, d
regard 70 General daflson and bis opin
ions are entitled 10 credence
ONE PRESIDENTIAL TERNl
The great and salulary One Term Prince
pie, TO be established by the election of Gen.
eFal HARnIsoS, were all else ia relation 10
the two candidates equal IS abundanlly sul-
icient 10 control The decision Of the People.
Indeed. there IS no lsature Of greater inter-
est belonging ID the question. II nearly con-
Ecerns the prosperity Of the country, and the
stability Of its Institutions. No argument IS
required 10 show that the Republic IS not
destined 70 endure, unless the progress Of
/ Executive corruption IS arrested This can
be done 10 two ways only, which ways are
Ieither 10 depFive the President Of means ct
corruption, or 10 take from him tie induce
ment to use those means.
| Ours IS now the worst administered govern
ment in the world. The reason IS obvious.
The moment We elect President, instead
of devoting himself 70 a faithful and efficient.
discharge ofhis high duties, he opens can-
vass for his reelection. 10 accomplish this.
all the patronage and power Of the Govern
menl is put ia active requisition. Cabinet.
Ministers and Members of Congress, togeta-
er with our large army Of Office holders, are.
required, rot to devote their time and talents.
to the discharge Of their Official duties. but.
to exert every faculty to secure an extension
Of their own terms Of Office by the re-elec-l
ton ofihe President under whom they hold.
This leads TO q neglect Of all their legitimate
duties. Nay. wnrse Ii perverts the objects
:ss:sa advantages Of Government by turning
its power and patronage against the People.
The experience Of the last twelve years
must teach some useful lessons Among
the most salataFy will be the One Term
Principle. This vast Republic has been
TO It's centre by the sanguinary
struggles Of Gen. ACKsoN and Mr.. VAN BU-
rem forre-election In these struggles every
other interest has been sacrificed. To gra-
tify the ambition Of two men, the rights, In
terests, and happiness of twelve millions Of
People, and the prosperity and fame Of
great nation, have been utterly and obsti-
nately disregarded. The administration of
Mr. Van Buren, has been especially and emi-
nently barren and destructive. Ii has no
redeeming quality or feature. Its four years
have been years of individual distress and
public dishonoE From the day he was
sworn into Office to thatawhich viii send him
swearing out, there has not been, and will
not be, any mitigation of our sufferings, OF
any check to The career Of universal coTup-
ton.
But we turn from the dark past to the
bright faturel General HARRIsoN will be
elected President for ONE TERM. His only
aim and ambition win be to close up long
life Of public service usefnlly 70 the country,
and honorably to himself His thoughts and /
time and talents will be devoted to the
People and the nation He will administer
che Government with the wisdom of a states
man and the integrity Of patriot. And
this will bring back the Republic to its lost
land marks. The Constitution will then
swing round to its old and safe mornings; and
will return TO bless aud reward
FREEMEN for thus nobly and triumphantlyl I
Yindicating their cause and their country.
General HARRIsoN, in establishing thel
One Term Principle, will have rendered the
service and achieved the glory at which /
aimed! Yes, the Father Of his
Country had determined to establish this
most salutary Republican than the stern me-
cessity which compelled him to take re-
election. But it was clear case Of Duty
and he yielded, not, however, without ex-
pressing, in the strongest terms, his convic.
ton that the welfare and safety Of the Re-
public shonldnot be hazarded By making his
reluctant consent a precedent.
What WASHINGTON so feTVently desired,
therefore, will be accomplished by HARRI-
SON. The youth whon, fifty years ago,
commissioned as an ensign IN
the American Army, will have lived to estab-
Iish an Executive precedent which the Fa-
Iher Of his Country deemed essential 10 the
preservation Of is liberties. That PREcE-
DENT,once established, win be indestructible.
And thenceforWard President will serveA
but ONE TERM Then, as now, statesmen
md patriots win aim at The Presidency. But
when that high station IS attained, instead
Sc plunging into intrigues to secure re-
slection, our Presi dents viii, BY an enlight-
sned and patriotic discharge Of their duties,
to close their lives IN honor, and
b crown their administration with gicry.
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