The Yazoo City Whig and political register. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 183?-1840, 1840-04-17

We have come o the crisis. We have AZ
sivsa 81 the point when ne people mus, ~
t54.. 6smselres into action OF rolinoni-h
ile uowor 81 self protection. They must
cone lellhand cone a0w,not ~ proxy ORE
sic snlai'on. bui b person, md take their
own conI1e into lhoir own hands % no lone.
81 have acausc ol their own 10 project
The President end bis party are now far n
lie ascendaHi 81 The people. They have
oof possession ofthe public iroasurers, and
must rescue them out Of their hands Or
Oivs them our liberties with them. Tbev
hive declared themselves g % an. iudo.
Dendenf financial institution, sep0rato n in
terest and distinct n enjoyment from TIE
people, who contribute Of their labour.
fprv miIlions q year for their susienanco
and extravaganza. They are this day en-
eaood Is lhs unholy work Of "bniIding %
"a Supremacy of ErecufiDe poser at lho
sxpenss 81 che people, who are Of right Ire
sole bfoprictoTs of power in a free country.
They have distributed millions ofiho pub
lie money amongst themselves, Cor which.
they never will and never intend 10 q ac-
count. Delalcation is as common as Il Is
profitable, because public robbery, known
and confessed, Is not deemeed good cause
Of dismissal finn Office. Nay, The pariizan
.plnnderer Is rewarded with Office and entrus-
led further with large sums of public money
that pecuIation may be repeated, ITO he
Uictors belong ne spoil" is Unblushingly
nailed upon their standard, and a. boldly ac-
ted out IN their official doings.
Laws and constitutions are no longer
barrier Of restraint to keep the forms Ofle-
eislation aud the duties Of public officers
within prescribed limits; and when nothing
else will avail the brute force Of MOBs is hnr-
red into Requisition to sustain the party in
its parlt measures.
three several times have as many ofthe
independent states Of the Union been Who'll
yor in part DISTINGUISHED in their federal
representation, through their party malevo-
lence, BY the most pllplble and aagrant
outrages upon the plainest solemn sanctions
of the constitution. Very recently in the
popular branch Of the National Legislature
The rholc party did not hesitate 10 cote
ogGinSt tie legality of representation,
plainly, .unequivocally, without disguise or
pretense Of justification.
of their own party proper, that the basest
corruption known amongst men has Of late
beer. extensively Practiced by large mino-
rity Of their own party members 10 our le-
gislature.
In some Of the Northern cities il is adj
mitted, nay, boosted Of, that the branches
of the public treasury are regularly assessed
and taxed, cent pei, cent, TO defray the par
~ expenses Of elections amongst the people.
This sample ofconupiion amongst their
men is however, only in pursuance of the
principles which are laid down and adopted
by their party. The outrages which they
inhict upon the people arc but tho legiti-
mate offspring of the doctrines laid down
and insisted on by Mr.. Van Buren, and the
the principal officers of his retinue.
The President has declared IL to be a
cardinal principle Of his party, that in all the
great and interes ting subjects Of currency
and finance the general government has no.
thing whatever to do but husband its own
and manage IFS own affairs IN pur-
not only leaving the people without the be-
neht of government for more than one
half IFS uses, but clothing il with tho
power and priEiledgo Of maintaining an att
tude antagOnistical to the general business
and currency Of the country, which has al.
ready wrought, and will ever continue as
Necessary consequence, its utter ruin.
In direct opposition to the solemn iniunc-
lions of Washington, Jefferson, Madison and
others. and the universal practice Of the
government from its birth down to the ad-
Of Jackson, they boldly avow.
and sustain the avowal by their votes and
speeches, that the patronage and influence
OF Office is proper and legitimate power to
WELD ia POPULAR elections; aud that il is
the duty Of ofice-holders 10 use all their
influence in sustaining their 3lriy. Thus
laying the broad and deep foundation for
perpetuity in Office, regardless Of all that's
sacred and honest in the elective franchise.
They declare that the whole reyenuo of
the nation ought Of right to be placed at
the disposal Of one man, and that Individual
too the officer who constitutionally Yields
the public sword Of the nation. A union of
these two levers in the hands of the Pre-
sident would give him quadruple the amount
ot power which the people by their repre-
could lawfully command.
WIEN they went into power they loudly
declared that the expenses of the general
government were enormously large; and
Upon their solemn promises Of extensive re-
irenchment. they have increased the expen.
yes Of government 70 three times the sum
yleh.they ever were before, in timo of
pea ce ExiFayagance, the mother Of fraud
Aud corruption Is q necessary component
part OF the present system.
{ II
sFs q their party the personal possession Of
0S'y millions Of money year, il has be-
some necessary to des r0y--yes, absolutely
lessroy ihe money, the currency and tue
exchanges otthe country; and IN its dss-