The Yazoo City Whig and political register. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 183?-1840, 1840-01-03

4 uSeu thS luloWHl5 language:-
AN IN FAVOR OF WELL REcuLtTED
SYSTEM, AND. oPPosED TO THE cnmERIoAL
SCHEME OF An EXCLUSIVE METALLIC cuRREv-
lCY. PRESERVE AND REGULATE. EUT NoT
DESTROY. THE CREDIT system Is THE DIS
TINCUIsHING FEATURE BETWEEN DEspoTrsw
AND LIBERTY.''--N. 7. Star.
Nineteen twentieths of the Sub-.rcasury
men are in that situation.
From'the New Orleans Bee.
The insensibility of the public 10 tbetdan..
gers which threaten liberty, in the abortion
of the sub-trcasury scheme, is one Of the
Fearful signs of the times. The subject as
financial measure, has been discussed by
the press W tn great warmth and ability. lis
pernlclous effects upon the mercantile in
terests, and those employment. which rest
upon soundscredt and stable currency,
bave been fullypoin.ed out; but whilst these
aspects of the scheme lave been. kept be-
fore the eyes of the people, comparatively
little has been urged against the measure in
IFS bearings upon the liberties of the country.
The time was Whensa proposition so startl-
ing, as the surrender Of the national treas
ure into the hands which hold the national
sword have produced . thrill "rke FIRE
bell in the night" filing the hearer with
fear and trembling. Now, whilst great
sensation isproduced By shock in the mo
ney market, ora fall in the price of com
modities, the most fragrant ahHses of official
trusts, and the Modest assumptions of un-
constitutional power, ar regarded with
shameful indifference. Ii is only in fheiref-
fects upon the pecuniary concerns of the ma
ton that executive usurpations are scrutiny
ed and discussed-if they do not excite APP
prehcnsion of decline in cotton, or a re-
verse in the tobacco trade, they elicit little
or no alarm, however much they SAVIOR of alb
solateism. constitution, the great
charter Of our liberties, no longer rallies to
its support the warm hearts and strong arms
of the people. Self-interest prevails over
the love ofcountry, and patrfotism is becom-
ing fast an unmeaRing aud absOlete term.
In regard to this very sub treasury, which
it is now the chief aim Of tho government TO
fasten upon the country, there never has
been any question ofpoliny before the peo-
pie which has met with such universal con-
domination from all parties, for its awful
squirting IL monarchy. Before il became
abantIing ofthe administration, the NGlobe,"
pers, proclaimed it to be dangerous to tib-
erty, whilst the prominet politicians Of the
Van Buren, school, We'd with each other in
the vehemence of their opposition 10 it, for
the same cause. But when the president
discovered that it was necessary TO his sue
cess, that he should be invested with the
"power Of the PURSE in addition to that of
the sword, change came over the senti-
mems Ofhis TaTtizans, AMI nome so ZealoFs
now in oxtolling the sub-treasury as those
who most bitterly denounced it. The pol
iticians who are moving haven and earth to
carry this measure through congress, were
as we'll informed upon the subject in 1884,
as they are now. It's bearings upon free
dom have not changed since then. If it was
a dangerous and despotic scheme in 1884, it
is so yet. The constitution has not been
changed since then, and whateverwas "diS-
organizing, Evolutionary and snbUerSiDe Of
the fundamental principles Of the gonern-
ment'i in that year, is so in 1882. 1t may
therefore be safely said, that the adoption Of
the sub-treasnry has been considered by all
parties as the consummation Of executive
ambition-the triumph of prerogative over
constitutional law. The wing party SO >
thought in 1s34-they think so and sag so
now.
Taking it for granted that the administra
ton party were sincere in their condemna-
ton of the sub-treasury in 1884, what does
the attempt TO force itupon the people now,
argue? Is itnot pfoof positive that the gov
eminent has been entrusted TO most dam
gerous hands? Does it not demonstrate,
beyond doubt, chat our rulers are determine
ed to accomplish their purposes at the ex-
pense ofpublc liberiyg So clearly are these
conclusions deducible from a retrospect of
the past history Of the sub-treasury, that we
confidently believe that a little reflection
upon the part Of the people would awaken
them to the terrible abyss which yawns be-
fore them. The administration has taken
advantage of the great pecuniary distress
which everv where prevails, to press their
measure through the national legislature.
They suppose that people, painting for relief
from the troubles which government have
brought upon them, will be ready to em-
brace any proposition, however desperate,
as an expedient against pressing wants.
They know that private endorsements
deaden the sensibilities 10 social injuries.
and hope to rivct the chains of despolism
before the people recover from their torpor
upon public affairs, occasioned By She uni
versal prevalence Of individual distress.
The people are to be tosiured intoa surren-
del Of their dearest nights.
SENTENCE or stGEEERAL YAK RENssE-
LAER We learn erom The Albany Daily
AdveTsiseF, thst General Van Rensselaer,,
conyletedg ofsetgingon foot military ex-
tpedlfiou n lie United States, against q ioT-
eien power, vas sentenced 10 six mouths
imprisonment in the country jail, and e Pas
] a ine Of $3.50.