Lexington union. (Lexington, Miss.) 1838-18??, 1840-06-13

70 shoot down their own friends and sub
vert their own rights, the Governor hat
ne audacity 10 request the aid Of bod,
OF United States regulars, then in the vi
emily, and 10 demand Of the President tn,
aid Of the army ut the Union!
What, in This case, did the people ask
Nothing but the installation vftheir pub
Ic officers, duly and coDstituionaIly elect,
ed by large majorities. Aud why did
not The Harrison party proceed in theil
monstrous design 10 deprive them Of this
dearest right Of ireemen; TO treat HE
election as ifit no, been held, aud retain
The possession Of power at the point llhc
bayonetY Not because they reented or
repenled, not because they wero not ready
Tor blood and carnage, to put down The
rights Of the people; but because two OF
their number, aud TOO only. refused 10
act out the scene, and recedlng from the
lisurplng House oi Representatives, left
y without quorum. As bold, unprinci-
pied, anoi unscrupulous as they were, they
dared not proceed when they could 10
longer shield their usurpaiion under con.
stitulional forms.
What on this occasion was the conduct
OF those who now constitute the Harrison
party IN other States? Did they de-
ho"nce the usnrpers and take the side Of
the people? No; almost TO man, thew
sustained, encouraged, and defended
governor Rilner and his daring associ.
a'es. The people received from them
oui ieroclous abuse, with the epilhets OF
traitors and rebels. The attempt 10
cleave down By the sword the most pre-
clouS rights Of ireemen, was every where
appiauded 10y them, show that The same
contempt Tor the people pervades that
party throughout the Union.
And what have we seen at The present
session Of Congress2 The House of
Representatives kept in state OF disor.
gan'za'ion Tor weeks. Ly IN attempt 10
nrce lnto It, as members, Eve men from
New Jersey, when five other men, noto
rlously aud coniessedy, had majority Of
the VoIes given 1T the election, The
broad seal" Of the Governor, though
covering a known aud acknowledged
fraud, was held by them more sacred than
the peoples right Of Suffrage aud was con-
sldered a better ii'le to a seat ia Congress
thai majority Of the peoples vores!--
Ems was not a Pennsylvania scene,
probably because the Harrison party here
had no Governor Ritner under their con.
troll 10 back the ''broad seul' with 'buck.
shot and ball;" but the contempt for the
people, and, the trHl to ,rample on their
rights, were in both cases the same.
Freemen Of the United States! Your
liberties nre not SO safe as YOU may sup.
pose, Think you, if Harrison bud been
President, the army Of the United States
would have been refused TO his friends IN
Pennsylvania? Think you, tina, in such
condition Of things, the people OF that
State could have maintained their right
to Governor and Legislature Of their
own Tree choice, but by wadlng through
rivers blood? 1t was at Harrisburg. on
The very scene of the Riiner usurpalion,
and BY the influence oil The leaders in that
desperate effort, that the nomination Of
Harrison was Effected If elected, Rit.
ner's advisers will be his advisers; The
prof'gacy and daringness Of that faction
VIII be transferred 10 Washington; and
their spirit will pervade the administration
81 the General Government. What have
you TO crpect from it, but ,chat you hare
seen a. ot.cmpt2 What, but that corrup.
lion and fraud ia elections will pervade
every Slate? What, but tia, minority
Candidates will be thrust Into State Lee
gislatures, and "broad seal" members into
Congress, at the point Of the bayonel?
A flood Of Generalization has swept
over our land; aud upon some States i,
rests IN slagnant pools. contaminaling the
atmosphere Of liberty, and threatening
death TO every thing srtuous, noble, aud
free. 1t is to the monster bank, which
having struggled in vain, by its blandish-
ments, lis corruptions and its terrors, 10
overcome the fearless and incorrup,ible
man then at the head ofthe General Gov.
eromeni, turned 10 the State Legislature
where il found no difficulty il buying up
Senators by the dozen, that the people Of
Penfsylvania were indebted for the profit
gacy exhibited in The attempt TO subyeri
heir Liberties by the sword. To means
furnished by The same and similar inst!lu-
lions, Or those directly connected with !
hem, II not eyento the bankers 81 Europe,
are the people Of the United States IN
doubleday now indebted, not only Cor The
DEPRIVATION Of morals which threatens 10