Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1840-08-01
PEDIGREE OF THE PRESENT WIG
PARTY.

The following is taken from the Address tho
Democratic Members Of the Now York Lcglsla.
ture. II will be read with interest by all who are
DESTROYS of tracing the pedigree of the amagema-
ten opposition.
Look ut the facts and principles. More than
ninc-enlhs Of the individuals known as Federal
isis IN former days now rally under The burners Of
Whggery. The principles md practices Of Fed
etallsm and Whqgety are Identical. Who were
~ former times lbs advocates aud supporters OF
the Bank Of the United States The federaiisls
Who are they nowl The Wings. Who, IN for
mei days, opposed the extension CT tho right Of
suffrage, and dended the capacity Of the people
for sofgoyerumenl The Fedetasts. Who
ARE now most dlsrusfnl to the people, md try by
registry laws and other devices TO eHbarass the
exercise Of right they cannot withhold The
Wings Who passed lava for the expulsion Of
farmers from the country, and to prevent smlgta
ton h,thet, though obstructng tho laws for
naturalization Of foreigners and efusng to pass
others TO encourage migration hllbef," by the
king Of Engiand,sas set forth in the Declaration
OF Independence as one Of the causes Of the Re-
Yoluhonl The Fedefalisls. Who aro now in
favor Of excluding foreigners from Office end from
the right Of suffrage, and are getting up Native
American Societies, aud esortng 10 caher means
to embarass naturalization, with tha same yeysl
The Wings. Who passed the SedGon act 10
prevent men from speaking OF wntjpg with free.
dom upon the dolngs OF thu Congress Or President
Of the United Slaesl The FederaI,s,s. WGo
are now pressing a bl,t in Congress 10 euuail the
political rights and privileges Of large number
Of our government The Wings, Who under
the reign Of Hamilton and Adams, were the ad.
v1cates Of a National Debtl The federallsis.
VINO are Low attempting, by Withdrawing from
the general government It's means 81 support TO
force il again into desil The Wings. Who
were the advocates IN the time Of Ohm Adams Of
high taxes and exuegagant expenditures The
EedefalIsis. Who are nov he advocates Of high
taxes, under the duties On nPou- and assuming
direc, power over the Internal affairs Of the coun
try, such us roads and canals, IN dong the same
thug indirectly, BY giving money 10 the States 10
be expended upon them, thus enlargng ucalcula.
bly, the public expendltu,esl The Wings. Who
in the tune Of Jefferson and Madison, took sides
agalns,. lleir own government IN every dispute
I'm foreign power The FederalIss. Who
did the same thing in the time Of Zen. jackson !
The Wings. Who in the days Of John Adams,
offered personal indigniies al the capital to Jel.
rerson, Randolph and other leading republicans
The FeGcraIlsts Who in the mobbish parades
with shouts and mock music nov insult and de.
ride leading democrats at Washington and alarm
their families in the dead Of night The Wings.
Scarcely a principle or practice can be named
thai ancient Federation and modern Whtggsty
are not entirely parallel. Indeed those who re-
member the history of the times, cannot have for
gotten that the one name is the d,Iecl descendant
Of The other, only in the second degree. Fede'
rast was originally popular name. Ii was borne
With pride BY The anti democratic party, until i