The Yazoo City Whig and political register. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 183?-1840, 1840-01-10

4 were not held accountable when found out. II
would be like arraigning malefactor before the
tribunals OF justice, and dIsehargng him when
his guilt is pToved-as if the law was satisfied
with mere Qualifications of silly curiosity.
1t the cause Of the inordnate extension OF
banking capital, the arrangement of the curreH-
cy, and the present Distress are not questions be-
fore the country, it is because there is no doubt
upon the subject. 1t is because they are so clear
ly traceable to theipoicy Of the administrations as
to admit ofno debate. Here, then. the first duty
Chat OF ascertaining the authors Of public calami
| ty)--has been accomplished; the second-to pu-
nish them--remalns to be performed
| What excuse has the administration, thus con
victed OF enormous sins against the peace and
/ happiness of the people, offered to avert the
wrath of the oppressed and ruined! None. The
| executive is still tinketing with the currency,
still flying to untried schemes of finance still eE
| perimentiag There is not the slightest show oil
contrition for the miseTes which his project have
caused; there is not the least hope Of peace whilst
he is in power. One of his leading adherents. ex-
| claims upon the door of Congress, that '.there IL
| no pressure which honest man would regret;''
whilst his partlzans, with fiendish JOY, cry "stoD
that ball. as desolatiOn rolls ruthlessly over the
merchant, the planter and the mechanic. Insult
is added to ruin, and mockery to insult The war
is to be relentlessy carried on against the great
interests of society, until every vestige of former
prospeutyIs swept away.
Under such circumstances, is it not amazing
that there can be found persons, who mitigate the
atrocity OF the presidents offences against the ma
ton and attempt to stay the arm of retribution!
Not only do they do this; but they 60 further and
are endeavoring to direct the vengeance of the
people against the very men who foresaw and
foretoH the consummation of the mad policy of
rulers, and strove by argument, by eloquencc
and by prayer to save them.
If the people, writing beneath the usurped
and misdirected power of the executive, shall
still cling to him, if they permit the sophistry Of
the ingenious or the falsehoods of the depraved,
to blind their Judgments or lead astray their pas
siOns, if they persevere in doing homage to their
oppressors and in comforting emolument on those
who despitefuIIy use them, it will be ,ommen-
tary of fearful omen upon popular forms of gov
eminent. It will prove that the doctrine of ofIi-
cial responsibility has no force in this country;
that the idol of the day may trampe upon the
rights of the people with impunity; that there is
no constitutional restraint upon the chief magis-
trate; in fine, that the president has nothing to
apprehend from the alarm of the people when he
usurps power, Of their indignation when he
yields that power against their happiness. The
president and his co-adjutors are confessedly the
authors of the disasters which have come upon US
then hold him and his party responsible for
them. Let the people beware how they pass over
offences OF such grave magnitude as have been
committed against them. They should remem-
Der, that lenency towards offenders in high pla-
ces is misapplied-that impunity emboldens pub
lie functionaries in wrong-doings-tha an omis-
sion TO punish, is taken as a justification of the
of power; that an acquiescence under
oppression is pleaded as precedent for tyranny.
Let them not sleep upon their wrongs, for "hber-
iyis voaseh-sqed unto mankind upon the condition
IF ETERNAL VIGILE NcE. g.