The Yazoo City Whig and political register. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 183?-1840, 1840-06-26


rolling over the country ia the manner il Is,
and there is great hope and consolation 10 the
fact that the wings 81 thousands and tens Of
thousands, throughout the Union, are indus.
trious in advancing the good cause Of the
people. But still We think that this strug-
gle for the Presidency is not conducted as It
should be. If we are sincere il what we say
of the necessity of change Of government
Oficers-if the people Of this great nation
are grooming under extreme embarrassment,
difficulty and want, and no hope Of better
condition can be entertained under the pre-
sent system Of ahard moneys destruction to
our currency, which We have now been
blindly following for ten years, and if it is
apparent that change of administration is
absolutely necessary for the peoples good in
this great and important matter. most Ger.
tainly then, the case calls, and calls loudly,
for another kind Of action, another kind Of
industry and different exertions from what
we see manifested BY the wing party. If
the country is worth preserving, and the
welfare of the people be considered desira-
ble-if tits fit and right that such system
of things should be established as that our
labor viii procure as comfortable subsis-
lance and that pro iperity should once more
visit this Materially prosperous land; and
that the blighting and mldew which is now
upon it should be swept away. If we say,
the reform is as necessary as the whole face
of The country in all its features prove it to
be, then it is deserving of a degree of vigi-
lence and labor which we have not yet
seen.
We know there is an idea abroad in the
country, particularly amongst Industrious
men, that any special devotion of much time
TO politics is an improper neglect of our own
personal affairs. This was once very pro-
per sentiment if not carried too far, for the
country did not then need such a prompt
and vigorous interposition Of the people as
it now does. But if the subject is properly
regarded now, it will be very readily seen
that attention TO the approaching contest is
as useful and necessary as following the
plough. How can We better ourselves and
render our families more service than by
procuring the change which we seek for?
And if one or two years labor of the whole
country is spent in procuring it (save enough
TO carry on the necessary operations for our
subsistance) who will not say that it is well
spent2 When did the country ever do more
for its own good and render its people more
essential service in any one year than can
now be done in half that time, by half the
people, if they viii ply themselves vigorous
ly to the work! Let it not be said then, by
any good citizen, that he has not time TO do
tbs or perform that or the other service in
this work of reformation. Let every man
know that he cannot employ his time better.
There is no compulsion upon any man to
perform service in the wing cause, but il is
none the less necessary for that. IF every
man who can reasonably, and with tOlera5le
convenience, devote a large portion of his
time and talents to the work of this great
reformation in our afairs-if business of
smaller import be laid aside, and this matter
be taken upas part of our daily employment,
with that spirit and enterprise which the poo-
pie bestow upon their farms and their mer-
chandise, who can doubt but the coming
election viii result in the perfect relief of
the country from this universal paralytick
that now rests upon the land? If men can
render themselves and their families more
service than by lending every man bis assis-
lance to procure this political regeneration
for the country, We are at a loss TO know
how he will employ himself. We do not
believe that the ordinary pursuits Of indus
try and enterprise in our respective avoca-
tons can have such a result. We verify be-
lieve that every man, except the wealthy,
can well afford to spend half his time and
half his means in this work of reform; for
then his substance will be Of some use to
him and his labor will return him . fair re-
ward.
Then LET the people one and all move the
cause forward. Let our care for ourselves
and our fidelity to the land We live ii be
seen in our continued efforts to place our
SELVES and the couniry IN those maths of So