The Yazoo City Whig and political register., 1840-06-19


lnco h 8tenuc 81 he aliQn have been
kept 81 naigld0ai hands end IL State banks
lhe dslsoaiions, exclusive q what is yei
due 81 those banks amounts 70 2 ,08l 90.
Moro lhan SIS lines lhe amount Of al the
delalcations which haze ever occurred II
the country since # had name.
II Mr. Van Bnren and bis party ought 70
be sustained Il should Be- for some good
reasons, and not merely because they now
have the public Offices and consequently (by
then nov mode of using them) the power,
n great degree, Of controlling the cleo
tions. What las MI. Van Buren done to
entisle him 70 the auffFages of the people Of
this good nation2 Formy own part, am
not ven enough acquainted with The his
tory Of our country TO know Of any promi-
nent measure, either for good or for evil,
TINT owes Is origin ID him. He has parti-
cipased i some important measures and
some Of them do moi ceartainly, I think, re-
feet much honor On him. III the conyen-
ton Of New. York, he voted for the right Of
ssbrgges II free negroes. placing them ii
the same political condition with white men.
And ii the same place be voted against
suffrage against the rightof any
nan 70 vote who was not worth asmuch as
$3.50. But tke most important measure
Ii which Mr. Van Buren ever took part was
the much celebrated Missouri Question,
when it was asserted that Congress had the
right of excluding State from The Union
pr compel her to abolish the institution Of
slavery from her Constitution. During this
fearful struggle, MI. Van Buren was ii the
Senate Of New York and voted % instruct
their Senator Ia Congress 10 vote for the
and Illegal restriction, which,
had it been successful, would inevitably
have ruined the prospects Of the South for
ever, or compelled her 10 cecede from the
coniederacy. Mr. Van Buren is opposed to
q National Bank but IN favor Of the issu-
ance Of Post Notes for circulation BY the
Treasury Department He is also in favor
of the sub-Treasury which gives the Pre-
sident the entire control Of the whole Of
the public revenues, and is il favor Of being
President himself. This, so far as am
acquainted, makes up the principal items
of Mr. Van Buren's political creed, except
that he is in favor. generally, Of the party
which General Jackson leftin power.
In the great and yitalIy important subject
of inance, which is now emphatically he
important subject, The people can look for
nothing from Mr. Van Buren, ;sbecausa he
has stated distinctly and soIemnly, in bis
message to Congress, that the General Gov
eminent has nothing Whatever 70 do in this
matter but make lis own collections and
disbursements. The people therefore, in
their present difficulties are thrown upon
their own resources. Our financial condi-
tion must continue its rapid and fearful re-
trograde course for years TO come ora change
IN administration must take place.
Most hearty and sincerely do Icongratu-
late the South in their singular good fortune
ID agreeing with the North to unite upon
General Harrison for the Presidency, in OPP
position TO the present incumbent. Ii was
glorious compromise for the slaye-holding
States, and will no doubt, in The event Of
lis election, totally uproot and anihilate that
lorthern faction Of fanatics who vaInly seek
o destroy our institutions and deprive US Of
,ur rights. II candidate had been selected
ioleIy in view Of The interests Of The South
Ipon The slavery question, better selec-
ion could not have been made than the
present whig candidate. General Harrison
Ie too participated in the Great Missouri
question above alluded to. And in the
Congress Of the United States, 4 represen-
alive from OHIO, he fought manfully and
truggled hard BY the side Of Clay and
,alhoun, and IN opposition 10 MI. Van Bu-
en-, ii sustaining our rights and our consii-
utional privileges, The Constitution was
indicated, the South triumphed Missouri
anne into the Union upright and indepen
emf, and Harrison fell! Yes sir, be fell
Il the hands Of his own constituents, in bis
Wn district ii Ohio, where the fanaticaI
lfiuence prevailed, he was thrust from the
ais of (sonorass for fhp noble and disin-