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

DEMOCRATIC TESTIMONY.
Democratic Legislation and Democratic
Consistency.


Consistency.
The Senate of the United States by strict
party vote, Van Buren, majority, upon Mr..
Rives' amendment to Mr.. Critendens Elec-
ton Bill, voted down the express language
and precise words of Jefferson (they are JEFF
fersonians) and the Legislature of Tennes-
see voted down in like manner, Gen jack
son, Gov. Polk, Gen Jackson again, and the
Globe.
While the Instructions were under dis
custom Mr.. Parker offered the following
amendment to the fourth Resolution.
<sResolVed.-That we heartily approve the
sentiment expressed by Presiden: Jackson IN
his Message in 1886 which is in the follow
ing words, SIT is considered against the ge-
Mus of our free institutions 20 lock up IN
vaults the treasure of the nation, to take
from the people the right of bearing arms, and
put those weapons of defence IN the hands
of standing army, would be scarcely more
dangerous to those liberties, than to permit
the government to accumulate amounts be-
yond the supplies necessary to its legitimate
wants. Such treasure would doubtless be
employed at some time, as it has been IN
other countries, when opportunity tempted
ambition"
This seems to be a kind of test of jack
sonism. They had to meet it, and they re-
,jected it By a strict party cote. So much for
Jacksonism, consistency, &c.
Mr.. Parker finding they could not stand
Jacksonism though, he would try how they
would like Polkism, and offered the follow
ing amendment.
:<EResolved, that we must cordially approve
the arguments employed by the Hon. James
K. Polk, in opposition to the sub-treasury,
in speech delivered by him in Congress in
1852
And with Polk they did likewise. A strict
party vote excluded this amendment also.
On another occasion Mr.. Anderson, wing
offered the following amendment to one Of
the same resolutions. This is also in the
precise language of Mr.. Polk in speech
made by him in Congress against the sub
Treasury.
"ResoiUed, That corporation is much sa-
fer than any individual agent, however res
ponsible ne may be, because it consists of an
association of individuals who have thrown
together their aggregate wealth. and who
are bound in their corporate character to the
extent of their whole capital stock for the
deposite: and that it is the opinion of this
general assembly that the heaviest security
which the most wealthy individuals could
give would no: make the public deposites
safe at the point of large collection"
This was also repudiated by strict party
vote.
Mr. Anderson then suppose that Jacksonism
would be more palatabIe to the sold faithful
and we'll tried Jackson men' offered the fol-
lowing which is, word fer word, extracted
from one of the hero's messages.
s'ResolUed, That we have confidence in
the ability and capacity of the state banks to
perform all the duties of fiscal agents for the
government"
They tuged at the Cd general while, but
they finally laid him aside also in the same
manner as before.
At length, finding that they could not
stand either Jackson or Polk, Mr.. Anderson
thought he would try them with the Globe.
Certainly the good old democratic, ever right
Globe, they will of course like that. So he
framed resolution in the exact language of
the oracular Globe and administered that,
which is as follows
"Resolved, That the independent treasu-
ry is designating and revolutionary. and
subversive of the fundamental principles of
our government, and of it's entire practice
from 1889 down to this day; and that it is as
palpable as the sun that the effect of the
scheme would be to bring the public treasury
much nearer the actual custody and control
of the president, and expose it to be plunde-
red by hundred hands, where one under
the late system could not reach it. In such
event, we should feel that the people had
just cause for alarm, and ought to give their
most watchful attention to such an effort to
enlarge executive power, and put in it's
hand the means ofcoTuption.
But the stomach of the worthy democrats
could not bear it, and they denounced the
Globe too, by another party vote.
Thus do these democrats denounce, una
nimously, and utterly repudiate to day the
very sentiments, the very language which
yesterday was wisdom, patriotism and safety
To what perfection of degradation have we
comet