Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1841-10-30
BEFoRE AND AFTER


i7ih gil addressed 70 Daaiel Webster, Esq. sigR-
ed FepaIus. We make 3 short extract iI0m It
which iOreibly illustrates the conduct Of the Wing
reFF, belarc add aner coming into power:
The people, Sir, are Tired Of these delusioas.-
Sinnnh your maSk, thea OF lee us have les Of pre-
iensisn and promise, with little more Of peTior-
maaee. Instead Of twenty eight or thirty milhons
expeaditafe, when yoar friends promised but lhlr-
teen or fiteen let u.s. at al events, have no more
thsu shs eighleeROs tEehty 70 which the lest adj
ministTatiOh was rapidly approaching, and which
YOU denounced as eXtravsgsnt. Suspend the rava-
Res Of persecution At least for a season, for that
mere difeFenIe Of op iHion in which you yourse
are, amsng yourselves, beginning 10 indulge some
what freely; Oihe fwise, some oil you may have 10
look carefully to yo'. own heads. Let W have
lev good works. As yet We can hardly see grounds
even Tor faith, except in the two veoes oil an nte.
pid Executive. The whale session has. been
masquerade unmaSking. Were il not subject TOO
serious Ior merriment little amusement could be
gathered from the contrast between the leading
personsees before the election 10 their domlnoes
aud coaks, and counterfeit characters, and their
true appearance now, when stripped al this Extra
Session.
Before. they were patriots Of the purest water,
who scorned The spoils of Office, and would pro.
scribe prescription. Now, they appear to have
seized on every occasion TO plumber power aRd sal
sry for themselves and families, as well as to have
Prosecuted from The lowest station every political
opponent with sort Of hurricaRe rush woish
hunger--a dealb.like struggle, which have driven
one President already TO an untimely grave, and
must emb,ier the life Of another. The leaders Of
the Wing party came with honeyed accents TO
emaaeipafe Office holders from fear and danger -
when The subjects Of no Donysus or Nero ever
lived in greater dread of their bloody tyranny, than
most ncumbents have, ill lately, felt for the Wing
guHot:he.
Before the election, they were graciously and be-
nignanty to bring reieflo all classes But now
come Oftheir first acts are 10 increase taxes, and
that. loo, on articles finest universal use.
Before, they were to introduce retrenchment and
economy But now, almost every esIa bIlshment 10
increased, salaries raised, officers multiplied and our
aggregate expenditures alarinngly augmented
Before Exec utve patronage and discretion were
TO be limited. Now, they are enlarged.
Before, they were prodigal in professions as OK
elusive friends Of OIL der and dccency. They now
raise fcrocious yells around the dwelling OF their
oVn President, and they burn, hang or shoot him,
in gnomiuious elTigy, in almost every village.
BoaStiul before OF their superior courtesy and re-
fnemeni, their distinguished leader in the Senate
now condescends TO disgrace himself by denoun-
cling all his opponents as Plrates-and their vaga-
bond Bears are palronzsd by their Departments,
and they, and some Of the most Infamous of their
pipe-layers, fed from the public Treasury.
They were 10 protect liberty oIspeech. But they
began in one House with smolhering debate-have
cut Off yeas and nays on important amendments
and concealed from The people the opinions as well
rs votes Of their Representatives on many OF the
most essential points they were delegated here 10
act on.
In fine, they were to uphold morals and laws
But they violate the public peace in the very halls
III Compensatory disturb our villages and cities
with riots and mobs-s sometimes against their own
offending brethren--and they tempt the community
in more remote regions, by their bad examples, 10
rush into various demoraizng outrages, and eslab
lsh the 6ece reign Of nnbrided Lynch law.
Remember, Sir, that these are the fruits Of only q
six months administration Of your immaculate par
~. II is but ilffee months session Of your uneon'
trolled majoriiyin both Houscs--scsrce hundred
sf whSS 5ay pow poSeae cfD4q: s p end
pie take warning
Ifyour influence is not already paralized, or 10
not coon to be, allow me to caution you, that all
your ar,s.a your duplic,y, oil your indomitable se
hshness and unscrupuloas ambition, are beginning
10 be developed.
Il Providence, in his wrath Cor some national
traasgfession, connected with such an Admlnis'ra.
ton ~ you have headed during the last six months
should permit your power 10 be mach longer pro
longed, we need another national fast, 10 try 10
avert the calamiiies in store for Us.
We most devodtly offer our thanksgiving that
the President istel,eved from the rest Of his bad adj
visers. But his deIiverance will be incomplete, and
hisfuturc fidelity as well as success, be ia jeopardy,
while surrounded by men like yourself. Retire,
then, at once, from station which you never SHOULD
have pt0taned under an administration ma king any
claims TO Repubicanism' . Cling moi. basely 10 mere
power an pelC Evnoc some little respect towards
the feelings Of vrtuouj, outraged, and indignant
people, and the catastrophe may yet be averted
which seems 10 menace both public morals and pub
lie liberty.