Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1841-05-15
WHlGGERY-WHAT IS 1T?

The time has arrived when tbs question must
ave practical answer--whcn esenls must an
swrr II, whether men viii or not. Thus far il has
had TO meaning except That OF oi opposition 10 he
DemuttatC administration OF JACK,uN aud Vas
BtarH-- 10 point el uni0n amuucst seEfsiyled
" hlgs, but thai Of opposition 10 lie election Of
General JACKSON aud Mr. VAN BuRES. While
NnERery Lad nolhng 10 d. but To oppose and pull
loNu, ths SINGLE MT OF contact aud union was
,ulliceut 10 bold It's votanes together, and 10 unite
them n the same work But now all ia 5 is chang
ed, The work 81 opposition and dehotllon IS
dohe business Is now 10 bcgln; The Nhiagts are IN
tic ascendanl; Tie Government must be uarTe IN;
measures must be adopted. The Bank and the an
l.Bank man the Isun and the anli. Tlnhlhc
Internal improvement aud tie anti Internal M
provclUent-te Land Dstrbuloust aud tue anti
Dstnhulunjsl-lhc Mason and tie nnl. Mas H.
/ Aboitonisi and lie ult.Ab0lilonSt--.hr Uttra
SAFE kiguls man aud the Utl LatngdlnIrfan
FtdrraIlst-aIl lhe>c, thus lar might work together,
and did work Together. ButtAe tine tpf thIs con.
laAcuou Of cdullufles -ls harmony vi decotds--Ds
d cease Work II Considerations, moi of deslruc-
ton, 10 TO be duue; and the lata mraslre 81 the
called session, and the uuiJfseeu dtmisc 81 tie e.
ltctC ptostrHl, pfeupHale tven's, and Dtlhg on
acton with tbe caAuI \ oIsIfpnse ami Ink dt,l &C.
ton Vi haste 10 dity days from hs INK Iae het-
croseueous army Of Vac Ways wdi he on tue field
Of battle, without uuuy without tue POSSIBILITY OF
acting together aud yaI Obliged 10 act.
We ate not ol the school 81 thgse who believe
n the general want Of pol rrncpe; on The
contrary, We believe HAT the mass Of every par.
" 20 Tor The puDllc good, and that part Of Ihe
leaders N every pndy do The same. We believe
mat there a.c lmge pOfHous Of those called
i IN mt II mn.
.teso with lhose with whom they acted N the O.
ecuons; and N ltgsIallon, as 10 armies, thf'e
can be buI iwo sides wien you come 10 action ;
so The dissenting part Of Wings vii be obliged
to vote on one SIDE or the other, anG thus Iall INTO
the ranks ul the Democrats OF EedrEailsls.
lbfd party IS al mpoasbIly IN actoni Il exists
only N theory. Ii would bs hke hrd afmy,ln
a battle; It mu.i JON one OF the other. No lbud
parry cau exist tue dissenting pau OF the Wings
must act Win one or the other oi Ihs two great
p.rlles, and the Wings themselves must de'elopt.
A shut hand--a double Iact--a ofked tonsue--
will no longer answer their purpose lnty must
deveope They musl take Il coulse, ihey must
show hIg, hey must iolo" Ilne; ava that
couse that lag, aud that Inc vii be Federal!
The mass OF the hMs paily ATE r del'I; the
majority OF the leaders are Fedet4I, and Federal
must be, aud viii be theie policy. Here mea IS
the answer 10 the question, That IS Hhiggey!
Inus lar Nhiggery has been opposition 10 Jack
son and Van Buren, henceoT"ald II Will DO
FederaIsm-oId Hamou,an Federalism oi '9l.
2 3; black cuckade Federalism OF '9o, ~,
and 1870.
Win this development uf measures. and Sc
cesslon Of members, Inc name ui Wing Will cub
er becomc extinct, OF be merged IN that Of Fed
cralst, Or will stand for something denollng all
The bid, without any Of the COED qualities OF old
Federalism. With all lis faults old Federalism
had something high and honorable in H. scoIn-
ed hsasaEIsy; II scored mask; scOfned Q.
dDis lace; II scorned loIked loSgue. II IruA
I y and honestly beheyed the people 10 be ncsPa-
bic OF sell government. aud, acsed upon that be-
lei IN all lis measures. Ii believed The "os1-
ter classes" az It Is called the money men' ought
IL hold the ieins Of Governments and ina. 'pe
mass Of the people should neither VOIe npF hoiu
| Office. In this ihe Wing party Us "dJo'".
ut II now il, as The whole VIII 10 AVER Inc secss-
SONS O, Inc called session ail agree WIN mem.
II vii have the essential and fundamental cietd
| Of lbmald. T sderaAis, sAas lhaa1kaaers 'nea'