Mobile daily commercial register and patriot., 1841-11-26
From the Richmond Enuuirer,

- ttl the eyes of the people, then the people read, to be eHslaved, and to be made the tools oi the very worst and most dishonest Of mankind. XIX 10 us about representative Fesp0nsibflity' Why' u,eSe n men have acted like irresponsible despoIs, taA ,9 as about the vicious and violent legisapn of the oid ,yorldi Why. kere is n body of men in Repnb- lie, in the 18th century, whose enormIl'es come up to ifthey do not excel, those Of the most siy ne capricoas governments on earth. Hers IS a opue o' men calling themselves freemen, who nave not 'esn ted to violate the freedom of speech-who nNVe na, hestated to gag patriotic minority-who ha'e iio. scr,ned to pass their mischieyous enactmens by dl of Ynere nhvsical force-who have dared to abolish even the forms of civilized egsaton and passed me most momentous laws-iaws ot vital importance 10 inc community in the delIberative assembly-(dehb- erative assembyl what mockeryD without allow | inc the minority to debate examine the mefiFS- and as to the imbecity and perniclous and lnho' ral tendency of their legislati n, when did any mo narehcal government, however stupid, lmoecne o' corrupt perpetrate the Supsrtoftrs, the aesc'osu.e stup,dy of distributing or throwing away the pupac money, at the same time ihat the peol4e mus. !@ faxed and large sums borrowed to deiray the daay expenses of goyernInentl Why, do veriyoehess that congress of Seminole indians would naseAe- gislaed more wisely than these civil zsd Oatoarahs Rave Iona Neither could a Seminole assembly have presented such n variety of sqnabes, disorder, 'n' decency bull fights, 6sticuis, members choSihs ea'" other, jockey dialogues, and set oi uhn'n"e'y ' divduals, pretending to be gentlemen, put ean'D
 ing the habits and language oi os''efs anu
 men, as this whig congress have Prereh'eo 'o ''ie country Their conduct and Legislation appear ar most incredible and if had not been eye %it- nesses of this dsgraeefn drama, we conid no. pc lieve it possible that human folly and depraSy eou'a be carried to such height What d'sereat' "na. ;nea,ble disgrace, wha, irreparabe injury have not these men inflicted upon the cause of human hefg and repubIican governmentf For, let It be remem- bered that many of these whig members voted anu acted as they did-not according 10 thelr owacol, yictions of right--not responsible inteiec'ua, ,yeu,.,ot as inc representatives of the people-ou they disgraced human nature, by consen'ing 10 oe a,;ysn like sheep, a, .hs bidding o anpincipled political leader, who had the unparaiieed auoac'. openly to present programme at the oeginh,hg o' the session. indicating, the same time, what sup iects should be discussed--what laws should De nassed and even the order in which they were to De introduced. He also marked the time which was to be spent in debating each subject; and, 10 ms un precedented outrage, every member oi u,e hafo c' der yarty said amen! .
 In the presence of these portentous facts, and with this ridiculous mockery of responsible aud repressn, taiye government staring them in the face, the neo- pie will naturally enquire, Why are these things permitted in free governments Why shall we elect and nay body of representatives who Kalo Wash ington not to superintend affairs, but quarrel, ouaff champagne and the livery of some intrigu-
 ing politician whom they implicitly and serriley ac- knowledge their supreme master3 Are,we to be taxed, and is substance to be taken from us,
 
 Why is tribute to be levied upon ass not for the defence of our country not to sustain 1t in time of war; but to corrupt the states In tnes oi peaceF- Why shall the federal government waste and dstrl- bute the money which it borrows, and the taxes which ii plunders from us?" But while the people thus excaim, will they condescend to apply the rem edy? Let them then cashier corrupt and unworthy legislators. Let them behold the consequence-the direct, inevitable consequence of filling our halls of legislation with these men-talent and dignity will cease to be passports to pubictavor. Merit, dist,nction, honor will be nothing-the Crocket school will be in the ascendanthorse racers, jock ies ribad jokers, merry Andrews, court house har. lequins gamblers, bar room dIgntaries, desperate spendthrifts who visiously squander the money of the people. they have vicousiy squandered 1helr own. These are the men and the heroes who are too frequently selected 10 legisate for ns To these may be added the pettifogsing class of lawyers and lawyers certainly make the most quibbling and very worst legislators in the word because, from the ha- bits of their profession, they are devoted to the n discriminate defence of right and wrong-accuston- ed solemnly to affirm what they do moi bel,ese--and maid one day to defend the identical thing thai the next day they are paid abuse, accuse and con- demn Such habits of thinking necessarily tend te spoil and peryert the judgment, 10 blunt the sensb,l- ity, and to obiiterae all dstinctoa between right and wrong, and between equity and iniquity There- fore it is that their legislation is too often like te'r pleading, tortuous, insncere partial, sellsh, merce- nary and absurd Undoubtedly, we hays too much lawyer-like legislation.
 But amidst all these practical evidences of Federal
 scapacity to govern we and in the face Of all these bad laws, unhaowed attempts and notorious ln'qui- ty perpetratcd by whg dynasty. is quite amusing to listen the tone of their journals and politicians, who profess that their party ,and what they are pleas, ed to term " whig principles" are sin danger, and calling on the people to the rescue and save them from desruction--as if tt was now the interest of the peoples or of any considerable portion of the people of the United States, to save party from de struction, which has, Itseif sought the destruction of the country, and which has scotrged us with wretched legislation, and still more wretched law giyers. But what are the 'iwhg prpacjples 7. Or what do these editors mean by the term .fW W9ig' uow-a-days3 This is term, which has never been fully comprehended by great portion of our people, and Il, ever has been found difficult to. precisely to ascertain what did, or what did not constitute 'whg nrinciples." Now, am one of those who believe that this term "whig," either means nothing; or, it means anything, then means great deal. For meriy it meant ''hatred of one man-opposItlon to Marlin Van Buren," But what does 1t mean! Or what does Mir. Daniel Webster mean by the sswhig President, the whig people, and lie ghg con gress" when it is notorious, that what he calls the splg President is warred upon by the iohg congress- who have issued an address withdrawing their com fidence from him?-But a. they have been in pow er since the month of March, their acts at least speak louder than their empty words, and we may per chance find some clue to their 'princsples" by ex- amining wh,t they have done. What, then, does the term "whig'' mean now-a-daysa Let us see-
 It means, to say one thing, and do another. i.
 It means, to promise economy and to practice ex- travagance. .'5
 It Seans, high taxes, splendid government and an impoverished people,
 It means, to create great permanent National Debt. .v,rssa 5t
 I. means; to carry on ,is government by 'y'ts"
 It means, to call an extra session osteasby ts re. lieye the people, but virtually to ruin them. =.
 It means that the main Business performed by this congress- which cost the people half msou or dei-' lars, IS the passage of the THREE acts, for the bes nefit of privileged lady, named Mrs. Harrison.
 It means, that the said Mrs. Harrison Is to have graiuity of $23, 600. F..
 1t means, that an additional sum of s3o00 is to be paid for the funeral expenses of the late Mr. Harr- son. husband of the said Mrs. Harrison. {.
 It means, that the Wings may pay double salaries.
 It means, that are to pay both for. living and a dead President. ..
 means, that the services of dead man are worth at least $25,OO0. ,Y1
 It means, that taxation IS relief.
 It means, that all the offices in the country belong to them by "right divine."
 It means, to complain of every thing when in opposition, bat to perform nothing sautary wien in power. .4.gf
 It means, that when the democrats are ip power, the people ought to be told that fhere afeady many offices and but to add to the num- Der when the whigs come in. It means, that the "spoils-hating" whigs must prescribe lads of twelve years of age on account of their political principles. It means, that S22, ,OOO, 900 is too much for de- | nocratic administration ;but that BPS 900 900 is not enough for {" reform whig administration" :" ..s.d It means, that to transform Charge de Afaires ! nto Plenipotentiary is genuine economy. @
 It means, that Diplomatic Agents shall be sent to I ypaia, Brazil, aai other places, at an expense of SSa00 each. which cost but S4 300 each under de- nocratic administration. iltifi ~
 It means, that whig members of congress and whig L ecretaries ought to quarter their families on the