The Yazoo Whig and political register. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1840-1842, 1841-10-19

never were repudiated and remained unpaid,
a loss in the hands of their holders, excevl
by the stern mandates of insolvency. Such
IA thing never was known. No civilized
country or people has ever arrived, at &a5
point of aPOstacy and treachery yet. And
does any one believe that Mississippi Will bel
sustained in this wholesale, daylight swnd-l
lingl Will Mississippi be permitted 10 rob
with impunity! Ifshe succeeds at piracy on
the land is she next to try piracy upon the
seas? The blood of honest men, such as are
not led astray BY heartIess, soulIess dems.
gogues, stagnaies in the veins at the sightof
such picture as our State now presents.
We say, those who are not led astray. for we
know full WELL. that most Of thesepen (w,b
the exception Of few vampjresl are honest
and patriotic, but they are deceived. iInposei
upon and led into error by others. Their
honesty, however, does not alter the question.
for the question is as we state it-Honesty and
Dishonesty open combatants in he. field
each calling for aid upon the elective fran
chises OF free men, and proposing to settle the
contest at the ballot box Republican citizens!
The views of Interested persons, however
honest, cannot change the attitude of the
State. She is, and is known and seen to be,
this day, cooly and unblusbingk proposing
to herself TO endeavor to swindle her neighbor
out of FIVE millions Of doilarsr L. is impossi-
BILE to tell the thing any way different from
thai! The truth must come out If the Jaw
breaks in its utterancp! And it might as we'll
be told here as elsewhere. Ave, and far
, better; for as the State has not yet absolutely
apostatized there is hope for her. Yes! fellow
citizens! there is hopeg STATE may be
, saUed by the timely assistance of perhaps a
few. The slime of moral lurpitude is not vel
: spread over the land. The ber6age upon her
hills does not get droop and wither under The
bightng analhemas of moral infamy. HeE
:, 'Ohle plains have not get put on the scarlet o.
! pollution. Up, then, Mississ ppians! let Us
stamp our caIumniators with the stamp O.
calumnv that will be seen. Let us show L
the world that we can answer any questions
affecting the States reputation. Let us sho u
: to the world that Mississippi is not yet byt
word and reproach. If We say thatt shall
not be written down in the book OF time tina
!. Mississippi is a swind!er, and was drummec
out of the camp of nations for theft, let us d
; The deed that will prevent it. If zoe say tina
Mississippi is honorable and chivaIrous, let u
: compel the world also TO say it. If the acts O
: our people are such as bring forth the fruit
! righteousness and good living then indee,
it is well with us. And shall we not do thes
) things! Verify, we will Mississippi shal
yet live by the deeds of her people. Yes
she shalllive; and, because she firmly rebuke
the assailainr of her honour, her name sha
= be written higher. Her virgin bosom, whit
as the SHOWS Of the north, shall salute III
:, morning air; and the foliage Of her plains an
her valleys, unsulled as the cedars OF Eder
;, and giIded by the sunlight of heaven
!. purity. shall stand forth to the world, en-
! blematic of her integrity, and monumer
: to her fame!
Jefferson COunty-DeInOcraI erect y.
: Philip o. Hughes, Esq, the Democrat
= Senator from Jefferson. lalelv had n c,D,o