The Yazoo Whig and political register. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1840-1842, 1841-03-19

mitchell, And fnlG COZ. I'VE % De one. NO matt
term which Of nc House Parliament 4 bill may
member of TIE OPP iiion, by the fiction 81 law,
~ rather ~ eonsfifnii0na principle, the Sovereign
u supposed b have prepared il affceably % Biz
VIII, and then submitted i 20 Parliament Tot their
advice and consent. Now the very revere g the
case here, nor onlF win Iegafd " DE prntipe,
brt ne forms prescrbed b lhe conslituiion. The
principle certainly aesf11 10 The only body lnsti-
tnteo BY the Contribution (iho legislative BODY
the power 70 make laws, and the forms even direct
that the enaciment should be ascribed % them -
The Senate, in relation iOIeYenuc bills. have the
right 70 propose amendments, and 60 hosthe Exc
cutives ~ the power given him ~ return lhcm %
the House 81 Representatives with bis objections.
Il i 70 his power, also, 70 propose amendments IN
the exitllne revenue laws, Ecsicd 81 Bio ob8or@
yations upon their detective Orinurioue operation.
Butthe deliberate dnty 81 devieinQ schemes should
be left where The Constitution has placed it-wifh
the Immediate representatives.
Connected with this subject e the character Ct
the currency. The idea o. making itcxclusipely
metallic, however well intended, appears % me 20
be iTaught with more fatal CONSEQUENCES than any
other scheme, having no relation % the personal
rights Of the citizens. that has ever been devised.
If any single scheme could produce the effect Of
arTesting, at once, that mutation 81 condition BY
thousands 81 our mOst INDECENT fellow citizens,
BY their industry and enterprises are raised % the
possession 81 wealth, that Is the one III there IL
one measure better calculated than another %
produce that safe Of things 50 much deprecated
BY ali true Republicans. bv which the rich are
daily adding 70 their boards and the poor sink-
ing deeper into penury, il 10 an exclusive metallic
currency. Or u there - process by which the
charactcFof the country, for generosity and no.
bleness Of sleeing, may be destroyed BY she great
increase and necessary foleTarifon Of usnry, n IL
an exclusive metallic currency.
Amongst The other duties Of delicate chaTac-
ter which the President s called upon 20 perform,
is the supervision Of the government Of che Ter
Titories Of the United States. Those Of them
which IRE destined to become members 81 our
great political family, are compensated By their
rapid progress from infancy 10 MANHOOD, for their
political rights. ltisin this District, only, where
American citizens are 10 be found, who, under
settled policy are deprived Of many important
political pTiviles, without any inspiring hope as
to the future. Their only consolation under CIR
cumstances Of such deprivation, Is that 81 the qe-
voted exterior guards Of acamp-that their suffer-
ings secure tranquility and safety within. Are
there any Of their countrymen who would subject
tEem 70 greater sacrifices, 20 any other humilia-
tons than those essentially necessary the Beou-
rity Of the object for which they were thus sepa-
rated from their fellow-citizens! Are their rights
alone not to be guaranteed By the application %
those great principles upon which all our COnsti-
tutions are founded. We are told BY the creates.
OF British orators and statesmen that, az the COM
mencement Of the War Of the Revolution, the
most stupid men IN England spoke Of "theiT A
merican subjccts.'' Are there indeed citizens Of
any Of our States who have dreamed Of tietr rub
iects in the District Of Colnmbial Such dreams
can never be realized by any agency Of mines--
The people Of the District Of Columbia are not
the subjects Of the people Of the States but free
American citizens. Being in the latter condition
when the Constitution was formed, no words used
IN that instrument could have been Intended 20
deprive them Of that character. IL there IL any
thing In the great principle Of unalienable rights,
so emphatically insisted upon In our DeclaratiOn
Of Independence they could neither make, nor
the United states exeePt surrender q their llb-
critics. and became the sltjeefs, in other words,
the slaves, Of their former fellow citizens. III
this be true land il viii not be denied by any one
who has correct idea Of his own nghts as en-
American citizen,) the grant 10 Congress Of ex-
elusive jurisdiction IN e District 81 Columbia
can be Interpreted, so Ear os respects the aggro-
gate people Of the United States, as meaning MOTH
ing more than 20 allow % Congress the controlling
power necessary to afford free and safe exercise
Of the functions assigned 10 the General Govern
ment By the Constitution. In all other respects,
the Legislation Of Congress should be adapted 20
their pecullT position and wants. and be conform
able with their deliberate opinions Of their own
have spoken Of the necessity Of keeping he
respective departments Of the Government, as
we'll as all the other authorities Of our country,
within their appropriate orbits. This is a mat
er OF difficulty IN some cases, as the powers which
hey respectively claim are often not defined BY
my distinct lines. MischievOus, however I'D their
COLLISIONS OF KIDD may DC those
which arise between the respective communities
which, Tor certain purposes, compose one nation,
re much more so; for no such nation can long e1.
8 without the careful culture Of those feelings
t confidence and affection which are the afIec-
i've bounds Of union between free and confeder-
ted States. Strong as Is the tie Of Interest," Il has
cen often found Int nectnal Men. blinded Bv
heir passions, have been known 70 adopt meS-
ures for their country in direct opposition 70 an
be suggestions Of policy. The alternative then
70 destroy or keep down al bad passion BY creut-
q and fostering good one; and this seems 10 be
he corner stone upon which our American polite
rnment The cement which was 10 bind II, and
eTpetuate its existence, was the afiectiOnate at
chment between oil its members
TO insure the continuance OF this feeling,
reduced at first by community of dam
ers, of sufieTings, and Of interests, TIE I'd
lniages Of each we're made accessible 10
I No participation IN any good, posses
ID ~ any member of our ex lensiYe conled-
acy, except ID domestic government, was
iiheld from The citizen Of any other mem-
~ BY process attended with 40 lifi-
lily, no delay, no expense but that Of re-
oval, the citizen Of one might become the
lizen Of any other, and successfully Of the
hole. The lines, too, separating powers %
exercised By the citizens Of one State
in those Of another, seemed 10 Be 60 dis
lclly drawn as to leave 40 room Cor misun.
rslanding.
The citizens Of each State mite in theif
rsons al tie prigeleQes which that char.
Ter confers. and al that they may.claim al