Lexington union. (Lexington, Miss.) 1838-18??, 1842-09-17

ems 10 Inttlct o degree Of misery she never
intended mankind should endure--out Of
the bosom Of the wing party, therefore,
the veto sprung to strike down the forth
coming monster whilst yet in the ietus
condition. The presiding magistrate had
received the sceptre from the hands OF
that party, but not upon the condion Of
perjury and dishonor. He fell that he
owed some allegiance 10 the Constitution
OF his country, and as il was the cons,itu'
iional veto which alone intercepted the
bank and the debt, the majority desired,
they resolved TO attack the Constitution
itself, and the Prssiden, who dared to sup
port it-lhus far upon that point, he still
stands firm. How long the Constitution
stand, remains for the people aud the
States to determine. 1t is enough the
nation now knows, full we'll, the designs
of the Federal leaders, their principles
their measures-the measures oil their am
bition and prohgacy as thus displayed IN
an extra session Of three months and tour.
teen days duration, and which close1 It's
memorable labors on the 18th oil SepIem-
Der, lS4l.
Congress commenced its present session
on the 9th of December, lS4l, and up to
the date Of this letter, has continued, with
out iniermission, for seven months and
seventeen days. 1t will adjourn some
time or other, but not | presume until the
master majority shall have more etiectu-
ally, if that be possible, exhausted their
own passions and the patience oil the peoS
ole, as well as the resources and credit OF
the Government, When they assembled,
that silent but thorough revolution, which |
is now perfected, had been generally adj
Vanced, rs was visible in the popular cleo
.ions.-Upon most every battlefield in 40
they triumphed, they tad, or have since,
been routed by people indignant al hav-
ing been so shamefully betrayed. Full
one half their members, both in the Sen
ate and the House, now find themselves
unsupported-their principles and their
measures sternly condemned by the States
and districts that sent them here. In Fed.
eralism, however, this has produced no
change. From the beginning to the pres,
ent, it has continued the policy of the ex-
ira session; and yet continues to pursue c
that policy, with all the preternatural 5
energy Of despair; as though resolved du- y
ring the brief futurity Of its power,
10 stamp upon the country, as deeply as o
possible, the dark impress Of its baletul S
have authorized an add. y
ional loan Of fire million of dollars. They P
nave added five millions more to the treas
Try notes previously Issued. But these 4
with those Of the extra session, are still t
not enough-and therefore, another tariff I
has passed the House, and will as GER Y
anly pass the Senate, imposing thirteen
millions more OF taxes upon the country.
Thus will every article from abroad--all
hings that minister 10 the wants Of man,
lea, coffee, whatever is most need(ul TO
The poorest citizen, each one and all, now
yields its ,libute, to gill yet fuller, the al
ready dis,ended NAV Of insatiate power.
And yet, after all this--loans, taxes, and
notes-how stands the treasury
i,selt2 Still empty! How stands the
public credit--the credit Of this great
G overnment--the credit that never once
sullied when Democracy presided; how
stands it now? Down, and still hopeless.
" sinking down lower, by far, than any
respectable farmer in Ohio; Treasury
notes, if not at interest, DEPRECATED with
no prospect Of rising; the Government
drafts daily protested and dishonored; its
bonds hawked about in the market, and
returned without bidder, aud the Gov
eminent every where, and in all forms,
treated as an insolvent.
Appropriations, nevertheless, 60 on as
profusely as ever, quite as much so, as
though the Treasury were full, and abso-
lutely exhausless For, from the amount
already passed, and that pending with the
certainty Of passage, it 10 is manifest that
this will, at the end Of the session, bear
it's full and just proportion to all the other
limbs OF their monstrous system.
Claims, some the most base, and others
the most baseless, are now presented
against the Government, and treated with
the serious respect due only to the just de-
mands Of the citizen. The holders of
such claims seem TO have discovered
mutual sympathy between the majority Of
this Congress and themselves. They re-
pair to the capitol with the instinct that
directs the vulture to the carcass.
The militia OF Massachusetts; they,
the very same who, during the late war,
when the country was invaded, and they
ordered by the President into the public
service, positively refused obedience, re-
fused to pass the line Of their State, refus. 6
cd to pull trigger in the defence Of the
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