The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1842-03-05
rur coND,r,oN OF THE COUNTRY.

affairs Throughout the couhtFys WHICH W
some is really alarming; and which is
worthy the consideration Of every cltl-
zen, and particularly of Southerners.-
No matter in what direction we look,
nothing greets the eye, al all calculated
to excite pride or graduation in the Boz
som of the patriotic beholder For
number of years, party spirit has ragei
with an enthusiasm unworthy men who
should look to the welfare Of the whole
country, rather than devote their ener-
gies and talents to the partial or tempo
rary elevation of a single party. 1t IS
true, certain principles may be entertain
ed by portion of the people, the ad-
vancement and success Of which they
may deem necessary TO the vitality and
continuance Of our happy form of gov
eminent. But this feeling should not be
so subject TO excitement as to cause one
party whose star may be in the ascen
dant or at its zenith, to trample upon the
rights of minority, whose principles
may be as we'll founded and whose patri-
otsm as sincere as theirs. The innate
virtue and intelligence of the people;
their capablity of seIf-government,
which has been so satisfactorily tested.
forbid the idea that any portion of the
people should be deprived of voice in
the government, and suspected ofimpure
designs. But il seems the elective fran
chise has been, some how, unfortunately,
so exercised that bad men are sometimes
elevated, whose designs are SO selfish
and tyrannical, that the good ofa portion
only is aimed at, and corruption stalks in
high places, with lordly air; and with
centripetal force draws power to it, by
which it is enabled to look with naughty
insolence upon liberality and Justice
This elevation, we say of undeserving,
selfish and corrupt men, has been for a
long time operating It's deleterious effects
upon the interests of the people; and it
is impossible that the people should be so
exempt from imposition as to avoid it,
Pure and honest men cannot always be
distinguished from the dishonest and i'm
pure; but this cause with others, has
produced what the last sentence Of this
article mentions, lamentabe state of
affairs in the government of this great
Republic.
Among the other causes are, first, abo
litionism, which five years ago was look
ed upon by the South with indifference
1t was thought then to be ftful blaze,
kindled by few fanatics, that would
soon expire for want of fuel. This sup
position has proven erroneous. The
contempt then evinced by the South, has
been supplanted by an alarm, that enters
every bosom. No new doctrine, no mat
ter how extravagant, but has some con-
verts; and the wild fanaticism which
first raised the cry ofabolitionism in the
North, has ever since, been rallying to
its standard, slowly but surely, the
black, the mulatto, and the depraved and
unprincipled of every condition, until a
blind and reckless host of the scurvy and
corrupt, now infest the land and threat.
en- to pollute with their unfertlizing
blood, the sacred soil in which the stand
ard of liberty was first and deepest plant
ed; where the battle-cry of freedom
rung shrillest, through forests waving tc
the breath of departing tyranny.
Nor has this infatuation stopped will
the ignorant and insolent, who could no
have presumed to expect they would pro
woke argument on the question; but
has, we mourn and blush to say it, ii ha
, entered the halls Of Congress, and Their,
by management, and trickery, and per
severance worthy Of a better cause, ha
created a feeling which can never b.
quelled. Arguments have been mad
upon the subject; and animosities excite
: which of themselves jeopardize the kind
y ly feelings which should exist betwee
the citizens of every portion of our grea
coniederacy. Awful and alarming a
are these facts, in their pervading influ
i ence, extending from one end of tn
; country to the other, they do not stop tn
> tide; but with a ceaseless and rapid roll
1t comes upon US, and warns US to pre-
pare Tor defence of our institutions, GU
. principles land we were about to say GU
e SoiL-but we tr,,s. TIL.