Lexington union. (Lexington, Miss.) 1838-18??, 1842-10-29
From the Philadelphia Ledger.
POLITICAL RANCOR,

No sentiment or feeling il more endur.
ing than The rancor Of Il tory. Ii can be
neliher worn out, washed out, nor burn,
out. 1t eniures while life remains-un.
relen'lng unmIligdted, unmi'igable. A
tory believes himself superior 10 all bur
rories; he claims exclusive privileges, and
len'es them To all bur his own order; and
ac desplses all who have them not, md he
aates all who would take them away
'ienre contempt aud hatred are the pre-.
dominant, gogeroing sentiments Of tor,
md, under their, Influence h. necessarily
rcomes malignant, vItuperltIye, cruel
rrkiess ct reputation or HE, regardless
4 the sntl'rIng which he Iohlcts npon
nose who he drspIsra ana hate -
English aud AneIlcau history furnishes
rnnndant evltercr of tins character IN to.
les. j. the vars between Tighta and priv
'eIp, IN the reign OF Charles | the cara..
'ierS, al nChlllty, ,of course tories,) &C.
cqu,rrd an Infamous celebrity for the re.
nnrsre-> cruelty 10 whj,h they rampIed
upon property, chnrartef life, every other
tgtt, in the round keI Is or republicans.
Ia every subs qupat struggle between
urivllegc and night, the arisiocracy Of
England have exhibited the same maig
MY, the same ranc"r, the same cruelty ot
temper, the same disregard t. character
and life. the snne frndlsh exnllalion in
de'ami'g, robbing, impisnuing, killiog
| the advocates al human nghls, which char
acterized their herharous predecessors in
thu days o! Chlrls l. Dung our revo.
ItIonory Wharf.-The crnellics inflicted ny the
u ltt-h uristocrncv upon the rebels were
almost a. atrncIous as those which mark.
ed the desolotng march Of JeDghis Khan
rr Tim,ur. A. The commencement Of The
| Frruch revolutIun, when democratic urin
|Hhtv~ upg n 10 ~rttuu Angianc, the
r's;ocrlcv ,xAillt"d as much lerocly
agarns' such i7nOrJti0HS rs had ever char.
act rized tories il any A"glo Saxon strug.
gle talseeu might and right. Hence the
inum"t0is trials for treason, The numerous
Ihm"gs, lm9Isonmants, and iranspotta.
lions, whIrh So aliz q HE snnguiparv and
ornh'glte reign oI George III. We pro-
nonnre This reign prof gate. because.
white the mlnners and habits of that mon.
arch and his c1nsorI were correct enough
those "i his children, and Of the upper
classes" ol his time, were as thoroughly
dehaseG ms those al he French court ia the
reign of Louis XIV.
HnI the dark Traits Of character which
are always exhibited aris'ocracies. have
not been confined, among the Anglo. Sax.
IN brood, TO the island OF Britain; for the
American tories of our revolution exhibit,
ed all The malipnant passions which char.
a"terIzed the Blush Government and It's
officers, and which were so sianally dis.
played 10 Connecticut, and 10 the JERSEY
prison-ship. Aud in later times in our
own country, after the establishment, of
its independence, the SPIRIT Of aristncracy
was awake, ard exhibited the same un-
beloved passions which ever ntteni all
It's movements. History has recorded
the contests between parties which ragged
50 fprceIy during Inc presidency of John
Adams. On these patlIes, me denied ihr
capacIIy OF the pe DpIe for selfgpvernment;
Insisted upon " hold Suffrage, or such
ngh pecnuiory qualifications rs placed
the 'rlgat Of sd age npon tho cloae bur-
oUgh system; enacted the alien aud sedi
4 ton laws; ,eqHir,da standing army for
he snppuTt oi Government; and insisted
Ithat lbrrlN cnud never he Sa(s in The u.
States, Til their insllu'ipns we're more
assimllated To lhA monntchy III Eng and
| This ptr,v called themselves Federallsts,
though, as hey c0nlended inr cons,ila.
ted central government, and IreaIer limi-
lalnus to the RICH 9 ~ the States, they
| had ~ lust clalm to this title. The other
Of these parties insisted that, 10 orr coun-
I,ry. mankind we're enlightened an1 virtu.
Ious enough lpr sch government, aud
therefore cou d he trusted with universal
suffrage; that in a Goverumen, founded
on The popular will, standing armies we're
not merely useless, but dangerous; tina!
alien and sedilion laws were inconsistent
vlth those principles lur which the people
caoe AIDED 10 the revolution; that az the
federal p'iucIple was he DUTY safe ionnia.
Iion ot rrpnnlicain an exlens,vs cou airy,
tths ngnis ol the States mnSt be MAINTAIN.
Ell, aud co suluiation, accumn'a'rn ~
power ~ Congress nr tbs Executive
should be resisted. They called ihem-
ssIvea OSa0cxalC Republicans IN shS