The Democratic Whig. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1842-1843, 1843-01-05


the said ''fiiul gusts on the darkIy
overcast ocean" are sweeping-under-
takes ''to catch a favorable breeze"
The reader will remark the curious
phenomenon that occurs ia the midst
OF this uproar of storm and ocean. In
deed, it amounts almost to a miracle :;
for the tremendous Llow--in which the
aspiring mariner is represented as set
ting his sails for Favorable breezes'--
instead Of tearing them TO pieces, aban-
dons his sails without more ado and
che is left becalmed, powerless, and
unnot;ced on the Dead Sea Of public
opinion" But it will be seen, from
the next paragraph, that he is not let
off SO easily by the storm, after all. Il
sets in again, as follows:
but the storm is coming-it must
come-and when it bursts in It's fury.
the dashing waves Of public opinion
will sink many frail bark that should
not have ventured on the Presidential
voyage. But when the thunder has
rolled, and the lightning has flashed,
and the storm has spent its fury, Their
we will have brighter skies than ever
and the body polite will stand forth
and disenthralled."
This second gust is evidently brew
ed up with considerably more power
than the first. Ii not only 'tbunsts its FL
ry' with 'dushing acarcs' that 'aOM sink
many a tTuat bark but this is succeed
ed by thunder, which, after it "has
rolled" is Immediately followed up by
a fash Of lightning. This paroxysm,
happily closed with brighter skies,
gives up hope that the storm was over.
But, alas, the very next line turns it TO
a tempest.
"This tempest is not the work of
politicians. Party leaders have at last
lost the power 20 create excitements at
will in the community. For many
long years they have controlled the
popular misunderstanding in their
midnight caucuses what measures
should be adopted By tic nation. and
what repudiated. And the people
have submitted. They submitted I'M
til they saw their rights trampled under
foot, and their best interests sacrificed
at the footstooI Of the MoIoch Of party
And now they viii submit no longer
The ''Moloch Of party tteu, Is to
to blame for getting up this tempest; in
other words, 1.-THE devil is in the wind
But, nevertheless, as appears from the
very next passage, it is not very i'll
wind, after all. Hear the prophet:
The next rising-now about to
take pIace-will not be at the COM
mand of a party leader, or ofaseore Of
them, nor for The benefit Of Ultra potiti'
clans. The people will rise in their
majesty TO REVOLUTIONIZE THE
STATE. they will break the tables
Of the money LENDERS, and cast out
those who sell doves! Old things will
be made new.
We must confess tI,atwe do not like
such storms as s'feUofuttoni@en STATE
but as thisrevolution is 10 end in row
only breaking a feS tables, &c. it does
not much matter, especially as the old
tFiags are to be made new again. But
The misfortune is, the affair is not to go
on in this way. On the contrary, our
Government oracles anticipates Mr..
Miller whole month; and brings ON
the day OF Judgment, by his storm, IN
March, instead of April:
s'Only two months and few days
now remain for many doomed man
al the Capitol TO make his peace with
his country. The impenitent sinner
can have no hope; and YET. il issnot 100
late for repentance. We cab upon
every congressional sinner 10 repent
and reform, for The day Of wrath IS az
at hand. Much may yet be done--all
may be forgiven. Wait not until the
voice Of the people is heard, saying,
depart We wicked!
How the general doom which IS so
close at hand, Is to be brought about
Els not leftto conjecture. It is plainly
Iforetbld that ii is to be by food, and
Isnotby ere, according 10 the general
IbeIief. And This is in keeping with
lle storm which is kept up throughout;
and may, therefore, very reasonably
deluge the earth by March-haylng
more than forty days TO go on. lhe
next and concluding passages OF our
text seem 10 have been written with
lPoss1N' 5 celebrated picture ofthe De-
Huge in the prophets eye Here IS inc
beginning Of the end:
But, ifthe political leaders will mol
heed the signs Of the times-if they
will not take the alarm, and fee 10 the
mountains, then.Iet them die and DC
i J5rgoftOn! If they will learn nothing
land forget nothing, and still Plod O
i as they were won't % do when conn
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