The Yazoo City Whig and political register. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1842-1844, 1843-05-19

IalI wondered Why lie was ever nominated.
Wretched mistake! miserable want Of fore
cast to select such man for an Office which
might control the destinies Of the Vice
Presidency as an Office Of any moment2
who ever imagined that tic peoples choice
would die? alas, the folly Of believing that
the voice Of the people is the voice Of Godl
! Mr.8Tyler's policy seemed especially cal
culated to destroy the Wing party--had he
openly declared his hostility to the party
which elected him-had he expressed his
determination TO thwart their favorite mea
sure and prove false to his professions, the
blow would have lost half its force. -Butbe
concealed his real sentiments, and would
doubtless have concealed them TO this dav.
had the slightest prospect Of a reelection
been held out TO him by the Wings He re-
tanned the Cabinet which General Harrison
had appointed, and gave no intimation of
that dire hatred which he has since mani
fosted against the party which now reaps
the just reward Of eleyating such a Judas
10 power. Consequently the treachery of
! Tyler was most subtle and insidous. Hun
dFeds of minds were gradually poisoned,
and thousands were disguised to such de-
gree that they abandoned all concern with
lpolitics. The office-holders also were work
ed up into Tyler-men, and held their places
solely by that tenure. "iSGuue qui peut''
became the watch-word among tho nlerce-
nary and time.serving-a thereupon, the
Cushngs, the SpenceTs, the Profits, the
Mallorys, and that sort of place hunters, left
the camp and stood guard around the White
House.
The Wings thus laboring under every dis
advantage-abused, betrayed and pcrsecut
ed-had become for the time disheartened
The elections do not show an increase in
the locofoco strength, but only diminution
i of Wing votes. In New York, the Empire
! State, for instance, Mr.. Bouck was elected
! by 10000 majority, and yet had not so many
: votes as were cast for him In 1910. when
: Gov Seward was elected by about 5000
majority, The Wing strength then. il not
materially impaired-the party IS moi dead
: but sleepeth. Il is night time with us--a
cimmerlan darkness envelopes us-but in
, the distance we see the Vlimmerino of an
| suspicious day. Waterman! what of ihe
: night When will the morning breakf II Is
: even now--eVery sign in thelpolitical horizon
indicates the approach of glorious day
' Let US patiently await the dawning of this
new day-it will not burst upon us at once
but as day follows night, il will come al last
. Let the Wings remember the reverse of 1875
following as they did upon the rene ted
triumphs. Let them remember the tbicL
gloom which then overcast their PROSPECTS,
] and which was not dispelled until the spT
+ OF 1910 burst forth in dazzling splendor.-
] Now, as then, we shall do battle for below
I ed leader-for one whose patriotic heart L
0 devoted to his country's welfare--for one -
: whom we owe the victory of lS4O-for ono
who yielded his own claims in favor of tbe
!. reVered Harrison-for one in short who's.
9 name is endeared TO every true American
: as patriot. a statesman, an orator anil
E abeVe all an honest man. Before that name
tn distracted ranks of locofocoisn will scat.
ter in dismay, and HENRY CLAY will o.
cupy the chair Of Washington cbesred bv
the Plaudiis of his grateful countrymen.
,fI The editor Of the Memphis ENQUIRER i
Df iipuzzling bis brain sadly in endeavoriuC 20
h find some difference in principle between
e the conduct of the Mississippi anti.bond
h payers and the Mississippi leg Treasurer
d Graves. We advise him to desist from an
n such hopeless inquiries. We regard the All
J. Isconding Graves as the most perfect near
a nation Of the spirit of rePndiation vet seen.
ID aud think his conduct was a most exact com.
le mentary on the doctrines so current in that
h State. Mississippi swindIed her hond. hold
-fers out Of millions, and Graves swindlerl
e Mississippi out Of thousands. The no-Drin-
n ciple was the same in both cases. Graves
!. did in a small way what his State performed
a on q magnificent scale. We reallv ih;nl-
h that the repudiators Of that State o,,ght -
le erect monument 10 their departed friend
= for no man ever alived in the tide 81 timas'
d more wholly devoted TO an abstraction than
e Graves. and more perfect embodiment &c
= reputation will no: soon be seen again.
iii Louisville Jour
IL The Richmond Wing gives this brief but
q faithful sketch Of the political character y
ID Mr.. Wise: :.
Id "a wing to-day, locofoco 10 Fnorrew. !
at Tyler man next day, and the dav afteF lhst
av wing, loco IyleEite, abslractoniss a,,1 ,,e,,-
Is descriPt, all jumbsed into ono Nee nTsrril;ss
I stew
ay PUHLfc LAND SAIEs-Ths LAST Miners
b. Express gDubuque. Iowa Teniteryl says
er 'sBy Sc ltleman Just arrived rom elaS;e,
hs We lesFii that the sales have been exceed
as ipgly dnll-the receipts not exceeding es2.
= Ogo. There we're thirty-six townships offer