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

Overcast ocean" are sweeping-under
taxes $40 catch a favorable breeze.
The reader will remark the curioo
phenomenon that occurs ia The mids
Of this uproar Of storm and ocean. In
deed, il amounts almost to a miracle
for lhe tremendous Il)w-in which III,
aspiring mariner is represented as set
ting his sails for favorable breezes"--
instead Of tearing them to pieces, aban
dOns his slils without more ado /; anc
che is LEFT becalned, poweress, anc
unnoticed on The Dead Sea Of publ,
opinion" But il will be seen, from
the next paragraph, that he is not lei
off so easily by the Storm, aher all. Ii
sets 10 again, as follows;
But the storm is coming-it must
come-and when it bursts in lis fury.
The dashing waves Of public opinion
will sink many fail bark that should
not have ventUred on the Presidential
voyage. But when Tho thunder has
rolled, and the lightning has flashed.
and the storm has spent its fury, lheL
we will have brighter skies lhan ever
and the body polite will stand forth
regeneraled and disenthralled."
This second gust is evidently brew
ed up with considerably more power
than the FIRST. Il not only "5arsts itsfa
ry' with flushing lgarcs' that ',0U sink
many a 6aii bark;' but this is succeed.
ed by thunder, which, after il "hos
rolted," is Immediately followed up BY
a flash 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 10
a tempest
"Ibls tempest is not the work oil
politicians. Parry leaders have at last
lost the power 20 create excnernents at
will in the commonly. For many |
long years they have controlled the |
popular seutimeni-diciatine 10 their
midnight caucuses what measures
should be adopted By the nation, and
what repudiated. And the people |
nave submitted. They submitted I'M
d they saw their rights trampled under
DOT, and their best interests sacrificed |
It the fOotsto0l OF the Aloloch Of party.
And now they will submit no longer
The "Moloch Of party" theu, Is 20
o blame for getting up this tempest; il
'ther words, 1.-The devil is in the Wind
5ut, nevertheless, as appears from the
'ery next passage, il is not a very III
Wind, after all. Hear the prophet;
" The next rising-uow about TO
axe place-will not be at the com
nand Of party leader, or ola score Of
hem, nor for The Gensft ofplira polai.
'anA The people win rise 10 their
majesty to REYOLUTIONIZE THE
STATE. They will break the tables
{ the money-lenders, and cast ont
hose who sell doves! Old things viii
e made new"
We must confess that we do not like
ueh storms as ''reUolHtioRi=ea Slafe"
~ as thisrevoluIion is 10 end in a row
nly breaking a feS tables, &c. it does {
Of much matter especially as the old /
illgs are 10 be made new again. But
le misfortune is, the affair is not TO 90
q IN this way. On the contrary, our 1
government oraoles anticipates Mr.. i
lHLER whole month; and brings on 1
le day Of Judgment, by his storm, in !
laTeh, instead Of April: /
"Only two mouths and few days i
DIV remain for many a doomed man 3
the Capitol TO make his peace with 4
S country. The impeniient sinner i
IN have no hope; and yet it is not too d
te for repentance. We call upon 3
'ery congressional sinner 10 repent 4
I'd reform, for The day Of wrath is al !
hand. Much may yet be done-all D
az be forgiven. Wait not until the f
'ice Of The people is heard, saying, y
eparl ye wicked!'" a
How the general doom which is so d
ose at hand, is 10 be brought about, b
no; leitto conjecture. Il is plainly n
felold that il is to be by food, and 81
'tby FIRE, according 10 the general Il
lief And this is in keeping with T
e storm which is kept up throughout; o
d may, therefore, very reasonably, A
.luge the earth by March-having II
ore than forty days TO go on. The p
xt and concluding passages of our II
It seem 10 have been written with d
ossIN's celebrated picture ofthe De d
&c in the prophets eye. Here is the b
ginning Of the end; Il
But, if the political leaders will not D
ed the signs Of the iimes-if they "
IL not take the alarm, and fee to the e,
ounlains, - then let them die and be n
rgo'foHt If they will learn nothing, ia
d forget nothing. end still plod on Il
they were Sont 10 do when a conf te
ng people were apparently 10 coafr' c,
"a subIection to them,--lhen lei The b.