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

THE SECOND DELUGE.
The public has been constantly KEEP
in terror, BY awful warnings, ever an,
anou proclaimed BY the Government
paper. For the last year, a success
sion Of appalling cOnspiracies hav,
been announced in the Official as rea
dy 10 burst upon the country. The
weak add nervous patriots among Us,
accustomed to give faith to grave Off
cial announcements, must have been
kept in constant alarm, as If they were
lreading in the midst Of all The dangers
Of the French revoludon---invisible as
yet to the common eye, but perfectly
exposed TO our vigilani Government,
through The sleepless espionage that
watched ever the safety Of society.
No sooner was il perceived by The
Government Organ that its pr0gnos-
tics Of one dreadful conspiracy bad, in
some degree, lost its effect upon the
body polite, than il began to gather
horrors for another shock q bulletin
would appear, notifying that another
conspiracy was gathering head, Graught
with still more horrible designs than
its predecessor We have 10 doubt
IN South America and Mexico--where
conspiracles and the overthrow Of Gov
ernmenIs are common occurreuces-
that, from the reading Of our Govern
ment journal, they have been led to
look for an account Of revolution in
our Government by every arrival of
news from the North.
About Ihis.. tine last year,thc BORIS
conspiracy - as getting to a desperate
state Of lorwsrdness-"Head him, or
dis'--the brief and bloody covenant
which bound the chief conspirators To- !
gether like so many Knights Templar |
IN the prosecution OF their fratricidal en-
terprise-stood at the head Of immune
rablc Government articles, which noti-
fed the public, from lime to time, oil
the progress ofthe conspiracy. After
the adjournment ofCOngress, this dia-
bolical business seems 10 have sunk in
to sort Of Samson sleep, out of mere
WEAKNESS and the Madisonian, with
iis scissors, having shorn its locks, it
never bad strength TO recover again.
But, no sooner was this great plot
cut off, than a succession Of Others
were discovered ih The egg, Matching. /
There was the Clay and VAN buren,
conspiracy; there was the conspiracy |
of ell the alsras there vas the con
spiracy Of Gales Sc Seaion and Blair
and there was another most detestable
plot discovered, il which no names
were given, but which, we were par
informed, would be brought
TO light in a very few days. We al
attribute il altogether to the clsmeucy
of the Government that the hapless
persons engaged IN this last nelarious
treason have not been brought 10 JUS
lice.
From the new prognoslics announ-
ced in this mornings Madisonian, il
would seem that there is no necessity II
for the interference Of The public au,
ihoHties 10 qaell the criminal designs
by which it is threatened. Providence.
i appears, is ebout 10 take this task up
on itself, and relieve the Government
Ct the invidious duty Of Furnishing the
offenders.
A STORM is now TO do the business.
L is 'brewing" on purpose to extin-
guishall conspiraeies and in the mean =
Time, its threaIenings take their place \
in scattering dismay through the land, +
in the shape Of awful executive admo-
nitlOns. That our readers may be pre- 4
pared for this pOrtentous visitation, we I
transfer some Of lis FIST runlbliogs =
from the columns Of the Aladisonian 4
"THE BaEwINc SIoRm.-Iti is OBJ n
vlous thata storm is brewing ia the po- n
liiical ornament. The elements OF I,
discOrd are rising above the horizon I
10 every direction. Like the fful In,
gusts on the darkly overcast ocean, we b
observe, ever and anon, some aspirant
rainly endeevoring TO catch 6vora- h
bic breeze getting up spirilless meet v
ngs here aud there, and procuring lau. n
latory articles to be inserted in certain 4
political journals but the next week, a
Or the week after, at larlhesl, the wind a
lbahdons bis sails, and be IS left BE- d
aalmed-powerless, and unnoticed on y
he Dead sea Of public opinion" c
This is but the overture. l. is fne- b
y gotten up. Observe how g,apbic-
ny The silly "sspirant," ''like 6lful
IusiH, e described, who,unmindful oil Q