Holly Springs gazette., 1843-10-13
urVRUGGERY OF THE LEAD
FR5 OF REFUDlATiuN- THE
MEANS THEY Use 10 KEEP IN
POWER

MEANS THEY USE To kEE' IN
POWER
The reop!e ought to b. b. tier iIfJrned
,,,,n all QUESTIONS which have bearing
,,nrn thrir own private interest. and whlc
IT,, in any manner. affect the purity and
rarnetuity OF the goyernment nnder which
ibry i've Elucatlon should b. more gen
,,,lly dldIsed All classes should be- able
=, read aud write aud such books place d
yrihin the reach cf all as will enable them
4, reason aud reflect for tn Inseivts. Eve
rv man. at all cOnvershut with the his
l5ry Of Mississippi legislation and MIS>Isslp-
nj elections. must have perceived the n'ces
sitv Of a more general diffusion OF knowl-
elFe.
During the l,st eight or ten years. par
tv has b. uu in power, and has mhIn'aint
is ascendeucy, through the ignorance and
rnlhbilitv Of an honest but much abused
p-ople. The leaders Of that party have.
iom year To year, been engaged IN devls-
ing new schemes and political humbUgs by
,,HIch they could tutap the unwaty, ana
SECURE then own elevation To ofnces OF hon
ar and profit 10 two s"cc' Ssive Yeas
have they sprung the same humbug upon
ths peoll-. Each canvass has is pivot or
ri.,tfuDtn which the d. clIon - 10 turn
Even lecIs ati0u IS directed ~ the develop
ricGt Of clIp-tr.ps. aud To the erection 81
polAical blinds, whe eby the party Is ,nd-
Ll,d 70 keep 10 power.
Buta few years have elapsed since these
SINE leaders. or the succt ssuis, Il such as
knew how To play the same gaHIrs. succe' o.
"a in CARRYING their point by running upou
tbe strt myth of Gen Jeckson's name. and
the bcauIrs Of his high hand measures
The Pruclam ition and Force Bill served
nsam magic t4lIsmln 10 TodI5 The forces ci
whiccerv, aided by the chivalry oi the nui
hic4tlon school The Stale or Pet Bank
system. recommended by q, n. Jackson, a:
being able to furnish %, tier currency,
was the next humbug used T. furnsh food
Er the fiery splits o. those leaders " he
contended for any and every principle tina
would secure them power. aud sill Cal
themselves democrats They urged tina
the state b nks Ifthey were sufficiently nu
Inerous and woll discount hee!y. woul-
mos. certainly furnish better currency
than we ever before had. and that too II
such quantities as would satisfy the mos
greedy. Whit was the conSt qdence
They 60. into power. made the State banks
borrowed the money from them, rt fused lc
paw il blck, and taen swOre they never hat
any thing 10 do with them-that they
were swindling shops. under the direction
offoreiCn fund Inohgers. &c About thI:
time. this huInbug patty which always he'll
on 10 the name OF democratic, found Il nee
csSarvto get up something new for til,
dear people The national bank would 40
dl, for Gen Jackson had ~nid so-ihe Stat,
banks proved to be- cverythihg bat the b, :
Ter currency" machines. aud of couis,
something new bad TO BE- sprung upon the
people 20 save the leaders of The unteTrified
demOcracvi so the mammoth Union bank
was pos, 4 as the ps Plus ultra of all thai
was great and = loti US Tor the advancement
uf he peoples interests. Ii WAS made a
hobby for some tine. and il went into opera.
ton under the auspices of the smiles and
hailrlujlhs Of the fxqniSit's Of the demo
cratic party. The especial fdvorites ofihe
dominant faction obtained Just what accom-
moddtsnEs they asllrd for. aud when pay day
came rousd nothing was paid bI,k IL
was truly hatd case sor those who owed
10 have to paw bach. 80 II was deemed a
good move TO deny the conStItutionalnv OF
the bank charter The money wonll OF
course tall much below par. aud he people
would be greatly brne6ltrd The bark
was inbid oder. and hard money appeared
10 beihe only pure democratic currency
After due elaboration. il was discovered ;ha,
me only humAug which could be effrctual-
y used. was to denounce the whigs as blnk
men, and give out thai they were the at-
tnoFs Of all the State and shinplasier banks
10 The midst all this. the wings In 1910
achieved signal victory ia the State.
Here was "a trying time for The leaders of
The 'uatcrrifi~d" A great democratic con-
vrnllon was held fIr the purpose ofdevising
ways and means to regain the ascendency
Resolutions We're passed. and candidates
nomlnlled for Offices. The more ssgacinns
of'ae leaders readily perceived that the
party had no chance OF success ifthty ran
upon the questions then at issne--a new
lever Ofhumbuggery vas necessary. EIev.