The Democratic Whig. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1842-1843, 1843-06-15

Prom ne llouiaftII1 AnNIuNI'
RErupfkTI0E. I'VE haFe hc1uenlly % !
occasion to romark thaf foc6isco.s.., .'... :
puiatiou are apploximaiing and that pss
ioltunes win Be united at 10 distant DAY. s..
cry day adds strength 70 this conviction. Il
is rue that many Locosocoa deny an intention
Of resortingt % Reputation, and We do n0t Won.
der a Their reluctance IN c0unienanciuf Il
for there Is something 10 Reputation uhich
shocks al anervousH pelsous when they hrsl
look ct T. Every one remembers how Cener.
alwas the burst Of indignation Wuh Whnh the
proposition TO repudiaie N Mississippi was drsi
received. Not an editor out Of that State
dared 10 elevate his voice 10 its favor. But q
iewsyears have wrought great changes IN the
estimation in which that Infamous doctrine is
held, by those who call themselves Democrats.
I here is not a State in the Union IN which
one or more Locoioco papers DO no. advocate
Il, and in some Of the States hey a'o al united
IN its advocacy.
Let rs see II We can account for this change
in favor Of reputation which has come over
the Locoiocos. That party has for several
years been undergoing changes Every year
Il drops some portion Of lie ereeds, and substi-
tutes i with something much worse. Parties
Ike men, gradually become corrupt They
DO not launch themselves on the bosom Of vice
at one bound. Ono scruple is sacrificed, and
then principle Is abandoned, until the DESC
ation Of everything ike virtue and honesty is
complete. This is the history Of the Locofoco
party. When General Jackson came into
power, the party which supported him were
armofe faulty in their mental perceptions than
iH their moral sentiments. They lost some Of
their sensibility 10 right By indicating him in
como Of hisihigh handed measures. He viola.
ted the Constitution in the removal Of the de-
posites and they who justified him N his usur
patton overeame by this act a portion Of their
sacred regard for established right and law. Il
IS a truth universally applicable to humin nature
that one wrong always facilitates the triumph
Of succeeding wrongs; and, hence, when the
Locoiocos brought themselves to look upon
Jackson's invasion Of constitutional law with
composure and approval, they prepared their
hearts for the vindicstion ofthe next step Which
might be taken, however crushing i might be
10 law and Justice. Without being too minute
in adducing instances, we will merely remark
that we think those men who indicated all OF
General Jaeksons violations Of what was law.
FOL, truthful prepared themselves for the ad-
should involve far more iniquity.
step by sep the advocates Of LOcolocolsni |
progressed IN Tho adoption Of Infamous opinions |
T6ey indicated the Aour.stealers Of New |
York aud the barn. burners Of Rhode Island, |
and, progressing a step further, they justified |
their brethren Of Mississippi for repudlai'ng |
debt, which they said was contracted without |
the warrant Of law. Now, however, their dis
honesty has so matured that they are in many /
sections proclaiming that Slate indebtedness,
whether created IN accordance with law or not
is not binding and ought to be repudisted.
Such is the philosophy Of the progress OF
Locofocoism t0wans the embraces Of repudi-
alton That the nuptials Of these execrable
parties will be solemnized we have no doubt.
Every honest and patriotic man ought TO be
active IN opposing them with all bis strength,
aHd we would earnestly entfeat al well-means
ing Locofocos, who hate reputation, to be-
ware ofthe insidious approaches Of this doc
irne to their faith. Let them not cOuntenance
i in any form however plausible il may be.
1 viii assume as many DISCUSSES as its great
fa'her, the Devil ever did. let them repel it
at once, and vindicale their claims to be con-
y Tered honest, BY the most eeaseless and UNI
denunCiatons against II.