Columbus Whig. (Columbus, Miss.) 1843-18??, 1844-05-30

r-...5@7 4overnGnent was In lncompe-
ssnf hands. This does. not Gil the pic
tnre. TIE back ground is OF still
darker hue. Psculators and embez.
zlers Of the public money lattened up
on the plumber Of the public treasury.
Millions were raised from the pockets
Of the people only TO be transferred 70
those ofvillain Jus sub-treasuers. Pub
lie delaulters were retained in office
notwithstanding the fullest exposure
Of their gross and fostering corruption.
To The complaints of the people, the
Chief Magistrate, who was wallowing
in more than Asiatic luxury, replied
with the insolence of master and a
despot. The people, disguised at the
profligacy, and alarmed at the audacI-
ty Of the dynasty, rose in the maj
esty OF sovereignty, and hurled these
unworthy servants from the stations
they disgraced. These are the same
men arlto seek to regain political pO'0-
er. They are animated by the mere
lust of offices (sacrG flames aurI and
banded together "by the cohesive force
Of the hope ofpublic plumber" They
have exhausted their nostrums and
now have nothing TO propose. With
out the ability TO exhibit principles Tor
public examination, and without the
manliness to confess their errors ofthe
past, they come before the the country
with no watchwords 20 unite them but
Opposition to Henry Clay" and $50
The rsctors belong the spoils." The
magnitude of the crisis is apparent
when we contemplate the consequent
ces Of a restoration Of Locofocoism 10
the direction Of the Government. We
have an abiding confidence in the vir-
tue of the people. They need only 10
be informed and TO have time for re
Election to perceive and pursue the
light. They will surely never consent
TO restore corruption and proAigacy to
the highest honors ofthe nation. They
cannot prefer TO groan again under the
repetition of an oppression, which,
stealing the name Of Democracy,
ground them for ears under its iron
beel,to that bounding and elastic spirit
which salutary policy has already
impaired to the various departments
of art and industry. They cannot
yield their affections 10 the insinI ating
address of cunning impudence rather
than to the stern virtue Of republican
simplicity. They cannot forget the
faithlessness their verdict has once
denounced-the insolence their judge
ment has once rebuked; and they will
never register at she ballot box their
willingness TO sultify themselves by
reversing the decision so solemnly
in 1910. To doubt the
result is-to libel popular virtue and TO
question the capacity of our country
mento correctthe evils which impede
the progress of correct government.
The importance ofthe approaching
canvass cannot be gainsaid, but the
Wings have every hope 10 animate
them to exerlion, while their oppo-
nents tremble under the guilt whieh
rises from the past to paraIyze their
dropping energies. Each time the
probe is pushed, every nerve in their
system vibrates under the touch.
They will play the game boldly how
ever. They play for the mighty stake
Of the public revenue. The hypocri-
sy Of their professions must be expos
ed to the fair and honest men who are
duped by their articles and wheedled
BY their sophistry. The principles Of
public policy which unite the Wings
as party are daily and hourly profess
ed from the stump and declared by
the press. We have no concealment.
They are principles which have been
adhered TO through the gloom of years,
and which gather brightness, and
strength, and lu.tre, by every exsmi-
nation. We shall hereafter discuss
them in detail. We invoke the peo-
| pie to action. 1t is their country and
Illustrations which require TO be guard
ed-their safety and prosperity which
are sought to be advanced and protect
ed; and they are the sovereigns be-
fore whom the cause rests and by
whom it must be decided. Let them
make an enlightened decision after a
tull hearing. We contend uot mere
ly for men. Pubic measures deemed
cardinal to our future welfare are at
stake, which we would impress on the
Statute book Of our country. The
candidates will be the opponents OF
those principles. We know the Lo-
cofocos will assail the Wing candidate
for the Presidency with all the bitter
ness of calumny and malice Of slarder.
The purity of his life and the spIen-
dor of his fame defy their assaults.
The evergreen laurel Of the pstriot
and the statesman already encircles
his brow and the pencil Of history has
craven his name in lines of light as
tlasting as letters and as imperisbable
as time. He has been pursued through