The Yazoo City Whig. [volume] (Yazoo, Miss.) 1844-1851, 1844-08-16
Who are the friends and sup
pOrters Of Law, Order, Hon
esty aud Virtue-.Whigs or
Democrats

1eN tHS acts "a the paTtleS speak lot |
themselves-let them testify as 10 their own
honor and virtue. Par.izans often inten.
tionallY deceive the public, by concealing
the enOrmity of their diabolical intentions;
by continued and loud professions Of the
love Of liberty, the dear peoples rights, and
by magnifying the acts Of their opponents,
so as TO make what was in itself harmless
and innocent, appear of the most appalling
magnitude, and portending the most disas.
triOus consequences TO our republican in.
situations. But we are gratiied that mere
professions are no longer considered as good
evidence Of the patriotism of any men or
set Of men; higher and less fexable stand
ard has been erected by the public intelli-
gence of the people; and political parties
and partizans are how measured by their
acts. This is great dissederatum, and
one too long neglected in our country. We
have heretofore given credence TO the pa
triotic professions of every ignorant and de-
signing demagogue, who had neither capae
city OF honesty to recommend him TO the
public favor. But the late traitsr Tyler has
at least done one good-we now require
some better evidence Of the honesty, pats
riotism, and devotion to his country's cause
than mere professions must see the
evidences in his works. And then the Tree
shall be judged by its fruit. To determine
with satisfactory certainty which Of the
too parties are 10 be considered as most
devoted to the principles of our institutions
and sustaining, in the greatest degree, the
Laws of the county, Order, Honesty and
Virtue, allow us TO produce evidence which
cannot LIE, the very DEEDS THEMSELVES,
and let US rise or fall, live or die by them.
The first witness which we shall intro.
duce to your consideration is the late Law
of Congress prescribing the manner in
which the members 10 that body shall be
chosen. 1t will be recollected by all who
take the least notice of political acts, that
the last Congress, in the plenitude Of il.
wisdom, thought the election to Congress.
by what is usually designated the General
Ticket System was unjust, and might, ir
times Of high party excitement, be both op,
PressiVe aud dangerous. To remedy an evt
Of such magnitude, they passed law re
quiring the several States TO elect their res
pective members to Congress by contagious
districts, believing, and Justly too, that the
rights Of minorites would be more respec
ted and less liable 10 be imposed on. Thi:
strictly Constitutional Law was obeyed b.
all the States but Georgia, Missouri, New
Hampshire and Mississippi, all of which
! at that time, were under the administration
of the democrats. These four MULTIPLYING
States refused and did, in violation of Law
elect their members to Congress by thu
; General Ticket System. Again, permit III
: TO examine this interesting question It'll,
3 more in detail, in order that the odium ma,
] attach to those deserving it. What was II,
: course pursued by the Wing party in thes
a four States which refused tocompIy with tn
d Law of Congress, did any portion of tina
s party advocate it, or did any one person il
r the Wing party desire to see the LAWS I'm
J. tremendously trampled under foot, and
] set Of mon sent TO Congress who had n
more right TO take a seat in that body thai
J. one Of our untamed savages. NO! NO
g ONE. On the contrary, every mothers So
b of the Wing Patty, with unanimity almOs
5 unparalleled, shenOusly desired that til
Laws of the country be respected, believ
ing, and justly TOO, that the perpetuitv {
J. our republican government was entirely dc
IS pendant on obedience to the Laws. Agar
e all the individuals elected in this manner
a with one or two exceptions, belonged t
Y the locofoco party; from the State of Geo.
Y gia the Wings succeeded in electing tw
o members, and now that We find them {
h Washington endeavoring to get their seat
|, in the representative Hall, contrast III
y course of these two Wings with that of til
LocOs-whcn the question came up as
their eligibily, every loco voted themselve
Il seats-and the two Wings, STEPHENS an
! CL1NoH, to their honor be it said, recorde
their votes against this unjust and flagrar
! violation of that Law which they had take
! a solemn oath TO see preserved and respec
ed.
We had intended TO have examined ii
). course pursued by the two parties in regar
to the DOrr War in Rhode Island. TT