The Yazoo City Whig and political register. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1842-1844, 1844-03-08
POLITICAL.
Truth plainly sDOken

truth kbh6HA1y Spoken
The Harrisburg, Pa. Argus, a very vio-
lent Locofoco paper, indulges for once, in
The following touches Of sober truth. We
commend them 10 Locolocoism generally:
'eIHE DAEeER,--It is upon US already
There is no alion--no harmOng--no hope
in The party. All IS discord, division and
dependency. There Is Jeiusion, deception
and an auyielding adherence TO men that
would have crushed tire Democratic partyin
the day Of its greatest power. The iron
rule that has in days gone By, intimaled
those who were disposed 10 revolt, has lost
its potency; it is disrcgarded, laughed at,
lscorned. To inquire what has produced
this state of disorganizatiun, is not our pur-
pose. Its existence we lament, but will not
deny"
I'VE differ with some as to the pro 2rieiy
! OF telling the truth upon this subject There.
are those who do not think il policy. It win
linlnre the party, say they, at the same time
admitting To the full extent the correctness
OF our opinion in regard TO its condition
/ Whether their course is not more treasona-
bic than ours, we must leave TO our readers
TO Judge. What, when three out of every
i've Democrats that visit the seat of Gov
eminent from the country, say, that defec-
ton Is stalking abroad in every township in
the State--When they tell us that the Clay
men are active and organizing in every dis
trIct. and that the Democrats are asleep and
Indifferent to the resultant many who
have voted with US before, say that If they
have to make choice between Mr.. Van Blu.
rem and Mr.. Clay, they win choose the lat
ter.-When these things are, is it the tpoli-
lev tn ho rn1ofq If - e s1 v.oliOs, that
we cannot reconcile with our duty"
''We will not deceive Mr.. Van Buren, or
his friends, by holding out false lights to
him or ihem.-They shall know the truth.
! lf they do not credit It now, the time isnot
distant when results will confirm it. The
! party is going to pieces. It's energies arc
: being destroyed. Despair has taken hold Of
the sioutest hearts. ALI is lost: gone not
D for this year or the next four, but fos a
: quarter Of century, unless Mr. Van Buren,
/ is Immediately withdrawn. There must be
!. no delay in this matter. The army is dis
e banding, and we must have new comman-
d der at once, or we can make no fight. Let
e the ex-Presidenl's friends choose that COM
o mander. Il is matter of no consequence
r to US who he il, SO that We achieve a victo-
It ~ over the enemy In all reason, this is
|. not an iFnmoderate domand-it is not ask
! ing too much. We wish but TO be allowed
3 TO participate in a glorious victory. We
!. lcare not who are the officers we 6ghi under
i SO that The party has confidence in success
). Bat this state Of things must alarm ever
:, Democrat. With Mr.. Van Buren,, FIELD
&c far darker, far more disastrous than that o
q 1910, lies before u.s.
4 Upon this the Augusta Chronicle remarks
!, as follows:
All truth-every word Of il! We endorse
~ the Argus man, from top TO bottom! Il i
es refreshing, thus 10 get the truth from lip
that have been SO long strangers 10 il, eve
~ though it comes in the shape of a ''last dy
ar ing speech and confession.n We can, toC
u excuse the poor mans pathetic call for 8
new commander II IS common FOR p;
nd tents beyond hope, to desire new docto
) The withdrawing Of the old empire woul
IT not, however, in this case, prolong the exi
Itence Of Locofocoism. lisin "hasty col
~ sumption and may as we'll die under Il
j. care Of the Professor of Underwood, as
- any other one Of the Jacobin Faculty.