The Yazoo City Whig. [volume] (Yazoo, Miss.) 1844-1851, 1844-12-27
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70 tie Senate and House of

To the Senate and House Of
Representatives, of tie United States: |
We have continued cause for expressing |
our gratitude TO The Supreme Ruler of the |
Universe for the benefits and blessings which
our country. under his kind providence, his
enjoyed during The past year. Nutwilhs'and
'ng he exciting scenes through which we
have passed, nothing has occnircd to disturb
lie general peace, or to deraDge The harmony
OF our political system. The great moral
spectacle has been exhibited Of nation, Up
rroXmating in number to twenty millions OF
rcople, having performed the high and inn
poUant function OF electjng lleir Chief Mag
ls'Iate Ton the term Of -four years, wilhuu;
he commission any act of violence, OF The
manifestation OF spirit Of insuborbination to
The laws. The great and inestbIe right OF
suffrage has been exercised by all who were
invested with il, under the laws of the fier~
ent States, in spirit dictated alone by de-
sire, in the selection of the agent, to advance
| he interests of the country, and to place
| beyond jeopardy the Institutions under which
! it is our happiness to live. That the deep
est interest has been manifested bv all our
cOuntrymen in the result of the election, is
not less true than highly creditable to them.
| Vast multitudes have assembled, from time
to time, at various places, for the purpose of
canvasSing the merits and pretensiCns of
those who were presented for their.sufirages;
! bat no armed soldiery has been necessary to
restrain within proper limits the popular zeal ,
or TO prevent violent outbreaks. A princi-
pie much more controlling was found in the
| Il, Il,
which, with mere individual exceptions, eve
ry where presses the American mind, and
controls with an Influence far more powerful
than hosts of armed men. We can not
dwell upon this picture without recognising
in It that deep and devoted attachment on
the part of the People to the institutions IN
der which we live, which proclaims their
perpetuity. The great objection which has
always prevailed against the election, by the
people, of their chief executive officer, has
been the apprehension of tumults and disor-
ders, which might involve in ruin the entire
government.
A security against this, is found not only
in the fact before alluded TO, but in the ad-
ditional fact, that, we live Under a cOnfede-
racy embracing already twenty-six states nc
one Of which has power to control the cleo
ton. The popular vote in each state j:
taken at the time appointed by the laws, anC
such vote is announced by the Federal Col
! lege, without reference TO the decision o
the other states. The right of suffrage, anC
the mode of conducting the election is reg
uated by the laws of each state; and tht
election is distnctivly federative in all it
prominent features. Thus it is that, unlik
/. what might be the results under consoli
/. dated system, riotous proceedings, SHOULD
they prevail, could only affect the election
lin single states, without disturbing to an
dangerous extent, the tranquility Of other:
The great experiment Of a political confed6
?. racy-each member of which is supreme
as TO all matters pertaining to lis local inter
esls, and its internal peace and happiness
(. while by a voluntary compact with others,
confdes to the united power of all, the Pc
lection Of its citizens in matters not dome
tic has been so far crowned with compile
success.
J. The world has witnessed its rapid grow
in wealth and population; and under Il
= guide and direction of a superintendiI
Providence, the Developments Of the pa
- may be regarded but as the shadowing for
of the mighty future In the bright pre-
poets Of hat future, we shall find. as patrIc
, md pIilanlhropjs,s,l The highest nducemer
To cultivate and cherish love OF union. a
to frown down every measure or effort wiz
may be made to ALLEVIATE The states or
people Of Tie states, in sentiment and te
ing from each other. rigid and close q
ference to The terms of our polcal comps
and, above all. sacred observance OF
guarantees OF the constitution, will Prese'
? union on foundation which cannot he sh;
en-; while personal liberty is placed beyo
hazard or jeopardy.
The guarantee ofrelIgious freedom. of
freedom of the press, OF liberty of speech,
the trial by jury, of the habeas corpus, a
of the domestic institutions of each of
go States--leaving the private citizen in the
NE exercise of the high ennobing attributes
his nature, and 10 each State the Prlvllt
:, which, can only be Judiciously exerted
M itself, of consulting the means best calcula
pc to advance their own happiness; these
EN- the great and important guarantees OF
usI Constitution, which the lovers OF liberty m
cherish and the advocates OF union must
. tivate. Preserving these and avoiding
Vt. interpretations by forced constructions, un
he guise of an imagined expedlency, u
he Constitution, the influence OF our pc
Il Zeal system is destined to be as actively