The Yazoo Democrat. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1844-12-24

beyond the power Of the consiitnied authorities,
at war with the spirit Of our institutions, calcu.
lated 10 the end to reduce the people TO vassa-
lage-and we shall oppose all laws TO levy taxes
to pay the principal or interest Of Geo oaled)
debts heretofore contracted in violation Of the
Constitution and laws Of the State"
And with him, in this defence Of the doctrine
Of IstiOe and truth, we are willing to stand, OF
ifsO it must bc--tO "bite the DUST" in the ap-
preaching struggle. But a proper requiem to
the burial of REPUTATION we could not
give without copying an additional remark or
two from the leading paper of a State which
gives a democratic majority of 6,033-we mean
the ''Southern Reformer," published at jackson,
sc, So, Sc.
"NO state in the Union has avowed the infa-
nous doctrine Of reputation. 1t is not congo
NAL with the principles upon which we have set
out to govern ourselves, and never can obtain
our sanction while these principles in the as
cendancy. Our maxim Of government is found
ed on the rock of eternal truth and justice, and
in all our dealings with the world we have lis
tened alone to its appeals, and scrupulously ad.
hered to its dictates five have obtained rank,
fame, and character among the nations Of the
earth by il, we have also become equally eXhal
ted IN our own estimation. 1t has given us q
national character for frankness and bodness,
which has astonished the whole world. The
meanest citizen knows how to value his reputa-
ton, and wherever bis footsteps may wander, he
can always feel proud exultatiOn and glory in
pointing to the land Of his nativity, where unsu-
lied by the slightest breach Of faith
"The star.spangled banner forever shall wave,
O'er the land Ofthe free and home Of the brave "
There you have it, wound up with two lines
Of poetry, but portion of our national anthem,
which when chaued by a proper chores of
voices ever stirs up an American feeling in and
near the region where4warmly throbS with the
pulsations Of hfe-an honest heart. How elo-
quent the language of the above extraot-how
heaven inspired its sentiments, we leave the
reader to judge. On him alone rests the dec-
sion whether those he assisted nature in giving
an existence to, and their descendants, shall be
bound for centuries of toll in efforts to pay the
liabilities that demagosues and designing knaves
have involved cur State in. Where are those
bright examples noted for the ful6lment on their
part of obligations entered into? Where are
the agents who negotiated these loans that so
greatly benefited the industrious loco focO, and
added so much to the prosperity of the State?
Gone! And yet, reader, yeu are called upon
to prove their dishonesty-justice their frauds
honesty! To sustain knaves in the wild Ii
cense of plumber they INDUCED in, you are called
upon to devote your time-the lives Of your off
spring, and the generations which follow them!
And as an incentive TO exertion 60 laudahle,
recent foreign arrival has informed you that
''repudiatOrs'' have been ruled out Of the circle
Of aristocratc gentiity pertaining to fashionable
life in London. They have lately completed
tunnel there-a magnificent specimen of art
which has ha Maid for from the additional taxes
levied off the masses. But indirect taxation is
never felt, and as a necessary consequences the
millions do not heed this additional burden why
they are only charged shilling each for traver-
sing on Fail-car its whole extent, and then they
are at liberty to comment upon the finish and
style of the work they have had to pay for. 0,
most ''divine" right enjoyed by the English ope-
rative How enviable thy condition.! We, here,
must pay for railroads never built, and our pas
sage in cars we can never be seated in, But so
it is honesty is recommended for our due oh.
servance by one who few years back was
bought up to do the rough securing for some of
those very negotiators Of the loans entered into
in opposition to the spirit of our constitution
and laws. EIe is in the market nova few thou
sands will carry him of as easy as you can skin
Coon, or ''swinge'' a Carat!