The Yazoo Democrat. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1845-05-06


or For the latest accounts ofthe Cottor
market, and commercialnews we refer GU
readers 70 the interesting communication
of Messrs. w. ]. 81 Co. in another col
umn.
THE EFFECTS OF THE RESULT
It's useful and intstructing after a grca
battle has been fought, and its consequent tn
mutt confusion have passed away, to calm
ly review the battlefield, the result and tho
inevitable effects ofthc contest, and the DO
sitions ofthe victorious, and the vanquished
With the same care, it becomes us, now
that the uproar is fast ceasing, and the groan,
of the dying and dead only are heard tc
look back upon the last contest when the
two great political parties were arrayed
against each other under the lead of their
chosen champions Henry Clay, and James
X. Polk, and dwell upon the mighty events
the result will produce. Forte guide safe.
ly in the future, it is necessary that the past
be carefully studied, thus we can avoid dan
gers which VIC have hitherto encountered
The future historian will chronicle the
contest to which we alIude as more evcntfI
than any other, that has occurred since the
formation Of this government.
lnthe convention that organized it, two
separate and distinct parties were formed,
and ever since, each has struggled for the
supremacy. At that period system Of
government based on the principles ofequal
rights was an mtried scheme-an expert
ment which many were fearful of testing.
They doubted the capacity Of the people
tor self-gOvernmcnt, and therefore desired
to vest all power in the hands of the rulers
wishing to place them as far beyond their
influence as possible. They endeavored
to build strong, consolidated government,
and render the Office holders, masters, and
the people, slaves To give it the power to
dispense its blessings nequally, and nur-
ture monOpolies enriching the few with the
tolls ofthe many. In a word, the adyo-
Gates Of those doctrines, SO destructive to
the spirit Of libertys believed the English
government the most wise and perfect ever
devised by the ingenuity ofman, and stIug-
gled with great energy to model and estab-
lish a system bearing all its odious features.
The other party strennously resisted
these fearful encroachmeuts on the peoples
rights, contcnding they were capable Of
self government, capable of selecting prop
orpersons for the management of their po-
litical affairs, and should be, as was intend
ed by the God ofnature, free and independ
dent.
This party was bitterly opposed to the
establishment Of government of unlimited
powers, and knew that If such were done,
the blood shed to free them from British
vassalage was shed in vain--that, oppress-
ion would rear its hideous front and trample
in triumph over the liberties they had gain
ed. They framed constitution on the
principles of equal rights, and placed the
riens Ofgovernment in the hands ofthe peo-
pie.
Since that important period each party
has retained its ideutity; although names
may have changed, yet principles are i'm
mutable amidst the vicissitudes that nations
undergo.
The Federal party, defeated in their at
tempt to establish government of direct,
and unlimited powers, have ever since at
tempted wrongly to construe the adopted
system, by granting it privileges never in
tended By its trainers, and thereby succeed
in accomplishing their designs.
Mr.. jefferson in 1925 thus graphically !
and accurately described the method they
used to prevent the actual meaning Of that
sacred instrument the constitution. "UnderI
ihePOwertOTegulatec commerce, they assume
that over agriculture, and man.
failures, and leah itregulation, to take the ear
liHgs ofindltstry, and that the most depress-
d, and pat them into the pockets Of the 9th =
y, ne most Roarishiag ofaA Under the 6
uthOrity to establish post roads, they claim s
hat ofcuiting down mountains Cor the con- a
f.,,-fs,.. e - r IL.