The Yazoo City Whig. [volume] (Yazoo, Miss.) 1844-1851, 1845-08-29

the banks necessarily could nOtmss. their
engagements, and suspension ensued. The
bankrupt law gave many exemption, but
good many still remain who are indebted to
the very banks they anathematize for every
"cnrl Of wool that decks the foreheads Of
their Ethiopians," .not sable nose IN their
broad fields and wide domains Is turned up
to snuff the morning wind whichhas moi
been directly or indirectly purchased By
means procured from the modern "Cyprian
Of Babylon" And now, when they end
that the preiudices Of the honest communi.
ty are aroused to a sufficient extent, as they
think, they dare 10 unfold their schemes Of
ingratitude and dishonesty, thinking that
under the semblance Of law and desire TO
see the laws upheld, they can be induced to
become unwittingly the eonfederates Of wills
lainy. But they will be deceived, the hon.
est portion Of the lOcOfocO party viii awak-
en- from their deception, and when they see
the abyss from which they have 50 narrow.
" escaped, they'll not now wings viii be-
come 50. Men taught by experience, never
place confidence in the patriotism and pur.
ity Of interested men, without sc.utinizing
them closely before hand.
The advocates of Briscoeism, not satisfied
with appeals to their locofoco brethren, have
dared to call upon the wings of Mississippi
for aid-their candidate in this senatorial
district has declared that be depends fo
election upon wing votes.
Wings of Mississippi do not wrong J,
when Task, is there one among your Spar
tan band who will prove traitor to the glori
Gus principles of the whig party, BY sustain
ing measure, bearing upon its face in tn
most legibIs characters, the impress Of dis
honesty, and injustlcel lido! There is nc
a.whig-not single man WHO'S actuated b
wing principles, and who, at the same tins
is fully aware Of the effests to be produce
by the sustainal OF the doctrines that forfei
ure produces extinction Of obligation, VIII
will dare to sustain il, and rank himself
the same time among the wings Of Missi.
sippi7 Motif there be one only imam,
he retains the name no longer, FOR such a
act would draw between him and the viii
} party barrier which tears Of condition an
Il long yea,s Of repentance could scarcely II
move.
! Wings Of Mississippi land more part
. cularly Of Yazoo l--haye | been wrong Z
again ask, will ye who have herstoiol
5 formed the oasis ia the political deser,l
!, who have been, and are still, The lights
I relieve The eye in its contemplation Of 4
e moral darkness Of our misguided State, vi
t ye suffer the bright escutcheon Of your b
E nor TO be sullied and furnish with your oV
: hands the slime wherewith to sOill w
: ye suffer that banner, which has waved
g purity over your heads, to be trailed ii Il
! dust, and ita motto, ''God and the Tight,''
{ ground out BY the heel Of infamy: if
!. would do this, sustainl sustain! the measuI
) cause it BY your SURFACES 10 reign trump
+. ant-lis.en to the svren voices Of those VI
ie would beguile you from the path Of rect
. tude, which ESQ long have pursued and tn
4. when it IL done should the foul fiend VIII
.e per in your ears and ask the intelpretati
u Of Iinfamy, answer him 8 Whig Of Nj
II sissippi." CLAY.
IS Tie MAJ. TnIeIFigsncer Our neighb