The Yazoo Democrat. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1845-01-28

self to, aud made wrecks OF the care OF our COM
merce on our various rivers Benton and Adams
struck the blow that has wrecked our vessels,
and may, If we don't take care Of ourselves, be
the means yet Of our having our threats cut
Instead Of troubling our minds about the guam
tity Of whisky that has been sold, let us inquire
how many boxes of percussion caps, and no "
many pounds Of powder have been sold to the
NEGROES for he use of OVERSEERS. DO
you understand! Then-where your efficient
police2 Your volunteer companies? Arc you
blind to the staggering, insolent gait lately as
sumed! Stteet-brawls before your very docrsg
Or is it necessary that we should be guttCd be-
fore we awake to sense of danger? Gull over
the leaves OF history. The present time will De-
mand moro than one Curtus to close the gapif
we longer neglect to provide for our own pres
ervation. "There is a lower hell yet TO be
reached" If Benton and Adams are allowed to
protract that game Of theirs. Not only do we
see the opposite elements at work on our rivers,
but here in our midst, o. Friday light last, there
was general sweep of property by fire. The
next mail will bring us accounts of similar dis
asters in different sections of the South. We
must be Vigilant till annexation is effected, till
that time we must, Tor our own safety, be pre-
pared to meet any emergency. But this admo-
milton will be laughed at. Very well; all we
have TO say is, that if we can sell the Office, we
shall imnediatey make tracks for Indiana or
New York. Notwithstanding a white laborer
in either of those States does not fare as well or
have as much leisure as the black enjoys here,
yet If we do not take measures for our own
safety those States will be the most safe to resort
to. Observe, there is no power that can bring
about a dissolution OF our government. The
North and South commenced together-they will
and must stick together as long as the Earth re.
mains in its present condition, or uut;l fire over
powers water. Yet there may be much blood
shed. Let us by the adoption Of precautionary
measures avoid the necessity Of shedding blood.
A "mite" of fact is better than church full Of
theory An ounce Of prevention is worth more
than a ton of cure. We have had dates Of The
Mississippi valley. We intended to have re-
ferred to them. But the copy has been mislaid :;
the dates were published in the 6 Conoordia In
telligencern Will that paper rb-publish the
table aud forward us copy. 1t only proves that
when Whiggery was in the ascendant the waters
ROSE. There will be no food this year-Rea-
son: take up the map Of the United States
Look at the rivers that rise in the States Of Penn
syVana, Virginia, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Mis-
souri,, Arkansas and Missssippi-all democratic
States. There will be high water in the various
rivers Of Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee. And
| the annexation or rejection OF Texas will have
an important bearing on these rivers. You may
reject these PropoSitiOns-we don't wish to force
our opinion on any one. We have a right to
the enjoyment of our own belief-the exercise OF
| that right is guaranteed to us by the Constitu-
ton and Laws of our country. Believe just as
you please, and allow us the same privilege
Our belief is that man NEVER DIES-that
when he is buried, he put passes into another
existence-that the holy sensation Of LOVE
accompanies him in every stage of being he may
pass through. We would not barter this belief
for the treasures Of the whole world. Let us
conform to the LAWS Of NATURE, and we
shall always enjoy felicity. Without experien-
cling PAIN we should never be able to enjoy
happiness or PLEASURE.
If the Annexation is peaceably carried into
effect then our codntry will be undisturbed by
jars or violence for the next half century. At
the expiration of that time the rotten dynastles
of EuroPewill crumble into fragments, and
peace thereafter through the world reign supreme
until the Earth merges into ball of fire. And
then our hope will be to have reached perfection
or be enabled to fulfil the laws defined bv the
Creating God of the Universe.