The Yazoo City Whig. [volume] (Yazoo, Miss.) 1844-1851, 1845-03-21

ter. Il arrests for the time hasty, incOnsid>
crate. or unconstitutonal legislation; invites
and iganfeFs questions at is
sue between the legislative and executive
departments TO the tribunal of the people,
Like all ether powers, il is subject 10 be a.
bused. When judicionsy and properly ex-I
creased, the constitution itself may be saved
from infTaction, and the rights Of all preseFv.
ed and protected.
The inestimable value flour federal Un.
ion is felt and acknowledged byalI. By this
system Of united and confederated States,
our people are permitted collectively and in.
divdually, TO seek their own happiness in
their own way; and the consepueRces have
been most suspicious. Since the Union
was formed, the number Of The State has In
creased from thirteen 10 twenty eight; two
Of these have taken their position az mem.
bers Of the confsdeFacy within the last week.
Our population has increased from three to
twenty millions. New communities and
States are seeking protection under its seglS,
and muItiludes from the Old World are flock
ing 10 our shores to participate in its bless
ings. Beneath its benign sway, peace and
prosperity prevail. Freed FROM the burdens
and miseries Of war our trade and :nteFcourse
have extended throughout the world. Mind
no longer tasked in deVising means TO accom-
plish or resist schemes of ambition, usurpa-
lion, or conquest is deVotinG itself to mans
true interest, in deVelopinghis faculties and
powers, and the capacity q nature TO miniss
ter to his enjoymenis. Genius is free 10 an
nounce its inventions and discoveries, and
the hand is free to accomplish whatever the
head conceiVes, not inccRpatible with the
rights ola fellow.being. All distinctions of
birth or rank have been abolished. All citi-
zOns whether native or adopted, are placed
upon terms ofprscise equality. All are en-
titled to equal rights AMI equal protection
No union exists BETWEEN church and stale,
and perfect freedom OfOplnion is guaranteed
to al secls and Crseds
These are some of Lhe blessings secured
to our happy land BY our federal Union. TO
perpetuaTe them, it is buF sacred duty 70 pre-
serve il. Who shall assign limits to the q
chievements Of free min6s and free hands,
under the protection Of this glorious Union!
No treason to mankind, since the organiza-
ton of society, would be equal in airocity
TO that Of him who would lift his hand 10 de-
stroy it. He would overthrow the modest
structure Of human wisdom, Vhich protects
himself and his fellow man. He who would
stop the progress Office government, and in
VolVe bis country either in anarchy or des-
pOtism. He would extinguish the FIRE of
liberty which warns and animates the hearts
ofhappy millions, and invites all the nations
Of the earth 10 initiate our example. II he
say that error and wrong are committed in
tlsO-uSlusiuiSVrGtiUu tile y0vuTuuIGJSES lUT
him remember that nothing human can be
perfect; and that under no other system Of
government revealed by Heaven, or devised
by man, has reason been allowed so free and
broad a scope TO combat error. Has the
sword of despOts proved TO be a safer or su-
per instrument Of reform in government than
enlightened reasonf
Does he expect to find among the ruins
of this Union happier abode for our swarm
ing millions than they now have under t?-
Every lover Of his country must shudder at
the thought OF the possibility Of lis dissOu.
ton, and will be ready to adopt the patriotic
sentiment, ''Our federal Union it must be
preserved" To preserve it, the ccmprOn :
ises which alone enabled our fathers 10 form
common constitution for the government
and protection of SO many States and dis
tinct communities, of such diversified habits,
interests, and domestic institutions, must be
sacredly and religiOusly observed. ANY at
tempt to disturb or destroy these cOmpromis.
es, being terms of the compact Of Union
can lead 10 none other than the most ruin
GUS and disastrous consequences
1t is source of deep regret that, in some
sections Of our country, misguided persons
have occasionally INDUCED in schemes and
agitaliens, whose object is the destruction OF
domestic institutions existing in other Sec
tions-insti;ution which existed at the adop.
ton of the constitution, and were recognized
and protected by il. All must see that if +,
were possible for them to be successful n
attaining their object, the dissoIut ton o; the
Union, and the consequent destruction Of
our happy form of government, must speed.
| y follow.
am happy 10 believe that at every peri
ond Of our existence as nation. there has
existed, and continues to exist, among the
great mass Of our people, devotion % the
Union Of the States, which will shield and
protect il against the moral treason of anv
who would seriously contemplate its destruc
ton. To secure continuance Of that devo-
ton, the compromises of the constitution
must not only be preserved, but sectional
jealousies and heart bnTnings must be discon-
tinued; and all should remember that they
are members Of the same political family
having a common destiny. To increase the
attachment of our people TO the Union, our
laws should be just. Any policy which shall
tend 70 favor monoPOlies, or the peculiar in
terests Of sections OF classes, must operate
10 the prejudice Of the interests Of their fell
low citizens, and should be avoided. 1.-THE
compromises Of the constitution be preserv.
ed ,-if sectional ieaIousies and heaFt~b6rn.
ings be discountsnanced,- -if our laws Be
Just, and the government be practically ad