Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1846-09-23

OF 1t is an axiom, or established prin-
clple, among the philosophers, that thro'-
out the natural world all things are subject
to the laws of Progress and Development !;
that all material creation, animate and ina,
inmate, though fastening to apparent de-
cay, is but assuming a new life, or a new
form of existence. BY the nscrutable laws
OF nature, all things are prepared for sue
cessive changes, and continuous progress
sive development. The same rule applies
generally to the doctrines and theories of
men. "The times change and men and
creeds change with them" is a maxim
trite and true. But that curious compound
of odd factions, known as the Wing party,
Is an exception TO ali such laws of nature
all maXims of men. 1t knows no such
law as Progress, and accommodates itself
to successive changes in the political world
by advancing backwards. At period so
very recent as to seem but yesterday, it
was announced by the great embodiment
of that numerous and highly respectable
class of men, that wings no longer held ,
but repudiated, the doctrine of protection
for the sake of protection" Free Trade,
then said the wings, is a beautiful theory,
and would do very well to practice, if it
were only mutual; Great Britain, the ma
ton with whom we trade most, said they,
imposes protective, in many cases prohibi-
tory, duties upon our imports, and it is ne
cessary to our prosperity, aye, to preserve
our national existence and save our peo-
pie from pauperism, that we should levy
countervailing, retaliatory duties, and save
the home market from the Unsuitable. wily
British. 1t was the democratic doctrine
that the whole protective system was une-
quail, oppressive and burdensome that it's
existence in foreign governments did not
mitigate It's evils, or justify its adoption, by
ours; that the fact that royal robbers and
noble drones resorted to this cunning ar
tifice to Cypress the mass of men whilst
pretending to benefit them, was a conclu-
sive argument of its injustice. Well,
Great Britain has adopted, in great mea-
her ports to almost all the products of our
soil. 1t won' seem reasonable that those
who so lacy pronounced Free Trade
beneficial If mutual, would be ready to hail
this as better order of things. and ground
arms IN the warfare against the great mea-
sure of the age. Not so. When we com
mence to follow an example we should
have SET, whiggery adUances back, and
shouts Justify for GO Protection for the sake
of Protection"! The progress of saluta.
ry measures annuls their arguments, and
they now see nothing but inevitable ruin
in what they said would be productive OF
inestimable good eve are in the midst OF
az panic! The ancient paraphernalia used
on such occasions is re-burnished, and in
due course of things, the country is to be
"runed again this morning." But it is
now generally understood that " panics'
are artificial and for the most part imagi-
native; that running the country, means
reducing the profits of manufacturers from
40 to 90 per cent. and that saving the peo-
pie from descending to level with tie
paupers of Europe, means taxing them on
their salt, iron, sugar, cotton and woollen
goods, and all other articles they purchase,
to swell the profits of capitalists.
We do not know that we can better H.
lustrate the 'ruin'' to which the country is
now subjected, than by quoting, in con-
clusion, the subjoined distressing statement
from late number of the N. Y. Nelcs:
EFFECTS OF THE New TARIFF We
record the progress of sruin'' since the