The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1847-06-26
Ear ne Mis,isainni Creole
politics Of the Day.-No. 1.

Politics Of the DRYs-NO. Il
Mr., Editor: Under the above indefinite title
/ wish to address a few numbers to your rem
deTs on the several interesting topics Of discus
sion now before the public. have purposely
chosen a title Of this indefinite character, be-
cause it will allow me to be as rambling as |
choose in p~resentir such thoughts as may oc-
cur to my mind on these various subjects 1t
is far from my purpose TO write any thing like
regular essays on any Thing, knowing, as do,
that such productions are the least attractive
portions of newspaper, and that as such,
they are very generally cast aside unread.
The public mind is again beginning to be
agitated by discussions Of various topics, all Of
which seem to have reference TO the grand
business Of politicians at the present time, viz:
President making. No sooner is the excite
ment 6f one contest fer that high station over,
and the nation settled down into the enjoyment
of a short period of tranquility, than intrigues
and plans for the next contest are set OIL foot
by politicians, and Ss the time approaches
nearer, every means are again put in requisl-
ton to lash he public mind into a state Of
frenzy. This is now, it seems, the sole BUSH
ness Of politicians Of both parties, in and out
Of Congress. No measure Of public policy
can be adopted, no appropriation made, even to
carry on q war, in which the country is unfor.
~tunately engaged, no officers appointed for
the army without reference to the next Presi-
dency. The party in power uses all the iniu-
ence Of official patronage to preserve and in-
crease its strength, and the party out Of power,
though it lacks such great advantages, is by no
means backward in using such as it has to OBJ
tain possession of the government in 1913. In
reviewing the conduct Of parties, | shall, per-
haps, use censure more frequently than praise,
and play the part Of a fault finder much often
er than that of a punegyrist. In doing this |
i'm well aware that | have taken upon myself
an ungrateiul task--that | can hope to be read
by very few, and needed by still fewer, per-
haps by none. In the present stnte Of the pub.
lie mind there is little hope that the voice Of
moderation can be heard, but every citizen has
a right to speak, whether he is heard or not
He can at least say what he has to say, and let
the public, II it lakes any notice OF his produce
tons, pronounce judgment upon them. For
my W part | have long believed that Il e pso-
pie are often unconsciously made the insiru-
ments in the handso dolitical demagogues to
effect their own purposes Of selfish ambition,
and thouuh I urnu mt ha ahla m or
many mental defects, to show this In a clear
and satisfactory manner, / will do the best
can under the circumstances. Truth, it is said,
requires only to be stated to be believed, II
can succeed in causing a few to think on the
subjects that | touch, my expectations, If not
my wishes, will have been answered.
1t is high time that the people should begin
to think for themselves, and examine into the
condition Of that inheritance which was be-
queathed them by the fathers of the Revolu-
tiOn. It is high time that they should begin to
inquire into the utility of those tremendous
excitements which periodically sweep over the
country with the violence Of tropical hurri-
canes, threatening destruction to every thing,
and leaving SO many traces Of their ravages in
public morals, in official honesty and in public
patriotism. According to the fundamental ar
ticle Of our political creed, which may indeed
be called the corner stone Of our political sys-
tenn, the people are fully capable of seeing all
the abuses that may creep into the Government,
and v%irtuous enough at once to apply the me-
cessary remedies. They also must provide
d~efences against all dangers by which public
freedom is threatened, and as dangers are often
found lurking under an imposing mask of pat
riOtism, and zeal for the public service, ii is
necessary to be dOubly watChful in order to
discover them. In the course of our next we
will try to hunt out and expose some Of these
dangers. o. N. N.
Politics of the Day-NO. g.
The first Of these dangerous evils of which
we shall take notice, is one that has within a