The Yazoo City Whig. [volume] (Yazoo, Miss.) 1844-1851, 1847-01-29
wings and Democrats AgrIeultdre.

uS othNteus0 uSAWeSN ANs policy u tt6
wings and democrats is very wide, and illus.
trateS the principles OF the Two parties.
The wings, or ra.her their leaders, aim at
circumscrihing national Industry 10 a branch
Of labor which can be seton foot and kept
in operation only by capital, and subjects
the operative TO the will and control of the
capitalist, viz: incorporated manufactures
The success Of such a scheme would as Ger.
tainly subject the many 10 the command Of
the few as that the distribution OF wealth in
society is unequal aud the mass poor and the
minority rich.
We clip the above from the Southern Re.
former, and from which il will be perceived
that the writer wishes to convey the idea
that the Wings are opposed 10 all branches
Of industry save the manufacturing portion.
A more absurd assertion cannot be found in
the whole lOcofOco vocabulary than this; the
Wings are as much the friends Of every 9th.
er branch Of industry as are the democrats,
and indeed more 50, for it has always been
the policy Of the Wing party to sustain and
protect every branch Of industry, from the
agricultural down TO the daily laborer; while
the lOcOfOco leaders have taken ground
against these pursuits, for whilst all manu-
featuring pursuits were ia successful opera.
ton the agriculturist found a ready and
good market at the manufac cries for his
products, which are consumed by the oper-
ativcs. But it is the leading feature OF the
lOcofoco party to break down our own man.
ufactures and sustain and encourage those
Of England, and hence the cry that the
"whigs are opposed TO the agriculturists.' .
The freedom Of elections could not be
hoped for, when the same hand could con-
troll the vote which feeds the voter and his
family. The exercise Of liberty Of opin.
ion adverse TO that Of the employee, must
be purchased at the expense Of employment
and daily bread. The power Of voting, to
the poor and dependant man, first makes
BIN worth depressing, and what really in
! free land should constitute his elevation, is,
| by such state Of things, the source OF his
degradation. He is possessed Of privil-
ege which he dare not use, or uses only
against his own conscience. His right be.
comes TO him therefore, a mockeTy or a
snar2.
Here it will be seen that the writer has
but poor opinion of the character Of the
laboTing class employed in the manufacto>
ries, for he asserts that the political opin>
ions of the employed are controlled solely
by the employee, and that in fear of losing
a situation the laborer would place at the
disposal Of his employer one Of the greatest
privileges of his birthright. Now we are
Of opinion that the editor of the Reformer
has entirely mistaken the character both Of
the employee and employed, at least 90 far
as regards an employer who is wing, for
never have we known or heard Of a wing
manufacturer discharging his operatives be.
cause they held political opinions adverse
TO his. But We presume the editor Of the
Reformer takes it for granted that as the 10.
cofOcO Office holder and employees pursue
this course Of discipline and tyranny, the
Wings, as a natural result, will do the same
We would ask the editor Of the ReformeT
to point to a single instance where a whg
Office holder has discharged those who were
employed by him on account Of their POlit.
zeal opinions differing with his, or Of a whg
manufactures dischargiDg his operatives be.
cause they would not vote according to his
wish.