The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1849-10-13

aH4 FNtoNNAAANA - ANu +fASNNA u LIVELY ais
everywhere present, although secret and in-
visible. They follow our footsteps. minels
II our society, listen d our conversation, eat
IL our tables and Yet they arc not known. We
are net conscious that the base beirayer Is
circumveniing US and plotting our ruin. Il.
Is such i vile system that the Governor Gene
rel IF Cuba; and very possible the Emperors
Of Rvssla and AusWia have established Il this
republican land, for ferfstting ont the friends
ot freedom II arder that they may send them.
abasons and asathif th6y should happen
10 venture back 10 their native country. II
10 The most abominable Of all the devices Of
tyrants; hypocrity and treachery, leading to
The bssest crimes, and ministsfing to he most
profound and consummate despotism.
Yet, In this republican country, not only has
such a detesiable system Of Espionage been es-
tablished by the GoveTnorG General Of Cuba,
but Our " government; the Cabinet Of Gen.
Taylor-has ingituled a system Of secret in.
quiry and serveiaaacs, bearing in principle sting
resemblance 20 the system Of espionage resort.
ed to BY the despostb 81 the European govern
ments, Some weeks ago we mentioDed the
fact that the post Master General, Jacob Col
lamer, had Instituted such q system for the
purpose Of ferretlng ont the political opinions,
and the circumstance with regard 10 property,
Of the clerks employed In his department.
MI. Meredith; Secrotaty Of the Treasury, has
we understand, instituted similar system Of
secret espionage. And il Is believed that Thos.
Ewing and Tie other Secretaries have resorted
to the anne practice, in order to ferret out the
political opinions and pecuniary circumstan-
ces Of their clerks. Some Of these Secretaries
or their subordinates, have admitted the fact
that committees of Whigs-very probably the
Rough and Ready Club-have been commits.
stoned and employed in such shameful and infa-
nous service. These committees have made Sc.
cret inquiry as to the opinions aid sentiments
which the Victmswhom they have designed for
decapitation have expressed or entertained. So
%Ininutei is this system thata the private affairs Of
the doomed clerk rare inquired into, ascertaied,
and reported to the Secretary Of the Depart
ment to which he belongs. And the first he
knows he is informed that he is relnoved-in
the first place, because he is o Democrat; and
secondly, because he owns a house.. or has a
few hundred dollars in stock, or some other
property, and that be has but SO many chill
drcn or none as the case may DO. If he has
been prudent and careful in the management
of his private affairs, and is Democrat, he is
sure to 90. He is a doomed man. Disrepu-
table to the cabinet as this practice Is, and
shocking as it must be TO every honest mind,
we are assured, from the most reliable sources,
thatit exists, and that it can be abundantly
proved, if inquiry in r6pect to it were author.
lied by a committee Of Congress;
But for the evidence Of the fact showing
the existence Of this secret and infamous sys.
TEN ice, we need not wait for the rev.
elstl spmmitteo of Congress. The
agep Ons Of the cabinet themselves
turhiss hey not only; in substance, admit
the tact0f the existence Of such a system Of
secret inquiry in this city; but they invoke
their hiends the country to become SECRET
spies and ed pon lniormers against their
neighbors. Base and infamous as such a pro-
position is, we actually find ii made in go many
words in the following letter written in this
city and published in the Richmond Wing Of.
August 28. We publish the letter entire, III
order to prove the existence Of this shameful
system Of secret inquisitiOns, and 10 show
the %ferocious spirit Of prescription. which per-
vades the bosom Of the writer, and which can
fad its parallel only among the brutal and SAN
Culinary human butchers Of the French %revolu
ton oil 1898:
Then follows the letter which we have
published above with the italics to which the
Union alludes in continuance as follows:
The italics are our own, and we have made
use 81 them to bring out in bold relief the In
famous propositions which the letter embodies.
l, is such wretches as the writer Of the letter
which we have copied above, that now cater
for this administration, and are employed by
the cabinet, and by their chief instrument and
tool, Truman Smith, to carry ont more efec-
tually tho fiagitious system Of pr inscription
practised BY the cabinet; in violation not only
Of General Taylot's solemn promises and
declarations, buttheir own personal pledges
and assurances.
But the peroration OF the Umon's article il
so grand that the Wig could not resist the
temptation to ~itsliciss it, and ihterspetse a
few purenthetical comments. Eere il is:
z We now invoke the candid and serious u.
" tsntiOn Of American people 10 he facts
" which we have stated, and which be sAsf
" dbOoe GDuadantg proUes. We call the atten-
" ton Of the honest and patriotic men Of all
s parties in Pennsylvania and Maryland, who
$ are so soon to express their judgments upon
" the acts and measures cfthis Administration,
" to the state Of things which moi only sxistt
+. here but throughout the country. =
8 We invoke the American people 70 contems