The Yazoo Democrat. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1851-03-19

From he Deltn.
VENALlTY IN hIGn PLACES.

A member Of the House Of Representa-
feS, from MASSACHUSETTS. lately charged
aniel Webster with having received S15.-
Do from the brokers in New York and BoS
,, as an inducemsnl Tor him to take the
ico Of Secretary Of State. We at first
ought this charge was one Of those Oft-re-
a'eJ calunnieS which originate in party
Agnily, and are aimed a. a "shining
iaFk." Bot great was our surprise and
hagrin ia reading the debate, which arose
n this statement. to fRd Mr.. Webster's
friend admitting the impulalon to the ex-
on', at least, of the receipt, by Mr. Webster
~ donations from his admirers TO enable him
DO take the office to VIII ch he had boon call
ID. Thai we may do thiG distinguished
pan no iniu,uce, We give tee remarks Of
dr. Ashmun, (Eom Massachusetts,, (Mr.
.Websler'' irisnd,) rePs!ing the charge Of
bis colleague, Mr., Allen:
What are ihese chargesl That gentle.
man in Now York and Boston, knowing
PIC. Webster's PecuniAry inability 20 take
lhe position which be now holds, have exer.
ei'ed Offices Of friendship. He (Nr. A,h-
nun) was proud to say that he had the homo.
confidential intercourse with that gentle.
,an-il was one Of the richest enoYmenls
5 lile--and yet he knew nothing Of what
. been charged. Il may be- so; but if so,
bad nothing to say in relation to il.
a0 was there anything, even To the greatest
sxtent asserted, to dytract from a man OF
hOnOrl Suppose it ;rue, that in generosity
md justice, iree-traders and tariff men, mer-
chants aid mechanics, are disposed to make
Mr.. Wsbslsr presents, he wished his col
eagus could 90 act as to command from
them this kind OF cOnsdsraIi N, even while
be fails to Ct their votes, trial after trial.
Eco, was there anything, 10 impeach Mr..
Wsbsler's integrity Lsl the bold dsiame
stand Crlhl
We arc somewhat astounded at the adj
missions Of Mr.. Wsbs,er's friend, as well as
Al the doctrines announced by him. One o.
thS ir,t-inderd tho very 6rsi intellect in
he natl"n-who, ever since his entrance OF
public lie has enjoyed an immense revenue
from hls great talents and professional ablI-
~, receives contributions Of money from
certain classes before he can be persuaded
to accept the second office in d gni,y and i'm
POrtauce "a the Exc uive Department of the
Republic,-Ind q member Ol Congress re-
CARDS such Contributions as com Jliments
Nhach entlle public man 10 hold his heac
more proudly brinre the nation. Now,
this be a general sentiment among member
"l 20 grrss, we beg to declare that it is no
tho feeling Among their constituents
There - nn Statesman in this section Of OIL
UA"n, who would not consider himself in
suited and degraded. by the tender oil Sucl
oleemJSynaTy aid-;hers is no man VIII
would dare to face the people, with an adj
mlarion that he could Ouly be induced to TAX
high ofEice-Jne, too, the salary Of which
OIito A1ple-by the contribution Of money
What would become Of he man or men VIII
might approach John e. Calhoun with sue
a proposition. They would Do annihate
by lhe lighlniig of his eye! That illustriOI
patriot would have shrunk from such a SUI
gOSliOD, az AIistides aud FabriciOus OF oil
would have done.
We view the sentiments thus inculcate
by the example Of Mr.. Webster and the pr
cePts OF Me-. Ashmun, as very reprehensib
and dangerous in Republic like ours. III
more distinguished the example, the grea
or the evil II Mr.. Webster takes up
collection in Wall street before he can a
cepl Federal Ofice, why may not eve
pOlttClhus BIoob 9uu bblAH .NulouBuOuh u
Union, send collection bags around throul
their district, to reimburse their patriotic I
erifces.
Nov, Mr.. Webster may be Of that tri
and incOTruplible nature, that can recei
fapOFs Oflhis kind without coming under al
special Obligations to the contributors;
We tear many Of the smaller race Of poll
clans would view the matter in q differ,
lighi, and regard their aTaI duty and Oh
is0,E - due 20 ''ths rent payers" Accord
40 The amount Of their subscriptions. 1t
would consider themselves RS the reteir
counsel Df their liberal employers, and fh
.non-Payiug constituents would have 70 4
care Of thoRS0lV0s. il would therefore,
necessary, 10 cider 70 ascertain the PrOba
sentiments or tendencies Of our POlltlela
40 examine their trent FOOlS." lfthelr G
RsibutiOnS came chiefly from manu'ac'u!
eve should, Of course, set them down &c
haTif men, ifIhsy we're paid By ltsam e
PanioS' we should expect 70 see them
Iireng for large mai, contraclS. And
akor5 would be no end 70 the corruption
our political agents.
Every maa who would preserve the
20 ,5ubiiean purity and simplicity Of our COVE
r,enl. should Faiso hisvVOico against THE I
i tFiHt. Nc talsut5 or genius can conssc
La Loi our noble servants Be rewarded
, Y - Dlacs them above want. lftheg
49, rnor.-if from Injurious habits, /
- nr,urr1rn Nfdoba o. ether causes, they