The Yazoo Democrat., 1853-06-08


aims at the door of his rich neighbor. But how
much longer will they be deceived and found
supporting and nursing the viper that only waits
a favorable opportunity. TO send The poison of
death to the very vitals of their political exis-
tence2 Within the last few years, thousands,
and we might say hundreds of thousands OF these
honest daily laborers have come over TO the
party that protects the poor as we'll as the
rich.
It needs not to 60 back TO the history of Dem
ocracy In the Past, SAYS the whig in order to
prove It's nature and operation now, or to fore
shadow what must be its tendency and result in
the Future The very fact Of its existence is
sufficient evidence of its power.
A long article was vainly written and pub
hshed by this commentator, week before last,
then, for It's whole aim was to prove what De-
snocracy IS, by what it has been. We are glad
ne wing party now acknowlede the truth OF
what we have long told them-that democracy
is powerful and mus; prevail
& II is a common error of many political
writers, and of great portion Of our popuiatlon'
10 consider this Government as Democratic
There never was greater or more dangerous
mistake. 1t is REPUBLIC; as far from Democra-
cy as from Despotism
What volume of information is contained
in the few lines above. Oh. that political
writer's" as well as a great portion of our popu-
ation, had possessed this knowledge soonerl-
This is a Republic, is it and the people don't
kpoao it! ha, ha, Ina But let us see whether
Republicanism & democracy are.nonearer allied
than Democracy and Despotism. Despotism is
unlimited authority, absolute power. uncon-
trolled by men, constitution, or laws. and de-
pending alone on the will of one man; and
Democracy is where the people collectively,
and without the assistance of agents. make their
own laws and execute the same. Thus
in the one government we find the people
governed with rod of iron, without being al
lowed the privilege of begging for mercy and in
the other the governed are the governors. Now
what is RepubIicansm? 1t is democracy made
practicable: it does through agents, who are in
struc;ed and compelled to obey the will of the
people, what purely democratic government
would do collectively. Then is our government
no nearer Democracy than Despotism?
But whiggery says that the difference between
Republicanism and Democracy is this g It's for
protection against the principtesand tendency of
Democracy an the abstract, that all governments
hare been instituted" If this be true, then is
history lie, language an empty buble, and such
thing as Democratic gorernment can not
exist! In fact, the Wing says there can be
no such thing as Democratic Government
Then all that historians and philosophers have
written about democratic governments is only
so much naked gas One more quotation from
this profound writer, and we again wait for our
secret friend of the Wing:
'fThe princi pies of Democracy assert that it is
not only the right ol the people to make the gov
ernment, but that they are the government; that
their will shall be supreme that it shall consti
tute the law in preference to all other"
Yes, you are tight, these arc democratic prin-
ciples: they contend that all authority rests in
the people, that their will as expressed by their
constitutions and acts of legislation, is supreme.
What poorer opinion Of human intelligence
could man possess than IS expressed by our Sc
cret friend Of the Wing! If the people are so
ignorant as represented, they are unfit to govern
themselves, and only fit to be governed by
King If this writer does not know that he
misrepresents their intelligence, he is unfit to
write for public journal, and should at once lie
clare himself an enemy TO his country Bat is
not this Characteristic of whig principles? The
desperate situation in which they now find them
selves, seems to encourage themin showing their
proper colors Alas what would become Of
:. those who depend upon their daily labor fot the
very bread they eal'-and who are compared to
vultures lowering over field Of carnage" be-
cause they are compelled to labor foi a irelihood
if xvhiggerv cpt,l1 once apf fnll control Of orr
now happy country?