The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1853-10-07

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AS tie election approaches Is The pros
lpect grows more gloomy 70 tie eyes of she
secession editors their course becomes more
desperate and, 81 consequence. more reek-
less. The people viii not obey the orders
Of such leaders and f4ll into line It their
bidding Ii spite Of an the coaxing and
Threats that have been literally shoWered on
the citizens Of Mississippi; in spite Of all
the appeals made IN behalf Of Democracy
and the President ana his Administration.
there seems to Be 4 silent yet powerful in
flucnce, now swaying and controlling the
public mind, which threatens the overthrow
Of that vile and yilIainous combination which
the National Executive is attempting to form
around him. Our fellow citizens will ask
themselves what interest they have in plac-
ing the political power Of the State in the
hands Of d set Of men who desire to trans
fer that power to Franklin Pierce, and
through him. to the abolitionists Of The North.
There is no way to prevent such questions
from arising in The minds Of an intelligent
people, and there is no way to prevent such
people from looking to their own security,
and acting on the convictions Of their own
judgments.
When the fact first became apparent that
the infamous incendiaries, who fell into Che
support Of the present Executive, probably
with an understanding that they were to
share largely in the offices and patronage
of the Government. were taken TO the bosom
Of the President, and honored and cherish
ed and fattened in Office, our Southern con-
temporarics for while stoutly denied the
hard impeachment After while, how
ever, the proofs grew too numerous and Of
character too stubborn for the most un-
blushing 10 deny, and then the poor apology
was offered that as these sweet scented apos-
ties and disciples Of Giddings and Garret
Smith, and Garrison and Hale aided the
President in his election, he was bound to
reward them even at the sacrifice Of South
EN- interests and his own plighted honor
Is such an apology as this satisfactory to
the people of Mississippi, and do our con-
temporaries expect that they can SO stultify
their readers as to impose such an apology
upon them?-We know that large calcula-
tions are made on the ignorance of the
great mass of our felloW-citizens, but this
draft which would hardly be honored if
drawn on the inmates Of Lunatic Asylum
The appeals now urgedby The Mississippian
and other Secession prints on the voters of
the State to support the friends Of Pierce
for State officers and thereby identify the
destiny of the people with the fortunes of
his administration, is a direct insult on eve
ry friend of the South who breads the abo-
lidon influence. Do you desire to see the
offices of the country given to your worst
enemies Then you have nothing to do
but listen to these appeals and by your votes
sanction the course that must inevitably lead
to your own ruin. Doyou desire to let the
President know that you approve Of his
ffeesoil appointments, and will eustain him
in making others in future? Chen muster
1t the p g on the FIRST Mone1ay ard Tues
DAY In november, aad elect t. oalce sne',
...>. as viii do his bidding and bow dow
Do proud aud lofty spirit Of the State at the
at Of the Abolition idol erected for our
worship by the Chief Magistrate Of the Ma
ton.
But is this likely to be the case? We
think not. We have Witnessed attempts be-
fore to gull the people Of Mississippi. We
heard the appeals Of partisan leaders be-
seeching their followers e stand By the par
ty, though the county, $ rtaa should Re tie
result We heard. on former occasion.
the cry for a Southern Convention prepare.
tory to the formation Of Southern Confed-
eracy. We heard the denunciations hu-led1
with most vindictive power against every
man who dared to desire settlement Of the.
fearful questions that were shaking the IN
ion to its centre We heard the miserable
doctrine urged. that if these questions were
settled It would be the duty Of our noble
State to secede from Lhe sisterhood Of States,
and brave lhe horrors Of outward war and
inward strife to sustain het isolated exist
ence. And men justified themselves, for
urging such measure, On the ground that
The inauenceof the Abolitionists would soon
eontlol the government and that self-pres-
ervation demanded i dissolution Of the Un7l
ion.