The Yazoo Democrat., 1853-08-03

Since the receipt of COL Davis Philadelphia
speech, we hear the would be wise and leading
wings, going about the streets crying "whig
speech good whig'-" Davis a whig'-" In
ternal Improvement all such silly babel
What is there in Davis speech that contradicts
either his own or the precedents of the Demo-
cratic party? We verify believe that the specta-
ces of old Mrs. Partington are truer refecters oil
objects than the dull optics Of the wings; the
ear of mole more correct hearer Of sounds
than the ears of federalism; the brain Of an ass
better calculated to digest and expound solid and
logical political reasonings, than the intellect OF
whiggery; a"Spiritual Rapper" more reliable
informant, than "a Seward politician. They see
no difference between a specific and general
Internal Improvement policy. They claim eye-
ry thing as whig ground, which savours OF inter
nal Improvement. Ever since Folks veto OF the
famous General Internal Improvement Bill
whiggery has charged democracy with opposition
to all such undertakings, in whatever shape, OF
under whatever circumstances they may arise
If MI. Polk had not, in his veto message distinct
y stated that the want of limit and certainty
deprived the bill of his signature-and had not
every platform of the national democracy, either
expressly or implicitly sanctioned the authority
of the general government to make certain and
specific Improvements through her territories
and had not every national democratic statesman
with, scarcely an exception from the days of JEFF
ferson down to the time that sDayis made his
PhiladeI phia speech, asserted she ght and egpe-
diency of specific and definite internal improve
ments, then wings might talk a1put " Davis
whig doctrines" The truth is, thakwhig party
never did have but four doctrines of measures ol
political policy, and they have all been repudia-
ted By the people The old head ard foundation,
the g shibboleth' of whggery, that huge shell ol
rotten paper, filled with rags-the United States
Bank, was the first. Next came the Distribu-
tion of the proceeds of the sales of the Public
Lands among the States. The third was their
High Protective Tariff-that scheme by which
the consumer would be enabled to purchase his
goods less cost than even g free trade" sys-
tenn would afford Fourth and last, stands their
FGalphin- general -internal--improve-
ment-squander-policy. Now, then, for this par
ty, or shadow of thing defunct, to claim all the
improvement and progress, as well as all the de
cency for themselves, is getting rather strong to
bear snuffing without wry face. We will ven-
ture TO assert that there is not democrat in the
Union who knows what the principles OF the
party are, and who claims to be one of them
who would deny the authority of the general
government to make any improvement which
might be necessary for its protection, and for the
security of any portion of its inhabitants. The
only difference between democrats as to the con-
struction of the Pacific Railroad, is, as to the
necessity of such an outlet to the Western Terri
tories. But we must acknowledge that we are
not little surprised that there should be any
difference upon that question. This, however
does not warrant the whig party in aclaiming as
federalists, all who are advocates of this i'm
provement.