The Yazoo City weekly Whig., 1853-05-20


wild schemes Of Improvement or lhe future;
who already possessing, would protect what
they have, nor endangcr It's security in q
struggle for the acquisition Of something
more: who would uphold law for tho sake
OF justice. order for the sake Of tranquility
and government for the sake Of protection:
and Wiz, even though there may be some
thing that IS bad 10 their condition, would
rather endure while II is suaerabIe, than run
the risk Of losing all Of good chat they pos
sess, in an endeavor to remedy the evil.
These are the two fundamental principles Of
the political world Under various names
they have been transmitted down to as, and
arc now represented in the United States By
the titles of ',Demoerat'' and stWhig.D The
first has ever remained the same in its ma
ture, and in its effect; the latter has, in this
country, been subject to some slight modifi-
cation. OF the first we wish practically to
speak. Through all ages, in all countries.
among all races It has held its sway; and
from the time Of Moses down to that OF
American Locofocoism, it has been produc-
tive Of nought but misery, and devastation,
and ruin. There is not a page of the re-
cords of the past but gives traces of the
working Of its mighty and terrible power;
there is not woe Of which human history
tells us which had not this for its founda-
ton and its cause: there has never been true,
rational freedom in the world, which had
not DEMooRAoY its enemy, and ultimately
its destroyer! Ask Historyl-Go search
among the ruins Of the dead republics
which lie streWed along the Past. for the
causes of their fall! There is but one an
swer-From the deserts of blasted Egypt,
from the desolated plains of Poland
from the ruined halls of stately, classic
Greece, from the deserted arches of once
mighty Rome, -the long low wall comes up.
We were free, prosperous, powerful and
happy. We RAN INTO DEMOCRACY AND WE
DIED! Yes. Democracy overthrew their
demolished their laws, destroy
ed their religion, decimated their people,
drenched the whole country in blood, and
at last, sick of its outrages, exhausted by
its own excesses, sunk 10 sleep upon the lap
Of despotism, and awoke in chainsl
We have seen DEMOCRACY in France
when the whole nation was wild and
raging mob-when in the name Of Lib
erty. and Philanthropy, and Reason { }
hey cut off the head of Louis, and
murdered by thousands their best and no.
blest citizens; when their streets and rivers
ran blood; when they denied their God, and
scoffed at religion, and cut the throats of
their priests, and shot, and guilloted, and
hung, until carnage herself became sick
and died of the very food she fed on! This
was DEMOCRACY. For the sake of Liberty
it reyolutionized the government, and estab-
Iished thousand savage tyrants as rulers
in place of the one weak King whom it de-
throned In the name of Philanthropy it
dessolated the whole country, ruinned the
and shed the blood of thousands,
and in the name of Reason it annihilated
religion, and denied a God! Atiast, sated
N the qualification Of its horrible appetite,
ylutted with rapine, dcbauchery, and gore,
he mighty nation sank supinely down. and
he freedom for which the people had COM
nenced the revolution was crushed to death
beneath the proud feet Of Napoleon.
AS VIC have already extended this article
o much greater length than we at first
We win close. and At future time
resume the subject.
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HAVE We i BoURncN AMONG Us2-In re-
fererence to the report of the old trunk full
If documents proving that Eleazer Williams
S the Dauphin of France said to be in pos
session of an old French lady in New Or
cans, . former Secretary of the Duchess
| l'Angouleme, the New Orleans Delta says:
Eve do not deny the value Of such test
nony as thato the wife to q former secre-
ary Of fthe Duchess d d'Angouleme, but as
he is said to be in New Orleans. it might
lot be considered impertinent if we ask
whether she is certain of Belanger's having
lied or not, for we have doubts on the sub
ect. Belanger, we have reason to think,
5 dead only in print. A correspondent in
ormed US. few days ago, that he saw the
IDENTICAL individual, hale, active white
lealed old man, leisurely strolling along
lanai street. In this case. what becomes
f thai confessions The dying declaration,
Fould lose its value, becuase It losesits au-
hendcity, and the first and most important