The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1853-06-03


vice: this proportion Of the population. We
may SAP. increases With the density o. the
whole much sAster than education. enlight-
enment and prosperity, which are its coun-
teracling influences, can be diffused. This
Is the reason Why, is we have seen in the
Past, with the increase Of population the
tendency toward Democracy becomes great
er.
Now this portion 81 the population, land
in this country. lamentable as is, is becom.
ing vast one.--who possesses nothing;
who are dependent upon their daily labor
for the very bread they eat tkey are at
tracted BY Democracy By il they have
every thing to gain, and nothing to lose:
what care they for good government! They
want Liberty
True to the nature Of the human heart.
they are envious of all that is above them,
and wish to tear It down. They want free,
uncontrolled liberty: government demolish-
ed, law annihilated- like Yultures how
ering over field Of carthage, would rejoice
in ruin because it affords them the prey they
ask. Is it then surprising, with the princi-
pies which Democracy processes. that all
these should enlist under its banner? Or is
it wonderful, with such material to work
upon, that that party should be SO mighty
in its numbers, and so terrible in its power?
These. the reckless. joined to these we have
mentioned in the commencement Of this ar
ticle. the well meaning but unreAecting; and
guided and directed by the mass of unprin-
cipled aspirants for present and future polit-
ical popularity, constitutes body amply
sufficient 20 make Democracy what it is. a
great and powerful party; possessing within
itself all the elements necessary to reyolu-
ton, social and political disunion Il is in
the very nature of things that it should be
So and there is not an intelligent democrat
in the world who, if he will candidly reason
from the principles of his party, and from
the known nature and tendency Of the hu-
man heart, can avoid coming to this conclu-
sion.
It needs not to go back to the history Of
Democracy in the Past, in order tosproye
its nature and operation now. or to foresha-
dow what must be its tendency and result
in the Futurcl The very fact pitts exist
euce is sufficient evidence of its power
and when we see a whole people convulsed
and agitatedb by dissension and feud. when
we see the Halls Of a National senate made
the arena Of diseord, and broils that would
disgrace q bar-room, when we see the
membeEsof that Senate .neglecting and dis
regarding the important interests with which
they are entrusted, IN order that, upon the
eve Of Presidential election. they may en-
gage in demagogueism the most shameless,
the most vile,-When we see men Of high
station. of high ability and talent. trayling
over the country making public speeches
full Of the most audacious mistatements,
the most shameless nisrepr presentations, the
most Infamous SANDERS. land see people
listen, and believe, and applaud, while the
heightof their popularity seems only to be
measured BY the depth Of infamy to which
they can deseeAd when we see mighty
party IN choosing aInan 70 till the highest
Office in their gift disrcgarding merit. tai
ent, ability and interest. and casting their
suffrages for one unknown before and un-
commended now, when we see this ram
pant spiritof aggression, fierce and furious
IN our midst. when we see all this, we need
be in no doubt of what Democracy is. nor.
does it need that we should be endowed
with the mouth Of prophecy, in order TO
foretell its destiny
Its q common error Of many political
writer's, and of great portion Of our popu
lation. to consider this Government as Dem
Ocratic. There never was greater or more
dangerous mistake It is . REPrBLrc; as
far from Democracy as from Despotism.
Our declaration Of rights commences with
he assertion that eertallof these rights are
natural, and NAIIENABLE: derived by man
from his Creator: thai to secure those rights
governments are Instituted among men, de-
irving their just power from heconsent Of
he governed. For the protection Of life,
Liberty, and the pursuits Of happiness our
Forefathers made government, and estab-
ished constitution and code Of laws, 70
which all subscribed, and 70 whose requisi-
ions al agreed 70 conform; like all other
governments, consenting as community tol
i've up portion Of their natural liberty