The Woodville Republican, and Wilkinson advertiser. (Woodville, Miss.) 1853-18??, 1853-04-19
The whigs and the Administration.

" II ever an administration came into pow
er with the kindly feeling even of its oppo-
nents, Gen. Pierce can lay claim to his being
the one We no where hear the cry. which
almost the moment Cen Taylor had taken the
oath of office, broke forth from the lips of par
tizan press opposition to the bitter end, no
matter what the administration may do No
I where We see evidences of determination to
/ PREJUDICE the acts Of Gen. Pierce, or 10 take
it for granted that il viii deserve condemna-
ton. Far different is the course of the whig
press .7--Natehez Courier.
The wings have several ways of iniurng
their political adveraries, Sometimes they
I villify in the most unmeasured terms: and at
other times they praise. When they hate In
tensely, and are perfectly desperate, they re-
sort to the latter mode. Their object now is
to shake the confidence Of the democrats in
the President of their choice, by pretending to
discover something in his conduct which they
approve; and they think he viii be yictimised
at once, should his friends become alienated
from him, and he be left to the tender mercies
Of his enemies. We well understand this de-
spieable game. The low device is worthy Of
those who resort to it. We know and the
whig leaders know, that the line of policy and
the principles ayowed by the President in his
inaugural is as distinct from the practices and
principles Of whiggery as day is from dark
ness. The President in his inaugural, advo-
Gates tho further acquisition of territory,
while whiggery has always opposed such ac-
QUESTION. Mr.. jefferson incurred their ever
lasting displeasure (they were not known by
the name Of wings in his day, howeyer) when
he purchased the territory Of Louisiana. Nor
will they ever forgive Mr. Tyler for fUoring
the annexation of Texas. They ran candi-
date for President the "Great Embodiment"
as he was called, in direct opposition to that
great measure, They abused Mr.. Polk for ac-
acquiring California, which is pouring its ex-
haustless treasure into the lap Of the country
and desired him to withdraw the American
forces from Mexico without an acre Of land as
indemnity for the past and security for the
future
Again, whig sentiment, as illustrated by
the acts o. the Fillmore Administration, is
directly opposed to the anti-colonization doc
.trine Of Mr.. Monroel while President Pierce
in his inaugural, re-aAirms the doctrine in
terms as broad clear and unmistaksble as
these: "The rights, security, and repose of
this Confederacy reject the idea of interfer-
! ference or colonization, this side of the ocean
by any foreign power, beyond present jurisdie-
ton, as utterly inadmissible."
Again, whiggery has on all occasions favor
ed total disregard of the individual rights
of American citizens abroad, az well as Of the
rights and honor Of the people as nation.
! It opposed the war with Mexico, and stig-
matized those engaged in it as "jouneymen
cut-throats." 1t could see nothing in the inn
! prisonment Of Americans into British service
/ to Justify resort to arms; nor could it see
nothing to authorize the same course in the
invasion Of American territory, and in the
murder of American citizens on their own
soil. During the existence Of the Taylor
| Fillmore Administration, repeated violations
/ of the rules Of national comfy, and the gross
est acts Of injustice snd barbariy were prac-
tised upon citizens Of this Republic by other
powers with impunity. We will mention sew
eral instances BY way Of illustration. A treaty
between Russia and the U. s., which has sub
sisted many years, provides that citizens OF
this country shall enjoy the same privilege Of
entering the Russian Empire and travelling
there as is enjoyed by citizens OF Russia when
soiourning in this Republic. The treaty has
been violated by the Emperor Of Russia; and
American travellers have been met at the
frontiers fhis possessions and driven back, as
| if thev were the yilest criminals This attront
was not resented in any manner by the wing
administration, Several times during the past
four wears. American vessels, with the stars
and stripes floating at their mast-heads, have
been fred into by foreign vessels. A few
words whispered into the willing ear q the
imbecle who directed our affairs, atoned Tor
the atrocious offences. Without provocation
and in disregard Of treaty stipulations Amer
lean ships have been driven from the ports Of
another: and American mails have been selz-
ed. broken open, and the commanders Of the
vessels upon which they were foundi dragged
like criminals through the streets. These
atrocities 50 far from awakening q spirit Of re-
sentiment at Washington, were cordially ap-
proved. ,.....,..1 :,
snlts and with a determination to enforce Ine
: Observance Of treaties, and to odemand that our
robts a. citizens and as a 1ation shall be re-
snected that President Pierce uttered the pat
: riotic declaration that "the rights which be-
long to US as a nation are not alone to be re-
carded. but those which pertain TO every gu,
zen his individual capacity, at home ana
abroad, must be sqeredty maintained"
The early advocates Of whig principles, fail-
ing TO obliterate the lines which indicate y, tle m
sovereignty Of the States and to merge mem
into grand consolidated despotl,sIn, sougn'
bv construction of the powers OF the Govern
uIent to accomplish what they we're nos :, aole
otherwise to do. The same policy has luscl { l
sfr;ctv observed by that party from that DAY