The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1853-06-10

yet. We believe IN YaEsal 81 mirage q Pc the
very foundation.of our freedom. and that
any attempt al it, direct restriction would
be not only iniudicious. but completely op !
posed to the spirit Of our republican institu-
tons. We would here remark, that we are
far from opposing that Democratic spirit,
that love Of Liberty which made Us free
people. and which has kept Us free. We
only depreaatc its misdireclion and excess.
Its true. that this spirit Of Democracy"
carried to the extreme. caused the ruin Of
all the Republics Of the Past.
Webelieye that while it keeps within consti-
tntional limits, this desire for liberty, this right
and ability of revolutonizing, as it may be cali
ed,.is absolutely necessary both to our exist
ence and prosperity, at the same time, free from
all control, ii would inevitably resultin our des-
truction And that free government can no
longer be considered in healthy state of free
dom. which does not possess within it all the
fundamental causes, or means Of revolution,
alive and vigorous, though dormant for the
tive, We sleep on a volcano! As with the
central fire of our planet, which, as geology
tells us, is necessary to our being, diffusing its
genial heat throughout the bosom of our moth
er Earth, warming and yivifying, and stimulat-
ing to beautiful and bountiful and vigorous pro-
duction; so with our innate spirit Of Democra-
cy. 1t is the great lever Of human progress;
it's the great creator and promoter, and pre-
server of human prosperity; of moral. social,
intellectual and political dew elopment and free-
dom! It animates the body of the State; it
gives life and vigor to our institutions, security
and power to the government, prosperity and
happiness to the people. 1t is the great CEN
trail FIRE. Beneficial in its assigned and ligiti-
mate sphere of action, il is only when, volcano
like, it bursts forth in ungoyernable fury, to-
blast, and desolate, and destroy. It is only
when it transforms itself from passive to an
active agent, that it is injurious. We hold that
it has undergone this transformation in our
country now. The principle of Liberty" has
vanquished that of "Order;" and freed from all
direction and restraint, is rushing to the ruin Of
itself and all it had established. Our Ship of
State is bearing down upon the breakers, and
will be wrecked beneath the strong surges of
the tide which has borne her so long in safety.
Where shall we look for succor? Where
can we find remedy for the political insanity
with which we are infected? How can we
curb the wild strength of the Democratic spirit
.so-that we may secure to ourselves all the ben
fit, and yet be protected from most of the evils
Of its power? Itis by the diffusion of enlight-
eminent and information among the people! It
is by sending political missionaries all over the
land, to teach them the truth and point out the
way of salvationi The experiment has already
been tried! Ignorance and prejudice are ever
deaf to the voice of reason and persuasion, and
in the single word Democracy" there is a
charm which has foiled the logic and eloquence
of ages, and which gives more power to the
cunning of o1e unprincipled demagogue than
the assembled wisdom of a Senate. Many and
various have been the notifications of our pre-
sent electoral system, proposed by those who
have seen and appreciated the danger of our
Democratic tendency. We have considered
thoughtfully all the different schemes of i'm
provement in regard to this which have been
offered, and from the ancient institutions Of
Servius down to the modern idea Of poll-tax,
all alike present difficulties, and are open to
objections, rendering. them unwise. unpopular
and impracticable. Indeedit is difficult to sug-
gest and accomplish my method which would
fally secure the. great end which the fathers of
our republic had in view in the framing of our
government, or which would entirely avert the
danger by which that government is now
threatened through democracy. The inteli-
gence Of the people must apply the means.
GRAHAM's MAGAZINE for June is as beau