The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1854-07-14

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must aFs seen
hg boz Iarin ils native
81 rs case however, he some
should Be gnorenE d lhe exact
y is which these matters are ordered
he b6iiea s.alea, We may inform him
sp ems i elected chief mag
Ish appointing If cabinet
Nhie ii him lis III the federal Offices
ID union. An honest President IS Ike
lyio se IL honest Cabinet; an tic
Two ) likely q j Is much rogard 70
persons siency as 70 services rendered
by the candida to tie political party 70
whichahe President belongs A dishonest
President pul cou directly the re-
verse 81 this; man for instance, who,
having Been flessoiler procured himself
to be nominated by fraud and triekery de-
MED his anteeedents md foreswore himself
At every corner; bought support wherever
Il could be had BY currupt promise Of pat
ronaZe and Office foughl ous ths canvas
wisa consistent duplietily, md never once
told the truth either of Ills past d future;
such man arriving At tie summit ofhis
desires and finding himself installed d tie
Presidential chair, would naturally shoe
lol advisers men lik himself
Too lei uId obviously send their q
cial career ii endeavofing to make the mos.
Of the Plumber laid before them. States
men like these could moi be expected to
fight The country's battles d be jealous Of
The countfy's honor Spain or any otheI
nationmight heap outrage on outrage, md
throw obstacle after obstacle ii tEe Of
our trade; rulers who had attained 81 By
these means would be blind % he one ana
the other, and rsIfibution would be viewed
By them only il the light q d stroke Of
policy whose issue might Be doubtful and
whose adoption would Be obviously inter
fere With more congeniaI pursuits. This Is
Che spirit Of our present administration.
spiritthey have infused into every one
Of their subordinates.
Take the ioreign missions for instance.
Our minister's have now been abroad up
wards al year What have they aonsg
NF uls las sled portion Of the world
With be. sloth cannot be laid to ~
charge lie has certainly acquired notoriie-
u Hnot fame. lie has fought a duel, and
had another fought il his family, Both
we're with personages Of the highest rank,
and afforded topics for conversation tiled
circles. He has moreover made demand
upon Spain FOR reperfation for lie Black
Warrior outrage and has made nothing By
his motion. His diplomatic negotiations
seems to have been as unfruitfal as his
warlike movements. o. Gle whole SUM
ming up the whole ofhis career 70 the pres
cut time NE arc. by 10 means certain that
our relations with Spain would not have
been ii much better position had We had
no minister at air at Madrid since Nj Bar
ringer left Mr. Mason our Minister 10
France has not even satisfied public expect
ations with q duel. He has not been who'll
yidlo as We understand he IS taking les
sonsin French from . goyerness but 50 Ger
as the good ofthe country IS concerned he
might sill have been ealing oysters whilst
III Virginia.
Such IS the record ofthe doings Of our
ministers to Europe during the first year ct
lheir official career How faithfully they
have followed the example set them By the
set them at home we leave
he reader t. Judge. And in view ofso mi
form ( spectacle of inactivity and imbecIle
weakness ne put it 10 the common sense Of
Captain Gss.sraI Peznela whether rin-
dicIion Of our right and our defence ct our
commercial interests assailed By Spain can
possibly be expected under Pierce,s Pesi
5ency.