The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1854-04-14

Vol. 18,---No. AL
selves the liberty or hazarding our repuia-
ton as prophet, that South Carolina will
never exchange policies with Mississippi,
50 long as she has internal improvements to
construct, children to educate, taxes 70 pay.
And TINT Mississippi win follow her exam
Ipe not only for the reasons assigned above.
But u il one Of the characteristics Of human
nature 70 desire change Gin more senses than
lone) as well as novelty. Besides a contin-
nal persistence IN a course ofpolicy so sum
marily condemned By majority so over
whelmlng as twenty six TO one; (for mark
Eyou the other four States arc barely or
lganized, would subj ct its adherents 70
the unenviable appellation OF .'factonisls."
the line between whom and partizans Mr.
Madison has very lelicitously blazed out
with the following significant land marks,
viz: "A party has principles, but a faction
has none Atlhe same time it is due to
lall political parties, to state that they are
honest; LIST, because tits 10 their interest
to BEES Cd, They have every thing to
loose and nothing to gain by a contrary
course.
The next branch Of the subject to which
| shall advert is that of paper "promises TO
pay" This is hobby that Che political
jockeys of demagougeism delight to mount
and spur itup to its utmost speed. and that
too at the expense Of the people, in &C
cOrdance with the old adage, 'fhat Dor
roWed horse rides free;S' and exhorts with
all the force that their narrowly contracted
craniums and doubly contracted hearts could
produce The whole of which might be
Irecapitulated in the following summary
"Dese are my views and desc my sentiments,
teller citizens Let us for a moment in
Vestigate these paper promises to pay. In
the first place, they are your individual
notes, your officers commissioners, court
dockets, records, DEGREES, bills Of sale and
exchange, mortgages, deeds Of trust land
titles as we'll as real estate, laws and consii-
tutions; based upon the credit of indiYidu-
ais, which credit is based upon property
also your executions, death warrants, re-
prieVes' your accounts, your ledgers, your
libraries, the telescope Of the past from
which we are taught philosophy by ex-
ample" The "press" and her advertise
ments; To hich mortals owe, all we be-
Iieve, and almost all we know. And "last
though not least" the word ofthe Almighty
himself, in his promises 80 man. is in
scribed on paper And with all due rev
erence we would inquire of those paragons
of punctuality and promptitude, why they
do not with such rigidiiy present her is
sues for redemption? Are they afraid they
will have to protest them, or are they afraid
they will be cashed two promptly? 1.-THE
latter, wefear) So we find the whole ma
chinery of government, not only of man but
ofthe Supreme Being himsef, so far as re-
lates to man. as well as the hedge with
which it is enclosed, are not stamped on
coin nor moulded in mint, but simply 'pa-
pei" wheels and barriers. Paper prom
ises 10 pay" are the only land marks be
tween 'meum and teum.''
Now, we ask you as friends and brothers
TO cease your objectous upon grounds so
untenable. Cease your governmental in
reference with private enterprises. i'm 9TH
er words. and we say il with no III feelings
cease your ''inhumanity to mar" the count
less millions have certainly moved sufficient
ily long under the calling yoke Of stupid
oppression. In short your not TO say poll
icy but impoicy, is not only murderous
but suicidal In addition to which. as we
before remarked, you viii find that there is
wisdom and resentment enough always and
all timea among the people, independent Of
official authority, to evace or disregard any
law which is repugnant either to their in
clinations or interest. Towhich fact we will
avail ourselves of the the present occasion
to cite the reader several instances. It will
be remembered that the Legislature of our
State, has from time 10 time peremptorily
refused to grant her citizens the commercial
facilities that every State in the South,
North and East, whose trade is any thing
to compare with ours, has granted 70 hers.
And they, in disgust and defiance, hSve in
voked the aid Of those States. The conse-
quences are that we are subject to double
the abuse 10 which banking Institutions
chartered by our own State, with the pro-
per guards and restrictions thrown around
them By wise, prudent and deliberate coun-
Ecils could subject us; as we will endeavor
Ito show In the first place it has been the
means Of flooding our State with the Bank
notes Of other States. The disadvantages
Eof which are SO numerous our space viii not
Justify their rehearsal, but must leave itwith
the experience aud intelligence Of the reader
to make up the deficit 10 the most prom
inent, however, we shall call their attention,
viz Notwithstanding we have ever reason
to believe that the Specie would be paid
upon these notes when presented At the
proper place for redemption. Still there is
no one here who is legally bound 10 do il
Ia the next place ithas wellni TiYen out