The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1854-12-22


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Tie tone NE eda
lhe Ios Il. moderation IL merits are 81 mega
tive rather than of positive character 4 a
nothing 81 tie iilibusseE about Il but req nmend
and friendship With foreign nations m ID
escbeuing If ri intermedllng with tie nationa
policy domestic fepose 81 oihel government
Our relations With France, England and SpIl
are briefly discussed and II manner thai IS il a
respect calculated to wound their sensib'liea. lit
lie OF no new information s impaired II respee
70 our foreign alairs. There i a reason p be
lieve That tie present Government of Spain
more avOrably inclined than Tie preceding d
comply with our just demands, and % nalre suit
able arrangements for restoring harmony and pre-
serving peace between the two countries. VIII
France the souIe and Dillon affairs appear 4
have BEEN sat actoriIg adjusted. With Grea
Britain "a serious misul erstanding ekis as K
the import of some 81 theproYisions 81 TIE treaty
Of 1850, ID relation to CeuttS America, settle
ment 81 which our Minister 1t London Is laborine
strenuously to accomplish
Abont onesixth Of the whole Message is taken
up With that ugly Greytown transaction. which
NE are told, shas been The subject Of complaint
on the part Of some foreign powers and has been
characterized with more harshness than Justice
The space devoted to It and tie elaborate mannel
ID which It IS discussed, show that the Admins
tration regarded it ii the most troublesome poinl
that had to be met ii the message The very best
argument, it may fairly be presumed, IN defence
on paIliation Of the bombardment Of GFeytoWn
which Che nature Of the case viii admit Of, is here
presented. Surprising all the facts to be as they
have been represented to the President, and grant
ing "a Them an the force which they should carry
with them, the gist Of the matter, 80 Ear as the
Government and the people Of the United States
are concerned Is still left untouched at least, 50
it appears to us-and that IS, the commission 81
an act Of WARRIOR the b0mbardment Of town il
one Of the gravest acts Of Wnr- under instruc-
tions from tie EzenaiUe, which instructions were
issued without authority from Congress, ii whom
the people have vested che War-naking power
Congress was ii session at the time the instruc-
tiona were given. Why was not the matter laid
before that body and its advice and authority ask
ed ~ the Executive before he proceeded to The
commission 81 81 Get q Warl 1aai s the ones.
don which M Tent have e ansHe, e
Bntatives 81 IS re0pIe
Upon the questions Of domestic policy suggest
ed by the reading Of tie Message, We do not deem
it necessary to comment on the present occasion.
On single remark, however, in reference to the
tariff. we have . few words to soy. The President
says that athe general principle Of reduction Of
duties with view to revenue and not protection
may now be regarded as the settled policy Of the
country" Ali indedl Why, then, IS not the
present Democratic tariff framed On that princi.
PES Why was strong odor Of protection per-
nitted 70 encompass and penetrate It through and
o1gh9 Why was Mr.. GutIlries project Of re.
% at the last session Of Congress 50 redolent
protection, that Mr.. Orr, Of South Carolina,
Que Of the most distinguished Democratic mem
Oers Of the House, declared that every Wing 10
Ehe House would vote for it and that '.AIr. Guth-
ries democracy was about upon par With John
Tyler's whiggery?" Why-if reduction with .
rev % revenue and not protection may now be
regarded IS the settled policy 81 The country
p not reduction, in conformity with that priu-
.iple made at the last session Of Congressg Why
7iIl not such reduction be made during the pre-
ent assion for 40 reduction on that principle
vii be made, aud you1l all see It'll
The Democrats have majority Of more than
NO to one ii the House Of Representatives and
majority almost as large ID tie Senate. Why
voat they carry out their own prosessed princi-
Dles2 We dare them to DO i'll IF these princi-
lies, so far as they relate to the tariff, have be-
ONE @the settled policy Of the country as the
President asserts, why need the present Demo
ratio Congress fear 70 reduce the existing tariff
pon the basis Of those principIess We shall be
realty Obliged 8 any Democrat ii these parts, Or
ny where else, if he win furnish satisfactory
nswer to these questions