The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1855-01-12

+ IS evident That e0I national politics hare
OF own their sesthine eauldrons. and yolcsae
/ like tie lava Of uIlFa as q fos The Damo.
cratic HercuIaneam and threatened the Wing
1 Pompeif The country il split up into factions
and run Wild With tanaticisn. Federal issues have
been made prominent ID every State election, and
lhe real interests Of our conieaerated sistsrhood
are lost sight 81 Ia tie madness Of partizan ran
cor: IS AnnncAN NAzIoSAE OaaAnIzATroN pre-.
sents tie only efficient remedy IS by is agency
We may achieve The great Wanss Of the Union
liberal feelings and uuseotional legislation. The
Democratic party, ns constructed by The adher
ents Of Cen Jackson had ita origin IL bitter per-
sonal feuds between former friends end associates
aud tie curse 81 these dientions has chung u our
politics ever since. Parties are not 60 much di-
vided upon principles Is upon meni great issues
ore forgostenin tie lust for Office and the Disgrace
fl scramble for posts Of emolnmant. An organi-
ration i needed which win appeal TO the Instincts
81 patriotism; which win rebnke place-hunters
and select IT. candidates from among the mauy
distinguished Statesmen who are ambitious % serve
their country for higher and loftier motives than
seleaggrandizement, Of the retention Of power il
the hands Of any clique The doctrine promul
gated By Sir. Marcy, that ito the yietora belong
the spoils hts done much "a demoraliza Tie Pc.
ltical sentiment Of the country & has imbOed
our public men with 8 gadiatoIia spirit and led
to disagreeabla personalities Talent and raental
requirements have been dsregardsd d tie lauda-
ton ne hare paid 70 iaet and stragetie ability.
& politician has become the synonym pf craft; the
might Of party aseendancy haa frequently out
ragged the right; the statesman, il the broad sig
ni6csncs 81 ths term, as one velsed il the policy
81 b gor nnent, the means of securing nutional
happiness nd commanding the respect Of the
World. les sen place 70 superficial inpudencel
and na eIeaked d tle humility s Che dema-
ene Tie sacled ho directed the
peen'e ef cur country have been displaced
81 sa6alser Is standing and comparative pig
mics For the last thirty years. with
but ore 81 i've exceptions, our Presidential chair
has been flled 81 men not selected fog command
ine virtues 81 abilities. but for then availability;
eho nsi ior thor positive good qualities but
foF lhe tive position on certain great
which were ia Be- used As 4 means tng tie
busy bees ol part ana snarmn them around
the ballot boxes oauses why poll
ties have become corrups, and politicians regard
"a With doubt By tie thinking portion Of society.
An American National organization could net
eject any happy change unless i were 70 start
ont with tie determination to allay the asperity
Of sectional siudices discourage factions, reprss
ianaticisn, eurh partizan Iicen asness and res
ain the list lor Office eating deeper
Iove Of country o illQtioas aud
pride ii its nationality Despite 81 that s writ
&c Ioeofoco pres i putabIe that
.he uFit q American eelig broad aDd
deep-no dasang cataract er away con-
stitntlona barriers; but as tream whose banks I
are flooded with the tide of noble deeds and pat
riotic aspirations, onaoWing from the heights
where love Of country springs. The first great
purpose Of such party must be to protect the
right Of suffrage from the Generalization incident
to The present Naturalization Laws. Here upon
he threshold, we shall be met BY denunciations.
and told that we are proscriptiye. But we have
he Constitution for our ags, and under its pro
visions the American party can defend its position
md show that this principle is no more proscrip-
i've than the Constitution ITSELF BY its proyis-
ons, no one is eligible to the PRESIDENCY or Vice
unless born 10 the country, and no one
an serve as Senator or Representative il Con
,ress unless they have respectively been nine and
even years citizens Of the United States. The
anne principle is recognised in several State Con
titutions. The assertion then, that change in !,
ar Naturalization Laws IS UNJUST proscriptiye
r unconstitutional, IS controverted By the fact
bat the total disability Of foreigner born to be
Iected to the Chief Magistracy, and the tempo
airy disqualification to serve 10 Congress, are
9th recognized in the fundamental law ordained
I'D established for securing the blessings Of Iiber
to the posterity Of those who first achieved our
ational independence. This exclusion was made
lthout any reservation, and At the same time the
over was given to ongress to establish uni
Drm rule of naturalization; the clause is simply :
ermissive, not obligatory, and under it two, i've
ID fourteen years have at different times been re- !
aired for previous residence. and it is mere
nestion Of expediency, whether al laws on the :
lbiect may not be repealed or the term extended =
,as to permit no foreigner e become citizen, :
else requiring very long probation before con Z
ring the right. & isclear that the Constitu- 8
% looked upon all persons who were il the Uni :.
d States at the Time Of its adoption as the only q
tizens, and for their posterity The instrument =
IS framed This meets The sophestry 50 often
aployed that We were much indebted TO foreign. :.
for services il our war Of independencY; those !.
DO achieved that glorious result and delegated S
'ashington, Hamilton, Franklin, Pinckney, and s