The Mississippi Creole

We have seen it stated, in the papers, that Mr. Polk vetoed a bill for the improvement of our own Rivers and Harbors—that he vetoed another bill to pay debts which had been due for fifty years or longer, because he wanted the money to carry on the war against Mexico—that he signed a Bill taking away protection from our own labor, &c., because it was unconstitutional. From these facts we draw the inference that our Constitution was formed and our Government established for the benefit of Turkey and other barbarous countries: that inasmuch as we were the most civilized nation on earth it was our duty, as citizens of such a country, to declare a crusade of benevolence and philanthropy for the benefit of others. That charity should not begin at home, but away off yonder. Also, that as we already make more cotton than can be made at a remunerating price, it is our duty to extend its cultivation and production.

Some uncharitable people might think that Polk's object is one of deep policy: that as the cotton growers of the South can hardly live at the business, we will get the Turks into it and break them, and then buy them up at Sheriff's sale. Deep policy that for Polk and Buchanan.