The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1822-10-04
From the " \. Repubiicaa .Seatind.
RADICALS.


From The " T. Republican Seatina.
RADICALS.
In every civilized community there are
two parties. The one, the ariSt0crdcg the
other, the democracy Of that community.
Or, IN palmer terms, those who wish 10
see the fer govern the many; aud those
who wish the many to govern the .tew.
Pride, ambition, aud aelfag ACKNOWLEDGMENT
are insurmountable barriers 10 the conso-
lldation or amagamation of those two
parties. The union Of them would be I'M
natural, and therefore should not be- desr-
, cd. Their aspcrity and open opposition
10 each other, may he alayed aud TO the
superficial observer it may appear ms ifthat
opposition was annihilated but all such
appearances are decisive. Whenever or
wherever such state OF things exist, the
experienced politician will anticipate a
storm. The crisis must arrive, when the
hypocrite and the mercenary pander win
be mmasked. We do not wish To be I'M
derstood as saying that men may not
honestly, and from the purest motives,
change their opinions. We know, that
high minded and honorable men have
done it. But "Jy the fruit shall ye haow
The tree
The influence ofPa,ty names is far more
powerful than is generally imagined mud
no set OF men better understand that nflu-
rnce, or have NOR, adroitly managed it, To
answer Their own purpose, than the federal
party.
We have been led to these reflections,
by noticing the artfuI manner in which the
al nA4 man
Rnd,cm II is perfectly in unison, howe
yer, with their conduct, from the adoption
OF the federal constitution to the present
hour, and our only object in noticing it, at
tins time, Is to caution orr friends against
being imposed upon by their old aud I'M
placablc enemy.
When the constitution of the United
States was adopted, it recognized princi-
Piles, and invested the general government
with powers, hostile to the rights of the
people, and Incompatible with their free
dom and safety. The arisiocrntic party
then assumed the title ofttderaiistS. The
democratic party were designated anti:te-
aeraiiStS.
Subsequent amendments rendered the
constitution more satisfactory to the great
body of the community, and the deinocra-
TIC party, IN consequence, assumed the Ii
tie of republicans. The aristocratc party,
for the purpose of deception, then STYLED
themselves tederat republicans That the
lines of acmarcatson might be clearly and
distinctly drawn, the friends of the people
assumed the title Of democrats. And this
title they retained, until, by species of
political legerdcmain, which it is moi our
present object to examine, by common
consent it was abandoned, for the former
title of rcpUGtlcan, which has been CON
strued 10 mean amy thing or nothing.
The federal, or aristoeratc party, have
ever been the euloSists and copyists Of the
tools OF British power. Every term of
opprobrlum, therefore, which the British
ministry and their hrclings have applied
10 the friends of the people III that oppress-
ed country, have been Immediately appli-
ed, by the tcdcralists, to the democratic
party in the United States. It's from that
impure and corrupt source, that the term
fdd1eal has been imported and is now used
by the t,deralists, as term of opprobri-
am, 10 designate the democracy OF the ma
ton
In the British parliament there are a
f'''ioh VI men, WHO NdlllJ WHAT lHtN term,
Il moderate reform of abuses and there
are another portion who want thorough
or radical reform. The latter are termed
radlcois, because they wish to correct, as
for as practicable, all the abuses of the go
yernment.
Ii our own country, the democratic par
ty wish 10 limit the expenditures Of the
country to lis income. Ii is the duty of
the government SD to do. The people
have right 10 demand it at their hands
Ii IS diseracelul, in time of peace, to in
crease the taxes, or To borrow money.
Let, then, our expenditures be diminished,
and thus save the character of the nation,
and the consistency of the democratic
party.
The advocates Of a Sytem of retrcnch-
mcnt and economy, are termed, by the lc-
deralIste, radicals. Suspect the men vino
use this cpilhct opprobrIously. Examine
then political character, and nine times out
OF ten they will be found, high toned feder-
alIsts from their cradle upwards. Regard
not their asseverations, however solelnnly
made, hat they hare changed their political
creed, They wear AN iron musk.-W atch
them. Guard against their Vaccinations
From The National Gazette.
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