The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1824-02-17

ian republics. ere prnci@ed under the pFffHrr4 ~
ubsrfg Ard even Lord Bac8a. Ritb J SIC. "
Aiarhimvrl himself. rsremmrndl Che FeHiIs HrH
lsedsble usage ~ iaagraiieu prsciised " ik, -.
rirui rrpubiics, viE. uf preserving thF fehe4afI.
phrasenlogy q freedom, but silently end saFrsr.
ttioasly changing ts fiEHihcatiuu. Thus tir
vigilance ~ tie irirnds and seHiineis 81 Nhertg
whose horror aouid hH excited M ihe rfmosta
idea al In infringement, Is gradually dFnsTld .n
~ agreeable rcposu WV these uid opisits HntH
they ,eake al laa 10 fnd the chains greiieb
aboui their uecks Thus hy thr policy WY Aa.
stisins. Tibsrius. Caliguia. Ciaudias and Ntfa
Egmt retained the name Ui republic ipnE after
slir had lost every Festise of popular liberty
and the very title ~ emperor, equiTairnf ID onf
general. was originally uf inferior Grade f1 those
"a consul and DICTATOR and iar Jess ehaosinss
than the latter When Augustus apHHnsrhra
the Feast Of TIE Cmsan, he . described 81
turning frst Hhiiti then rld. then tiarh And
RanapaFte assembled tie ihronf III che BanIhaus
under the modest antique garb 0i First C1nsal
Of tie French Republe
But names themselves trE H1t always entirely
80 innocent as they may seem. ln the begin.
ring Nj the English Commonwealth the rgrera-
meut was vested in Ceancil 0i siaie nothing
bui C0Unri--cOmp0seJ hrt uf officers wa
afterwards Of Others What could he more riHn-
sible, and speci0us than a Pruitctoub.p The
instrument nf government adopted bF fht Cuan.
III on uomiratine CRoVseEft to that Olct. was
simply called their HrHHrr rEFIrras AMID Ar
rfCE. And tie same Council ty TIE tans huE-
ne petition aud a8rire nominated his SON Richard
10 be his Successor BIT TIE Council "a lost
IA charm, and Richard bad thc good sense 10 w.
linqufh The struggle
The essential principle vi CArCrs, surh
as has been the object Oh the present enter
80 r4EW tnH nnNN "a
cause W. believe such an evil intention 10 BE-
very fur and very foreign from the minds and
feelings 81 most Of hose who have nrnmcfedit,
but the principle ~ ~ we ere bold ~ say.
even under IL simple and humble Euise of
mere recommendation by members of Congress.
H. in ourapprch ensinn frnnEh With rrrii 90 popular
freedom, aHd fatally hostile 10 constitutional ih-
erty. These simple recommendation will faai-
" have the force If arbitrary DEGREES. II " not
the theory, but the practice Of principle that N
10 b regarded in a matter ~ this kind. And Iet
this usage become inveterate nv practice-Iet
this become the nHcieHf regims-let the old for.
mula be observed in every pariiruiar" --let Gen.
Smith or Gen Chandler, or whoever NAV Be The
general in command AZ the capitol for the time
being, issue bis congo d'e'iTs-and cali Il what
YOU win, we have ar iHpsrium " irHpsri0--an
influence formed behind the constitution, or nn-
derthe constitution, or over thE constitution, NV
tualy more powerful thaa the constitution itself
and though The forms ~ Az election NY ihe
people may remain, the real faculty Of choice
win be forever gone into the hands, not W
the many, but the felg Ard under the name
of Caucus, we shall have AZ oligarchy, Al sris-
tocracy, Yin plain English-despotism IN disguise,
and AZ last unmasked and undisgtiised II mat
tiers not whether this despotism be ustIrpcd un-
der the sacred names Of democracy OF renubh-
canism. Time was the American peoplewere Cel-
ebrated for +" seeming the approach Of TYRANNY,
even In the tainted breeze. And we fancy
they have not quite lost their instinct