Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1824-09-24
FOR THE VINO.
No. l..

No. |.
I'VE wish To- steer between the two extremes oi
an aristocracy aud "A mobncracy. The people n re
their worst enemies, and unfit be trusted with the
government of themselves" Mari Iafei;iyeacer.
The partisans of the Secretary of the 1reasu-
ry are the first who have ever dared in this conn
try to tell the people ''id then sreye then. ,uO,,s,
enemies, and RcapabIe of' sropc,mine Themselves
and for fear we might not comprehend their
meaning, they give in pretty plain terms, to
understand. i'll the National intciligencer of the
9TH ultiIno, that universal suffrage is n J,,OI,o-
c,'acy, and that they mean so give it good birth.
by steering between this extreme and that of a.
rIsiocracy, regarding them as Scy!ia and Cha
rybdes. Tha-is to say, we do not like here
dItary monarchy, but we sonld have no obicc-
tion to an electoral one. We do not approve o.
titled nobility, but lean to.ar,is that class
whose vast landed possessions, Bank Stocks
fine ships, full warehouses, elegant mansions
and splendid carriages, constitute sort of Priv
legged order; and as such they are entitled 10 on,
respcct--but good Lord deliver us from the
mere people, the ruG-Sc',H, the drcgs Of society,"
the ''mobocrncy of the United States,n who aim
at universal suffrage, while they arc
Fit only tn he beaten tili they know
What wood cudgel s of by the blow:
And kickd until they feel whether
Shoe be Spanish Meats leather.
If the senior Editor OF the National Intelrenccr
can thus boldly prououace this Rd,i;cnt creed
If he is determined 10 consider the bulk of the
industrious people of the u. States in no more
favorable point of view than the jgnOpunt Doors
of Russia, we do pra, him most earnestly TO adopt
some more refined terms To designate them from
his la"ortc privileged nddng class, than those
| Of mob and mObOcr0cy. which are of such exces-
sive vulgar English origin, as to put us in mind
of iogartl's Gen. lane. Let him call them las
they all are permitted TO carry arins) after tie
| Turkish militia, JGniSrries-or, according to
| the Neapolitan government, LnzSor0ni-Laz-
S0TOni Gates would then, we verify believe be
as familiar 10 us to the Ncapolitans, though
never, we trust, SO much to be dreaded.
| To strengthen him, and all good Radicals, IN
| their detestaiion of the sovereign people, whom
! they view as the Mobocrscy the United States,
! we recommend TO these friends of King Caucus,
who wish To strip the people of their clean Qua
ker coat, and foyce them info lrery, the careful
perusal of the Posthumous works of the ccebra-
ted Cardinal de Eichclicu, called his FoLsical
| Testament: wherein that profound politician OBJ
serves, "that the people with knowledge, sense
''or reason, are rnOnstrous as beast with an
''hundred eyes, and that such beast could ne
ever bear IFS burthcn pcaccably. The people
''must he hoodwinked, or rather blinded it YOU
''woud have them tame and patient druIgrs. ia
''short you must treat them every way like pack
"horses or mules, not excepting the bells about
'Etheir nects, which, bY their perpetual ugiings
''nay be Of use to drown their cares"
FRANKLIN.