The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1837-12-30
From he Harl[ord (oennl palliQl 4 Demlsrat.


x II is frequently said tina, the course which we are
pursuing calculated TO divide and destroy the demo
cratic party. We entirely deny any such intention We
claim the policy which we pursue, and the doctrines
which inculcate 10 be strictly democratic and cal
culsed for the preservation of the democratic party
From the establishment Of paper TO this day, we
have uniformly maintained the democratic faith, un
ders,ood and maintained by Jefferson, Madison and
Jackson. We have assisted in eevsting Martin Van
Buren, 70 the high Office which he now holds, and have
approved and recommended those measures not 80 much
because they had received the Executive sanction, a.
because we believed they strictly democratic and
calculated ~ benefit the whole country. We are not
aud we are proud TO say Hers, Of that number
who bow IN humble submission To the opinions Of men
however exalted they may be, when we honestly snd
conscientlousy believe that they are wrong We
not give counensnce and support to measures, though
they come recommended from friends, which we
believe will have injurious effect upon the prosperity
and happiness Of the people, Though we cannot give
our support TO such measures, yet tolerate the
free PRONUNCIATION Of opinions in support ihem for
have always believed that such tosraiioa is strictly de-
mocratc. We have never denounced men for honestly
maintaining their principles whatever they may be, and
trust never shsll-or we believe that fellow
men have good right TO their opinions we have
10 ours IL is liberty which we shall ever cherish and
prize above all price We're deprived Of IT, the other
inesmable privileges which republican government
bestows upon Us, would he nothing, and we should
be degraded lower in the scale Of mankind than the most
Of Russian serfs Ia is Of the peculiar characters
tics OF government that allowed to entertain
and pronugate freely religious aud political opIn-
IONS In this consists religious liberty and political
equality IL is this religious liberty and political equsl-
~ for which the democratic party have always contend
cd, and which they have happily succeeded in establish
ing. Surely then man who is truly democrat, aud
has the welfare and prosperity Of the democratic party
at heart would willingly assist in destroying these
dna doctrines in the democratic creed Who is there,
that would be willing to have his political opinions bound
down and restrained by the direction Of any set Of mem
II such principle should be generally adopted, the ex-
stence Of the democratic party would be only in name,
and not in reality Such state Of things desire never
TO Bnt we are sorry 10 say, there many, who
make loud professions of democracy, rho destroying
The dcmOcrac purity, By practising Thai ghich they dare
moi preach We have resisted each innovation step by
STEP We have expostuated with them as 10 the de-
strucye tendency OF their doctrines aud their measures,
and warned the people Of the conscq Of relying
implicitly upon whose every movement shows that
they guided BY supreme selfshness For defend
ing the old democratic policy, and resisting every limo
vaton upon ITS purity, we have been denounced and
stigmazed with every epthet in their vocabulary Of bill
ngsgatc. Yet though our arguments and expostula-
ons have been treated with ridicue, we have never
hesitaed in endcavors dssuade them from their
foolish course Bot all has been in vain, and we have
long been convinced that blind as those who
are determined not 10 see. We have no reason to DO
dissatisfied with what we have done, On the contra
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believe II will prevail TO the utter CONSERVATION OF the
des,rucivos. The democratic party will Judge between
us, who il is that has up the old landmarks Of the
party and in their stead introduced new and false
lights
Those who have gone out from amongst and who
are not Of u.s. have bestowed upon the appeation--
Conservatives. We thank them for the word, and are
willing to be called by that name. We hold It high
honor to be esteemed Conservatives Of lie democratic
faith aud shall preserve il pure received it,
Gonf fed alistn old he oneh
and Loco ocoisn its most dangerous enemy, on The
other. We call it the most dangerous, because It Is
an nsdious foe. With honied accents it claims all
the democracy, and denounces every one who will not
conform entirely to its disorganizing its destructive
policy. We speak not without facts to support us in
these assertions. When the little band in this city in
1885 "sccedcd' from the democratic party, II was be-
the graf majority Of the democrats were unwil-
ling to acknowledge that the support Of particular man
was test Of their democracy. For believing that demo-
cracy consisted in supporting principles rather than
men, were denounced Fcderalists AT still later
PERIOD within few months, they have carried their de-
s,rucve policy still farther For daring to entertain
doubt the cxpedeDcy Of single financial measure,
men who have abored years support Of the democra
tic cause, have been prescribed and abnsed-such men
RiYcs, Tallmadge, King, Garland, Patton and host
OF others whose familiar every democrat.
Such democracy is Of recent growth It was unknown
to Jefferson and the founders Of the party and unless
the true democratic party shall purge itself from this I'M
purity, its destruction is inevitable.
The time has come when the truth must be spoken
plainly. We have arrived at this point when forbear-
ceases TO be virtue. We should be wanting to
the high responsibilities situation imposes upon
did not the Democrats Of Connecticut of the
dangers by which they surrounded II is no idle
warning. The termination Of recent elections sure
manifestations that crisis has come, and we must
il share the fate Of brethren in the sister
States Intelligent men will not passiyey submit and
the cherished institutions OF government tram
pied under foot. The party, which shamecssly pro-
claims that all government is eyil-that the credit
system, which has raised to degree Of prosperity
equal il superior the most Hourshing commercial
nations of the world ought to DO deslroyed-tha cor
poraions of every description aud nature should be
banshed from land-the party which proclans such
doctrines can never be iavorile with the American
people, and mnst sink into merited oblivion. Let
the democratic party then favor the runous and
destructive the Loco Focos propose, other
wise is to be feared will be drawn down from the
high position occupies, and inevitably suffer their
ignominous fate.