The North-Carolina standard., 1838-09-26
FEDERAL EFFRoNTERy

position vary their polcy TO suit clrcumstarr
and drive trade they "Ight on chansn
some parts of the Union the "whigs' Como
boldly and declare themselves federaists IN ~ ""
places they say they are neither wings" no,us3
eralists," but &c democratic whigs." In No,,A ~
rolina they have taken up the name of " Ren,5S
can Wings" The Newhern Spectator. vlo "
lieve, does not deny its federalism. The Hnh
ro' Recorder, will not, we should suppose. deDv y
if brought to the question; nor the WilmiDo,.
Advertiser; nor the Salisbury Watchman. whH'
the Fayetteville Observer thinks " federalism -
litionism and Van Burenism, as synonymous
All this is amusing enough. 1t shows an am,,
ing deal of self confidence in the powers Of bo.
pocos, and an impertinent estimation of the ind
ligence of the people.
| Is it the old federal party that has lately ri,r
ed in Maine Is there an editor BELONGING 70 r.
"whig" press in North Carolina, so lost to ,,.,,
and honor, as to assert this? Does not ever on.
know that it is the old democratic party of the I
fersonian school, that has carried that State ae,n
the old federal party of the Hamilton School2-
Does not the ancient federal party hold dominion
Massachusetts,, and is it not with this party tb
the southern Wings" are acting?
We bespeak the candid attention of our reader
to the following compilation which we find in tbe
Globe of the 18th inst The extracts will prove
for the hundreth time the identity between mod.
ern Whigism AMI ancient Federalism. Our inde.
pendent citizens cannot, they will not be duped iD
to the support of the doctrines avowed below, By
the designing leaders of the Federal PARTY
ANCIENT FEDERAL MAXIMS,
&c The people in all nations are naturally divided
into two sorts-the gentleman and the SimpLemop
the latter signifying the common people, such as
farmers, mechanics, and laborers; and the former
the richer portions, and those born of more noted
families "-.JOh71 adams.
"1 contend that the English Governments is te
most stupendous fabric of human wisdom"-B
"The poor are destined to labor and the rich are
qualified for superior stations."-I6
" l have we'll considered the subject and am we'll
convinced that no amendments to the articles of
Confederation can answer the purpose of a good
Government, so long as the State Governments do
in any shape exist."-AIerander Hamilton
"Idespair that any Republican form of Gov
ernment can remove the difficulties that Greece
and Rome encountered."-I6
81 believe the British Government forms the best
model the world ever produced."-B
"AI political communities ought to be divided
into the fen and the many; the first the rich
and the well born, the other the mass of the peO-
ple"-b.
seldom Judge or determine right."-D.
"Nothing but a permanent body of life legEa-
tors can check the imprudence of Democracy
See the excellency of the British executive
He is placed above temptation. Nothing short Of
such an executive Ga king) can be eficient."-B
81 confess the plan of Government which pro-
pose is very remote from the idea of the people
-Ib.
"a State Government is incompatible with a
I,,<3r faJ
FederaList of the Contention of '87.
The second branch of the Legislature ought to
be composed of men of great and established pro-
perty an GriStocrdcy men who, from pride, sup
port permanency. To make them completely in
dependent (of the people) they must be chosen for
the turblence of Democracy."-Speec Of Mr.
Morris, a leading Federalist, in the contention
that framed the Constitution.
"There never can be prosperous times in this
country until POOR man, as in England is
obliged to work for sleeps head and pluck day.
and lie under cart at night."-SenGtOr NepbTg
q Connecticut F'ederaList.
"Freeholders are, commonly speaking, persons
of sober, frugal and temperate habits, little disposed
to abuse power or to forget ght. But what is the
character of the POOR? Generally speaking vice
and poverty go hand in hand."-Jtdge Fan Ness
a noted Feder0list Of Neao York.
"Al persons uttering or publishing, or causing
to be uttered or published any false or scandaOus
matter of the President or Congress of the United
States shall be fined two thousand dollars, and I'M
prisoned two years."-Johaa adams SeditiOn lGp.
I" Is there in human affairs an occasion Of pro-
figacy more shameless or more contagious thana
GENERAL ELECTION! Every spring gives
birth and gives wings to this EPIDEMIC Mis-
CHIEF ?'-FISher AnleS, u leading F'ederdhst
Our Constitution is no better than any other
piece of paper, nor so good as blank on which
more perfect one could be written."-Ib
"Our Federal Republic manifestly founded
on mistake; on the supposed existence of suln'
cient political virtue in the people, and on the per-
and authority of public morals."-l6
Democracy is an illuminated Hell."-B.
" 1t seems strange that the founders of the Con
stitution did not make regulation of the right
of suffrage, so to TO of property their
due weight of influence in society for it oughto
be deemed first principle in all free countries,
that PROPERTY SHOULD GOVERN."-A
member Of the Hartford contention.
MODERN FEDERAL MAXIMS.
II would not vote for this appropriation if the
enemy's cannon were battering down the walls oil
the Capitol. ."-DanieL Webster.
Gone warning, we hope, the Pennsylvania con-
venion will take from the experience of New York,
not unduly to enlarge the right of voting. BY
making that right universal in this State the con-
sequence, as general rule, has been the THROWING
of the whole political power of the State into the
hands OF those who have neither stake in the com
munlty, nor knowledge to distinguish between 'ne
claims and characters ofopposing candidates"
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