Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1838-08-08
DEMOCRACY OF TIE PRESENT AID.
MINlSIRAI1ON

| DEn1OLHACF OF ! lie bRi<oEt'A 81
MiAlsTRAI1oN
The speech Of Mr.. Tallm,dge, de-
! livered in tho Senate Of the United
| States on the 30th Of June. on the Prop.
os lion OF Mr.. Wrigh, TO repeal the first
twelve sections Of the Opposite net OF
lS36, has been published IN pamphlet
| form. II is an able AMI conclusive ar
gument against the enlargement OF
Executive Power. In the following
concluding passage, he renders full JUS
,cc 10 tho Democracy oi the Admins
tra,lon, and It's supporters, and presents
a comprehensive and compact summa-
~ of lis essential principles and caur-
acieristes:
"(:od deliver me from such Democ.
/ racy n democracy which concentrates
ali lower in the hands OF one mnn-a
democracy which subjects the opinions
AMI ncllons nf party followers to his
will, and to his viii nIone--n democra.
cy which makes the great and para.
| mount interests Of the country sulser-
Went TO The low and gr"velllng pursuits
OF pariy--a democracy which permits
n action on any question, however
urgeni the necessity mny be, without
ord r. from head quaricrs-a detnocra-
cy ,hat uppea 10 the passions and pre-
llIdlc.s OF the people, ins,t al Ut tnlighi-
cning their Judgments, and relying VI
IN their reason aud pa.rlollsni--a de-
mocracv which attempts to set up one
class OF the community ,yainst the 9th.
or, IS If their interests were Eot re-
en- rocai AMI ideniical-a d. mocracy
which denies Ia every man tic night
to think and act for hinst If on those
great gu, slions in which the vital III
ieresis OF The country are so deeply IN.
volveo-a Il. mocracy which attempts !
bs parry dill aud party discipline, to
subveit the very spiilt oi the C"nst''u-
ton, to substitute Executive for Legs
ln,ivc lowtr. TO suhtct the will oil the |
to the will Of the Exec. !
utive, 10 compel him To act contrary to |
his own opinion, against bis own jung
mep,, in violation OF his own conscience !
and in open defiance Of the expressed
will aud wishes of his constituents-a
democracy winch extends lis influence
from the seat of the General Govern
mcnt throughout the respective States,
which swallows up the reserved rights
of the States in the constellation oil the
central powtr--a democracy, 10 snort
which establishes in the heart OF the
country the mos; perfect d, spoIism IN
der the delusive forms OF free lnstitu-
,iuns.
Eyes, Mr.. President, such is the
democracy Of this Federal Adm'nlsir'.
tion-an Administration lhat has adop-
ted the ultra Federalism OF "the reign
of terror" and now charges upon lis
former fiicnds the sins OF lis own COM
mission. Sir, the people ofihc United
States cannot be deceived by these
vain and hollow preienccs. Democra-
cv, like monarchy. will be known by
its fruits. The bitter fruits of this
= administration have already iipened
sufficiently to Indicate the tree on
which they grew-and the people have
long since TASTED enough 10 enable
Them, Ike our FIRST parents, to dis'in'
guish betw' en- good and evil. Sir, the
contest which is now waglng is to de-
termine the future character ofour CO.
yernment.
"Upon its result depends tho qucs-
ton OF the Independence OF the les'sia'
tive branch, and also that "fthe supre-
macy of the popular over the Execu'
i've will. As the Sc shall be deternl.
ned SD shall The character oi our TO-
vernmeut be. THIS cOni' st VIII iorm
n new epoch in our annals, ami the
future historian with the "luminous
philos ply &C Gibbon" will date from
this period the rise or JaH Of our Re.
publican institutions"