Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1838-07-26
THE TIDE AS IT TURNS.
We find in the Poughkeepsie Journ


We find in the Poughkeepsie Journal
the following significant address
To the Democratic Repabiican Young Men in
The County cf Duchess.
The undersigned were appointed at
your last regular county convention,
members Of Central Committee for
the Democratic Young Men ofthis coun-
ty, aud have acted in that capacity from
the time Of their appointment until now.
We arc still wiling to act, in forward
ing and proToting all measures, which
are calculated to forward and promote
Democratic Republican principles, but
we are yet to learn there is potency in
a name, which can charge either the
Ethiopian's skin or the Leopard's spots.
We are at loss to discover how it is
possible that those "principles and ex-
pedients that were subvcrsivc Of the
very principles OF our government from
1876 down to 1884" should now be-
come the only test of democracy
From such democracy we wish to be
delivercd--a democracy, which in the
language Of an illustrious Senator, con-
centrates all power in the hands Of one
mana democracy which subjects the
opinions and actions of party followers
to his will, and to his will alone-a de-
mocracy which makes the great and
paramount interests Of the country sub
scrvicnt to the low and groyclling pur-
suits Of party--a democracy which per-
miis no action or any question, however
urgent the necessity may be, without
orders from head quarters-a democra-
cy that appeals to the passions and pre-
JUDGES of the people, instead of enIight-
ening their Judgments, and relying up
on their reason and their patriotism-a
democracy which attempts to set up
one class Of the community against the
other, as ii their interests were not re-
ciprOcal and identical-a democracy
which denies to every man the right to
think and act for himself OH those great
questions i'm which the vital interests of
the country are SO deeply involved-a
democracy which attempts by party
drill and party discipline, to subvcrt the
very spirit Of the constitution, TO SUD
stitutc Executive for Legislative poWr
err, to subject the will Of the Reprcscn-
taiivc TO the will Of the Executive, to
compel him to act contrary to his opin-
ions, against his own judgment, in vio-
lation Of his own conscience, and in
open defence Of The expressed will and
wishes Of his constituents q democracy
which extends its influence from the
seat of the General Government to the
respective states; which swallows up
the reserved rights ofrhc central power;
a democracy, in short, which cstab-
fishes in the heart Of the country the
most perfect dcspotism under the de-
iusivc forms of free Institutions.
This is the democracy Of the present
administration I; an administration that
has adopted the ultra, federalism of
"the reign of terror" and now charges
it upon it, former friends, and under the
banner of loco-focoisln, is endeavoring
tn tastcn it upon the true democracy Of
the country. AS We are firmly attached
to the free institutions of our country,
and wear the livery of no man, we cam
not become the willing instruments for
such purposes. We shall therefore
decline to act in, calling together for
any other purposts than for those for
which we were originally appointed
We cannot call you together as the
friends Of an administration that has
deserted you. We can in no case,
give in our adherence to lOco-iocoism,
and believing as we do, that Mr.. Van
Buren has abandoned the principles, by
which he came into power, and that he
has so obstinateIy pcrscvcre in his err
roneous course as to preclude all rea-
sonable hope of his rctracing it, we will
not be instrumental in leading you to
sustain his administration, when by so
doing, you must of necessity abandon
the republican ground, to support mea-
snrcs, which proper regard for con-
sistcncy requires to condemn, and which
have repeatedly bccn rejected by the
democracy Of the Union.
M. p. MITCHELL,
WIN. S. MORGAN,
JNO. THOMPSON,
WM. SCHRAM.
Poughkccpsic, july 10th, 1888.