Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1838-10-06

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could not be purchased, could not be iuiimit4trd
D. and which constituted de artery through which
e glsAed the puse Of q nations freedom It's a.,q.
, the most saeabe thing on EARTH Gone IS t.at
lofty splrIt oil independence which oqcc marked
MS career. Gone is is b,eediag which would
not insult rs virtue which would not deceive. its
= honor, which would not uisgcprcseni and II,
, probuy which would not be hubed. Prosttp-
hon Is now IT'S capital ialsohood It's existence
tls the seri Of the stocb-iubbe, and money
lender, and bears on It's brazen iron, the brand
OF slavery. No longer Ike the oak Of the forest
J does It spread It's branches Of health sad shade,
Embraced by he sepen, fold Of corruption il /,
snaried and ,hapeless Trunk.
IL degradation, how dsgaceil soeyer 10 our
national pride, cannot impair the strength and &C.
ton Of Democracy. It is not believed; and die
little credit which occasionally attaches to il, arises
more ffom habit of confidence created m IT, bet.
ter days, than from ITS asscyemttons of truth
Since the Bank Of The United States has entered
INTO contest with the people for political supre.
macy, cndeayoung to make Itself third estate m
the Government, how rapid has been the fall Of
NE press how proilgale Ms mendacityl Itls +
freshly IN the memory Of all Of you that this IN. .
stIutIun openly avOWcd is fnhl To clect.ourer
with the press. The reports from Congressional .
committees, IN which rs violations Of chatter were
circulated BY Bank agents, aud printed IN i'm
mense quantities by Bank presses. IN this crisis
lIcachery became the epidemic oflhe public press.
The golden rod which Virgil beautifully gives
to the SybI, the guide Of Eneas, was not a more
potent talI'man Than the lnsdious whisper Of the
United States Bank. Anewspaper distinguished
Iof ITS vi" hamor argument, and expanded cir.
] tI,If,. thu hot. L a. / 4
! tyranny.
The renewal Of the chatter Of the Bank of
the United States viii be fatal blow 10 lie other
| ih"heyed institutions OF our country, and It wiii
give force, efficiency, and character to an inhu.
ence winch WI control the Union, that "tAc peo- y
PIE VIII as soon put chans on themselves and sur 4
render lheir Liberties, "a they will allow Congress "
20 Cypress mem with that institution for twenty v
years longer that 'thelr struggles will be crea';' i
'Iat "aa rbo can 'crite or sps0k rlH be in hs p
ray q me HanEt that "lt has an organized
corps Of presidents, cashiers, directions, clerks OF
'ellets, lenders and borrowers, scattered through ST
OUT 'he Chied States-moWng simultaneously CT
upon every gwen polnl-endng DOT money for
me- ana distributing opuIons for Hcil0n-lnWeh- M
lnS capIlal ana thought nj one and the same time 81
buying men and roieS like cattle in The paykei- hi
giving tone TO public opnlon--mdktng and Ws- al
making Presidents n wW--controllng the free
WIZ OF the people and couuptng their servants Dc
circulating at the same time political theories he
destructive OF the Constitution, and paper moHeg
injurious TO every State bank-curallng and cx. ny
pandlng at viii discounts and cychanges-rcHher- nj
'"g ~ a suite poison The HJa N Of he press IN
and IN iact creating within the States and he u
: "loh ee~ "eheFaI Govemment-on impajan V
~ impeito unknown to the Constitution, defyne IN
It's power, laughing at lis restrict lions, scoruinr It's
and pointing to its golden vaults as the
weapon that will execute It's behests wheneycrn ii
shall be necessary TO call them into action" and
That "iho United States Bank IS NOR February d
ION, 1881 altogether tuiHed into great polI- tc
tcdl aaedme-o organising parties and coacoct d
Ine measures FOR TIE DESTRUCTION cl
0FTlIE DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENT
OF THIS COUNTRY"
The subtle poison whcrod the liberty Of Tins
ltess. II Is now tue fierce and uncompromlsjna
'nemy Of Democracy This is net a solitary in.
stance. From Penobscot Bay to the Gulf Of p
Mexico, corruption has spread on the wings Of /,
The "lndi and the brave editor who dares to adyo Of
cate The nights OF the people, is prescribed as a,
tool, or hunted down as a BLACKBOARD. re
10 every freeman, knowledge of the cgisla te
Iolon aud debates of Congress IS essentially ne fl
cessary. If the principles of obedience in there c
preventative be considered as the chief pllar of
our political institutions, it follows as matter of a
course, that the people should require frequent !,
and CERTAIN Information Of the acts Of thcr ser il
wants. Through the polluted channels Of the On. il
position press they come to us in the language of
lasehood and insult. Does Republican mem d
Der advocate the good old cause of equal rights n
does lie expose the toruous policy of Whinism q
or strip the veil from monopoly, he is instantly 5
bcsct by the pensloncd pack, and the opprobrous r
eplthcts of Loco toco, 1graran and Dcma- /
gogue are hurled at his devoted head. Does c
Wing orator, IN all the grossness of defamation
aud tustlan uttora heightened trade of vulgar OBJ
sconlty, he is Sauted with all the lusrouS names ,
witch an cptome Of Roman history can produce.
lie Is pulled by letter writer's, Toasted by dinners
aud Is checrcd on in his course Of murder upon
rhetoric and grammar. Fresh from the holbed of
his DISTRICT he aSpnes TO the learning of Jeilcr-
son and the oloquenco Of Lee. He shows the
one by Peter Farley cudition; and ploycs the
other by the slang of the bully, Some coward
hearts among us have qualed beneath This foul
torrent OF ohIoquy and Insult. Our party mas been
WeakeHed by Their detection; aud traitors, under
'he mask OF Conservatism, taking advantage OF .
our temporary alarm, are striving TO advance their
own ambition on the ruins of Democracy.
One OF the essential principles Of Democracy
Is based on the axiom, that the people are fully d.
BE Ia govern themselves. Nocustons cnn chance
no institutions abtogate--no argument weak h
en-, and no time can etIace, this primar, law of
c'vl liberty, Society, in free state, is formed
for the weIiotc Of the Whole, and Tie humbles, IN
dydual m forming pant Of tho Government, has
a natural ughi to It's protection, and is bound by
every feeling Of virtue and patriotism 10 aid, with
his vote that Government which recognises Tor lis
course OF action the principles of Democracy,