Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1839-09-24
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SOUND AND EXCELLENT SENTIMENT.

81 an Address recently delivered II Taunton in
Massachusetts hy Jonathan Chnfman. Of Boston.
and after is pcrasal. could not refrain lram ma
KING tho following extract which contains some o.
re most sound and excellent sentiments, conveyed
~ chasic and nervous language, that VIC have Cvor
read We ask intelligent men Of an parties TO read
u, and candidiy u there Is not truth stamped
upon every line OF H. and II "nsadcrg, patent demo
cracy is not. IN reality. Is here rolreseniedcs-
pccslly that so les OF "faad'ra democracy" whioh
rests upon the porncIUus animosliy OF the poor A.
gainsi tho TIrh
OF al the words that have a charm for American
cars and Justly - iai,s true sonsc--that OF "demo-
crary" Is tho most potent To this title. Of course
they Socilerausly lay claim. Yes, fellow citizens.
1t Is startling fact, that all ihe pcrynrsions Of your
Government, and all the disasters your interests.
have been commenced, continue AMI are still sup
ported by tie ioulCst abuse nfthai very name. which
was The pruudcs and most cherished tide the ioun-
dcts OF the Government. What IS true demo rracy
lis real meaning, as we have seen, is a Govern
mont by the people Where the sober sense. and
Vriuous principles OF tho people, alone appealed
to- and reign, there alone, is democracy. And who
rs true Democrat He who knows no motive 10
HIMSELF and would inspire none IN others but sober
sense and siriuous principle He who would sooner
die. than stain wound that fair form Of free lom,
that can live only IN the pure OF honesty and truth
This Is the standard viii IA the past has furnished.
How comp with 1t the modern dcmocracy-tirst,
that which IS employed To get Office and then that
lie very different things
In rcpubli an Government, the honest, the in
dusiriou, the orderly the Only true republicans, arc
the appropriate guardians, an SHOULD ill the Offices
OF tie state. Bot in such Government, these per-
the most likely 10 accumulate property not
ia large oyercrown misses but sufficient for de-
cent and respe table livelihood. Ii is accordingly,
amongst this class OF IN liyi luls-tc mi Hing IN
teTeSt,-ihai c great bulk of the property Of the
country IS divided. The overgrown capitalists. the
men OF n million, are rare extremely rare. II is the
mdd ing interest, who own the property, AMI who
from their numbers and appropriate character, should
lie entrusted with The control of Government True
democracy invites them to this trust--looks to them
for support proe Is their honest earnings, and bles
ses tier eNerOns II is against these there ore, that
the re kiess politician and the selfish demagogue
must prevail, if they would effect their unhoy pur
poses. And how
There has come down from the old world with its
thrones and nobility. assooiaiion OF wealth 18th
oppression, true enough, where wealth TO the few,
but wholly inappcahlc, where the whole theory and
practi OF government dislri lutes in amongst the
many. But it il convenient ilstrum mt Ii is a
thing TO ey te preudi against their natural foes,
and therefore the ambitious aspirants, wrapping
themselves In the stolen garments ofdemocracy pro-
claim crusade of the poor against the rich II is
miserable ri * base fraud. Had not its conse-
quences Leen disastrous, could but smile at
the slallowness ofthr preen'e. "The poor - would
they who inHe the out ry in their comfortable man
.slons, AMI with their easy be deemed poor,
in anything hut principle and is the poverty oitter
followers ifthey he poor any thing but voluntary, in
a land like tits Against the rich i'-w'ly. the
more than moderately rich, in this country, might be
surrounded by serge lnts guarl. And the few that
altered here m there, far from exerihg a
Formidable influence. are rather liable ~ censure,
for the little interest they take in public affairs And
even should they themselves, and gather their
forces, with view of sutjecfing hertv 70 wealth,
their hemcs would be about chimsri"al as that
Of the individual, VINO undertook, unade1, TO sur
round a numerous army
But il is not against these that the plot is ellly
laid nor alas 10 them alone. or chielest that inlus-
tiee is done. BY means of this hue and cry against
the dangers from wealth, in this country, blow is
intended and in fact is inflicted, upon the industrious
mechanic. the Woodworking yeoman, the ingenious
manuia rturer and the enterprlsine merchant. These
are the real ohle rs of attack The fact that they
the chief of the property of the country
is seized upon the vulnerable point. And il is To
woUni them in that point. and thereby nenr ize and
destroy their political lAnence, that the selis and
intriguing sci foot the ancient yet captivating war
cry of the poor against the rich. The poor agains,
the rich | would that the shallowness of this pre-
ience. and vet the atrocious iniustic of its efe
might he fully understood call, not upon the rich
TO rise in selidefence-bu, upon the mi ldling inter
est of the country. against whom the cry is ally
directed to vinl rate their rights. 1t is YOU, the
sober in lusrious, orderly farmers, mechan s, an
uacturers and merchants, who by this iri"k, arc
cheaic of your proper influence 1t is YOU, WHO are
made 10 give place To selfish dem lgogues and pot
zeal charlaians-you who are the natural guar lians
I OF TIE STATE and whose only crime il is, that yol
would guard it well, ana neither make ii a matter
merchandise nor hold II up as party spoil.
As a conseqpence oftho greu diffusion ofproper-
" in this country, into small parcels and amongs
many hands, there must be for every enterprise anf
kind of business that requires large accumulation
OF capital 70 one point, an association ofldiyiddas
each contributing proportion. Hence, arise, 70
the purpose of commerce and uldc. Lanls an hence
for other purposes, our manufacturing and raroi,
corporations. The objects 10 be ojtane 10y thest
associations are beyond the reach of iniivdut
means unless you import some of those political in
tutors by which the wealth OF the uutry can b,
confined Ia favored class. These object are o
vast importance, being other than that adv lnrS
oftrEde and internal Improvement which has multi
Piled your population, and increased your strength
10 the astonishmcnt Of tic world And how cal
they he accomplished in more republican mode
than by an association Of persons each OF Unite
means, under tic sanction Of a charter, and the con
troll of your Government 4 b1nk,-xhat is il bul
an Association Of indiy luals. by which the man o
the wen an, who has acquired little surplus capita
can. without interruption TO their Tegulr busi
keep Il ~ profitable both for themselves aud 10
community. lsay noting Of il, as a means where
by q G coinmunity can ip tie benefit of the weat