Madison Whig advocate. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1839-1841, 1839-12-07


e.--.-,'gl for The office holders 10 fake cur1
'r,rsmselrcst Jackson ruined the eur
800. ID attempting 10 improve it. aud
49, care oft. Nun Barren declares he
~ have nothing 70 dowith iti There Is
r.,.r,e,lv for tne country without eIscots-
60 10 the leaders of the democratic
- They must acknowledge thai they
- reached the end Of their wicked
-,eri,oents. and that all have failed 10
-l5uce any thing but ruin. They must
fG,ovledae that they have ruled Us
- despofisn Of the darkest and most
--.-ezsive character, under the deceptive
80 or democracy. Those leaders of
-. democracy must acknowledge that
~ have been pursuing their viilanous
lash schemes by imposing Oh the cree
lilo of the democratic party; that have
I'm filing their pockets by plundering
nation, and that the wings, the real
l,,,qcrats. In INCREASINGLY denouncing
,bose plunderers as traitors TO the Con-
s,;fuiion. and the laws, and the cause Of
r,ae Governments, have declared the
,-utb. If there IS truth on earth. No.
there is no remedy for the country; the
traiiors dare not retrace their steps;
hey cannot place the brand Of infamy
~ heir own forcheads. In the mean
time. the nation. like a traveller VINO
bss le.. the broad and well-paycd high
yav 70 follow the swine's path in the
myrass beside u. must plunge and plunge,
vi,boi hope Of getting through, and yet
dare not return 10 the safe road before
his ewes. The real democratic party.
tbe wings. now fighting for their coun-
frv. have been chiefly made up from the
ranks Of the misnamed Democratic party.
The greater part OF them we're once the
supporters Of Jackson. and were of Van
Bdren; but their eyes we're opened. In
New York and Virginia, and wherever
the Wing Cause has prevailed, il has
hen from conviction that the country
and rs prosperity should be ne firsf con
sheraton, and the claims IF party only
5eroHdary.
Bll If the democratic leaders, by any
possibility, could be induced to make
such sacrifice Of their pride and pri-
ra,e interest, and attempt once more 10
restore that national currency which
was rood enough for us under Washing
ton, aad democratic enough under Madi-
son, would It be in their power to do so?
Would pIbIic condolences. which they
have banished, return again at the first
sound Of their trumpet? fear il would
u5t DAT credit and confidence, without
whose AID such currency cannot be es-
tab.ished- are Of a fearful and timid ma
lure They lnStinctively fly from vio- |
.e8ce and fraud. Where is the unsus-
Pciing faith once reposed in the high |
integrity and justice OF our democratic /
nsiituions! 1t is fled, fear, never 10 |
ri1m The foot Of despotisn has been
placed upon our constitutional liberties; I
has crushed them ''amang the stour"
4 thousand desolating wars could not /
have done greater injury to our country
than that which has been voluntarily
submitted 10, under The crushing tcheels
q fie military JHggeynout idol of The
dsHoeratic party The injuries done by
storms, and plaques, and wars, may be
become dcpraved and corrupted, when
lha' instinct which stood as a sentinel 1
before The door Of constitutional liberty |
is destroyed, when a people can be
brought 10 hung their chains and huzza
for their oppTessors, then, indeed, their
case is hopeless. Where is the differ
eaee betwcen ademocracy without integ
riT, or passively Submissive 10 the ty-
nhoy and corruption of It's agents, and !
ihe worst form OF despotism? A de-
nacracy which can laugh at the sacred
Of contracts, and which can
Prefer a capriciously mutable sovereign
4ii 10 those sovereign laws which afford
castle Of refuge and protection TO indi-
vtual rights! Who can confide in de-
rocracy which verifies the saving of
}lachIavcl, -that power in republics is
Glen drawn to a narrower point than in
The Senate ruled Venice,
iae committee Of ten ruled the Senate,
1e committee of three ruled the ten,
aad the devil ruled the threei
What rejecting man can confide in
people who can tolerate such palpable
acis Of despotism on the part of the Chief !;
magistrate, as those Of selzing on the I
public treasure. and treating the nation
n acts OF legislation with such gross {
Contempt as TO put them in his pocket {
Without further aoiice-a conduct which '
.sould have occasioncd a revolution in {
4 fance, and in England have brought a I
Aing TO the block! ask, what concciva- /
ee ouirages on The Constitution. on the
avs liberties, and prosperity of the ma j
,on- would not the democratic party t
nave sustained and apPlaudsd if perpe- 1
ia'ed by he idol Of democracy? Have I
II 0enocTatlc party attempted TO exer- G
'4e any check or control over those en-
used with power; and have they not t
"a content to applaud all their acts b
'Na bind inlatuation9 What prudent n
e-Pl'aiist will hereafter embark his pro- q
eTiy on the faith of Government IN :
y bands Of such a party. or place it in o
Il institution controlled by despotiSm i
asenlse, and where no institution or 4
| loFailon will be allowed to exist inde- i
nasntiy OF political party purposes p i
/ Il aemocratic party viii not Incorporate y
aa'ional bank, unless it be for party
-'Poses, and no capitalists will embark >
ssch an institution. No institution oil ii
kind can be re-esiablished until the ri
id+e Ration shall ov.-oE.r - - y