Columbus Democrat., 1839-02-23

I iamV. thfuuNh the nhist 'oi th"Sr hhlh't'>s Mhe,
bat little brf,rr had behtld hm iu sll hi- Pr'd'
and hauehmcss How was AZ wnh the Fed' raj
ISIS IN 1887. on hearing OF iher victories These
are the results Of om strength. It * d"ne bE "ur
own pnvri, inT We are mighty. One gentleman,
Nr. Cushing uf Massachusetts, sRd, IN sub
stance, "a d., maine ni the rest OF the FederaistS,
than ihr Democracy IN Mu,ue had iaen before
| the power of Federalism like glass beiare the
scyIhc. Bui uha, did all Ihis sa'n buaSiing a.
mount tol We will see IN the end. A Belshaz-
zar leasl was held al Fantuh HaIl--Danltl, lnoi
the lruphcIl with all his ,lfhcer. and n'nlons a..
sshiblrd, nnd, after beng haraugHd by Daniel
nnd ath-' Frtrfnl hlgh priests, tetrtd Ia place
appointed, where the hntary Il the times say
ihrre were twelve hund,rd and three score bottles
| nf Champagne IN readiness Tor the feast; all
| drank aud all btoahcd deeper aud lrerr than
they had ever done" But. IN the midst of lher
reVelng. band wIhng Was seen on the wall,
and when discovered, Il dlscl sed the Sppalllng
fact lha, Missouri had closed her elections, and
that the Democracy had gained triumphant vic.
tory over the Federallsts. THIS produced con-
sternaIIon and dlsnay, But the rrvellc,s teceW.
ed that klnd of consolation III At the queeu-molher
Nlctunes gave her son Beshazzar--lhat Was,
that Missouri was erpteisd To be Democratic.
4" Solitary and aunon ruled that State all
expected that the FederaIlsls would be defeated.
SO they were conlorled, and the feast went on
But hardly had they taken the next glass, when
vulcc thundefrd at the ga,rs--lhe Federalists
have been routed IN Maine, horse, foot and dra.
goons, and more than live Thousand let dead on
the hrld. CONSERVATION had mol time 10 subside,
when courier rushed upon them with the lnIelll.
gence that battle had been fought IN Mary land,
and the Federulis,s had been routed with dread
fol slaughter. On the heels ot this death; damp
cnng news came on another courier with the
news that the Keystone N the arch Of tho Union
had brrn replaced and puchcd battle had been
fought betW ora the Federalisls aud the Drlno-
ciat> ul prnn>yl,a IA, AID that the former were
o,trhrown, ahJ xix o. t'gt Thousand slaughtered;
close 10 this meIl gener, followed one IRON. .ohio,'
WITH the news that a pitched battle had been
'ought, and The smnplaSter Governor had been
uyenhrown, aud upwafds OF fourteen thousand oi
his Federal lr00ps lnhunanly and ludlscl inmate
ly slaughtered, and his Whole Conservative troops
cut oil, not one man ol WhOa was lelt 10 take
the news OF the sad disaster 10 Lacedpm0n,
close on tins disaster followed the news from
South Cafollna und New Jeiscy, with The melan-
Chuly me thgtncu Of thu alunOsl entire overthrow
ui FEDERALISM III both ilere States IN the latter,
oyei thousand tedelalIsts we're put 10 The
swuid last, though mol leasl, came courier
lrom Delaware, bearing thu proud banner Of DE.
mocrlcy, with the inscription oI victory, and the
ave nhton ol Federalism! Federalism was over.
come. HE knees ol the bacchanlllans, Bel.
shnzIaI hike, sm0le together. 1 h0 air sekened;
dunbness and horror relg ed; The wine cup drop.
ped from the pale and qalycnHg bP; The Euphrai.s
vas tulned from her channel; the Persian troops
marched ~ dOshod The walls were demolished,
the citadel se Zcd, aud the city ol FEEDER AIsm was
destroyed, and It's cztns pat 70 the swuId -
How does this prosiiailon compare WITH the VAIN
boastlng ol the Fedcralslr one yeal before, n.d
! how very insignificant Is the small aud temporary
Federal victory IN New York. when computed
With such SUCCESSION Of uunp,Is saned up"a
plncipe, aud under the broad stnpeS ol tie ban.
ner ol Democracy.
The genlenna from Mississippi, Mr. PREN-
TIss, alter aI'emplIn. 10 expose what he sup.
posts 10 be currupuons ol this Government. says
tnat they grow out D tle inaxIn aud the watch
! word lhlt to the vIclor- belong the rpods. The
nenrtuan lrum Tennessee Mt. BELL says
dat no reformation ctd be expected whao there
ufe 50 many hungry expeclaiits. There is not
| day nor an hour that passes but We hear some
laont about Ine sp",Is pady, hungry ex ecunlr,
othcr holders, the aony OF office hnlhrys, etc.
| S,l, lnma once before ',s cvmpeiied to no.
uee this hyppcrucal winning about Office hol
ders. Where ask agan, did We ever hear Of
Ice Government wllh,,n office holders. What
dn genll men mean when they talk about the ar.
my oi office hudels. Are there more officers
Than arc wanted TO manage tho Governmcutl--
/ hen lei them be poInted out and removed If
gentlemen, who are constantly haIplng about of,
ice holders. know OF any supelfnous onea, they
are bound, ia duty to themselves and to their
country, by tho nature Of their o1ice, aud the
oath lhey have taken 10 discharge the duties Of
the Office 60 poI them oul, and 10 take such or
| der as would cause the instant removal of such
worthless droues upon the public store house. Is
the number Of officers too great ARE they dere-
| Ilci duty! Or are their shlafIrs too high! All
these evils can be remeded if they exist; aud
invite gentlemen, who are evsporaing so much
Of the public money by denounclng the office hoI-
ders, the gpols party, the hungry expecans, ect.
to point out the eyll specifically, and recommend
the remedy. will be foremost 10 carrying that
remedy into immediate practice. But, sir, am
inclined to think that constant and l0cessani yep
about Office holders does mol grow oui of the fact
that such evils, us have presented exist. II is
because the Democracy have the ascendancy, and
/ the FederaIsls cannot occupy all the officers,
and all the .poil- themselves. | his is the cause
u all ihe federal nhimPerlng about office holders
and spoIs party.
| What Is The course of The FederaIisis when and
where they have the ascendencyl So far as my
experience goes in my State the Federalists clear
ihr chess-board Of every man who Is ta'Bted with
Denoc acy, whenever they have the ascendancy,
II can be done without prejudice TO their party. /
have have been informed thai, nder the late Fed
era Rlner power, almost every Dcmocar went
by the board, wno came under the Executive con.