Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1839-02-28

10 party,-wherever wealth aud power wer,
purchased ut the cost Of national peace ant
honor,-there,-by whatever name, even i
her own, it might bo CLOSED there wa.
tyranny. She warned her followers, there.
fore, by all their recollection of the past and
oil their hopes of the future, TO bewarc, not
so much Of tyrents who wore the kingly
crown, for they were easily detected, but OF
those "wolvcs in sleeps clothing" those
democratic monsters, who under her fair garb
would cheat but TO destroy.
And this warning was not useless. Who
can tell The story Of the wrongs which De-
mocracy has sustained from pretended fol-
lowers? Who can recount the usurpations
and real tyrannies that haye been committed
the foul and deadly blows that have been
dealt to freedom in the name and from be-
meath the spotless but stolen robe of Democ-
racy? The pages of history are covered all
over with the dark lines which record them
The eye of tho philanthropist and the lover
OF true liberty, turns from them with disgust
We 90 not seek to open or dwell upon them
We could only glance at the last chapter,
which contains the account of The democracy
Of the present administration and the present
party that sustains it.
They started with this captivating title
They knew the great and just power of the
name with the people, and therefore, like
their predecessors in usurpation every where,
they stole it for their purpose. BY means ol
it, they succeeded. True democracy, that
is, u fair and honest sell. government, is the
great end of our institutions, and the idol OF
every true American heart, as it should be-
But of all the highhanded acts of the present
administration, that by which they attempt
TO delude the people into the belief that they
nrc the democracy of the country, is the most
atroclous. Ii is doing an outrage to that fair
spirit, here in her last home, for which all
the treasures Of the country cannot a,one.-
We have seen her requisitions, free
expression and absolute authority of the
popular will,-faithful care of the public mo-
ney,-honest discharge Of the public trusts,
single regard to the public good. And
shall they who have neglected all these re-.
quistions, outraged public opinion, robbed
the public treasure, and degraded the nation
al character, shall these men arrogate to
themselves the sacred name of democracy !?
Gen. Jackson democrat! Martin Van Blu.
rem democrat If it were not for the dis
astrous results of their pretensions to this
name, we could only laugh at their folly
Radicals, loco-focos, overturners and des-
troyers, they may be, but to any kindred with
that spirit of true democracy which we have
described they have not the shadow of a
claim. She flies from their touch as from
contamination. We would rescue her from
their embrace. To the money which they
and their slaves have plundered they are wei.
come. Only they shall not delame the char
acter and destroy the hope of true democracy
by calling their acts by her name, or them
selves pretending to be her followers. We
can forgive the party in power any Of their
robberies, except that of her name and gar
ments, to cloak and hide their deformities.-
BY identifying themselves with her, they
put out the light not of this country only,
but of the world, and this is an objectionable
sin.
Tho whole American people have the
deepest interest that the name and character
of true democracy should be preserved in.
violate. They should strip off her stolen
drnpery from her enemies, and place 1t where
j, belongs, upon their true friends. They
only are her true followers who are acting in
opposition to her hypocritical foes, who are
laboring to restore Its freedom and authority
to the peoples voice, to place honest men
over the public treasures, and the highmind-
ed and patriotic, who are the only real demo-
Gratis, in places of trust. To designate the
Wing party as anti-democratic is base Sian.
der, and one of the tricks by which the really
most anti.democratic party that ever rose IN
a republic, is hoping to MAINTAIN its asce ndan.
cy. We claim 10 be adherents of that guar
dian spirit who first breathed into man the
breath of his only true political llic, we bow
at her shrine,-we acknowledge her supre.
macy,-what she commands. we obey, what
- -. 4 a.
the people to join with us in the rescue of
the country, we do it in the sacred name Of
Democracy.
The past, we know, is irrevocablc. Every
where around are the ruins that have been
made by the self-styled democrats. They
hive obtained their power of mischief, by
deluding the people. BY tampering with
their dearest assocIatlons,- assuming the
name and wearing the appearance of that
democracy which as it should be, is as dear
10 them as their liberties. they have cheated
and defrauded them Will it continue to be
so? Will the hypocrisy of these men still
be successful? They are striving TO make
it 80, by still huggihg around them their sto-
len garments. They still cry nlond, that
they are the democracy. To the voice of
distress which calls to them from every quar-.
tSE VI Tue country tiicy nave pIIupcu, I11uiT-
ing if these widespread ruins are the natural
results of democracy. they answer only, y,'hope
on, hope on,--the end is not yet,--it is dark
est always before day,-we are the democra-
cy, all will yet be WELL And they thus hope
that the same game which has been played
before can be played again.
But they are not the democracy, and all
will not be well. The desolation around us
is not the result Of true democracy, but Of its
base counterfeit, which the present party
wears. The same consequences which they
havo produced will continue TO follow unless
they ore stripped, exposed and driven out
To their pitful evasion Of the argument tha,
what has been will be, we invoke the spirit
Of Patrick Henry for reply,-"I know of nc
woy," said he, "of Judging of the future, but
by the past. And Judging by the past, wish
to know what there has been in the conduc
ofibe" present administration, "for the las
ten years, to authorize the hopes and expec'
tations. with which gentlemen are pleased to
solace themselves. Is IL he msidious smile
ciM Dhieh our petitions hare been received p
Trust it not, sir, it will prove snare to YOU
feet. Suffer not yourselves to be betrayed
by klss".-"l know not what you and oihe
gentlemen may think of this matter, but as
for INC, give me liberty, or give me DEATH"
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