Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1840-10-09
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ihey are quite willing To give unlimited power
INTO me haeds OF any one man, they may have the
privilege OF choosing the despot! Loud cheers
.h's IS one sort OF republicanism Laughter This
by the by, though, is what call the Indifferent
sort. Loud laughterl This is not that class Of
republican lovers OF liberty for which Virginia has
been SO long distinguished. Loud cheering. Is.
nat class are quite a different sort Of men.
lCheers' That class are so jealous of authority
ana OF the encroachmcnts of power that they hedes
IN authority all round as firmly as they would an
enemy That's the true and only class of republi-
can Americans. Loud cheers.
WIN, my friends, what did Mr. Jefferson say on
mach emphasisl ''Are we arguing for a Limitation
of power! Have we found angels in the form Of
men to govern usP' tCheers. dent know how
il may have been in his time, but know that t,e
haze not found any such characters in our o,on time
Loud laughter and cheering.l No! no. no! they're
- little lower than the angels" Loud and con-
tinned cheering And | entertain the same spirit
which Mr.. Jefferson did, when he said that IN
elective despotism is not the government we fought
for" lCheersl No! but our fathers fought TO
create aud maintain a government which should be
hedged In all round so tight and closely that il
could Mt make any enc oac hments in any quarter
lCh"ers'l Or, as think have heard some Of yoa
.Igih'ahs say, fenced cut all round with five rails
and top-rider!' Loud and continued rears If
iaughteE, and tremendous cheering
why, gentleman, there is good axiom extant;
that the quantity of liberty we possess is precisely
equal To the quantity Of restraint which we put
upon the government And this is true. If the
government is restrained from putting its hand in
certain particulars upon you. to that extent you are
free. and And If indiv iduals are restrain
ed from putting their hands upon you, you have
more freedom All liberty, the rcfore, consists
putting such restraint upon your COVE rnments am
upon individuals that they touch your righf
or your Liberties. Loud cheering.1
II you mean to have liberty, you must have lawt
properly enforced TO give the government no NOR
power than the public interest requires. and the
You are Tree. Loud and continued chez ring
Another species Of power possessed by the 20
vernment, is the names given TO party, which Mrs
b au speaks Of as prevailing SO extensively anon
the despots of his period. Names stand for thing,
and sometimes for very fraudulent things, which d.
much to destroy the benefits Of a popular govern
ment, like ours. And, may here mention, as a stri
popular names they can find, and TO bestow upon
others the most unpopular, is of the great fea
lures OF power in the present government [Cheersl
They put all you who are opposed 10 any of their
measures under whole artillery Of abuse. They
shower names and epithets upon you as thickly as
hail But when have YOU heard any Of them raise
know better than to burn their fingers with that
Laughter and cheers This seems to be the last
desperate resort which they have left. They re-
treat, as il were, behind a magazine Of abuse And
pour out hst shot in the shape Of hard words, and
cry out " Aristocrat, Aristocrat," "Aristocrat"
to their opponents. and then take to themselves the
nell merited and the tceii-deserved names Of True
Democrats" Laughter and cheering
How charming it is for men, like our opponents,
to defend themselves and their character and
conduct with the most popular names that can be
81.
My friends, il is with false patriots like these as il
is with false money [Cheers.1 They like clipped
shillings. tCheers They are al DESTROYS Of go
the Kings head-[CheersI-butt they hate the scales
Laughter and cheers.l II is perfect torture TO
them TO submit to the searching operation Of the cru
chile. Laughter and cheers /
But they very willing to hold their head pa
tiently until they get the Kings stamp ON it
[cbeers that they consider quite sufficient proof
of their democ racy aud republicanism-tbe exter-
ma ST moi he m al wovfh -Tckee
and then they walk along the streets. and cry aloud
10 all they meet, " Look at me don't you see nv
iorehead-dcnt You see by the name stamped upon
il that ] belong to the trne democratic family
[cheers l-place me in office-f cheers l. make me
President Loud and continued laughter and cheer
ing.
But, my friends, we must 90 farther than thi. me-
ration we wish TO test the trse merits of men cai-
ming 20 be republicans democrats. The stamp of the
king head alone is not sufficient. (Cheers They
must be tried by the fire and the scales loud chez
ring Ours is Constitutional Democr attic Republic
can Government. lCheers. And when men depart
from this and set up some particular merits If their
own, and lay claim 20 worth and distinction by means
Of Reconstructed party classification, IL would re-
quire not one but twenty times twenty tongues TO
say TO whom or TO what set Of principles doctrines
this class OF politicians belong. [Chsers.1
Again, there is another species Of continuance
adopted extensveiy by our opponents, which is alb
horrent TO all the better feelings OF nature and at
variance with the pure principles Of democracy
and republicanism. Ii is that against which, 10
particular, Washington left a solemn warning 10
his farewell address IL is the perpetual recurrence
To supposed local difference, and supposed local
jealouses and prejudces This, my friends, has bees
extensively practsed by eur opponents, whenever
and wherever opportunity occurred-and they have
not always been very nice about the time ard occa-
sion [Cheers. IL has been the great bane Of our
land-u has been the great curse Of this lovely
country Of ours. tCheers
We cover a vast extent of country, IT is true, ard
the early habits and associations Of many of u.s.
motcy situated from each other, may slightly differ;
BIT we have no divided interests we have, or should
have, but one common feeling for the common well
fare Of our whole beautiful country. Loud cheer
ing. Virginia. my friends, has opposite interest
from Massachusetts, and Uassacbusetts has no OPP
| posite interest from Virginia. Immense cheer
ing. and cries Of 'fGoodr'1
But. unfortunately our remote relative situations,
the difference climate, IN our ha its, and pursuits
enable the common enemy 10 array one portion
against the other and TO SOW tarss in this goody
Geld OF ours They falsely denounce the local feel
ngs Of one portion Of the land opposed 20 the in
erests of another portion ard ascrbe to set &c
feelings in regard to their remote brethren and
fellow ciiixens-feslinas which they never enter
| tanned. tChters, and cries Of " True ~
And In this way IL is that a miserable patronized
party press has endeavorsd by the most contempt.
bic means, TO destroy the generous brotherhood
which would otherwise exist more extensively
among But don't fall into the iowlcr's snare.
Cries Of I'VE WON'T believe You, vireinians I;
a-d AL patriotic men, north and soush. should
fully guard Themselves and their families and their
ne,ghbors, against this miserable movement
tCheers,1
ought my friends, here, to advert to VIA, has
appeared in all the papers Of the administration
party in relation TO my vsitsto Nirgiria II is the
cry that the state governments viii be safe ify.u
admit northern men {, have any considerable share
in the councils of the general government. I have
often, aud have always. where had an opportrni-
~ TALKED about this matter. and those domestic i'm
situations Of the south 10 which IL s intended 10 re-
fer Years ago, uttered my cnime nts in regard IN
slavery and hold Go the same opinions up 10 this
hour. then said that IL was against aft prctencs
that Congress had the right 10 interfere in the cues
ten &C slavery in the South. tCbeers
These are also the sentiments which have s;,c.
uttered; the same sentiments which \ uttered 4,
Worcester, in my own State, IN July last TCheersl
And now ask my friends here 70 read published
speech OF mine upon this subject. which delivered
in my place in the Senate, in Januhry, 1880 have
nothing 20 add TO what then said on the subject