Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1840-12-01

our free institutions, and though the,
may be temporarily beclouded, their ulti.
mate triumph is certain, None are more
lhornugly convinced than the Federal
leaders themselves, Of the sandy tounda.
ton upon which their supersiruc,ure Is
reared. Hence there Is nothing they so
much dread as the potency Of well difec.
ted truth. Their constant efforts, lhere-
fore, will be given TO draw away Repub.
licans from the advocacy Of those princi-
pies which form the dividing line between
Democracy and Federalism. Anxious
themselves to repOse upon the laurels
they have acquired in this contest. they
will strive 10 lull their opponents into
passive acquiescence in their meas
ures, by informing them Of the imprac-
ticability Of keeping up a continued con
test--ofthA necessity of abstainlng for
season from the turmoil Of polilics-of
the unpopulanty Of Democratic measures,
as indicated in the result Of this cam.
paign-and Of the fruitlessness of further
effort in the cause of equal rights and
constitutional reform,
Nor will these sinister counsels proceed
alone from the lips Of the open and Indis.
guised advocates of the Federal policy.
I The panders TO those corporations,
whose interests may be supposed to have
been presently or pTOspectively affected
by the measures proposed during the ad.
ministration Of jackson and Van Buren
the timid and time serving politicians
who have their own personal aggrandize.
ment rather the predOminance of true
Democratic principles at heart--wiIl join
in the cessation Of hOstilities, and for the
ushering in ofa millennium in which we
shall all be FedeFalists and Democrats
together-when the ''credit system" shall
again shine forth in all the beauty of pris-
m attic radiance, THE "Bow OF PROMISE"
to the borrowing world--and when he
who shall be able to gather to himself the
largest share Of the labors Ofoihers with
out any corresponding exertiOn Of his own,
shall be hailed as among the pulest Of pa
triots and the wisest of men. II is against
the recurrence Of such state Of things,
and Of the Vaccinations Of those whose
Il is TO produce it, that we would
particularly warn our Democratic friends. !
The present is emphalicaIly an auspi-
CiOuS time to raise the fallen standard of
JefersOnian Democracy. Our principles
will be none the worse for being tempered
in the ere Ofadversity but the day Of their
triumph cannot long be delayed Let US
look at New Hampshire, and take courage.
Amid every blast Of the Federal tempest,
she has stood firm. The Establishments
which have drawn other States into sac
rifice Of their principles, until at last they
have been swallowed in the Federal VOr-
tex, she has steadily resisted and she
now holds, as she ever has done, proud
pFe-elninonce amongst her Democratic
sisters. Our own Herkimer is another
case ia point. She, too, has steatastly
conteRded for the pure faith, and she has |
been rewarded by peace within her boF-
ders, and fame abroad, Of which she
has. just FeasOA TO be proud. Nor does
the Democratic fire burn less purely and
brightly amidst the mechanics and work
ing men OrOuF great commercial meIrOp-
oils. Instead Of the objurgaiiOn too fro
quently and thoughiIessly heaped up
upon them, they deserve the thanks Of
every well-wiShsr to the Democratic
cause for the ferver with which the great
body Of them have maintained the princi-
Piles Of equal rights, and cOntended a.
gainst special and unequal legislation.
Ifthe democracy Oethe State aud Union
will but emulate the examples to which |
we have adverled, brief will be the
period before federalism will topple from
itaI present elevation, and sink to a depth
more profound than that which followed
It's overthrow undcr the Immediate ldspi.
ces Ofthe great Apostle OfAmeIican De.
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