, 1840-10-17

the one popular, or Democratic in its charac-
ter, the other directly reverse. The diStinc-
tive features OF each party may be described
in few words: the one regards the elevation
Of man in his intellectual and immortal part,
ercise OF power, as the highest end of the
social state; and it regards Government rs Il
mere trust, delegated by all the people, to
their agents, to be exercised impartialIy and
faithfully, for the benefit of all and of each
and this, ] need not tell you, is a popular or
Democratic party. The other deems the
protection Of property-which it regards as
the fountain OF Individual comfort and OF
national prosperity-the chief interest OF
society; and is continually seeking to confine
the sovereignty. in effect, if not in form, 10
some select class, some privileged order OF
the people, and to make Government subsldIa-
nv. not to the interests of the mass, but to
those of the few: and this, you perfectly un-
derstand, is an anti Democratic, an aIistocrat-
&c party.
So long as human nature shall continue
what it has been and $50 long as ambition
and ~avarice. the love of power and the love
of money. shall dwell IN mans bosom-these
parties will ever exist, in greater or less ac-
tivity; and under the binding Influences of
those passions. many. very many, will adopt
the views. and promote The interests, of the
arlstocratic party, under the sincere convic-
ton that the condition of each member Of
society will really be better when the power
is vested in the hands of n select class, than
when it is shared among the whole communi-
~. Forms of Government, and local and
other circumstances, may very much modify
these distinctive features; but in spirit and
tendency they will be found TO characterize
the popular and anti popular. the Democratic
and AIistocratic parties, in all countries in
which they exist. In the United States,
two parties Of this opposite character were
partially disclosed soon after the establish
ment of the Federal Constitutions; but it was
not until the struggle which brought into the
Presidency that apostle of Democratic truth.
Thomas Jefferson. that they were fully ex-
hIbited among U.s."
lie makcs the God like man" feel the force of his
eloqurnce and learning. This gentleman has been for
some weeks, roaming over the state Of New YORK en-
tightening her citizens upon the political questions of
the day. Tie adiresspd a large assenhlage of tne vO-
trr- OF Democratic suffolk, in which the burden ofhis
- ''h' ''ffs WI 'iNfi Z iANs JFhti-
snrian Democrat. (Creiat .Juiaeus, Sci He ia
also reported 10 have said that the man who says that
'hei u an sRIsToCRaT ia a LIAR, and he who will not
meet MIN fairly with argument, and who uScs idle and
nhuevr defamation instead. and then will not come
within reach OF he arm, is not only = liar hut a cow
ARD" Nr II refers TO Nr. W-b'ter's public acts,
and particularly hi' speechr. in the Convention for
the Amendment of the constitution of Massnchu-rtt..
lie shows that he there advocated a property qualif-
cation for yoterS-that lie opposed the extension OF
thr right of sufTracc-that he adopts maxims of gov
rmmcnt that would place power entirely in the hands
Of property holders, and that his whole public lite has
been a war against the rights of the many, and in Ia
vor Of the privileges Of the few. lie then concludes
with the followir conclusive bior at the pretension.
Of Mr Webster and his party TO devotion 10 the true
principles Of Democracy.
FELLow-crrrzENs.-In the pretensions now
mad" by the Wing party and its leaders to be
the disciples of Thomas Jefferson. and the
true expnnetS of the Democratic faith pro-.
muIGated by him. there is involved a most I'M,
presSIvc moral. Ia which. before | conclude.
J mast direct your attention. When the
principles of that faith were first hrou- Int be-
fore the ~people-when. in opposition to the
dHgmaS ami the acts of the srpign of terror"
they were made the rallying point of the
Democracy Of numherS-when they were
established by the victory of 1900. as rules of
policv-lurina the Democratic Administra-
tinnS which succeeded. and until 4 very re-
cent day, they were bitterly denounced by a
great party, embracing most of the wealth
and the educated talent Of the country. rs
utterly unconstitutional, immoral, and de.
structive. During all this period. every dis
tInguiShcd advocate of these principles. and
above all the men who gave them form and
symmetry. and who first applied them TO the
Government of the country. was marked and
singled out for the determined opposition,
the %unSparing cenSure. of that party. What
do we now see and hear?
The Two parties into which the country is
divided. acknowledge the truth of the Demo-
cratic creed. Each claims for its own pecu-
liar policy the merit of conformity to that
crecd-each inscribes on its banner the name
of ~Jcllcrson-cach demands To be regarded
as the repository of his principles, and each
rallies for a candidate who processes To take
Jefferson as his mentor. Many of those
who opposed hi, successor because he was
the disciple of Thomas Jefferson, are lnudest
in his praise; and. to complete the triumph