, 1840-10-17

Government insisted on the cession of .
large portion of our territory, now anon,
the fairest regions of the West, as a SIM
qua non. the onlv condition of peace-wbo
could hold out and hand back, though several
of his associates, with the chivalrous Hanson
at their head, molly gave up their opposition.
on the ground that the war had now assum.
ed a new character, snd that, to prevent a
prsMEMBERMEST OF THE UNION, they would
cheerfulIy vote TO the men in power all need.
full s~upplies-who could hold out and hand
back. a leader in opposition. whilst the
Hartford Convention were plotting their
reasonable plans, whilst the enemy was ma
turing his expedition against New Orleans,
and up to the very last moment of the war
who, long after this, avowed the aristocra.
teal doctrines Of government which ] have
laid before you, and whose whole public Ca
reer, in the councils of the Union, has been
~signally hostile to the policy and wishes of
Nlr. Jefferson-gives the sanction Of his high
authority to the truth, the Justice, the wisdom
of the Democratic creed. Immense cheer
ing. What an illustration have we in these
changes of opininn-in these clamerons pre-
tensions to discipleship in the school Of Dem
ocracy-of the vitality, the omnipotence of
truth. In the language Of one Of our
number one who to the fame of true poet
adds the equally high honor Of a champion
for Democratic liberty
"TRUrH, crushed to the earth, shall rise again,
The eternal years of Go; arc hers;
But EkRon. wounded, wrthe. with pain,
And dies among his wor'hipers."
TCries from all parts of the room; sthree
cheers for William C.. Bryant which were
given with the greatest enthusiasm.
Once more. In the universal adoption Of
the Democratic creed, and this anxiety to
be regarded rs the true successors of those
who elected and sustained Mr.. Jefferson,
what a homage to him and to them! Who
and what were they? From the well born
or The wealthy, from those who deemed
themselves the select, the wiser, the better
~classesl or from those who were sneered at by
the selfconstituted aristocracy of 1898, and
OF subsequent times. as the poorer, the loUsr
classes? rellow-cItiZens. they were just
such men as YOU and |, and our associates of
the present day. some merchants and pro-
feSSiOnal men. and some of the wealthy and
distinguished but for the most part far
merS. small traders. mechanics. artisans, sea-
men. fishermen. and day loborers of every
grade and kind. Just such charges too
were made against them and their candi-
dates. as are made now 5y our opponents.
Just such opprobriouS and scurrilous cpl
thets were then heaped on them as are now
ShOwered on the supporters of Van Buren,.
Loco Focos. Jewellers. ilcobins. destructives.
aGrarianS, infidelS, these are some of the choice
ePithets commonly bestowed upon US by the
Wing presses and orators. Labored efforts
nro OIL, p,ala 70 ,,,r.,ala N IS ,rooa,ty
and the religious partitions Of the community.
that the object of the purity which supports
Mr.. Van Buren, is to overturn the foundations
of social order. To- deprive parents of the pow
er Of transmitting the fruits of their industry
to their children; TO divide estates among
the Democracy of numbers; to destroy re-
~li-ious institutions; and. in the room of every
thing valuable and sacred. 10 substitute the
reign of vulgar violence and ruthless infideli-
". \ pamphlet called The Crisis of the
Country" written, rs is said, by 4 clergyman,
who assumes the name OF JUSIUs, has, within
Il few weeks, been published and Industrious
ly circulated, for the very purpose of estab-
fishing these monStrnuS accusations. But
what of all this! The same contcmptuous
~epithetS, and even in larger abundance, were
poured upon the heads of the trGe-hearted
men who accomplished. by years of heroic
effort. the civil revolution of 1900. The
Federal preSs-and that was almost the
whole press Of the coun'ry-teemed with
the most violent abuse; the iIrrligious and
anti-Sncial spirit of the worst periods of the
French Revolution was imputed to Jefferson
and his compatrints; lhe alarm cry of danger
to order and religion was sounded from the
pulpit. Ii was frequently charged. and doubt
less many good men were made to believe,
that IT the Democracy triumphed, property
would he wr sted from its owners, churches
be demolished, the Bible be burnt. and the
Sabbath be blotted out Still. the honest
and unterrifed Democracy of that dav nobly
persevered. They were neither shaken by
the assaults of their enemies. nor seduced by
the appliances OF wealth, nor ovcrawed by
the arm of power; they believed their princi-
pies to be sound; they knew their motives to
he pure. and they trusted To tine-the great
vlndicator-to do Justice To both. They
trlumphed; and though croakers and aristo-
Gratis continued to oppose and to calumniate,