Litchfield enquirer., 1840-10-22

liberty that is not the Republicanism of the United States, and especially of the State or Virginia Virginians do not rush out mo that extravagant confidence in them; they are for restraining power by law; they are for hedging in and strictly guarding alt wno exercise it. They look upon all wh0 afe Ill office IS limitsd agents, and VIII not rePose too much trust in any. That Is American Republicanism. Wha: was it Thomas Jef- fersol, said with so much emphasis! Have we found angels in the form of men to gov-a ern us! However i: might have been ;hen, we of this day may answer no, no. Cloud laughtcr.) We have found them at least like others, "a little LO,Oer than the angels" {Roars of laughter.) In the same spirit he has said, an elective despotiSm IS not the government we fought for. And that Is true. But our fathers trught for d limited govern ment--a government hcdgcd all around with securities-or, as l heard q distinguished son of Virginia say. ono fenced m with ten rails and top rider. Loud laughter.)
 Gentlemen: A distinguished lover of lIb- eTty of our own time, in another hemisphere, said, with apparent paradox, that the quanti, ty of liberty in any country IS eXactly e4ual to the quantity of restraint: because If 1Iov- ernmcnt is restrained from putting its hahu upon you, to that extent you are free and all regular liberty consists in putting restraints upon government and individuals, so that they shall not interfere with your freedom of ac- tion and purpose. You may easily simplify Government shallow thinkers talk of simple Government; Turkey is the simplest Government in the world. But if you wish to secure entire personal liberty, you must multiply restraints upon the Government, so that it cannot go further than the public good requires. Then you may be free, and not otherwise. I.,.I." "- ."
 Another great power by which Executive influence augments itself, especially when the man who wields it stands at the head of a party, consists in the use of names. Mira beau said that words are things, and so they are. But believe that they arc often fraud. ulent things, and always possessed ot real power. The faculty of taking to ourselves a popular name and giving an unpopular name to an adversary, is faculty of very great concern in politics. l put it to you, gentlemen, whether for the last month or two, the whole power of this Government has not consisted chiefly in tho discharge of a shower of hard names. Have you for a month past heard any man defend the Sub- Treasury! Have you heard any man du- ring that time burn his fingers by taking hold of Mir. MT. Poinsett's Militia project ?- Their whole resort has been to pour out up- on us tide of denunciation as aristocrats, aristocrats: taking to themselves the mean while the we'll deserved designation of true Democrats. How cheering, how delightful, that a man independent of any regard to his own character or worth, may thus range himself under banner the most acceptable of all others to his fellow citizens. It is with false patriotism as with base money; all goes by the stamp It does not wish to be weighed, it hates the scales; it is thrown in- to horrors at the crucible, it must all go by tale; it holds out the kings head with his name and superscription, and if challenged, replies: Do you not sec the stamp on my forehead? belong to the Democratic fam. ily-make me current. Loud laughter and cheering) But we live in an age too en- frightened to be gulled by this business of stamping we have learned 10 inquire into the true nature and value of things De- mocracy most surely is not term of re- proacll, but respect. Our Government is a ernment, and if they mean that only, there is none will dispute that they are good De- mocrats. But if they set up qualifications and distinctions,if they are genera and species, it may require twenty political LinnDuses to say to which classification they belong. '7
 There is another contrivancc for the increase Of Executive power, which is utterly abhorrent to all
 
 ner Gen Washington has left us his farewell injunc- ton; mean the constant recurrence to local differ ences. preJndices and ealouses. That is the great yers vast extent of Territory, hence there few from among us in Massachusetts who enjoy the nd. yantages ot personal intercourse with our friends in chuset.s.ho South is still more remote the differ ence which exists in habits and pursuits between ue, enables the enemy to SOW tares by exciting local pre- jndices on both sides Sentiments are mutually as- cribed to us which neither ever entertained. By this means, party press is enabled to fomen. jealouses and 10 destroy that generous spirit of brotherhood which should exist between us. All patriotic men ought carefully to guard themselves against the effect Of arts like these. e' n ..t t].. 'ff@'
 And here am brought to advert for one moment % what constantly see in all the Administration pa cry, admonshng the People of the South that their own State Governments, and the property they hold nnaef a ,ne are n1s they Northern ot the Governnent.. You all know that this is the general cry. Now have spoken my sentiments in the ne.gllhorhood of Virginia, though not nctnaly within the State, m June last, and again in the Heart Of Massachusetts m July, so that 1t IS not that proclaim them for the first me--hu. ten years ago, when obliged to speak on this same subject, uttered the same sentiment in regard to slavery, and to the absence of all power in Congress to interfere, in any manner whatever, with that subject Idelivercd my sentiments fully in Alexandria in the month of June, and m July at Worcester, in Massachusetts shall ask some friend, connected with the Press to circu. late in Virginia what said on this subject tn the Senate of the U. States on the 3Oh of Jan. ast.' have nothing to add to subtract from what I,hen said. commend it to your atiention or rather de- sire you to look at it hold that Congress is absO- luiely precluded from interfering in any manner, d rect or indirect with this, as with any other of the institutions of the country. Grhe cheering was here loud and long continued. and voice from the crowd exclaimed, We are here from Maryland to Lousia. m. and We desire tha. the senmen. jus. expressed may he repeated. Repeat, Rcpeat1 Well-I TO. peat it-proclam it on the wings Uf all the winds- tell 1t to all your iriends-[cries of !" we will, we will 'l-t0ll ii. thnt nAinu