The Ohio Democrat and Dover advertiser. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1839-1840, 1840-06-12

equally gwen il his. fostering care, and
sedulous attention.
Under his administration a constant
gradual increase Of the maleTials tor
the CO istrucllon ard armamen. OF chips
and he improvement Of navy yards, TO
the amount of seVeTal millions IN Valuer
has occurred; the number Of ships ha~
been increased; come Of those on the
stocks bave been brought nearer to com
pletion; the most persevetlDg efforts ere
making to revive and invigorais the de-
cipIine ofthe navy, and 10 remedy, as
far as possible, that scarcity OF sesmeu.
which has become so apparent BY carry
lng into effect system Of apprentice
ship which, it is expected, will ny de-
grees supply every deficiency. All this
has been done without Increasing the
appropriations for the support of the
naval service, Notwithstanding the addI-
ton Of the Exploring Expedition. wbose
officers add crews are paid and subsis-
led from the funds Of the navy, Oniho
contrary, a gradual reduction has taken
p ace since the year 1897, amounting 10
nearly million Of dollars, while the ace
f cunulaton of materials has increased,
and the number of vess els in commls-
sion, either as receiving ships or on for
} eign service, is not diminished. So Of
feclually is the commerce Of the couO-
hy projected in every quarter wberO
} protection is required, that We have
} lately seen the British admiralty, with
} its five hundred slips, publicly reproach
ed with The example Of the United States
in this particular.
THE IDENTITY OF THE MOD
; ERN WHIGS WITH THE AN
GENT FEDERALISTS.
LIE, US now contrast the picture just
presented, with the opposition which
the Administration 80 connected has en-
countered.
The identity Of the mode IN ..Whigs e
ancient Federalists is evident and un-
=, denlable. 1t may be distinctly traced
y through all their DISCUSSES. The ssme
:, want Of confidence in the honesty and
= intelligence of the people, and in those
y Institutions which guaranty their equal
n rights, and the came disregard 10 thelr
feelings and their interests, are always
appareni, except at those periods when,
despairing OF success by open hostility.
- lthey attempt deception by on effected
. deyOuOn to the Democracy as sadden
as it is shorlhved The moment the
= Icrisis IL past, whether il terminate IN
\ success or in disappointment, The mask
so unwilllngly assumed, aud so imps-
tienlly worn, is thrown off.
R there be any essential difference be.
. tween the ancien, Federalsls and mod
y ern Wings, /. Is TO be found in the alb.
4 sence Of some ofthoee traits in the lat.
:, ter, which, at tho commencement of the
y division Of parties, contributed in some
= degree to give character TO the former.
> At the time those divisions originated,
and during the whole period in which
the Federalsts maintained their ascen-
dency, their course was marked by a
degree OF decorum which gave a cer-
q tain respectability 10 the principles they
q avowed. So long as majority of the
people supported their pretensions, they
n treated them with apparent respect,
# while undermining their rights by insid-
y uous legislation, in conformity to their
= avowed principles. But the moment
the tendency of their measures was dis
| covered and denounced BY Mr. Jeffer-
4 son, and they felt themselves sinking
a from their power, their department un-
q derwent 90 sudden and 90 thorough a
Change as to bring out, 10 .ttrong relief
their doubts Of the capacity Of the peo-
pie for self government.
q The Federal A administration began ito
war against popular rights by eDacting
laws calculated and intended TO repress
& punish the free exercises Of the priv
ilge Of speech, and the just complaints
Of the people-measures which were
i followed up by standing armies, 70 over
a awe them in the exercise Of their suf-
frages. These, aud other manifesta-
tions Of their designs, reused the peo-
pie to defence; they rose in their irre-
sistible might, and the edlice Of Fed
i eral power fell PROSTATE before them.
i From this period, systematic political
contests have been carried on between
q The two great parties Of the count try, the
marked characteristics in each and all
having been, oon6don .e in the honesty
: and intelligence ofthe people, and their
capacity for self-gOvernment, on the one
f side, and dlsirust on the other; a de-
sire for an extension Of the elective
!. franchise to every free citizen of the
/ country, on the one side, and for it's a
bridgement, by properly qualifications,
and other restrictions on the other: a