Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-11-20

,.o dissemination of sound political sentiments
md nv all constitutional means to resist every aes'es
SION upon those Democratic principles ior WIZ" Ill
So hi,Le,,o con,cndcd, and which have been 50 wen
- ,, updrr the auspices of The late and pTcseh'
,,;eo, Executive The doctrines advocated ay III.
nc purtv are those which lie at the base oil our
fro. institutions and though they may DC tenpoi'''
lie bccouded, their ultimate triumph Is ceIi =,
81 ,-e more thoroughly convinced than the -
d.r,l leaders themselves, of the sandy iounua''on
unon which their superstructure is reared. 'ie"ss
there * nothing they 50 much dread as .iic l
,cncv OF well directed truth iher constant eil"''s
,herccore. will be given to draw away Republicans
rrom The advocacy Of those principles which FORM
lilo dividing line between Democracy and Federalism
Anxious themselves 10 repose upon the iauTels ny
hive acquired in this contest, they wall strive 10 ~"
their opponents into PASSIVE hefuicscenee - - or
measures BY informing them Of the mpraciab'y o.
,ccpinn up continued contest-of the Necessity .,
,bsiaunu for from the turmoil oil politics.
the unpopulary Of Democratic measures as lnoic"'e"
in the result Of this campagn-aad oil the irnrssn'
Of further effort in the Of equal rights and consul
tutional reform c
Nor will these sinister counscls proceed alone rom
the Inns of the open and undsguiscd advocates 81 'e
Federal policy. The panders to those corporations
whose interests may be supposed 10 have been piese"
L. or prospectvey affected by the measures prnposeu
jurna the administrations of Jackson and Van buren,
The timid and time serving politicians who have iher
own personal ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, rather than the Preuo
miuance Of true Democratic principles 1T hea'l-""'
ion in the cessation oi hosulllies, ahu III tic
N of millennium in which shall all be fedeai'ss
| and Democrats together-when the "credh system
shall again shine forth III all the beauty OF pFisma''c
radiance THE CROW PROMISE to the borrowing
world-and when he who shall be able 10 gather 70
himself the LARGEST share Of the labors Of Others with
mi any corresponding exertion OF his Owl, snail be
hailed as among the purest OF patriots and the wsesl
ol men, il is against the recurrence oil snch sta'c Oh
thnus. and of the Vaccinations Of those whose inter-
est il is 10 produce IT. that we wo"iu particularly "a
our Democratic friends.
Tho present is emphatically al auspcious time 10
ro;sc The fallen standard of Jeffersonan Democracy.
Our principles will be none the worse Tor being TEN
ne-cd in the fire of adversely, but the day OF their r'-
nmnb cannot be long delayed. Let US look nt New
HAMPSHIRE aud take courage. And every pas. oi
the Federal tempest she has stood nrm Inc Diah-
dishmcnts which have drawn other States INTO So
crifcc Of their principles until at last they have been
n.nllowcd in the Federal vortex, she has steadily r.
sisted, and she now holds, as she has ever done,
proud prc.einnence amongst her Democratic SISTERS
| Our own Hcrkimcr, is another case IN POINT She
too has seadasty commended for the pure faith, and
she has been rewarded BY peace within her Dor
ders and fame abroad, of which she has Just rea
son to be proud. Nor does the Democratic hre burr
less purely and brightly amidst the mechanics ant
wor&ingmen of our great commercial metropolis. IN
stead Of tie oburgation too frequently and thought
lessly heapcd upon them, they deserve the thanks
eyery wel-wsher TO the Democratic cause for the fer
vor with which the great body Of them have maintained
the principles of equal rights and contended agains
special and unequal Legislation.
If the Democracy Of the State and Union will bu
emulate the examples TO which We have adverted bre
will be the period before Federalism Will topp!c iron
its present elevation and sink to depth more protount
tban that which followed its overthrow under tie in
mediate auspices ottic great Apostle Of American De
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