Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1840-11-24
From the Ohio Statesman.
THE DEED Is DONE.

AtlcS, ana coon SKINS, nave uohe tue uSeu. I
For lire first time since the election OF !
Thomas jefferson, the great apostle of /
human liberty, has the Democracy oil
this Union been defeated in a PresIden-
tial election by the people. How II has
been done, will be the Snbject0f general
and prolonged discussion ~Th6 conse-
puences that must result to the country,
will be we fear, of enduring injury, u
not eternal slavery to The people we
= shall Never despair of the repuOIIc' ou'
we hold it Ofthe utmost imp lTlance, mat
every lover offree institutions, every pa
mot nd good man should, aiter seeing
what has been done, rcdOuble his ener-
gies and his vigilance to oppose the first |
greatstep 10 an established despotism.
' So far as national legislation is concern
cd, after the 4th Of March next, we virtu-
- any have no President at all. General
Harrison is pledged 10 neither be can
didate again nor to 0eto any act Of Con
gress. He will neither be Of importance
to future asprants to office, nor a check
upon the vicious legislation Of Congress.
And as he refuses before hand, by his
pledges to return any bill 10 Congress
with objections, however injurious to the
country, he will he mere clerk TO sign
such bills and pieces of parchment as by
the forms Of law require his Signature.
As he is pledged, also, 10 make NJ reno
yals from office for "0piniOn3 SAKE" or
for political differences, the appointing
power will be little else Than rO1ne OF
filling The few vacancies that may occur,
by death or resignation, These are
pledges made TO The people 10 get their
votes, aud whether they arc carried out
or not, will depend upon his declaration
at Fort Meigs, "lhat those who make the
most pledges tell the most lies" In ei-
feet, then, we have 40 Presdenl, 10 whom
the people may look To see the great
principles Of The Republic as sustained
by their vo,es embodied and reflected
over the whole world. In him they find
no protector fOm the vicious or corrupt
legislation Of Congress, as we found in
the true old Hero and Roman, now al
the Hermitage, who checked the eXtrav-
aganl and lattldnuus acts of Congress
in the NaysviIle Road veio-or the shield
from a corrupt monild despolism allemp-
ted by / hurried and unlimited re.charler
Of Biddle's British Bank.
We are now on the wide sea Of an un-
=" tried experiment, by the annuIling Of one
article Of the United States Constitution
which requires the President to approve
bill before he signs it-it not, "retnrn
il with oh bections oath of Office re
quiing Tho President TO "proloci and de-
fend the Constitution 0f the United
Slates," is a dead letter in his mouth, for
Gen. Harrison declares it is his belief
that n u s. Bank is unconstitutional, yet
he also declares that he will sanction any
monsrous bill of Ibis kind that Congress
may pass.
People of the U. States, good old dem
ocrats, where then are wei Where are
we to look for prolection3 We virtually
have no President for the next four years,
unless the pledges made TO the people
are violated aud trampled into the dust,
and in the language Of an eastern polen-
tate to his subjects, "whai, do you sup
pose that am slave that am bound by
my promises" The last hope now is up.
on Congress, TO prevent the establish.
ment Of the most magnificent moneyed
system ever Witnessed in any country
Is there any hope there2 will the Brit
ish agents and Bunk lobbies, that sur.
round the Halls of Legislation not be
too strong for the people scattered over
this immense country, aud quietly al
home attending to their avocaious In
Mr.. Van Buren,, tho people had n friend,
an unceasing and unyieldiDg protector
he has been Overpowered by money
faIsehoods aud frauds upon the elective
franchise-the corporate speculntOrs
have corrupted the very ballot box ilsel
by threats and expressions, by bribes and
cOrruptiOns unheald Of in modern times
and we again ask where is our govern
ment? In tho hands Of factions and Gu,
balls without a chief--Chaos will now
reign-jnnos aspire TO government--co
alitions aud combinations Of diSoriered
parts conspire for the empre-&hie mo-
ney, through lis bribcS will chiseI out its
own monument Of n(dmy from the IN.
hewn,nass.
These ara our predictions, and may
God in his mercy aid the old but now
defeated democracy of The country in
preserving their union and strength, and
yet save the republic from its threaten.
,r ed dangers. Let no one suppose that we
are running at random; every democrat
in the land feels what wo express, and
already have we pamphlet issued at
Cincinnati, by a,"JOhn W. King, NJ D."
and directed to John G. Wright, one OF
Gsn'. Harrison's committee men, in
which is argued curons system Of Ma
tional banking, including all the banks
now in existence, and TO be chartered
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