The Ohio Democrat and Dover advertiser. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1839-1840, 1840-11-20
From the N. Y. Evening Post.
DEMOCRATS STAND TO YOUR POSTS

DEMOCRATS STAND 10 YOUR POSTS
The voice of a majority Of the people or the
United iS,ateshss declared itself IN opposition
to those candidates which the Democratic party
have SO nobly and so conscientously sustained
Phe result may discourage large portion of the
honest Democracy for a time, but theirs is moi
the spirit to quail under a temporary defeat.
Sustained by the uPrightness ol. their motives
in giving their support to the good cause, they
will 6nd the consolation Of good conscience
better than the passing triumph of success.
Time will soon dispel errors and misrepresenta-
tions and test the relative valussof principles
mairtained by themselves, and those about tn
be upheld by the party which lsnow to come
into pOweE. @n v ,s rs
There is. one deep and abiding cause of re.
gret which every lover of freedom must feel a.
cutely. The means bywhich our opponents ac
complished their object were such as should
make every American tremble for the safety Of
the constitution, Throughout the whole Of the
contest which has just Terminated, more has
been done to undermine the glorious fabric rear
ed by our fathers, than we would have believed
hundreds Of years could have accomplished.
The expansion Of the paper syslem previous to
1886, converted the nation into one vast gamb-
ling shop. Men of all trades and occupations
came into the arena to struggle like dice play-
ers for the favors of fortune. 1t is not now
worth while to dwell upon this state ofthings,
disgraceiul as il was to ffeemen, its existence is
denied by one. The revolution of 1887 came
with violence which never has been surpassed,
but It's effects, which vicious legislation USE
lessly strovs 10 avert. did not come home with
their full force to thu Rsoplo untill 1888. Thai
year found vast numbeFs, awakened to the cerN
iainty ofruin, maddened into desperation, and
ready to become the plant instruments Of de-
signing knaves, who did:not scrnple to resort
to all the means and appliance which operate up
on the timd, the indflerehhy honest and The de
spending. 49,,
10 those who have examined history with a
careful eye, nothing is more rare than to fird in
stances OF the governing power refusing to gain
popularity atthe expense of principle. Rulers
and magistrates have ever been ready to favor
popular delusionS whenever their own ends
were to be gained thereby. Butitwas reserv-
ed for democratic administration to stand firm
TO its trust. and to maintain the ground of truth
and Justice in spite of the clamor in which the
voice of reason was hut little heard. This de
termination of the President and bis counSellOrs
has, il is true. lost HIM his place, but it has Sc
Cured what is infinitely more desirable, the warm
and jealous appreciation of large portion and,
we confidently believe, Of the more honest 2Or.
ton of his fellow countrymen,
Under such circumstances, the basis of our
OPPOSITION to the future administration, from
which oHr country can expect lne good and
much evil, is as finn as rock. In some re-
spects wc can now fight the good fight better
nd al InI III, n could hefnFn
We shall have both hands free, while BUR oppo
nents now must hold the bag with one while
they defend themselves with the other. Besides
change Of position must inevitably bring the op
position party into change Of both practice and
profession, while the dempcracy will be where
it ever has been. with trtth for its foundation,
honesty for its maxim, Aual justice and equal
lnws for its object.
Perhaps no class Of men will be found to rue
the intoxicating fury witt which they have join
ed in the hue and cry against the Adminlraton,
SO much as the merchants Of this city. The re.
election of Mr.. Van BlhGn would have enabled
every man Of business 10 pursue his occupa-
tions, grounding them Upon firm and well es-
tabIislled course of public policy. Now we are
at sea again. without landmark,
An administration composed Of elements sc
widely opposed TO each other as Webster nnl
Talmadge in the North, and Rrves and Clay ii
the South; coming into power without declara-
ton of principle; and owing its very existence
to The desire of change, can offer no encourage.
ment TO enterprise or prudence.
In the meantime the democratic party, III Jugl
beaten, will be, as it ever has been, seadlist to
its principles. The congratulations of the wings
among themselves that democracy is dead aud