Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1840-12-26
THE TIMES.
# A Y r. II II Re:
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 2e, 1910.

OrThe remarks of Mr.. ANDERSON, of Marion,
on the resolutions offered by Mr. PRICE, may be
found in our columns to-day. Mr.. A. not only
handles certain gentlemen "without gloves" but
has proven himself capable of taking such view
of the subject matter, is highly creditabe to his
understanding. We bespeak for it an attentive
perusal.
There is an old saying that is necessary to
know man in adrersity, in order to form correct
conception Of his character, and there is no rea-
son why it should not strictly apply to party,
as to single individual, Now that our opponents
are enjoying the "winer of their discomfort"
their aspersions of American character is enabling
the people to understand the ertent of their Re-
publicanism, well to properly appreciate their
former professions of confidence in the virtue and
Intelligence of the people, while in their hearts
they believed them capable of being bought like
sheep in the market We hope onr friends will
preserve Mr.. Prices resolutions for the purpose Of
proving hereafter, the respect that Loco Focos en-
terrain for American character. We had prepared
ourselves to hear such charge from grocery poll
ticians, but we confess our surprise on learning
that the representatives. of the people voted that the
men they represent were capable of being bought
and sold. The following from the Madisonian is
to the point:
"Those who, on one hand, suppose that the peo-
Pile have been purchased in the late election or,
the other, imagine that they have raised their po-
tent voice to crafty any private reseHtnents or to
cure any personal griefs, are, we npprehend, all
greatly mistaken, The one supposition is a wrong
10 the virtue Of the people, and the other an insult
to their dignity. To suppose the people of the
United States capable of being bought up, is to
relinquish the very basis on which secgovernment
rests-to suppose them capable of engaging in a
general revolution Of political administration, for
the benefit Of any particular set of men, or FOR the
purpose OF turning out one set of selfish Office
holders 10 give chance to another set of hungry
Othce-SeekerS, is to suppose them incompetent to
appreciate the objects Of government, and the du-
ties OF electors. and is derOgatory to their dignity
and intelligence nation. Whoever acts upon
either supposion, stands upon false ground, and
will fall. The People of the United States are not
commodities to be purchased and sold--uor are they
tools or fools, 10 be used or moulded to suit the pur
poses OF selfish demagogues. Men and parties
that have, in times past, held the people in such
contempt, having misconceived the destinies of
their race. have met the fate which their ignorance
and arrogance deserved, and fallen into irrecOver-
able disgrace. The people will never trust men
who will not freely recprocate the confdenc they
| are willing to repOse. No. This generation of
freelnen are the repositories of invaluable trust.
There is yet higher destiny in store for mankind,
towards which the tide Of affairs is tending The
Democratic principle is the deeply-aid, enduring,
and active agent which is wOr king out the
utmost amount of good attainable by mankind in a
state of equality. II rejects the idea that the great
est good TO the greatest number can be attained
| upon any other basis than that of equality. 1t
regards not the Democracy Of the ips-but cult
Yates the Democracy of the heart. IT'S final cause
is not the success of party, the spendor of gov
ernment-but il is universal happiness. II regards
government as its own auxiliary and of its own
creation-subject to change and modification, as
may best promote the common pursuit. Govern
ment is an incidental rule, not the ultimate object.
In private family the pursuit IF all is happi
ness, but rule of life is established, which, al
though not the happiness itself, is yet deemed aux
Hilary to it, So in a democratic nation the great
common pursuit is happiness, and government is
The rule set up as an auxiliary aid by which that
happiness is to be attained and secured
Thus is government a secondary thng but it
nevertheless has lofty and dgnifed aim.-To
impute to its authors and supporters any other mo-
tive in their elections than an honest and straight
forward desire to promote the general good is an
absurd injustice which cannot fail TO meet Justly
contemplate fate. The purchase of the people is
an impossiblty, because it supposes the barter of
the very object Of their exstencs for dross which