, 1840-08-22
HWOLE NUMBER 357.

Perhaps our Wing opponents think, there
was no perish credit, perish commerce"
charge in those days. They are mistaken.
Here it is, at page l05:
"The project, Of Mr.. Jefferson were no longer sub
and we hold it Incredible that any man Of casdor
and reflection can hesitate to admit the truth Of our
third charge, that his administration was marked BY
an usDEvnTISG PURSUIT OF A SYSTEM OF nEAsuaEs
HOSTILE TO COMMERCE."
How do the Wings like that their preds-
~cessors Of the year 1910 should admit, that
the political influence of a United States
Bank mast centre in the commercial portion
of society In large cities? The aristocracy
spoke more boldly and honestly in those days
than now.
But | must draw this parallel to a Close
There are many other accusations brought up
by this Federal libeller against President JEFF
~ferson, from which Mr.. Van Buren, has hith-
erto escaped. Men have not lately meddled
with our present Presidents religion; for the
story Of his being a Catholic and favoring the
Pope, died a natural death about eighteen
months since. Jefferson was less fortunate.
The reckless inquisitions of that day fell foul
Of his creed, without measure or decency.-
At page 6, the writer says:
"That such an institution was absolutely necessa,
~ to the prosperous administration Of our finances
must have been evident to every man who knew tho
situation Of our country. "Tie only OBJ
lection to this institution grew cut of the mutual aid
and support it must give and receive from mercantile
capital-ffom the monied interest; which those aris-
tocratic demagogues have so long labored to bring
into contempt and expose to public odium. They
saw its influence must centre in the COMMERCIAL
MARTS Of the country; and that N INFLU-
ENCE ATTACHED To 1T BELONG
foresight made them overlook all the benefits Of this
FAvORITE PLAN OF HAMILTON, and excited
a loud, long and vehement opposition, which in vais
sought to conceal its mslignancy under a pretended
regard for an sbstraet principle"
This may fairly offset the idle cries Of In
fidelity and Agrarianism, raised, especially to
the Eastward, against a portion Of the Dem
%ocratic Party; in order to distract public at
~tention from the true political questions at
issue in this contest.
evils we are now suffering ae in q gIeat measure to
be attributed to our offending the majesty Of heaven
by an Indifference about the moral and religious char
acter Of our Chief Magistrate"
Again, at page 1876:
n e etetdtoD u = mdu " tncV t1SC VI ATSstocue
Of known in6del principles, the avowed patron Of
Thomas Paine, gave a shock to the moral and reli-
gious sense of the country. II WIS, indeed, a novel
thing for a Christian People to elect for their first
magistrate a ~despiser Of their holy religion; and ma
ny good men were deeply affected by an event 90
unpropitious to the truest interests Of their coutry."
Thus, then, it is proved, beyond all doubt
or denial, that there is not a single charge of
any Importance now brought up against Mar
tin Van Buren's administration, that was not
trumpeted forth, in other days, against Him,
whose political disciple Martin Van Buren,
is-the very Apostle Of Democracy, THOMAS
JEFFERSON. The resemblance in the charges
is close, sustained, and striking.
What a lesson is read to US by thus gianc-
ing over the pages Of this partizan libeller Of
a Man, whose name shall descend, with aug
menting honor and ever.increasing reverence,
from generation to generation, among the
Sons Of Libertyi
| reply in the words of a Democratic Ad-
dress, adopted and addressed to the People
Of Indiana some two years ago: ITO a Dem
ocrat well read in the history Of the Repub-
lie, these abusive epithets but furnish not I'M
welcome evidence Of the identity Of the De-
mocracy Of this day with that which, in 1887,
voted down the monarchical proposals OF
Hamilton, and that which, in 1900, placed
Thomas Jefferson in the Presidential Chair.
The same poisoned arrows that were shot,
with ~fruitless industry, in those days, against
Him who penned Americas Declaration Of
IndepenGence,are aimed now, but with weak
ened force and less deadly aim, at his con-
sistent followers. Were no such missiles
thrown at Us, we might well look round and
ask one another by what blunder Of ours the
immunity was purchased! by what departure
from democratic principle we had escaped
the abuse of those, who have never yet been
known to spare the persons or the opinions
Of politicians ofthe old Jeffersonian schoolr'
Look well to it, my fellow-citizens! There
is 10 one so pure, that party rancor shall
spare him. You cannot so shape a course,
that partizan detraction shall not m~isconstrue
and denounce il. Hold on your steady
march, then, soldiers of the Democratic ranks!
What Jefferson could not escape, we may
we'll be content to suffer. Let us look to the
end! He passed unscathed through the
storm; so also shall we! Be the recollection
of his triumph the welcome earnest Of our