Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1841-10-23


he'd ,eniurei upon frank Sod opsa dsc'aT'll'n
OF ,hs,- principles. IT, party tri"mrAed--
within one mogth the Pr, jcn, wa dead
WHINE tNo the Vice Pre-,jan, We d'mn.d-
Congress spit INTO thousand actiols, anu tlic
parry dt7psfse3 to The logr winds OF heav,a'
Not rv Of their p,cn,'n,us measures Us tuliy |
suecreded-lhe ant bal Was emaseu,aieu, toe
Revenue blll saoTn Of It's looss-'he baadep' /
law has defects 10 be cured, and ia9 rise'' n 4
gent has become a byword and rsr'oaca' !
Truly, honesty with parties, a. with fnd""oa's' ,
IS eventually the best policy.
"AnciheT most str Sing fault VITA the wing /
organization, VAS an utter want Of coincidence 81
the peoplr. In an age of general ni'hSrn'',
in country whose Naos social and poi'N. al
fa1nc rests solely upon ith N the PooPio tn
party revived all the worst DEVICES Of spfl00l !
tyranny, all the urs Of popular tslus'oo, wasca
naye tuumphed IA iho wofs4 agr7. lao fglha'
eoraS aud the jesuit, tneg aaye 'hst s4ofsa'f
and iheu ,soioric school one doctrine TOT the
initiated and anolher Tor ihe uumNa'edi one
faith 10 he believed another to Ne taught They
re animated system which lay buried under the
odrum of ages. embamed IN the esecTanun Of
mankind, as the author OF Dogmatsm, IN phlloso.
pIl ulN JtSuitlHh III iC''Ei'ht w ''NNh' hiN
parent OF an offspring equally oalhsome aud lie.
| gltmats--ayaiabhy IN politics. Availability "a
term by which worth IS dshonored Isat med'oe-
/ nv may be canonzed-a termwhleh has gwen
buth to II dynasty Of puppets which should be
chri,tened the available dynasty. we, say the
self constIt ted ifbters ul opio,on we can nd.
mlre capacity OF intellect aud expansion OF s"ul
the views of the phlnsophc statrSman--'he
words OF the rapt orator find something kindred
! IN rs 10 inspire eu,hnslasm--but such things
ueyer touch the people--neyer excite the mass
/ e,'--they never can appreciate II salesman
they need sotur more gutung idol, more
,hm,ng pagod--to catch thelr applause; We must
throw around some mere negalon, the halo OF
military glory. We, the sklektoi, can grasp alb.
>raclons. can trace principles TO theiI result
can contend for mere dochne, bot the people re-
qure something To mediate between their lalh
.nd their senses, some visible symbols, some
Imposing forms, some emblem 10 eNal' their sen.
-uallzrd intellect 10 the comprehension OF pure
ruth To meet the demand OF 'hIs dogma
| vhlt ingenuity was laSked, aud Their ability was
4oual 10 ,he rSIerncy. From the res utces ol
minds capoc,ou- Of such hog+, there "a' called
forth an array of AIDS to devotion worthy OF The
mos, ideal era OF the human mind. Log cAh'us
cider barrels, coon skins and llprcanoe songs,
seued the 'euhghteued American as medmlors
between the visible and invisible, as representa-
tive OF that pure truth which hl@ understanding
could no reach without lheIr and. ~ visible
cmbudlmrut Of the great political doctrines loI
Which he WAS coultndng.
"We cannot expires, our coatemP' tor Ohl'
whole system oi party tactics We e-chrw all me
ores winch proreed upon popular drln>Ion. II
is a species eflevrlImg downward which "e can
not tolerate We know of An intermediate "tep
between full faith in the people aud an abandon
, meni of free Government. IN utganzlllon 81
parties Ahch goe' upon an ldea mat the people
cannot appreciate the true qualification oI rulers
, are not cnlghtend enough 10 comprehend Ih'
leading doctrines which should 'nii ience thea
. vote, may be tolerated where hereditary ruler
make the laws but 1t Is eu,reIy io,el.n to 'h'
, gon,us Of our ip4uuons--t Is virtual tenuncl
e alton Of ,hr great truth upon which they rest
We de,e.i all this WIN. cant wh,ch divides tn
NATHAN INTO 'we--lhe orice-, and 'lhe people
T.. which makes one class, individuals, but calls tn
. other. compendously, the masses. Us II each u
. nit Of the mass vas not distinct essence TIA
7. could think ana feel We rejoice that !aose ora
. cIes, these dcmagogGe-, with hnger7 N ever
III mans palm, aud bps al every ma1's ear, TOE"
general committees and petty cabai-, lde'e speec
II makers aud troubadbur4 vino elevate lhfGlse7r
J., into polIcc by shutting aud hustle, are bu .mhi
4 porlion Of the nation. because hall doze
- rrass hoppcrs under fence make the hetd ma.
:. with Their impouunllc chinks, while thousands o
,,x.,t c,itla r.ro.tuu arulalh the shadow ul ihC