The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1841-12-29

! FCH1ltuHc ten IniilCrS from tillL WIlCn grew uP
un:ler the plethora Of baBk expansions, and
which deposite of nearly thirty millions with
the States was contrived to carry of-opght to
tbe continued, until the outlay of the Govern
ment should be made to approximate to that
which existed before the surfeit Of banks mum
dated the, country with paper money
the Democracy is aware, that, with the re-
trenchmcmt of expenditure, should come res
tora;ion of the true standard of value-to be OBJ
taiael only by the rddaKce OF the rotten banks,
and the resumption of specie payments, by the
J sound onos The means OF efecting this,
! through the instrumcntality of the General
IGoverhmenf, is obvious to all, and it would be
quickly applied BY the Democratic party,. il the
voice Of the majority of the people prevailed IN
Congress. ,@S-
The Democratic majority in Congress is well
app.ised, too that the people are not willing to
see the tax increased upon consumption beyond
the one-fiith of its whole amount, to which it
may be raised now under the compromise act
That, on the contrary, they desire to have tre-
duccd, and especially on those necessares OF
lie, to tax which is to levy revenue upon the
heads Of Inc people, making the rich and the
Door ijav alike. and not in proportion TO their
tsneails ~ their property, which Government is
cstaE,ii sh"d 10 protect To accomplish this, the
iGnur;ty ia Congress are sensible that it is in
.dsDcnsable rnat the public domain, given to
the Garn-a, Government for The common de-
!ance Should be restored 10 il, ard nol dlstrbu-
led in violation OF the Constitution, to put at
the disposal of he spectators in the State Le-
g!s!atures, funds which they dare not take the
responsibility of levying Immediately from their
constituents
The Democracy are conscious that public
sentimentwas never more propitious than at this
moment to the restoration of the Government
to the pure, primitive, simple system written
out inthe Constitution but invaded in its very
origin by the daring genius of Hamilton. We
believe there is not at this time single lndl-
yidua among the gifted men who stand pre-
eminent in the Democratic party in Congress,
and whose genius and virtue surround it with
lustre, who are not animated like Mr.. Jefferson
with an ardent enthusiasm to bring back the
General Government to its true character; and
hy renoyating its principles, ensure its perpe-
tuity, and the blessings it is so well calculated
to confer upon the country. This we sincerely
believe to be the ruling passion which reigns in
the blossoms of the Democracy of the two
Houses But what can the Democratic party
in Congress do! 1t is in minority of some
forty in one end of the Capito-of some eight
or ten in the other. The list of committees will
show thatythe Democratic minority in the
Houses, though representing vast majority
in the country, are excluded from all power in
those bodies which originate the business of
Congress.
3 In to-morrow's Globe we shall exhibit the
organization of the important committees in
party aspect making manifest the total deprva-
ton of all power orinfuence in the preparation
&c thn nf
representing the mass of the community. They
cannot bring one measure through the proper
channel to obtain countenance for it in either
branch; and if individual members of the minority
bring forward measures, orpropose amendments
to bills reported from the leading committees,
they must encounter, in the two Houses, the
fixed maiorit!es which the caucus drill, or the
preposession in favor of the party measnrcs--
coming from it's organized committees, must ar
ray against it. 30
The Democratic minority in Congress have
nothing in their power. They must await the
action of those who, having the majority, have
shown the determination to take all power into
their hands. Ii they propose salutary measures !
the Democracy of the Houses are now IN a tenn
per not to make factious opposition 10 tnem.-
Victorious among the people, thG2e VINO repre-
sent them truly in Congress will welcome e,ery
which they think the public opinion
will approve. Nomeasure of useful reform
for retreDchment-for reduction of taxes-or
the restoration of the constitutional standard OF
the restoration Of its constitutional
revenues to the Treasury-for the restriction
or expiration OF bank abuses, will find any thing
but cordial reception from the minority in Con-
gress If the majority in Congress, or any por-
ton of it, approach with any proposition tending
to orestore the Jeffersonian era, they will assn-
redly meet the embrace of those whom they call |
their opponents.