Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1841-04-06

tOry-Wh0 can doubt the certain tendel
Il cy Of distributionS Who can doubt tha
IS if renewed, this policy will eventuate, q
before declared, in the formation ofclas.
n es among us-ln the establishment {
I orders-in in the concentration of all pow
J er in this Government; and finally in th
} transfer of the Government itself 10 th
hands Ofa mOnied aristocracyS Wha
have we already Witnessed! Have W.
not seen these hanks, these corpora
tiOns-.evely one Of them, of every de
scFiplion, TO which the revenue distribu
ted went---haVe we not seen the favored
few, almost to a man, by whom so larg,
a portion was received-haye we not Sc eli
all these hanks, corporations, and men
united, com lined, enfuriated against the
democratic pary-and that too, for the
very reason. openly proclaimed, that il
opposes this iniquitous system oftaxation
for their benefit alone! Have we not
seen The same persons, and the same as
sOciations Of persons, banded together in
a common league with the very men who
in the Legislative halls of the Stales--in
the halls of Co:gress-in the executive
and Judicial departments, State and feder.
al-in all the subdivisions of pr Iitical pow
er, now stand forward, the relentless advO-
Gates of exas and distrilutionsf Yes!
the very mten who, Wills they tell US the
Treasury! exhausted-the blood dried
up--stll fnriousIy clamor for the last dol
lar, for the last drop. And whyI To
satiate the nav of an ally, who has con-
ferred dominion upon them.
At first sir, the object of distribution
was disguised; but now victorious, as they
are, il is openly proclaimed. The Sena-
tor from Massachusetts, no longer con-
ceaEng the real motive, declares that he
presses the distribution of the revenue
among the states, in view of its applica-
ton to the payment of their debts; and
for this he finds constitutional authority
in the obligation Of this Government TO
uphold the credit Of the States which he
informs US, has been rudely assailed And
here sir it was, at this point of bis argu-
ment, that the Senotor broke forth in the
btterest denunciatiOn Of those BY whom
he alleges this assault to have been made. |
But who are theyS In what manner, when |
where, by what means, have they assaled |
the credit Ofths States? Will it be be. |
lieVed (and yet it is true) that il was the
DemOcracyt0 TO whom he alluded! He ad-
Verted, ,Grst,to an extract in British paper
Iaken from the Globe Of this city. styled
by him The organ Of the Administrations
Next, having referred to measures with
which he knows the democratic members
Of this body 10 have been associated, he
pronounced these things an attack upon
Slate credit; and then declared that 'sthe
man who would impair the state credit
IS an enemy to America. by whatever
name he may rail himself" What Sir!
democracy assail the credit of the siates!
1.-THE democracy enemies TO America
hey who, on all occasions, have ever de-
ended most zealously, the rights Of the
States, the Liberties of the people, the
interests, honor, and glory, Of America;
Who have defended all these, whether
endangered from abroad or within: wheth.
'r by treasonous machinations, or open
var; they who in the hour of their coun-
rvs utmost need-when perilled by for.
ign arms and domestic treason, were
# all her sons, the first TO come forward
1.-The first to proffer their counsel, their
nbstaRce, their blood, in her defence
he most cheerful to die;-they who now,
D the pending struggle, again swear, as
hey ever have sworn, upon the altar of
hat country, unsparing hostility to tyran-
y IN all its fOrms-tO every league into
'hlch ambition and avarice NAV enter.
1r usurPaliOn and pIIage; are these the
zen, this the party who are thus denounc-
d---denonnced as enemies TO America.
ecause, in this trying crisis Of the Gov.
rnment, when all The humours that com
'only cOnspre to bring Liberty to its
eath'6ed are mani(esing themselves
round uss because, say, they dare, in
lch crisis as this, to oppose what thew
oIemnly believe infracis the constitution
Io's optthe States, hazards the public
eace, and tends inlalllbIy to shed over
le land the bsleful influence of for
ign power; because they dare oppose a
ystem OF measures which threatens to
re the passions ofmen, to fury, and mad
sss' BY placing iall property in The hands
t government, as prize, to be sonuht
y fraud and violence, and obtained,
midst the turmoil Of general strife. onlv
yrlhe most daring and paoflieateG Are
hese the citizen denounced for oppo-
ing such measures. as enemies TO Amer
cae Yes! this is the imputation-indi. !
sctitis true, but still the imputa,ion-- !
made BY that Senator; made with CeliDOs :
beyond all bounds, as if,whiist !
tiuggling thus 70 mortgage tOl British 4
'ankers lhe soil Of bis native country. his :
llegiance had been iRAamed anew hv a :
lance Of that signal which at the dawn !
|. battle, first rose on the terrible day of 4