Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1842-05-17

Aprll OOI lo4S.
AGspiciOus season, naturally and polli.
caly considered-Oiious distiqctions
ia tis Rgi of SgfrGge-EederaI
oPiaiOHs Gs TO these distjactiOag-O -Opin.
iORs of PLsdsaats, of the 'Iadepsad-
eHt" RelDspdPer, upon the electoral fran.
chise, and upon TIE merits ofthe Rich,
Gad The demerits Of the Poor-PrOces-
diEgs Ia Congress Result oftis Vir-
giniG EtectioHs-AH Right.
MIR. S. MEDARx:
The month closes most auspiciously,-
The fields give promise of an abundant
harvest-the season opens with unwonied
luxuriancs. And thus il is,wben ourpub
lie servants bsc ONE proud aud ambitious,
neglecting the wanls of the people, and
dsregardng the intrinsic principles of The
creed Of our Fathers; when, from these
causes, the interests OF the working class.
rs, and the resources of their subsistence
are cut off or suspended,-thus il is, and
then it is, that the benicent hand Of Pro-
vldeHce seems to be the more bene 6eent,
in blessing thom with bread. Like the
ancient Jews, we seem TO have become
the "peculiar people" Of Jshovah, 50 that
when swindling Banks, AMI swindling
speculatOrs, and money changers, grasp
ing corporations and avaricious mon
Opolies, absorb like sponge, the sweat
aud life blood of the forbearng and pltent
laborer, super.abundance Of tho essen
tials Of life are awarded by the Supreme
government Of Almighty as connlerbal.
{, against those vampires aud their
lrtiOns.
The month closes most auspicio1slY.-
. Im every quarter, as the elections are
Iade the test, the invincible army of De.
mocacy disperse the mongrel factions oil
the enemy, and encamp in triumph on the
field of battle. We have mad sufficient
news from the Old Dominion 10 Justify tho
prognostic of my last epiytle 50 mote
il be; and so will it be; but what would il
be, with the extinction of that property
qualification, which still hangs foll blot
on the escu,cheon orthe proud OLD Safe
Why, sir, Whiggery would be as essen.
TALLY dead as Tom Ewing is politically de-
fLuct. The suffrage system, on the OHIO
principle, would lay out Federalism in
Virginia as "cold as a wedge" BY her
presentla laws Of election, man who owns
laGd in two, five or len counties, may
vote for members Of the legislature in
every one Of those counties, if no can Wis
it them all on election day, whereas the
mechanic and llborer, unpossessed of
freehold, or horse, or soma equivalent
recommendation in property, is denied
the prerogative in toto. But tho question
Of universal suffrage is beginning to be
agtabed, even in Virginia, aud If the OPP
pressed majority have 10 rise, like the
people Of Rhode Island, with arms in
theiI hands, 10 secure this right, | trust
that when necessary, they will come out,
and il blood is to be the purchase, let il
flow. The spirit of the age is progress.
ive-dlstiActons Of rank and Of wealth
are beginning 10 be rightly comprehend
ed-the rights, The inalenable rights, Of
that class upon whom the weight Of the
Government hangs, who "bear," in pa.
tient endurance, ''Iha burden and heat of
the day." they themselves are searching
out, and they will wrench these concess.
ions from the exclusive enjoyment Of the
few, for the equal distribution among the
whole They will be demlnded-they
must be accorded.
While upon this interesting feature Of
democratic government, the elective
franchise, let me laver your readers with
the views oCPleasants, the obnoxiousFed-
eralists from the Richmond Wing; but
now the Major Domo of the Independent
the Clay oracle Of The nation. In speak.
ing Of the right of suffrage, this god of
Whiggery says
aft or unfit TO be trusted with il, all
sigh for tina: privilege; and when they
have secured it, think themselves lords of
the creation at once. That charming idea
OfeOverning other people is particularly
intoxicating to those who cannot govern
themselves the gross, the ignorant, the
corrupt. 1t seems, to, give a peculiar
delight to men 10 deal mischief around
them, by mixing with those things which
they don't understand; and Ia which, hav-
ing next to no stake, they can hurt every
body more than themselves"
Mark the epithets upon tho henest
working men! "TAe gross--the ignorant
and corrupt" This is the man sir, WHO,
when sent with despatches toSoulh Amer
lea, was taken sick among the ',grsasy
mechanics" on board the vessel; and ship.
red midway the voyage over to Liverpool,
still claiming and receiving of the Secre
iary Of State (Mr. Clay his $780,
This may, in part, account for bis zsalous
devotion to Clay. Clay excused him, and
paid him, Notwithstanding he neglected
bic trust.
This man Peasants is the most odous
afibtOcTat in the country. In the name OF
pOlicy-in the name Of decensy Of selfE
.s..at tr. IL