The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-05-25
From the Boston Mercantile Journal.
BEWARE OF DEMAGOGUES.

1t is with much pain that those Of citizens who
are truly attached to a Republican form Of Govern
ment who able to appreciate the blessings of the
Government which we now ENJOY, and who would
sacrifice much to secure the perpeuty of our insttu-
tons, have witnessed spirit of anarchy prevailing
and increasing in different parts of the country within
the last few years. An mpatience under the re-
strants of just laws-a disposition to disregard order
in society, and to let the passions take the place of
and justice have been manifested to an alarm
ing degree of late and call imperavely for
tive in public opinion. DEMAGoGuEs have exercised
too much influence in society-prejudces have been
strengthened-the ignorant have been misled-iase
and dangerous principles have been incucated, and
base attempts have been made by ambitious but de-
PRAYED politicians to gain popularity by seeking to
ray portion of the people against another, Intel
ect, uncontrolled by the moral feelings, has been
ercised for the basest purposes and the effects are
beginning to be seen in the prevalence OF disorgan
zing DOCTRINES and deficiency of respect FOR the
constituted authorities, which augur the approach of
evils of magnitude, and cause wise and good men to
doubt, at times the permanence of the noble Const-
tuition under which live, and which Is wisely
framed to secure the rights of all being based the
power of the people, and must be supported by know
| ledge and goodness.
We believe that principal cause of this extension
of Jacobincal principles, is the vruence Of party
spirit, which has ragged through the land for the last
dozen years, to an extent which has been seldom wit
messed in any counry-and il has too often been the
have exercised their tremendous influence in rousing
the passions of men, in expressing sentiments at war
with truth, in bowling to espediency, and counting po-
pularty, instead of acting according to the dictates
of conscience and enlightened understanding.
We would fain hope that the vrulent hostility be-
tween the two great political parties, will now
The good Of the country and the ,ceVTe of the People
require some attention from the General Government
and our citizens. "The good of the party should
no longer be the watchword, and ambitious who
avow doctrines which they despise, and state false
hoods for facts for the sake of dccevng their hear
ers readers, order to gain popular favor, should
be treated with the and contempt which they
merit And after all, the great principles of the two
political parties in this country virtually the
All are in favor of the Republican Constitution,
which protects the liberty the property and the lives
of aall profess to be friendly to the just admins
tration of the laws of the land made by the Repre-
sentatives of the Peope-all profess TO approve of
good order, and avow feelings of deep interest in be-
half of the great body of the People wishing to
Tighten the ignorant reform the vicious, and amelio-
rate the condition of the poor and the sufiering-a
profess wish to promote education oppose selfish
and aristocratc doctrines on the hand and alght
which leads to Reorganization or umult on the other
We repeat there is real cause for cherishing these
bitter feelings of political strife which are engender-
ed for their own ACKNOWLEDGMENT by unprincipled
men-who would willingly "play the fiddle while
Rome was burning if it would contribute to their
own interest increase their power or notoriety.
Once again we say, BEWARE OF THESE DEMAGoGrEs,
from what quarter soever they may come