Bloomington herald. [volume] (Bloomington, I. T. [Iowa]) 1840-1849, 1842-07-29
From the Democratic Rc"iew.
Thc E'hiy Regime ct lsHshiH stOn.


PAT,rNcE-pa,euce "a brief year and
half more, and Democratic congress will re-
assemble, aud the disgracerul spectacle of the
Wing rule, which has often and deeply suf-
fused The cheeks of both friend and foe, will be
at an end They cannot now continue togelh-
er more than few weeks three months al
thei. remaining session, will be the limit OF
their las, opportunity of making themselves r.
dIculouS; and they will then share the fate OF
their own log cabins, cider barrels and raccoon
skins, which the people, where they have mol
forgotten, remember only with blush Of min
ole regret and shame.
Patience, ,hen-pa'ience!-we say, for yet
brief year and half longer, and all will then
be well again. At the farhest, 1914 will
speedily come round-and 10y that time we
shall, have recovered all the three branches OF
tie Federal Government. the Executive and
Senate, as well as the House Of Representa-
lives. Nor will there then be any 3y. great q dan;
| ay,owipu themselves to he a second time en-
| framed hy so gross an imposture as that q
which tLey arc now tasting the bitter and hao-
seous fruits. Their hokkano 6aro, their "SfaHa
hun,bug-,o quote an appropriate expresS'o"
from HE dialect of the Gypsy race-has pay
| I'd its part and effected its object, and Is mol
likely ever TO be available agaIn-at least
within the memory Of the genea'loE winch ''a'
had one experiences OF H. :,
I, i, vain for them to talk Of 4 want OF har'
mony between their President and their parry
and 10 ascribe 10 that cause all the iniseraoie
and imbecile stumbling and staggering along
of,her party, in its possession OF power pul
chased at the cost Of so sad wear and tear
! whatever political conscience 1t ever possess
ed. That state OF things is maniteslIy iisei
blu, the effect of another and deeper cause
como back 10 the foundation Of their srganlza
ton As party. Why did they have recourse
TO so disc dceful system OF electloneeIin'
# tactics as tina, by which alone they GOV ih'
e powerl Why did they make themselves al
ID things to all men! Why did they select can
&c dida!es, from one of whom they allowed II
dis,inc, expressions to be elected OF Tue ieae
mo principles of policy whlch should Cover
his admjuls,ra,ion-an The other of who
was identified, by whatever political charac''
he possessed, with all that was antagonist
to the real designs Of the great majority
he their own leaders aud party! why we
they guilty Of the shameful treachery to the
only proper and natural leader IS party, pc
Clav-Gne, bold, and manly fellow that
was-of abandoning him for men whose -
yaiIabi,ity'' consisted only in noncomml:taIls
and Discrimination ! Why did they, IN u
- face Of all the manifest truths OF the great Law
Of trade and political economy, assume u
> responsibility OF promising to the people CO
sequences to follow change o! governmet
'oi the absurdi,y and impossbiIl'y OF which,
III the better informed intelligence OF their oN
party must have known perfectly well ~
system cf c!ectioneering-in connection WI
other modes of popular influence no more nc
orable than ths-bIought them into powe
and how could they expect, what right n
= they to expect, to be able TO govern the cot
,ry On any thing like distinct and harmo
w GUS system Of administration, through any
of men, representing the different elements
Dry such HETEROGENEOUS, discordant and chao
rabble OF party!
One Of the senseless impu,ations In VIII
our opponents are wont TO indulge against
- is what they term our spirit Of party ciscips
and union, keeping us together IN more &C
DIS pact aud steady organization, TO which u
SON mean to ascribe certain slavish want OF IN
). pendence OF thought and action. And this
sometimes hear them contrast with the op
EE site character claimed as a subject OF pride
their side, 10 which they attribute the gen,
, ascendancy maintained by vs., notwithstand
occasional temporary exceptions in the poll
,.;a Of the country. The existence Of ditfere
between the two parties in this respect is
). without foundation in fact, though the wi
ho,h misunderstood and msname it. 1t or
on simply out of the fact that the one party
5. a certain set of definite and distinct gen
principles. and the other has not. Inc
, ference is that between fleet OF vessels
:" ted for common voyage and provided I
nd - with compass, and one deprived OF that m