Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1842-08-09


gOaded--and thus was an administratiO
conducted BY men Of honor, ability an'
lpltriotism, undermined and overthrow
BY The most stupendOus conspiracy iha
ever yet wasleyeIed against the libertie
Ofa free people.
What was theresultg
On the 4tb Of March, 1S4l. the Who'll,
power Of the country changed b, nds; NJ
Van Buren, and his friends retired with
out murmur, and gave place TO Gen
Harrison and his. The event of the con
lest had been known, and from that no.
ment, prescription for opinion, ceased to
be crime. Throughout the land one
wild and universal cry was heard for the
blood and bread Of the Democrats in Of
fee. Before he had left the banks Ol
the Ohio, the President elect was beset
by intruders without numbeI, and i'm
pOrtunities beyond the power Of grafi6ca-
lion. On bis arrival in the Capital. he
found il talready besieged by thousands
who had trooped together from all paris
of the Union, TO demand Of him the
spOils of a conquered country. There
was an impatient ferocily in their looks,
like that OF a rapscious soldiery, when
restrained for a moment from the sack
and pIunder Of subjugated city. He
was man SCARED with the aiIirmities of
age-Of heat, believe, thai found no
pleasure in the passion Of revenge, and
therefore, when left TO himself, was dis
inclined to aflict without cause upon SO
many men, the miseries of general re-
moval. But neither his infirmities nor
his feelings were respected BY his victo
riOus Par,zans; and on the very first day
Of his power, within ten minutes after the
official oath was administered, and whilst
he was yet descending the eastern porti.
co of the Cayilol, his friends in the SEN
ale admonished him Of the haste he was
expected 10 make in the execution Of
ven5eance, and the disrribution OF spoil,
by submitting in that body the following
resolution:
"ResOlved, That Blair and Rives be
dismissed as primers of the Senate for
the twenty seventh Congress-"
On the seventh day after this resolu.
tion was passed, and thus were these de-
fenceless citizens, without a crime, OF e.
ven charge against them, but that Of
their opinions, deprived Of their contract
sOlemnly made with the SenAe-their
bond anunlled, and all the expenses they
had incurred TO execute the work thrown
as dead loss upon them. Here was an
example the President was expected to
follow; and from that day to the day of
his final affection, whether in his mansion
or in his walks, in public or in private,
under all circumstances, and at all times,
the Office seekers still clustered around
him. II was not the plea of his infeFmi-
ties, or that Of his arduous duties, moi
was It the lifting Of his timewithered hand
with gesture to retire, that could re
move the dense mass who pursued and
importuned him.
In spite of all these, they followed
him up, swarming upon him still thicker
every hour, until at last, like hornets, they |
stIng him TO death. Nor we're the ter
rors Of death he'd, or the solemn condi-
ton of an expiring man, sufficient 10 81 /
lence their clamors or stay for an instant |
the removals his subordinates were max.
ing in his name. For. upon the authori-
ty Of that name, though insensible him
self, and sinking to the grave, the more |
cruel Of his counselIOrs continued TO swing |
the axe of execution, as if determined,
that the las mortal sound which broke
upon the ear Of the dyingPresldent should
be, not the sound Of prayer, or the filial
sob, but the dstressful scream Of vict-
ime struck down in his presence. And
even after his death, and the translation
ofhis remains from the Capital to the |
west, democrats were spurned from Office
upOu the sole allegation, that he, in his
life, had intended their removal.
Such was the first result; and what was
the next!
i They had declared the country ruined
b, democratic COUNCILS. They had de-
cared the single objectof their own ad
vent to be its imme 1iate redemptiOn.-
Yet, not withstandng this, no sooner did
they find themselves all powerful, and
the people all powerless, than did they
begin TO disclose other objects far differ
ent from that-objects in their tendency,
ruinous TO every interest they had prom
ised to foster, save the interest Of the
few against tn g rights Of the many, and
blasting 10 all the hopes they had labor
ed to excite save the hopes Of the raPa-
cious, for the plunder of the Government
But to disclose such objects, was danger
Gus, il their execution was delayed 1
was important, therefore, and well they
knew il, TO forge and rivit their system of
measures upon the country, whilst the
public mind was yet feverish and fighy,
from the inflammation of the recent strug
gle. Strike whist the iron IS hot! was
the signal passed to his followers, BY h'm
who speak for the whole, and by all was
obeysd. Let not the people cool down;
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