Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1842-08-09
By conlenf Oh lhe Convention.

from Senator Allen OF Ohio, which wal
ordered TO be published in the genera
proceedings:
WAsHTNoroN City, 23d July, 1912.
Ny Dear Sir:
j Your obliging letter OF the Sih inst
came TO me,severaI days since, and wOulC
have been Immediately answered, but FOL
the pressure of business with which
could not dispense.
] would be grati6ed, / assure you
were il in my power TO sttend, as you in
vite me, the young mems State Gonven.
Iion on the 2Sth inst.s should be graft.
fed for other reasons, but especially so,
that might there be able TO take once
more by the hand, hundreds Of the noble
spirits whom il has boen my pride 10 call
personal, as we'll as political friends, and
with many Of whom became first &C.
quainted, wheL traversing the State TO
offer my aid in the contest Of '2S, and in
the more terrible struggle of 40. But
the madness of the dominant majority,
seems likely 10 make this session Of
Congress as long, as il has already made
II odious, and | have, therefore, no pros,
pect Of being present in person-in soul
and in sentiment, however, ! shall be with
the democracy then, and always whilst
have reason enough left to appreciate the
value Of freedom.
When the Convention meets, il win find
The federal government, for the FIRST time,
brought down by It's own acts, in sixteen
months Of the profoundest peace, 10 a
point of distress as low aud as humlia.
ting, as could well have resulted from
the most prOlraeted and disastrous war
The great calamity is The first born off
spring of Federalism since it assumed
the nnme of whiggery, and embodied
its principles aud its passions, in
The form Of a National A5ministra-
ton.
For many years prior to 1910, the
leaders of that party had been busily col
lecling into common focus, all the de-
ceased elements o society. In that year
they found the public mind frelfull and
restless. They found thousands diScon-
tented, whom the reaction Of their own
system of currency and credit had ruined
They found banks, bankruptcy, 'idolness,
avarice, rapacity impudeHce, venality,
proAjgac cupidily and franc, all stand
ing ready to league with ambition, for the
power and plunder Of the country. The
league was formed, and every feeling of
TIM human neart, that lay within the reach
of terror or corruption was then stimu-
lated into revolt against the democratic
party. The prices ofall things we've sud
denly reduced, because the politicians
had prompted the banks thus TO aggravate
the public distress, by the reduction of
their discounts and circulation. The
people were openly treated with contempt
by the brutality of the appeals made to
their senses. Fraud and folly, the most
criminal and ridiculous, were employed
to dioerl their attention, bewilder their
minds, and mislead their action. To az
feet their lnagnations, every thing from
the gorgeous ensign ofthe republic with
It's stars and stripes streaming from its
haIyards, down TO the skinof the m st
loaihsOme skunk, was displayed to the
popular eye. Globes aud cabbins. ban
ners and bushes, barrels and brutes, har.
rangue and music. rOvelry and feasting,
the song and the bottle, imprecaiions,
blasphemy, badges aud buffn0nerv; all
things that could minister to confusion,
were made to chime in The general din.
Reason was silehced IN the turmoil, and
truth, for once in our country, yielded its
empire 10 falsehood, fraud and .frivOlHy.-
II these leaders cOndescendrd Tor a mo
ment to speak seriously 10 the people, il
was but to denOUnce things as abuses,
which did not exist, and to make pIedg- |
es OF reform they never-intended to ful
fl. They deplOred the scarcity Of money
they had themselves occasioned, and
promised abundance on their accession
to power. They condemned removal
from Office for the sake of opinion, and
invoked Heaven TO witness that this
practice should cease. They promised
thetunfortunate a repaTaiion Of his for.
tunes-the laboreE an increase Of his wa
ges--lhe former 10 addition to his prices
the hope less fevery description the
qualification of being soon surprised in
their dependency, by the timely bounty
Of Cove rnmeut, TO be distributed among
them. To the nation at large they prom
iscd opulence and conteniment, the re-
storalion Of law and order the healing Of
all wOunds-the restoration Of all rights
die reparation Of all wrongs-the cure
Of all ills-the remedy of all Disorders
the observance Of all obligations-the re-
duction fail the burthens--e economy in
all things--security, plenty and happiness
to all men. Thus was excited every pas
sion Of our nature, to it's EXTREMIST lin
II, BY all the means which the joint ener-
lgies Of ambition and rapacity cUuld EN-.
lploy. Thus was the public heart torn and
llscerated--the public mind stung and
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