Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1842-09-06

'a"u Out he may avoid the payment Of
!. the duty upon French silks and EngIisb
d broad.clOihs, by not using them, IF all
a the naiions OF the world would throw O.
. pen their ports, and admit our surplus
| produce, such as pork and -four. into
Y their markets free Of charge / would have
e no objection 10 free trade. But under
b existing circumstances, we must meet
them on their own ground, by paying
, counter Vailing duties upon their mann.
faciures, imported and brought INTO our
, markets for sale.
notwithstanding that we are blessed
} by Providence in a peculiar manner-it
must be admitted that we, as people.
are in state Of pecuniary embarrass
ment In the midst of abundance we are
in want. This, in my opinion, has result.
ted from the fact, that during the last
few years we, aA a people, have depart.
ed greatly from the simple, plain, and e.
economical manners of our fathers; and TO
the ultra violence Of party spirit No per,
son who has been a close and critical 0 b.
server Of passing events, but must be sat.
isfed that the spirit of party has been
carried TO entirely loo great an excess
within the last few years. The Consitu-
ton itself, being the result of mutual con
cesslon aud compromise, amidst a variety
of conflicting interests and opinions, the
Government for several wears was admin
slered in very much the same spirit, and
the wisdom of such a course was evinced |
in the unbouDded and increasing pros
perity of the whole country. Until lately.
had aattersd myself that the acknowl-
edged obligation on the part ofour Gov.
ernment to maintain that condition was as
| firmly fixed as lis republican character.
| h I'd the best reason to think So, because
knew it 10 be principle in our poiiii,
cial policy, which had for its support all
that is instructive in experience, and ven
erabIe in authority. That authority is no
less than the parting admonitions of the
| Father of his country. The earnest, ell
oquent, and impressive appeals upon this |
subject, contained in his Farewell Ad,
dress, are yet, and will, trust, long re-
main fresh in our recolecions, nor were
the sentiments he thus avowed mere spec
ulative opinion, founded upon an abstract
consideration of the subject. They are
sentiments maured by reflection and con-
irmed by actual experience, of the prac-
teal results which had arisen from man.
Hesitation and development Of the spirit
and character he so ardently and so just
ly deprecated.
have all my life, or at least ever since
| was old enough to take an interest in
public affairs been, in great degree, op
posed to the caucus system. have ev.
er looked upon the system with suspi
ciou; believing il TO be nothing more nor
lass than piece of POLITICAL machinery,
invented and propelled by POLITICAL men
in order to accomplish POLITICAL purposN
es, anil to ensure their own personal ag.
grandisement. The direct tendency of
the whole system is TO enable the mnori-
~ to control the majoriy,-the few the
many. One or two Influential men die.
tate to the caucus and the caucus to the
country. BY this means the door is com.
pletely thrown open 10 personal aud po-
lticial favoritism. Instead Of selecting men
ON account of their qualifications, or firm,
ness and stability Of moral character,
these men acting through the medium Of
the Convention and doing that Indirect
lS which they could not directly frequent
ly force upon US some Of their own per-
sonal or political relatives or friends
The offices Of county and state thus i'm
mediateIy become the objects of bargain
and intrigue. A startling fact it is ad-
mitted, bur none too startling to be true.
The ultimate consequences are obvious,
unless indeed, an effective remedy be ap-
piled. II is a doctrine of fearful import,
and one which has within itself the seeds
of its own destruc tion.
do not wish TO be understood as OBJ (
iec,iug to party or society OF men, pos
sessing certain political principles or o. Q
pinions; the success ofwhich they regard i
essential to The welfare of the county 5
uniting upon man by common Consent' Il
to practically carry out, or represent these q
nrinciples. 1t is to making the fact wheth' 4
or he is a strict partv man, the all ABB t
sorbiug question. We do not elect man "
tn represent party, but the whole com n
muni,v. 1t is the privilege of the people P
=, uniis upon candidate. But let them b
do so of their own free will and acco'o' d
Let everv man have his full liberty per $,
feet Freedom in this matter. Do nor get u
nm caucus 10 select man tor hun, ana "
,ben insist upon his abiding by their de- Il
o;s;on wbether il meets with The aPPro Il
b,tion Of his better Judgment or not, up I"
~ r.in oF being charged with derelictlOn a
oF % dn,v and unfailhfulness TO the party =
Of which he is considered member a
Lot candidates come oat on their own t
Individual merit-make known their prin {
ciples. and run upon their own weight of :
character. This is the old method. II d
10 the best method. Were this the prac~ O