Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1843-06-10

,se party
nd This brings liz back 10 The old a%ueAiIb
Are the peopls competent 10 cavern The,
~ selves What wa have said fenearnt,
,f The virtue and intelligence hf The Poop
h. has been said fer The express nurpese
no proving That they are not competent
~ govern themselves. 3
If The people are 10 be governed Al n
:. there must he n power distinct from the
md above them. sufficient 10 gevet
them Nav. can the people create III
power1 VIII they voInmfariiv place n psu
or above them. which ran govern them
and therefore 10 which they must submi
whether they choose 10 submit ~ not I
go, wa must cease. when they have 9
done. 10 talk Of srif government. or &
government hy ee1sahf If The governed
t"r fhis teWn,. whatever u be-. whai, 20
ln1Hfl, trust be. when constituted. dis
t'""t from th' people, and tirtr sovereign
II tho people have IL snyetrtao, they rnn
Nit be ttefaar'Yes snvatatnr. % d
nap'nHraH} Is tins,,naI with liz to men I,
The ssvefaIgnty u he people as the bod
lfh''tit and tlte sovereignty If the pnnple
again ia sb tnpAttuetl HAT IL becomes nj.
most impossible ts draw ank line Of die.
t~ihttlon between HE Atiiei, Of ttb taople
legally otganized as Tho State, Ind The nc.
ton Of the people ne n mob. The bsdpis
~ n legal or ~Pelitical aehep, property speak
ing. nave no existence. nj entity, there.
fore no rights. ne enrereignty. On We when
ofganised into The body polite . and then
their action is legitimate only when done
through the forms which tho bedy Itself
has prescribed. Vel we have seen it con.
tended. md t." an Attaining extent. that
The people. even outside and independent
OF The etganisn, exist no much no In II,
and are as sovereign , md That n i%nAinFi.
ty@tye. n bare majority tountsd BY tltHths
aelvos@=sf The inhabitants Of any given
lerfit.ty. have The right. If dissatisfied
with the existing bfgHnistt', 10 some 10.
geiher. informally, wistout any references
10 existing Huthor,tieh. md institute n new
iofM bf gbverntheht. which shall IegMs
maieiy siiFerzeds the old, md 10 which all
The inhabitants Of The territory shall owe
allegiance | Admit this dbbtfins, and we
ask on friends who have. wa must be.
lieve. hastily and without reflection adopt
ed il. what distinctions they Would make
between The people and The mob
The definition Of the word demstrafy. |
given in tho next paragraph, strikes uH IA
the most lucid aud correct ws havs ever
seen. How remarkable tho difference be.
tween democracy as hare explained. and
mo democracy Of the United States ma
understood nj tho present day |
This paragraph alone 10 worth a years
subscription TO The Democratic Revlsw.1
Democracy. in eur judgment. has been
wrongly defined 10 be n form Of govern
'nent il should be understood Of the end,
rather than Of The means. and he regarded
as n principle rather than - form. Tbs
.hd I'VE afe to aim nj, IL The Freedom and
'fogreHs Of all men. especially Of Tho poor.
sRt and noRt numerous class. He IN n de.
who goes for The highest neral,
Intellectual. and physical elevation Of The
ttrnt inasH Of tho people. especially Of the {
abofing population. IN distinction ffsm n {
'pee1ni devotion 10 tho interests and plea. I
ut ihs weAlthier, moro refined, OF ,
nsre distinguished few. But The meat s !
y which this elevation ID 10 bo obtained, j,
re moi necessarily tbs institution Of the 4
democratic form Of government.
ft,tc bas h..,., kr,r t,,,at.t.z III. Eu.,. 4,
'eth quite too ready To conclude that If II
W hs'ly once succeed In establishing b.. I
iortney,-nnlverHaI suffrage and el,gibl. q
~, without constitutional restraints on :
he potter Of the people.-as II fern of n
.overnnent, the end will follow M II mat, i
~ "f course. The considerations we have &
ddnted, we think prove 10 The contrary. d
II llnp been anid, ihnt mankind ntc nj. @
'aya divided INTO Two parties, enc Of '
hjch may bu called the Stationary Party, "
u "lhct the NaHalnont Patty. ct Patty p
HtaEJeas N.lhaps II IL So Il 20, ali # n
Il W." nav. ANY I4et conceptions e our /.
'ar0""d. dua "i on, duty 10 oi fellow. .
must arrange ourseises. on The side CT
wv I'l'S'IIifttts b"h ~ 4b9tNiEisHi " q.
If IL divided into two settions,--one Tho VI
'dical section, seeking progress by dc. H. =,
tnction the other the conservative sec. ~
an, seeking progress through and in ODE IA
to existing institutions. Without 70
king whether the rule nppliea beyond ce
IT own country, we contend that the con. OF
.rvative section is tho only one that "A o.
Use man can call his own. In youth we '.
81 differently. We had evil around us ; =,
q are IN "A dungeon loaded NIL over with "a
'ains We cannot mako n single free in
ovement and w utter ono long, lond. VI
dtgnant protest against whatever is. We Of
oil then that we can advance religion 10
ny by destroying the Church learning y
lily by breaking dswn tho universities ; OF ,~
I'd freedom only by abolishing tho State. co
'tll, this is one method Of progress but SC
o nsk, has II ever been known to be sue. We
Suppose that We succeed in de. Gu
the old ediice, in sweeping pr
way all thu, The i,umen race has been ac- sn
'mruIating for the last six thbnsand years, u u
hal have we gained? Why, we are back a.,
nere we were six thousand years ago ha
ID without any assurance that the hu- ha
mn race will not fe.assurne its old course
ID rebuild what we have destroyed. ic;
As we grow older. sadder.. md wiser. tn
ID pass from IdeaIists to Realists, we &c
ange nil this, and learn that the only ".
lie way of carrying the race forward Is 20
rough its existing institutions. We plant at
~rselyes, if on tho sad. still on the firm "
sIitv of thinrs. and enn.ent Ourselves to