Washington telegraph., 1843-09-06

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in great qJandary about who shall be taeir
csndidIte for the Presidency. Calhoun, Van
Buren,, ] ,hnson, and Cass, are all recommend
ed, and the claims of each urged by his adhe-
rents, whilst the rest are represented as IN
worthy Of the office. How il this' II De-
mocrscy me ms IN adherence TO fixed principles,
how can Calhoun, Van Buren,, johnson and
Cass, all be true Democrats, when by the
Testimony of their supporters there isso marked
a distinction between them. The only way
we can reconcile the matter with onr notions
o, cons s,ency rs TO interpret moIern demccncy
to mean the support of any thing by which he
Interests of particular men may be prornrted,
altogether regardless of its cons guences 10 the
country. According 10 this constructionoi Of the
term, they are acting with some sort Of consis-
tency, by being inconsistent, ior unless De-
mocracy means the support Of any and every
thing which eIeh of these great lights may
choose TO recommend, we cannot account for
the jarrings and n,ai Guyreings Of the friends
of the d..Ierent candidates 10 have their favprite
nominated. The following abou democratic
harmony IS from the Louisville Journal;
DEM"cRATIc IIARaoSY.-We have no
doubI That l.e "Democracy," as IL is called,
is the inusi homogeneous and haTmOtions
body ever seen. heard, or smell. Its vsices
produce melody very similar 20 that which
we have heard in the vicinity of menagcric
aud beats the failed music of the Srens,
and the divine melody of the Spheres, all
hollow.
The "Dcnucracy" held "iovc- hasI-
N Cha'auque county, New York, late y, OH
which occasion they adopted some very
sanguinou- resolutions, in favor Of Wan Bu-
rem and hostile To Calhoun, johnson, Cass,
Buchanan and Tyler. Among other iling-
they resolved
That any atiemp, by tho public press
or individuals, io lesson or sever The high |
regard OF The Democratic party Of this State |
for their distinguished fellow-ciIizcn, Mar |
tin Van Buren,, can only be viewed as tiea-
SON 10 the Democratic principles VIC pro-
less." |
That is TO say, If The ''pubIic press rdarcs |
10 say a word IN favor of Calhoun's rullif-
caiion. Jnhnson's domestic relations, Cass's
popularity, Buchanan's federalism, q Ty- |
ler's conscience, it will be guilty of "trca- |
son 10 the Democratic principles II is |
reduced tO this, then. that, TO oppose Van |
BuTen IS TO oppose "lhe Democratic prin- |
cipics"--!n other words, that Van Brien is |
the Democratic principles impersonaied, |
Jusi as i Ter is treacherous principles i'm |
pei sonated, ~ John Jorcs is poeIicsl prin- !
cipics impersonaie6, or as Mr.. Van Buren's |
o!iicehu!ders were ihieving principles i'm |
personaIed. Well, we rejoIce that it has
al length been asceriained that Democratic
principles do exist and have tangible form. |
Ii used TO be .'iemocratc" TO applaud pro-
tcctivo tariffs. To worship Gen. Jackson,
aud 10 be IN favor of reforming Govern
ment abuses; now, however, the essence
of Democracy is 10 worship its incarnation
in the person of the reciuse of Underwood.
What is iobecomc OF Southern Democracy
and of Western Democracy, one of which
bends the knee 10 The Baai of Nulifica-
lion, and the oiher, with faith as bound
less as The ocean believes Col. johnson 10
10 be an embodiment Of fourih-proof Dem
ocracy, the very god Of war, the author Of
the Sunday Mail Report, and mos, fasii-
dious and tasteful hero in his uxorial ten
dencies. Heaven help us safely nur Of the
rookery we are getting into the merits Of.