The North-Carolina standard., 1843-05-03

tnaI unless his IclIoW-IIN@S ''0:
made aware of their danger, could be induced to
face their domestic opponents with the same prom
titude and energy as they had faced their foreign
ones. the means of safety would depart withthe
final adjournment of the Continental Congress,
and mig ght never be regained. The interval was
perilous Peace had in a measure promoted
relapse into former habits:-the prejudices ofear-
ly educaton old feelings, always the warmer
after renewal of an interrupted intercourse =
the leaven of still but stimulating toryism and
the influence of the only literature then circula-
ting all combined with keen appetite for the
long withheld gains of commerce with the
"Mother COuntry,' to leopard the only fruits
worth ripening or reaping by the sacrifices and
tolls of Rebellion.
1t would involve too serious draft upon your
time on this occasion to develope the manner in
which the disadvantages and embarrassments of
their position were encountered by the Patriarch
of our party and his affiliated republicans in each
of the States 1t was amidst the ensuing collisions
of patriotism and of intellect, prolonged through
the memorable era of96, that the Constitution was
happily moulded now is, and that the creed of
Democracy as contradistinguished from Federal
ism, was matured How distinctly this creed fol-
lowed out the beneficent maxims and motives of the
Declaration of independence, how effcctually it
foreclosed all backward tendencies or impulses
and how truly worthy it is of undiminished re-
gard and implicit conformity may be seen by
merely and briefly recurring without a comment,
to some of its principal features ;thIs-
l. The essential legal equality Of human be-
ings;
2 The people, the only source of Legitimate
power;
g. The absolute and lasting severance of church
from State;
4. The freedom, sovereignty, and independence,
of the respective States;
S. The Union, confederacy or compact
neither consolidation, nor a centraliza-
6. The Constitution of the Union special
written grant of powers limited and def
mite.
Again
l. No hereditary office, nor order, nor title;
2. No taxation beyond the public wants;
8. No national debt if possible;
4. No costly splendor of administration;
5. No prescription of opinion nor of public
discussion;
6. No unnecessary interference with individual
conduct, property, or speech;
7. The civil paramount to the military power.
And again
l. The representative to obey the instructions
of his constituents;
g No favored classes and no monopolies
8. Elections free and suffrage UNIVERSAL
4. No public moneys expended except by war
rant fspecifc appropriation
5. No mysteries in government inaccessible to
the public eye;
6. Public compensation for public services, mo-
derate salaries, and pcrvading economy
and accountability.
The election of Jefferson TO the Presidency, by
the people of the United States, constituted their
first authentic and emphatic ratification of the en-
tire Democratic creed. He was unquestionably
both its chief author and representative. His ad-
ministration throughout illustrated and enforced
its propositions with all their resulting and SUBJ
sidiary deductions and doctrines and what was
the consequence why, such was the extraordina-
ry impulse given to prosperity and progress
such the enlargement of our means and popula-
tion our contentment, and our confidence, that
in the short period of twelve years. this infant re-
public was firm enough, and strong enough, and
rich enough, and bold enough, sngle-handed and
to cope with the mghtiest of veteran
nations May ask, fellow-citizens, whether it be
to say that the wonderful achieve
ments and refulgent close of the war of 1872
obstructed, resisted denounced decried and thwart-
ed as that war was by the antagonists of his sys-
em, should be gratefully accep pied as an attested
sanction of Providence on his labors and his pur-
poses? and whether there was not something akin
% revelation, which should aw ethe incredulous in
he tranquil manner in which, at the age of 49, |
ne accompanied, it were hand in hand, his ear
y compeer, later competitor, and final proselyte
% rejoin another, even more glorious than either al
he bar of eternity, the fiftieth anniversary of
he Declaration of Independence and within the
very hour on which he had affixed his immortal
name to that immortal instrument?
Thus far, am disposed, fellow-citzens, to con-
'ider the tribute of renown accumulated upon the
neritorious life of Jefferson, as immeasurably and
Justly exceeding washington apart) that of any
'ther man. His triumph as the amelorating re-
ormer Of the principles and practices of govern
nent was, while he yet lived, signal and assured:
it has since widened and deepened; and it is
till hourly advancing, expanding and strengthen
ng. The shoot that he planted at "7Ne Raleigh
Iauerm'' in 1869, found genial soil, and has
amid occasional frosts but with con-
tant sunshine, until its roots have pierced in
0 and grappled the granite mass, and its foliage
blossoms and gltters in all directions. Every
material change of law, and we know how un-
easingly throughout the twenty-six States such
hanges occur-and every modification of organic
tructure and theory,-not unfrequent either@are
rompted and adapted, more or less, to effectuate
lis plans and bear constantly renewing homage
D the presence and power of his genius. No ad-
general or local, political or munich
al, deems itself safely started, without formal