The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1843-12-01
THE DEMAGoGuIsM OF DEMoCRAc-

THE DEMAGOGuISM OF DEMOCRACY
The Editor of the Standard said,
" Democracy aad Demagoguism are insep
arabic" This we do not believe; but Ger.
tainly, they have discovered wonderful
affinity within the past few years. During
the progress OF the last Presidential Cam
palgn, their Presses and Orators were loud
and untlring IN their appeals to the intelIi.
gence and virtue Of the people; then, the
soulless corporations, the aristocracy Of the
country, were arrayed against the rights
and liberties Of the people with them alone,
was to be found the patriotism of freemen.
To their decision Democracy apealed-to
their verdict, Democracy looked with un.
shaken confidence, that they would sustain
the party and its prlncip pies at the ballot
box, snd thus administer a signal rebuke 10
the Wings, who. they declared. did nos be
lieve the people capable OF self government.
The Issue was made up and fairly tried BY
the jury oftheir choice, and the contest end
ed IN an overwhelming aud disgrnceful de.
feat. What was the course Of The so called
Democracy IN this situation? Did they car.
~ into practice The cardinal maxim of their
creed. that the majority should govern 2
Did they bow 10 silence 10 tho decision oil
that people, whose judgment they had In
yoked ! Let their Presses answer. No
sooner was the result Of the election known,
Than the wal Of Disappointment was heard
I from one end OF the Union - the other; the
standard of resistance TO the will of that ma.
Jority was raised, and the repeal Of their
measures threatened before the Officers Of
their choice had entered upon the admins
tralinn Of The Government. Nor was this
all IN the delirium Of their rage, they law
lshed upon the people, whom they had SO
recently fawned upon and fatisred, the most
degrading charges which vindictiye malice
could invent. The unterriied Democracy
who, bu, few months before, had been the
burden oil their praises, had now become
degraded to level with The bru,es had
baHered their principles for a "gourd Of
hard cider" and might then " be seen nth
their drunken faces peeping through the
cracks of their Log Cabins" The few
offlcehoIders and expec.oots, who had chung
TO Mr.. Van Buren, and his lalien fortunes,
we're alone pure; the great mass Of the PEG.
pie were tainted with fraud and perjury,
and had been bough. and sold like sheep in
toe market Nor were these charges pre-.
ierred against Wigs Twelve months
preceding the election, the De nocratic par
~ were IN the majority in thirds oil the
States OF the Union; al that election, they
were beaten in nineteen States, and By
popular majority of One Hundred and Gftg
thousand ootes. Thus, in less than two
years, at least two hundred thousand, free
men had voluntarily abandoned party With
whom they could no longer ACT, and the
organs OF thai party have the unblushing
Impodence TO assert that this result was
effected BY fraud and corruption If this
charge De true, are the people capable of
sef-gorernment If this charge be true,
what must be the condition of the Demo
cratic party Z A party, thus declared by
their leaders to be capable Of being pur.
chased with money and hard ciderl But
does any candid man believe this charge
Do the authors themselves believe al
Admit Il TO be true that every effort was
made to bFlbe and seduce the people, will
1t be believed that party IN the minority,
without power and without patronage,
should succeed TO such an extent, when in
competition with a powerful party in pos
session of the Government, headed by
band Of forty thousand Officeholders, whose
bread depended upon success, and whose
salaries we're taxed IN numerous instances
to pay hired DULLES for driving their oppo
nents from the polIsl The eupposltion is
Of Itself, absufd-lhe charge prepostorous
and only serves to show the desperate char
acter Of the cause which requires such sup
port, and the unbounded confidence of lis
authors IN the ignorance aud gulhbil,y of
Inc party for whose beneti, il is made
Raleigh Register.
A GOOD FACE ON THE MATTER.