Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1843-05-06
Genuine Democracy.

True and genuine Democracy is the Unborn,
godke principle Of the human mind. Ii embra
ces all the virtues of the patriot, and constitutes
the cardinal attributes Of MAN. Democracy
equality 10 the rights Of oil men, and that gov
ernment is most Democratic wherein the people
have the greatest power. The holy love Of llb-
ery that pervAdsd the hearts of our forefa Tiers
IN the days OF the to~eIu'i.- -. .'. .i;.i. Of
Democracy. They had been down.trodden by
the arbitrary power of corrupt aris,ocracy,
and TO assert and maintain the inalienabe rights
Of all men. they broke the yoke which had gall
ed their necks. They disavowed their allegiance
to The hereditary power of the British govern
ment and establish form Of government,
wherein the people should hold tho supreme
power. The pure democratic spirits Of the pa
triots of that day, purified they had been by the
FIRE Of q seven years war, and perfected by the
experience Of few years. adopted form of gov
eminent, calculated to protect every maj ia his
quality Of rights. In jus, administration of the
sfairs Of this government, that protection still ex
lists; bu, how long it will remain rests with the
people to determine. We have no reason 10 doub,
to what their decision will be. They have
still triumphed, signa!ly triumphsd, when called
upon to and defend the institutions Of the
county, and they will continue to maintain them
In these latter days however, there 10 q false
spirit Of Democracy abroad. That pnFty in this
country who appropriate to themselves exclusive
~ the name of Democrat and who may be found
continually preaching MISUNDERSTANDING for
themselves all the patriotism Of the land, in
sdousy endeavoring to deceive the people to
their true aim. We copy below few extracts
from the Democratic Review the accredited Of
gan Of the loco party exposing in true colors the
principles Of the party. Mr.. Brownson is,
we believe, one of the editors Of the Review and
the extracts below are from his pen. With his
character, as lender Of tina, party,-as their
most applauded orator and writer, the reader is
doubtless familiar. He was rewarded by Mr.
Van Buren, for the services he had rendered the
party with a lucrative Office, and is regarded
the High Priest Of locofocoism by all the party
"We are in shis country, we democrats and ALL mos,
inco,rigible ars,ocrats We ALWAYS using the word
people European designating unpriy
eyed many, distinction from the privileged few. But
of the word really inadmissable-
We the literary the refined the wealthy The fashion
able We are people as well a. our poorer and more coarse
iy mann.red and clad neghbo We all people
couny, the merchant, the banker the broker the manua
the lawyer, the doctor, tbs office holder the Office
seeker the Scholar and the gentleman less than far
mechanic, and the factory operative We do
well TO forget this For ourselves We always remember It,
aud therefore, when sIghtugy of the intelligence
and eff the people, is Of the who'll. people.
particular class which includes necessarily
who speak well those whom speak. When,
then. call what usually said about virtue and
telgehce OF the people ali humbuy, do the
word ia it. European and speak dsparaging
ly Of the intelligence OF pleoeians distinguished from
patrcians, of the '.basebon distinguished from the
''wel-born' for the distinctions here implied do
this country, and should not BE recognized
speech
ITO praise the people here for their and in,e
Is either feel ourselves above ihsn
and praise them solely because We wish 10 them
tellgence and capacity The people should beware of
honeyed voices perpe,uay sounding their He
monarchy viii fater the monarch ari.iocraey
VII fswn round the great will democracy fatter the