The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1843-07-10
THE INTELLIGENCE OF THE PEOPLE.


IL seems TO us that the Globe and Richmond
Enquirer do great injustice to the People Of this
country when they represent or counlenance the
idea that the great revolution Of 1910 was ef
fecled by coon skins, hard cider, and sing
ing" Whatever may be the taste OF such ex-
hbtions Of popular feeling, sill they are effects
and not causes. They are but the modes IN
which popular eiiervescence bois over II
might as well be said that the bubbles on The
surface Of hot spring caused i, to boil. oi all
People on the face of the globe, the Americans,
from their social habits aud from their position,
spread over an extensive territory, and The great
BODY of them tillers of the EARTH are least likely
TO be affected by mummery and show. They
are still less likely to be induced by such means
to change their opinions OF public men, and to
withdraw their confidence from those they had
delighted to honor. Does any one believe that
"hard cider, singing, and coon SKINS" could
have shaken General Jackson's popularity The
very fact that such exhibitions became general
and were INDUCED in by immense masses, proves
that the ground was prepared fer them; that
there was something in the condition Of the
country or n the measures Of the Admnisra-
ton with which the People were dissatisfied,
and they were accordingly exhilara,ed by the
hope Of change, and INDUCED in such demon
STATIONS as can only proceed from, or be conso-
nant with, high state Of excitement. II is the
custom of Aristocrals, Of those who deny the ca
pacity of The People for self-government, to re-
present them as tools Of demagogues, liable TO
be operated on through their passions and ,preju-
dices, and led to results destructive to the inie-
rests and prosperity Of the country. Such,
however, is not the doctrine Of Democrats, and
we submit that those who would account for
which occurred in 1910 by "hard cider, sing
ing, and coon SKINS" do but follow in the wake
of the Arsiocrats and Tories Of Europe and
America, and pay Sorry compliment to the in
teligence, integrity, and patriotism Of their fs-
low citizens.
II, then there must have been some cause for
the change, other than that assigned by The
Globe aud other papers, is it not the part OF wis
dom to inquire what that cause was, and how
far it may operate at another election to produce
the same resuit2
Without entering into discussion of the me-
rils or dement's of the SubTfeasury, does moi
every observing and ref, ctiug man know that it
was condemned by the People, and that partcu-
larly what were called the specie clauses were
regarded as the comme cement of system 10
abolish all paper credits, and introduce hard mo-
ney as The exclusive medium for all public and
private transactions
The question, then, presents itself, what are
the probabilities Of success fvr thuse men who,
having already been broken down by the weight
of this measure, shall again present themselves
to the Peope for their votes, with the same
dead weight upon their shoulders Is it the
part of prudence TO hazard the great and ad-
mitted principles of the Republican party, by
trusting their fate to the success of modern
project. wholly unknown to The Fathers of the
Democratic school? prof ct, as it is well
known, originated by Federalist, jealousy OPP
posed by the whole Democratic party, and to
which they never gave a cordial assent.
Are they true Democrats do they properly
appreciate the inestimable value of the funda-
mental principles of the Republican parry
principles which Jefferson, Madison and Temp
kins maintained, and which saved the country
heretoiore-when they insist upon presenting
to the People an issue that has already been
tried and on which their verdict has been re-
corded 2
We throw out these hints for the considera-
ton of rejecting men. At future day we
may pursue the subject.