The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1844-05-25


cepiion ,hs, they used; and they will sgsin
use every means fair and foul 10 establish
their purpose. We have every evidence Of
this from their forming their Clay Clubs
calling themselves Jefferson democrats. -
But change their names as they may; they
do not change their sentiments. You may
call leopard lamb, bn, il will not any The
more possess ,he ne,ure of lamb. s,
,yoa may call blue ligh, federslist repub
licsn; a wbig, or democrat, or q national
republican, or democratic whig The change
in the name is only decoy wherewith to
catch the unsuspecling. Then if you would
avoid recurrence of the gag law, and re
tain and hand down 10 posleriIy unmPared
your republican form of government.
and all your civil and religious insti
tn ions prevent your. territory from being
given, piece meal, 10 ,he enemies of YOU
country, look well to The cause espoused
and advocated by those who ask your SUI
frages. lf they be talented as Themis'
toCles of Greece, and have, like him, bar
tered away their innocence for gold and Cor
mammon, or sold the votes of their state,
trust them not. The man who has once
sold his reputation and independence for q
few shining dollars, or betrayed The known
and expressed will Of his constituency al
any time; has set himself up for sale TO the
highest bidder, and clearly and unquestion
ably shown 10 all who wish 10 see it, lha,
he is ready and willing 10 desert his friends
and sell his country, so that he may but
crafty his ambition. Such has been the
course of Henry Clay. In 1925 he solo
the vote Of his own state to John Q.hdams,
and'received in pay the appointment OF Sec
retary of Stale. His friends have since
given 10 iheir allies, the Lords of Grea, Bri
tain, part Of the State Of Maine, and still
more recently they voted TO give them the
territory Of Oregon. What does this show
but that they are ready and willing 10 do
any thing to accommodate their foreign al.
lies. Does not this SAVIOR much Of the spirl!
of oldgtoryism! Does it not show that
there is ia the republic an active and rest
less spiri, al woik adverse to republican
principles? Does il not show tha, there are
men Of great talents who, Thems,icles like,
have abandoned the principles of honesty
and given loose reign 10 the fascinating
power of ambition; and who like Thems
tices, having once had their sentiments cor
ruPted with the power Ct gold, are now
ready IN order 10 crafty that ambition
to s,oop TO thousand degradiag vices, ant
make use of every means of deception to
gain power. The elements for the over
throw Of this republic are already al work
and if not speedily checked, the day il
not far distant when the name Of American
now looked mp to with admiration, ant
hailed as the friend of mankind Throughout,
The world. will have passed into con,emp
and disrepu,e, and the fair tree of liberty
whose branches have stretched from sea ic
rear her monster head where now stand our
republican institutions. Beware then. how
you touch the constitution of these United
States. Thst is the corner stone upor
which all our political and religious nslilu
lions are founded, md i. is only by watch
ing & defending it from the ruthless attacks
of party madness and the devouring worn
of innovation, that we shall preserve ou
institutions, and retain our liberties, ant
hand them down to our children as we re
ceived them from ou, fathers, uDimpaired.
NUMA.