The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1844-04-18

ulS OHheu III every Ol CFlliZt-
ton, human happiness and national greatness,
has been more in halt century than theirs in five
hundred years. The savage wilderness has been
tamed and the wild man has fed The wide
spread and dense wilderness that once made the earth
groan with her native growth, have been converted
into highly cultivated farms, and how gtoan with the
rich productions of the band of industry. The broad
rivers which (many ct themJ were agitatcd but by the
winds and the bark canoe of the savage now bear in
their bosoms thousands of steamboats, laden with the
rich productions of happy freemen, and command the
tempest and defy the waves. The canvass Of our COM
mercal ships whitens every ocean, every sea- and eve
ry bay The American flag is displayed in every civil
lied port in the world The face of our continent is
checkered with tumpikes, railroads. and canals our
hills are made to yield their valuable tmbers, and our
mountains 10 give up their rich minerals Cities great
towns beautiful and pleasant villages, dot the face of
the continent Houses of worship colleges of science,
seminaries of learning and schoolhouses of common
education, temples of justice as well as theatres OF in
nocent amusement adom almost every city, town and
village onour continent Peace, plenty andhappiness
overspread the land and cheeruness beams from every
coun'enance Industry is respected industry rewarded
and industry protected In this prosperous and glorious
career there but obstruroh-& that was ire
sponsible corporate banking system which had grown
up and which more OF bYand-by, or some other occa-
sion; at present, vii! pass it.
repeat that all this unexampled prosperity, this
rapid advancement this magical elevation Of national
greatness, was Under the influence ard auspices of DEM
ocrac administration ourfhs OF the existence of this
government. But strange dream came over the peo-
ple They seem to have become satiaed with prosper
iy, and ohave grown weary With happiness and good
government, and they must needs have 'caasge."-
Sir desire to dwell some little on that word "change
The word change has always been potent political word
1t mas eVerbeen the raying word Of the demagogre-
1t is the yep of the disappointed ofceseeker II has
ever been so from the commencement of civilized gov
eminent 1t was the cry of change that overhrew the
first republican government that history describes-I
mean the government OF the Israetes. That was
republican government, from the time Of the conquest
OF Canaan; and although laws were proposed to the
people through Moses yet no law was obligatory until
was received and adopted BY the voice or suffrage OF
the people. The Almighty was their king, but not
without their choice. He was repeatedly elected as
such by the suffrage of The people. Moses, although
generally regarded as the Israesh legislator in his
time was nothing more than mediator or medium
through which the will the wishes, and appreciation OF
the Almighty were communicated
The Jewish Government was established on those
principles which alone can make people happy and
independent. The Jews were an agricultural people
and every man freeholdeE and such were the resric-
tlons on the aieatioh Of landed property that every
Jew came into the world owner of land, and went
out of the world an owner of land 1t was tjtomhent
principle ofthe Jewish government to encourage agri
culture and to foster above all other business or oc-
cupation and so long as that policy remained so long
was retained in its primative simplicity there was
no people on earth more happy than were theJews But
in the course of time, demagogues and ambitious
politicians grew up among them IHey must
leeds have change. Though above all the people
on earth, they were not only blessed with the
best government and the richest land, but were daily
furnished by the hands of the Amighy they were daily
receiving the bounties ohs goodness they had de-
livered from Egyptian bondage by miraculous inter-
position of Divine Providence; and when hoy pursued
by Pharaoh and his host they had seen Moses divine
power, sme the Arabian gulf with rod, divide the
waters and roll back the mighty waves through which
they passed dyshod, while Pharaoh and his host were
drowned; when on their way in the parched Wilderness
they drank pure water, which they had seen Moses
draw from the tlinty rock by smte OF his rod; when
they hungered in the Wilderness mamma fell from hea
ven of which they ate in gratitude and solemn thanks
all these things were fresh in their recollection when
they first attempted change and that change was to
desert the standard Of Moses and the Almighys pro-
tection and betake themselves to Aaron, and erect
golden calf and bestow it the divine honors which
were due eto him who had delivered them from bondage d.
fed them in the wilderness that was the first CHANGE The
motives Of the Jews in that change OF character
with those which moved majority Of the American
People in 1910, when they betook themselves 10 whig
gerry. They were wont 10 erect calf too-not a calf
to be made Of sold but one 10 be made of shinpasers
kind Of rag tag and bob tail calf-a calf to be made
of rags and lamp black worthy Of rag baron artstoc
racy But John Tyler knocked that calf on the head
thank God as Moses did Aarohs for when he (Moses)
returned from the Mount, he demolished AaroLs calf
and reconciled the Almighty with the Jes, whose wrath
had been Kihdlec against them for their idulatry
But ere long corrupt politicians again sprang up and
denounced the Government as weak and imbecile De-
magogues and loafers multiplied, who (n that country
as in this, and every other too lazy to work and too
proud to beg determined to live on the labor Of others
Not content with that wise and equitable system of 60
vernneht which distributed justice and equality to ALI
and made every Jew constituent part of the govern
| ment-made every Jew a lahdholder and freeman.-