The North-Carolina standard., 1844-05-22


selves acting under the mask of Democracy. 1
the people have been deceived BY false names and
false positions of parties, by whom are they like.
ly to have been deceived? Certainly BY those who
have changed their names and position ofienest
4 Who has done this2 And in answering this, we
4 will endeavor to perform our promise of proving
that the present Wing party is not of the old De-
mocTatic school, In former times, the supporters
| "a National Bank were the Federalists They
are now the Wings. Formerly, the FederaIists
opposed the extension of the right of suffrage and
ridiculed the capacity of the people for selfgov-
eminent The Wings have, not long since,
sought by registry laws and other Devices to
embarrass the exercise of a right which they can
not withhold The Federalists passed laws for
the expulsion of foreigners from this country, and
to prevent emigration hither; though obstructing
refusing to pass others to encourage their emgra-
tion hither by the king of England, was set forth
in the declaration of Independence as one of the
causes of the Revolution. The Wings are now
in favor Of excluding foreigners from Office, and
from the rigttof suffrage, and have resorted to
every means to embarrass naturalization, with the
same views The Federalists passed the sedition
act, to prevent men from speaking and acting with
freedom upon the dongs Of Congress or the Presi-
dent of the United States. The Wings in 1910,
endeavored to press upon Congress BILL to cur
tail the rights and privileges of large number of
the citizens Of the United States, holding offices
under the government. The Fcderalists advocat-
ed national debt under the reign of Hamilton
and Adams The Wings have enteavored to
drawing its means of support. The Fedoraffsts,
in the time of John Adams, were the advocates of
high taxes and extravagant expenditures. The
Wings are now the advocates of high taxes uH.
der the name of duties on imports, and have as.
sumed direct power over the INTERNAL affairs of
the country, by giving money to the States to be
expended on internal improvements, thus greatly
increasing the public expenditures. But it is pse
less to prove the parallel any farther. Scarcely
principle or practice can be named; in which
ancient Federalism and modern Whiggery are
not Identical The term Federalist was at first a
very popular one it was retained by the Anti
Democratic party until it was disgraced by Its
owners, and came to signify an enemy TO liberty:
it was then cast off aud the term National Repub-
Ican was assumed This was also soon disgrace
ed and cast aside. Thus, this party hos gone on
assuming every name as it happened 10 be popu-
lar; and throwing il away or endeavoring to fas-
top it on the opposite party as soon os it was dis
gracct; and, after exhausting the whole political
vocabulary, have, at length, assumed the honored
name of Wbig, which wilf in course of time,
also be disgraced and cast away to make room for
some more popular appellhtion Now, we repeat
the qnestion-Who has deceived the peopl.by
false names and false positions Of partics2 The
Wing party, or the Democratic, which has al
ways retained the same name and the same posi-
lion, without reAecting the least disgrace on Ell
lher2
The article then states that the great Object of
the political revolution of 1910 to resusticate
the Democracy of the country, and to re-estabIish
the Democratic character of the government; !;
that Mr. Clay an original Democrat, and has
continued such uniformly consistently and firm
", downto this time; that the Locofoeos, having
begun by the fraud Of Assuming false name and
applying false one to their opponents, are COM
pciIcd to rely upon it as their only hope that the
people. in 1910, began TO open their eyes to this
fraud, and to see where rhe true Democracy lies
and finally that nothing remains to complete the
wrok of national emancipation, and thetestora-
tion of true Democracy, but to urge the same
facts, reiterate the same truths and push forward
in the same way.
What! caa any one be so lost to all sense of
truth. honor, or patriotism as to declare openly
that the shameful actions of the Wings, in I840,
were for the purpose of resusticating Democracy,
and re-estabfshing the Democratic character of
the government Oh shamet where is thy blush7
Was it to respscitate Democracy that the people
were deceived and cajoled by log-cabins, hard
cider, coon skins, aud all the disgusting mumme-
ries employed by the Wings in 1s402 Was it
for this purpose that the innumerable Ealsehoods
and Misrepresentation, respecting the Democrat
ic candidate and the Democratic party, were
spread abroad among the peoPle2 Was ii for
this purpose that agents. with their pockets filled
with money, were stationed in all parts of the
Union to buy the votes of those who were suf1i-
ciently ignorant and sufficiently base to sell them
Is this the way to resuscitate Democracy2 IF it
is, Democracy is monster which should, with
out DELAY, be expelled from our shores