Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1844-02-02

ever-It 10 our political creed, IN this respect,
/ tina, the gov ernment was devised for the whole
people: That the illustr,ous men whose wisdom
gave invaluable Constitution, with
the eye of prophecy, saw down the vista OF time
! TO the period, whes, as by an encbanters magic,
I the fores, should become the cIly; when the
mighty rivers of our country bearing 90 their DO
SONS the canoe of the red man and the rude bar
ges OF our fathers, should heave proudly beneath
no5ler fabrcs; when the sites OF rude foris and
dwellings should become the foundations for nigh
" manufactures, tributaries TO commerce, AID
alive with honest and well paid American opera
/ lives; when the thick wilderness, the scenes then
but of border strife and imminent peril, should
groan with ample crops. and be tenanted IN peace
/ by great a viftuous, prosperous. free and CRATE
| ful yeomanry: and that while these venerable
men, in the generous contemplation OF such great
re suits felt more than repaid for the hazards, IN
which they were the actors, which had laid their
foundation, ye: that the browning consolation OF
all others to them was the joytnI reflection that
they were leaving behind them, 10 those genera
tons so blessed OF God. volume Of laws whose
wisdom add universally shorld be sufficient TO
! take hold Of uphold md hand down forever every
interest of the American people; laws whose eff
feet should be, ample and steady wind, con
stantiy, and perseveribgly 10 push onward 10 the
climax of national prosperity every interest, en-
! ba rked precious freight, in the noble vessel
which their hands had buded amid the perils Of
a terrible revolution, and which overshadowed
| by the stripes and stars that now flow above II,
they launched upon the sea, and followed with
their tears, their prayers, their hopes and dying
benedtc tons. Nor do we for instant INA ginc
that those venerable men, if they look down from
heaven, their dwelling place, upon the presen,
condition Of our noble heeitage, can regard With
complacency the revolving dogmas Of the leaders
of an existing political party whose fundamena al
creed i, is that Constitution is inert as the
stone that its massive structure s bat the cold
fa, CHI lpd haa Al N
raj proportion, wherein are witnessed all the IL
garments OF iiie,--periect arterial perfectIon,-
living vital func and power Of mus.
cIe,-hnt yet the mere granite, the smere scuip.s
turs which. If used at all shall be but the pei
desial 10 uphold virtual throne, an orna-
mcnt for a kingy palace, or as an avalanche TO
be ,opped down upon, that il may crush the ad.
vancing genius Of our Country! We cherish
such a Belief but, the contrary, we do know,
that TO animate with breathing life every fupcs'
ton Of 'ha. nob!e ztiae; 70 give impulse 20
e; tenn hs sad 'f5 hIfss de rs ~. 81.
cular power, is truly 20 n,erprctthe wisdom, ,ru
" TO enforce the provisions, truly 20 render
ful and to return an acceptable gratitude for the
blessed gift. OF our glorious Constitution.
/ And herein, need it be said tho div dinp
line between ourselves and our political adversa-
res-not between ourselves and the people, when
rightly informed-but the line between and
those designing leaders, who, wiser and puror
7 than Washington, moro vIrtuols than Madison,
ssger, than Franklin, more politically experience
ed than Monroe. and high above the volume Of
! light which the Judiciary have rradIated, have,
(the better to suit their dishones, purposes,)
Drofessedly discovered that the essence of POI
ll.cal organization, that Democracy Is summed
up in narrowing down the operations of com.
merce, the enterprises Of skill, The products Of
agriculture, the toll of manufacturers and the
ges of labor 10 a hard money currency; that it is
RI pno IN Hev erne of fOr
pauper labor OF foreign soil, and to refuse them
to the sturdy enterprise Of our own! That il
democratic TO reject the titled rights Of an in
debted people to a common fund, and to force
them to the alternative Of direct TAXATION or The
debas:ng crime Of reputation! That it is demo-
cratic TO nurse executive despotIsm, which,
| armed with the bolt of the veto power, shall de.
fy the will Of the peoples repres entatives, and
which, taking bold Of the ermine Of the ldicia.
~, shall make il tho pander of party prostitution
A despoism that, stalking into The presence o!
the ordinate branches Of the government, u
surps their functions and creates them but the
echo OF it's will; that marching through the ave-
nues OF patronage, shoots down virtue, a spy,
and ennobes and for'ifies political vice; that, tim
I'D Of The power Of the ballot box, seeks 10 sur
round it by garrison Of corrupt officials: that
protesting repubIicanlsm, asks TO enforce iueal
dynasty IN the executive chair, and which, look
ing abroad over this great, TINS wide, this glor.
Gus nation; looking abroad over this race Of
bic, telligeni, enterprIzing. brave, industrious
progressive penpe. sees nothing in eihe. which
may not be sacrificed TO the subtle purposes OF
mere corrupt, political ambition! Sees nothing
in either but private political chances! Sees moth
ing in either that may not be fred with a mid.
night torch and consumed, II, in the confusion
which shall ensue. organized band may steal
10 political station!
Need We say to you. young men, whose eyes
have been open to the practises of the leaders Of
the adverse party, aad whose ye, tain their
political theories. need say you ,ha, The
picture just sketched is faithful portrait, of that
political pes'ilence which designing men have
laced up and vanished and labelled constitutional
democracy, and which. even now, is presumptu-
ousy presented such by them TO the country?
Your memories must be short. indeed. if the re-