The Arkansas banner., 1844-07-31
THE YOUNG DEMOCRACY

iilfsz T ODNNr DENOCikACY
 The cause of Democfacy is the causelof the young men of the country, and we rejoice that they are feeling 1t to be so. t is true, that pride, splendor, and power, the fruits of Whig principles, have charms for the mex perience of youth; butit is also true that jus tice, equal rights, and the greatest good of the greatest number, have the strongest hold. upon the uncontaminated heart There is an expressiveness, universality, divine phi lanthropy, i'll Democratic principles, that com mend them to the warm and generous impul- ses of youthful feeling
 The Democratic party is thc party of re- form, of progress, the party that looks 10 the liberty of all mankind--and to the indefinite advancement of the human race in knowledge aud happiness, and 1t is for this that every young man should eurol himself i'll it's ranks 1t IS natural that the old should cling to the customs and habits of thought, which have grown to be part of their natures We cannot hope that a man who has all his life held to the doctrines Of nenarchy--tlat the kpeople arc not capable Of self-government, that the many must be led, and guided, and protected by the few; that Heaven has ordain- ed an aristocracy to lord 1t over the great mass of men, that Government must take. care oi the rich, and let the rich take care q the poori that money IS the supreme pow CT, aud that mind and muscle arc subordinate we cannot expect that men bred up in these principles, and who carry them out in adyo- eating Whig men and Whig measures, will readily abandon the maxns, principles, and objects, to which their whole lives have been devoted, though in this we have some noble and illustrious examples of the power of truth; but we can appeal with hope and with confidence to the young men of the country; we know they want but such an opportuni- ty as IS now presented to join our ranks, and go with us, for making this the MODEL REPUBLIC of the world--in defining and de- lending our boundaries; in planting the A. merican flag as firmly upon the shores of the Pacific, as t stands upon the coast of the AL lantie, in taking to our fraternal embraces the giant young State of Texas, settled by our brethren, defended hy their valor--Amercan l valor--and walered with American blood, as rich and pure as ever flowed from human hearts in the sacred cause of freedom. 1 The Democratic young neu of Newark, l New Jersey, arc setting good example, and oiIc tHdt Ncs uoI'c WILL Ue IJuOWeu every where. They are forming ansassociation of Democratic young men, whe have come of age since the election of 1910. It will be composed of some hundreds, of themost ill., telligent young men of Newark, from twen-I ty-one to twenty-five years. of age. Similar "Yonng Hickory associations will spring up Ill over the State, and let us hope, all over the Union, and they will be foremost in the fight, during the fall campaign We shall see the waving, of their plumes, and the rush of their charge, wherever the fight rages i thickest. "Old men for eounsel,' , If you l please, but "young mon for war.n
 There IS to be . meeting of this sassocia- ton at Newark in few days, which wIl be attended, we hope, by every young man in ] the place, whatever may be his present opin- ions or predilections. We shall endeavor to 7, give full accornt of the proceedings on that occasion.
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