New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1844-10-16
VOL. EV. NO. ES4.

! on; of whos- wrecks those monarchies have been
reared. The republics OF Greece, OF ancient and
modern Italy, aud the transient exieence5 OF that
name in England and France will tell this cane
! truthful story 10 ia n unvared tones. ne sole
object of the creation o! governments is The heppi
I ness of the governed. So every movement of rea-
! son and instructive common sense declare through
all ages from The very twilight Of time 10 this dav
and so ouriataers declared when they SET forth their
purposes in seeking their Independence at the price
Of blood, IN l776. As long as these objects ars at
sncd and this great END 81 government ls secUred,
| nen will not care by what MEANS III secured and
when political liberty, democratic republlcansm
Ceases 10 be tine Of this end-lte glory, itE
power, The praiss os liberty. The influence OF It's
! name the caarm and music OF lis sound, The conn
dence OF men in their capacity for self govern
menr are all gone fIr ever. Philosophers may 'ee-
son and gergra,;zs, poet. may sng, orators NAV
pour forth unspproech.ble eOquence which shall
perperua,e the nrrne end The language OF dead &C.
mocrscia- but Plato and Aristotle, Tyrtaeus and
| Lucan, cgKo AID DEMosTHEEEs-ai e.l us only
thIs-nnd nothing else" worth n Republicans
| re;rembrarce. In the prcisc Of liberty though we
speak with the tongues OF and gels, nod have
no1 charity, he spirit CT good viii 10 man and rrac
uca, protective 6ens fcence, } we become as sound
ing brass and tnkng cymbal." We msy thus
make lnrsic for the ears OF n thousand ages,
! Bat it will not be thet OF Amphions harp, 81
whose sound rose the walls Of Thebes, nor That OF
tho Tyre of Orpheus, which reclaimed men from
bestal oblivion of the purposes OF their creation.
| Such is the testimony OF philosophy and history,
OF nations living and dead, Of instructive human
serse Of good-ss TO the purposes OF our political
| organization MS republican people. This is the
mystic circle OF the socia! and political system, THE
| COMMONWEALTH, in which wherever we Begin we
return 10 the same end-lhe personal objects OF The
individual, meeting and combining with the good OF
all and the glory Of the democratic whole, and The
glory of democracy consisting and resulting IN the
good OF each-patTiotism and liberty boasting and
rejoicing in the happiness OF each citizen, while
even the selfish pursuit of gain is ennobed and hal
lowed by the prosperity which ii atissts, per'akes
and diffuses TO the honor Of the republican system,
| lis source and PROTECTION.
And in the higher view which looks beyond the
bounds Of our own range Of action, this magnificent
circle still! wdens with the swell OF time into the
cycle of ages, The series OF movements which make
the PROGRESS o. The world and mankind in the devel-
opment of the gifts designed for the good OF all, OF
the least as well as the greatest.
Before all this testimony, in blasphemous contra
dction and contempt OF these sacred truths, Loco
FocoIsM that hideous combination Of Toryism and
destructive Radicalism, presents itself with the in
solent motto of its central National organ az the
very gates Of the Capitol THE WORLD is GOV
ERYEp TOO MUCH" to whicb Loco-Foco Presi-
dent, Marin Y an Buren, responds from HIS palace,
amid the clamors OF suffering people valny de-
handing protection and aid from the rulers who
have BETRAYED and plundered them THE PEOPLE
Expect TOO MUCH OF THE GOVERNMENT and
in the Senate Chamber, the spokesman Of tyranny
and defender OF convicted official thieves, SILAs
WRIGHT, reiterates it in the naughty and insulting
sentiment (which when but Swallowed by kingly
Stuart and Il royal Bourbon cost them their crowns
and heads The government riH take care Of IT,
self: let the people take care Of themselves. y
Fret comes TIE direct refusal OF Intentional good 10
the people. Next in the downward movement OF
Loco Focosm, is promulgated The denial OF the
-:,.h, ~ fota
even indirect and Incidental benefits derivabe by
the people from just legislation and wise admin
istralion. Tho people, after being first deprived Of
perfect National currency al the brutal caprice OF
an engaged tyrant, who promised them ga better
currency" were next spurped when they deInands q
the execution Of that promise, while not satisfied
with letting them alone, The government then la
bored directly and wantonl v 10 deprive them OF the
benefit Of long established credit system, and Of
all the facilities for commerce which ~ere then
within the reach CT that destructive power. The
war against the currency, against commerce ano
credit was followed by more deadly and furious
hostility 10 mechanical art and labor. The view OF
myriads OF enterprsng free aborers rising fast frsm
poverty 20 enlarged competence IN the empoyments
which produce TO the Republic lis Independent sub
sstence self support and selt-de'ence, was enough
10 rouse the malignity OF the iordly arstocrats Of
Virginia and Carolina, 6nd 10 alarm tho covetous-
mass Of the importing agents OF foreign merchant
princes in the Atlantic see-poris and 10 stir up The
envy of the mass Of unemployed laz, s., and unen
r.ro,isins ignorance laboring without hope, neve.
truly Jealous of " the arsiocracy OF wealth." but
fercely envious OF the arsrocracy OF labor rapid
~ developing its power and dignity even under an
impaired protective legislation. The movements Of
tbs Industrial classes met by the cry of Free
Trade and no Prote cton!"-a despeed dogma 81
Em opean SpecuatcIs and visionary scheme max
ers which never would have been imported into
| Democratic Republican country, but as a necessary
part OF the destructive system, as means OF VIC
| IsIing and di-placjng The venerated preceps OF
Washington and Jeffer.on and all the sases Of the
| old American democracy. The war against credit
was incomplete; that against projected labor is
| avowedy one Of exIermination. Few banks and
| no CUSTOM HOUSES" ia the ne" maxim ofthe Tea-
| rionlan AJAX OF Loco-F ocoism.
As in most cases, here the practice preceded the
theory. The purpose formed and The thing DONE
first: the reason was sought Tor, afterwards. In.
stead of 50 siematZing their facts into theory Of
| their own invention, they found II already produced
10 their hand by the dogma,zers and doctrinaires
and manufacturers Of opinion IN European moDar-
chies, harmless enough there; because shrewd.
practical men, like The ministers of the kings, are
sure 10 keep such absur6ities cut OF The actual
| operations ef Government however il may plsasr
| hern 10 encorUage the manufacture OF such ideus
| for expectation, exclusively. Suaightway
among us new Set OF Locu Foco agents, Of novel
! comp xion. Pae-faced purblind students, with
| spectaces on nose" romsncers, history makers,
| poeIasters, dreamers and woud.he PHI osophers
rose in the temples of Iacksonism, arointed ana
commissioned with the holy oil of Federal patron
age so lavshly poured on them,-and began TO
nnisler at affairs before attended only by grog-sel-
lers and hireling rutfans office seeking peitfog-
gers, who shrunk coniounded at the astonishing
! appnritions which now thrust themselves forward
'to push them from their stools in the high places
of their idola,ries. The halls which before rang
ONLY with drunken shouts of I" Hurah for Jack
SON.! and with peans Of alteration to military
glory, were now converted into Academic groves,
in which sickly dsndied philosophers, of a yarie,
of accent never before aggregated out Of Babel,
began 10 furnish assemblies OF vicious drunkards
and lazy oifice-seekers with unnumbered profound
philosophical reasons for the things which they had
been doing so long with higher purpose than the
attainment OF an Office or glass OF whskey Their
establishment on learning that for years they had
been practising political economy and philosophy,
must have been equal to that Of hioliere's honest
citizen, who was delighted TO hear that he had
been speaking prose all his life" Statesmen and
sages smiled in contempt, but the gigantic force OF
assaulted industry enterprise and credit rose up in