Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1844-04-02

A correspondent of the Milwaukee Cou-
rier, writing from Southport, some week or
two since, stated, with regard to ourselves,
that we never named democracy except to
abuse it, This is a grave charge against
one who processes to make the democratic
principle his rule of action. We suspect,
the error lies in the fact that this corrcspon-
dent, was unable to discriminate between
censure of democracy, and censure of men.
He evidently believes, nothing more is nc
cessary for Democracy, than the professions
of an individual, however every action of
his life may give the lie TO the sincerity of
such professions; and he evidently believes
that the party has no other purpose in its ex-
istence, than to sustain men of this charac-
ter. We sec things vastly different. We
would much rather sec wing elected to Of
fee, than that a man should be elected by
the Democratic party,whose course of action
should be opposed to their principle, for in
the latter case the party must suffer, from
the conduct of its representative. If there
is any thing we ardently desire the cstab-
lshment of, it is the true democratic princi-
pie, and nasmuch as the presence of bad
men in the party and the sustaining of them
retards the progress of the cause, where the
detection is glazing, we cannot neglect to
censure- We support the principle from its
intrinsic worth--we esteem its success of
4 vastly more importance than even the eleva-
ton of friends, and ON no considerations
neither from fear, favor, affection, or the hope
of reward, could we consent for one mo-
ment, to abandon it. We believe it alone
has in its results the welI-b being of the mass.
Thus, we oppose Bank, because, by legis-
lative enactments, it tends to concentrate
wealth and power into the hands of the few,
enabling them TO govern the mass. 1t
makes the mass hewers of wood and draw
ing of water-subiects them TO unremit-
ting toll, producing on both sides physical
and moral degradation, and causing individ-
ual and national evil.
| We oppose tariff because it has precise
" the same results in its operation, concen
trating capital and consequently power, in
the few: we oppose the assumption Of state
debts and the distribution of the public lands
because they have in their operation an in
creased expenditure of money on the part of
government, making increased taxation ne
I cessarv-which taxation of necessity comes
from the laborers, causing in the end pre-
cisely the same results, as first spoken of.
And such is the character of all the promi.
nent measures of the whigs-resuiting from
fixed distrust of the ability of the people
to govern themselves, and the consequent
necessity of ten thousand restrictions &c
check their free action and thought; and fol
this we oppose it by the advocacy of its op
posite, the democratic principle. And what
we may enquire,m particularly, is thelcha
racter of the democratic principle. In its
perfection. it is the g foe OF fraud and hate
and wrong, 1t is truth-the consummatior
of all things-thc point where man attain:
the true purpose of bis existence, when er.
TOR after error discarded, the one truth of The
perfect harmony in action of all creation
stands forth confessed, and every man witt
the strong law of right in his breast. lives ant
moves in the perfect harmony of true demo