Richmond palladium., 1844-02-02

is,ry with honest plain sense, and TO strip, with
firm hand, the false disguise from his limbs, and
y,rtuous people. We have bu, TO write upon
hearts and 10 live up 10 II IN eur daily intercourse
--eariu organizasion--thofough organization
perserering personal infuence-and a ,cide dis
examinations Of political truths and victory is Ger
tain. 1t has thus been won-and it can be thus
won again.
The grea, contest Of isl0 teaches but one les
son--tbe triumph Of truth. because truth tras en-
cry ,chere difused. There was then no STINT Of
sxertion or Of necessary means TO prosecute the
campaign; nor there, in the glorious end, any
stint Of triumph.
10 before you: a fearfu! responsibility rests with
YOU. You haye been the living witnesses Of
much that appeals TO your hearts and you are
tho sacred depostaries Of the patriotic exhorta-
tions Of your ancestors. Your lot has been cast
in Republican land, and yet the Genius Of
Liberty presides and defends il. One by one
the links which lock you 10 The fathers Of the
revolution have been sundered. One by one
havo these venerable men gone down to the
grave, and few years only w,l have swept by !.
and upon you alone will devolve the destInies Of
this great Republic. lf you have learned the
lesson which every American youth should learn,
it remains not now to teach you that, next TO
your God, your country claims your undivided
services. 1t is this axiom Impressed upon your
hearts, and acted out in your lives, and enforced
by YOU upon your defendants that constitutes he
sole reliance Of those Cow passing away, that
this beautiful fabric Of free government shall
exIs, while time endures. Survey your country
its length its breadth-its immense interests
its glorious ins,ituiions-its advancing progress
its height above tho thrones Of nations, if you
would catch a new fervor with which to set out
In tho labor OF patriotism, so fast devolving
tireIy upon your selves. The history and tho
example Of our revolutionary fathers fix the linz
iis Of your political action. To these. as the mar
iner TO the compass, will you turn your eyes for
ligh, aud guidance. Their examples and teach
ings ars deeply fixed upon your minds and you,
of all others, can we'll compare the shifting po-
Iiiicai events since that period, and from their
pure light direct your own and the loot steps OF
others. You have read Of and witnessed strange
departures from the preceden's which they es-
tabshed! II was no, the spiri. Of those ances
that contemned the authority Of Congress-, and
frs, rudely shocked tho monetary system Of the
nation! 1t was not the spirit Of those ancestors
which swept over tho people when their homes,
bu, misudging devotion to a man. consolidated
in one arm the checked and balanced powers of
tho Constitution! II was not the spirit OF those
ancestors that. running riot in executive wanton-
moss. spurned the wstnf tho judiciary; that
distributed go rs s(ilAf - encouraged the
smbe ezzedG11p % the beasury; that ere.
ased change, sxpcrmel far,iz,n rancor, pri.
va,e and public confu sion, where honesty, econo.
my and stability before prevailed. II was not
in ruinous executive extremes. and returned for
answer. when the miser:es of the pennla annk
in thunder tones for relief, that the yeomanry OF
America expected too much from their rulers!
II was not ,ha, spirit which covered with ca'um.
MES the illustrious hero Of Nor III Bond. Of
OF q sipner Of our declaration Of independence, !
and whose chief sin it was, that having nobly |
served his country in the Held. and having pure
" administered her civil Offices, he sented
al tho unpurchased solicitation OF grateful con-
- ~ In 1hA
struggle for q restoration Of the pa'my days OF
tho republic. Nor was il that spirit which, af
ter a majority Of the American people had spo.
ken their verdict on men and measures IN terms
more decisive than our history had hitherto recor.
ded-it not the spirit Of our noble ancestors
which meanly consented 10 hrbe weak and
wicked instrument, that treason might accomplish
resistance the will of that people whose
power organized and desperate paI'izansm had
been too feeble to withstand! Such faciIoDa
fury and COVE rnmen'a tai corruption breathe moth
ing Of tho golden age Of the republic! And ye,
such rs this is tho path in which the leaders Of
the modern democracy have ,rod, and ia which
they seek again to tread. Contrast, then, young
Wings Of Indiana, con,ras, before your associates
and tho people and in your own minds the pure
with the impure-ths example and teachings of
those whom the world venerates, with ,he prac-
tices and aims Of the designing men whom you
oppose. Y
And while this retrospect occupies your minds,
le, not the more grateful side of the picture be
ov erlooked. Fail not 10 remember those who
mover fsultered in bold defence Of popular rights,
nor in earnest warning, and solemn predictions.
We cannot forge, if We would, we would not for
get if We could tho bright side OF this melancholy
picture. When a purely military spirit swept
over the land, there were those who. al its
dared TO oppose its progress and to IN
woke the solemn judgment of the country, by the
lights Of experience, TO contemplate its probable
results. When that spirit, too formidable for
reason, had vented itself in an excess Of gratitude
and its idol laid hands civil institutions,
shsre were those who with boldness and frmness,
with exhoriaiions and prophecy sent forth the
voice Of patriotic resistance. When persecution
attended their efforts, and when. failing in their
designs. those gallant spirits reaped only tho