Washington telegraph., 1844-10-30
BE READY.
"--:hink through whofu
Thy iife- blood lracieS iis PareIrf iasSr,
Anil then strike home

Anl Then Strike nome
IF baurss are deemed important in proportion %
the magnitude Of ihc rc<alts expeccdio be Produccd
hy fLcn lnr contest of next Monday Will srirrly ~
an important one fur rieyrS before were The people
-eaIlcd uPpn to decide Questions Of national char
acter in Which their most vital interests were 50
faIy arrd directly ihvolrrd.
Upon ibc eve a crisis 70 imp9Ttani Il becomes
every wcH-wisl.cr Of Lis country 10 view candidly
and cody the condition Of things ana fo calculate
surely The results which win follow from The tri-
umph of each of The parties
a. On one SIDE are protection 70 American industry,
4 National Bank distribution NJ ie proceeds u the
salc Or lie public lauds, sTict obscrvencc Of the
Laws ana The Constitution. regard FOR order and
indi, iduaI rights, and desire to make merit the
standard VI distinction Oh tlrc other are Free
trade. no Bank. no distribution a trcacIcrous cry
Of democracy. democracy. and a reckless disrc-
gard of every tiing which intcrfrcs with individual
ambition, ana furious party ScliiShnczs.
Oar Government is not SO old but that every
one 50 disposed may compare the democracy Of the
present day with That "a flir Revolution, IN
glance al our history. The Old champions Of de-
moc.acy arTaycd themselves IN favor Of the pFo-
tectve policy, and deemed i The only system hy
which W. could protect our people a=ainst foreign
cSioriior, aud render them trlIy indcprnarni and
prosperous Dat Iaitcr-slav democracy. has fsrn
oIit that fhe Old fathers n the Revolution knew
nothing IL all~bout the matter, and unler THE
spccious mask Of enlarged liberty, and he
gildci Preicnce Of natural right. they advise ihc
people N oppose Protcction--fo takc no carc or
their own interests, bnt to throw themselves .n
the waTmiii Of gencross confidence into ils arms
of EnElndl
The Oh champions or democracy l'IouziA ihat
National Bank was necessary to the property OF
The country. But modern democrats say it was
federal Hirlr-urc anl tk ab1lit ile iia+rsr sscl.
Az institution to The liberties VI tc country H-rc.
as IN the cae Of tiic tar.s, they wenli sac7ifec
substantial gaod for fear of fhcprriic4l evil-
Here, IN ihe " ihr tariff. fhry Show their
Inconsistency BY abusing a measure VIII eli IN other
days q the strongest characteristic marks
of dcmocricg- and AK thr anne timr rgufii-- tiic
Ham- " those whore measures t''r-y o.fa-e-
As we have oien before said, dvslocricy i.
interchangeable. and n1t progressive. What wiH-
democracy III tle lme or NV Rrvrlrri1r, y Ir-
tnocracy to-day, and Il those rts nov caI them
selves democrats oppase the measures which our
brave and gallant fathers hnrr fa ba f---7-=atir,
bccaHse prompted by thr Same spi4il wiiicf lrd
them 4 pledge ..icir lives their forums s tleir
sacred homer FIR the triumph or Papsigr RIGHTS.
they cannot truly ba drmoarat~-nar tcan anv
name by which tie party rrho nd,pcates iI,r
iaeasuTe of the old democratic father r,nJer them
otier than trna democrats. tir friends m popular
rights IVA KY ihr ~ interests w lIrir r,Htry arid
Or humanity.
Let every ono, TO matter By what nan.. he has
hitherto bcn cailrd- hrar tiiia III nnd t4 m 60
70 The Pois- and ask himself II he y ia,lerd /.
democrat Let him remember from wli,rn be has
sPrlm--lct The docds of democracy whrir ilry
Eowed with unTurstionei brightness around thc
altar of liberty. rise willy L his recollection. and
with the earnest enquiry Of trr,c patriotism, locking
alone ~ tlie good N h# country Irt linn IL himself
am | alrcd 4 dcmocratl
Let every one remember that the rnea-r.s nav
advocated By the whl-s, are the very ones Whose
support constituted man democrat ". u iine
whcn democracy Gr-t rose triumphani from i,s
struggle with tyranny, aud proudly tini,r,c 10 the
isazc M the world the standard or human rir..ts
Let thcrn remember ihlt the measures atrocntra
by modcri democracy arc the very uie-surs s,ip-
ported by lie oil fcdoraats-mea<irres aS Violently
opposed lg onr drHi8eraic fathers, A. ti,.r nor
arc by thc wings
Let ris be irnc 10 oursclvs-;rle TO our country
-irne to our Revolutionary fathers whose derlo-
cratic virtncs We should emulate. ann tilr ulIir
cause VIII surely triumph in Old HcInpreua uu mex;
Monday.