Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1844-08-13
FALSE PROMISES.

"Dan honesL man may take knave'S adVieeI
But idiots only can be cheated twice."
The Sbove cnuplei expresses ,in anoth.
or form, the old maxim, that II 4 man
cheats you once, iris his fault, but il he
cheats you twice, il is yOuf own; and both
the ,poelical and prose adags express the
imPossibiIily Of the peoples being dipped
and deceived iniO support 0ftienfy Clay,
this year. 10 1910 the public cOnf-
dence was, in a great measure; 90 ias as
deliberalion entered into the contest, Sea
duced BY ten thousand promises Ofbene'
fits TO be conferred, and blessings 20 be
bestowed, which the federal politicians
never intended Iofulfi, and could not
have performed, even if the disposition
existed. An enumeration Of their false
promises would weary, by its length, the
most patient reader, and the accomplish
msnt Of any considerable portion OfIhem,
would have converted the whoIo country
into a land Of milk aud honey. So far
however, were the people from realizing
their exlravegant predictions, which irec
kled the surface Of myriad Of federal
banners in 1910, that the dictatOrs ef
the victorious party had not steadied
themselves in their newly and (raudulenl'
ly acquired places, before they cencOc,
ted and CONNIE need the establishment of
a set Of measures which crippled The ie
turning prosperity Of the country, and
placed al imminent hszird, all the rights
Of is Industrious, producing aud voting
population. Instead Of OfatlaimiDg the hap~
ny results which a portion of The people
we're made TO believe, wou Id follow the
election Of the federal candidates, the
extra session OF Congress permaIure!y
disclosed concerted effort TO fOsten up
on us train of measures, which had not
been called tor-which bad not even
been anticipated which, bad they
heen fully consumsted would have placed
The misses Of mankind at the mercy OF a
few who would have been interested, in
robbing, piundsring and Iyranlzing over
them, tho lha instrumental lily Of the
most perm ,cious laws The Bankrupt
law---lhe Bank charlers- the plunderIng
tariff, Which taxes enormously the pour
mans food and Tsiment, while the luXu-
lies Of the rich are almost entirely exempt
from The burthen of taxation 1.-The accu"
mutation Of debt, as preiext for further
exacliuns from the wages Vi labor-lhe
arrogant uSurPaiiOn Of power 10 dictate
TO the States how they should elect their
represOnlaliveS-lhe desecraiibn Of the
authority Of the nation TO cOerce the
Slalos, by military force, into an abrIdg-
ment ot the elective franchise
were a portion Of the odious and alarm
ing measures BY which ihs federal lea'
ders sought to rivet the chains Of their
egisIa'ive desPOtism upon Ne. The pub
lie mind ,of course, revOlled at the spec
tacle, and all the ingenuity of these po-
liiicaI impostOrs will not enable them,
this year,lo avert the condemnation which
succeeded the discovery Of their real de-
Hgns. s'PrOmises violsted end confidence
abused" il the verdict which public
opinion has already pronounced upon
them; and the memory Of their broksH
pledg and lswless abuses Of i'll gotten
powers is so fresh in The FecOlectiOn al
all, as to render il impossible Tor the peo
pie again 10 lrns; them. They deceireC
us once --thal was their fsUll; and We dc
not Intend that they shall do il again, BY
which the fault would be transierrs q IC
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