The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1844-05-22

President and members of Congress through
out the United States
(ConcIuded)
have no time 10 trace up the histories of re-
publicI, or free governments, and expose the ia
tal effects ofthat word change. If | had, could
refer you to the word change, which was never
out of the mouth of Hunno, by which he embar-
rasscd the correct action of the senate of Car
/ ilage, and poisoned the minds ofthe people; and
| by winch he embarrassed the movements of Han
nibal, at the very time he was shaking lhe walls
of Rome; and by which he succeeded in ellec-
| ting the recall of Hannibal, and with his l!l,
the destruction of the last hope of ever conquer
ing Rome; and by which, TOO, he and his kin
dIed spirits succeeded in oyerhrowing the repub-
lie of Carthage, and making her the prey 10 Ro-
man conquest.
| could, also, refer TO the demagogues and cor
rupt and bribed politicians Of Greece, who, with
their pockets full of Persian gold, and their
mouths filled with change, laid the foundation
for the overthrow Of her republics. 1t was the
same fatal word, in the brawling mouths of cor
fupt politicians, that subvered the Roman repub-
lie; and the same word, after the overthrow of
the republic, placed one vile despot after anoth-
er on the throne, eachvle despot vicr and more
despotic than his predecessor until the people
of Rome, from being the fees people on earth,
became the greatest slaves on earth, and until.
too, it was finally oyerthrown The overthrow
of all those republics was brought about by the
word change in the mouths ofcorrupt politicians,
hired demagogues, and pensioned liars, precisely
such as oyerspread our county in 1S40, and by
whose means the democracy were overthrown.
Yes, sir, overhrown by pensioned liars, hired
demagogues, corrupt and bribed politicians, whose
incessant cry was change! change! change!
The word change was never permitted to die on
the ear. Well, the change was effected. The
democratic party was oyorthrown. democrat
ic candidate for the presidency was defeated in
| his re-eIection-one who had administered the
government ON as pure principles as it ever had
been administered or ever will be administered
-one who had sustained our fee Institutions
the constitution, and the nations honor, with an
ability and a wisdom which never has been sur
passed since the formation Of our govemment--a
man who was and is alike distinguished for the
purity of his morals as for his talents as a states
man; distinguished alike forhs frmness as for his
attachment to democratic principles q the support
of democratic institutions; alike distinguished
for the qualities of his head as for the goodness
of his heart; with moral reputation which even
the sirocco breath of slander dare not approach.
Such was the man whose election was defeated
by that potent word change, and IFS accompany
ing means; must have something to say about
the accompanying means, in conneXion with the
word CHANGE And what were they? All! sir,
could they be blotted from the recollection of
man, and could the history-what man or patriot,
| = r Al. r :.
country and the American character, would wish
to revive their recollection? But TO the disgrace
of this people, and to the dshonor of our repub-
lican institutions, here and elsewhere, they live
in history, and will live after all who now live will
have returned to dust. They will live when
time shall have crumbed the marble columns
that support the dome of this hall even then, the
drunken orgies which disgraced the elections of
! 1910 will DO classed with the drunken orgies
which dsgraced all Greece in the worship of
Bacchus; fresh, then, will the disgraceful scenes
of lS40 be in history, as the bacchanallan ieasts
are now So we cannot hide them; knowing
them as we do, and known as they are, we may
better serve our country by exposing them.
| desire to tax your time few moments while
| | make few comments on truth--for regard il
as the highest virtue of any people, whether in
national, or in an individual point of view. In
the language of another, truth is a light from on
high. 1t is almost the only thing on earth which
is worth the research and care of man. 1t is the
| light of our mind; it should be the rule and the
guide of our heart, as it is the foundation of our
hopes, and the comfort of our fears 1t is the al
evatng balm -four evils, and the true remedy of
all our troubles and misfortunes 1t is the source
of good, and the horror of bad conscience; it is
the secret punishor of vice, and the everlasting
reward of virtue. 1t immortalizes those who
practice it; it dgnies the chains, and makes sup
portable the dark and gloomy dungeon of those
who suffer for it; and it brings and perpetuates
public praise and public honors upon the memo
ries of those who have been its defenders and IFS
martyrs. II makes respectable the humility and
the poverty of those who have sacrificed all in its
pursuit and its support. 1t inspires magnanimi-
ty of thought and forms heroic souls, of which
this world is unworthy. 1t has made every sage
and every hero that the world has ever produced
worthy of the name. How unfortunate that il
was not better known and more highly apprecia-
tod by the wings at all times, but more especial
ly in the political campaign of lS40 But, to
form true estimate of its exalted merits, we
must contrast it with its antagonist principle
falsehood which, Of all vices, is the most degra-
ding and degraded 1t sinks those who practise
it, in the estimation of God and the vrtuous world
below the brute; and confirms the end, the ruin,
and tho disgrace, tits sought TO avoid. All these
principles and effects, whether of truth or false
hood, may be applied in an individual and pri.
vate sense; buthow muchmore estimableis trutl
] when applied in a national sense and how much