Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1844-01-30

y tuition, nor prohibited by il to the State
q are reserved 10 The States respeetiVel
or 10 the people"
( Notwithstanding. however, the pointe
character of these amendments, and th
well known history of the constitution
no sooner was the National GoVernmer
organized under this constitution, tha
we find powers claimed for il no wher
} found in that instrument. We peTceiV
the endeavor made, and with tempOrar
success, TO entwine around it the all per
vading influence of the money power
and TO concentrate in il the interests O
the wealthy, through the agency and in
strumeniality Of the funding system anC
a NatlOnalBank. The originator oI these
schemes and movements, was the same
Alexander Hamilton who had slrVen sc
hard, in the convention, for the establish
ment ofa government Of an electiue mon
Grchy, and Senatorial councils for life
Unfaltering in bis perseverance to erect
government which should be depen-
dent upon its own will only, for its pow.
ers, and not upon the will ofthe people
after he had failed in the convention, he
resumed his efforts in the newly organ.
ized government. He sought, by fund.
ing the WAR DEBT, and concentrating
The money power in government bank !,
10 create a moneyed Oligarchy, attached
TO, and intimately associated with the
government, with whose assistance the
arm Of government might be so strength
Oned as to enable it, by latitudinous con.
structions of the constitution, by the i'm
plication or bold assumption Of powers,
finally 10 become, in fact, what he most
desired it to be, government Of unllm-
lied powers, and not dependent ,upou, or
responsible TO, the people fortheir exer.
else In opposition to these efforts and
designs of Hamilton an1 his friends, were
those who construed the constitution
strictly, and sought 10 confne the action
Of the govnrnmenl within the limits clear
Iy defined in that inslrum ent,
and TO restrain il from the ex-
ercise OF any power not expressly grant.
ed, or indispulably necessary aud prop.
er forscarrying into execution" the pow
er granted, and to make il what, iD fact,
it was designedto be, government Of
enumerated powsIs. At the head Of this
class stood The pure patriot, great states>
man, and radical democrat, Thomas JEFF.
ferson. During the first eight years, af-
ter the government was in operation,
under the constitution, these adverse ell
ements were combined in the cabinet Of i
the great ard good, the iluslriOds Wash,
mgton, their efforts partly neulralizde
and peace preserved But when he pas
ssd from the Stage of political life, and
the elder John Adams gided, almQsi IN
seen, b3nealh tho shadow Of departing
greatness, into his vacated char, then
The true nature of the cUntendnE ele-
menls became developed. D,vIsons at
once took plsce-pariy lines Wors drawn
from one eDd of the Union to the other,
aud men assumed The party name of fed
eraI;sI or democrat, according as they
ranged themselves as the followers OF
Hamilton and supporters of Adams, or as
the disciples aud adherents Of Jeffer.
SON.
Federalism was now in power, and for
the first time The opportunity was afforded
that sect OEa full development Of 'ihei'
principles an policy.
Hamilton had already engrafted upon
the government his favorite Funding sys
TEN and National Bank, which formed the
basis OF The whole scheme Of federal poll
cy. And now in full possession Of power
with John Adams in the chair Of Stale,the
federal party threw off all disguise, and
with more efrontery than discretion, ex
bIbiied their despOtc prOpensilles,and the
tendencies of their principles
by the enactment Ofth tyIannca' Alien
and Sedition laws" the ndium Of which
was such as 10 throw all their other mea
.ures, bad or bearabla, into temporary
shade, and al the end OF his FIRST Presiden
al lerm. to eject tae federal chief from
Inc chair Of Site, and 10 elevate, in his
itead, The champion Of democracy, Thomas
Jeffarson, by an overwhelming pOpu lar
vote against federalism.
The election of Jefferson was the tsi-
lmph Of democracy over federalism-it |
was the stern fat Of free people, in con
1emnation ofthe federal creed ola cousOl-
dated and irresponsible government, re-
gardess Of the spirit and design Of the |
democratic creed Of a limited and respOn-
sible government confined in The exercise
its function, to the true spirit and let.
sr of the constitution.
This popular decision was confirmed by
he triumphant reelection ofJsferson, and
the democratic policy further esIablisb>
ed, as cOnformable TO the genius of our
and institutions, BY the cleo.
lion Of The Two following demOcroticPresi
dents, Ma lison and Monroe, forIIwo terms
zach, making the administrations OF three
successive democratic Presidenis,to TO occu
py the period Of twenty-four consecutive
years. The narOe and principles Of feder-