New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1844-12-31
under Democratic auspices, which we trust
are to be repealed BY the present Wing Legia-

are to be repealed by the present wing Legis-
lature.
Similar to this has been the conduct Of the
respective parties with respect TO the Aboriginal
tribes. That they have been oppressed by men
Of all parties, is doubtless too tue. But The
Statesmen and Administrations which have dared
to withstand popular rapaciiy in defence of then
solennly guaranteed rights have rarely or never
been Of the school Boosting itself Democratic;
heir plunderers and butchers have. The robbery
and exile Of the Cherokees, who could neither be
terrified into surendcring their rights nor pro-
voked to resist their opprcssors, is still painful
recollection to the National Conscience. Who
wsrc Their plunaersrs who their defenders, History
With It's burning pen has already recorded.
The truth is that the SORT of Democracy which
says, ." am aa good as any body-nore have
more rights than / - is very cheap and very com
mon. No despot ever failed to possess this sort
of Democracy But the toncf5!one is no., what
rights 90 claim for myself, and for all IN the
same boat with me, but what do l concode 10
those usually esteemed beneath me, OF SO distinct
f.o.n me tina: my rights are not affected or en-
dangeted by denial of theirs. Tried by thus
STANDARD, many loud-mou.hed Democrat Is
proved. but the paltriest toll Of Aristocracy
If it were possible to dispel the detusion, to
expose thoroughly The fraud which turks under
the name Of Democracy, au immense improve
ment in the Political Morality of our People
and a,e practical Administration OF our Co.
ve,nmens must Immediately result. Now all
the gross ignorance, Indifference and want OF
principle in the Country are thrown as dcsd
weiqht into the scale of one party, giving 1t
an unbalanced advantage Of at least One NIL
lion Votes in every Political Contest. Every
man who can give no pertinent reason for
voting with one party rather than the other,
votes what he is told is the Democratic ticket.
Seeing this, every aspiring spirit, seeking his
own advancement rather than the public good,
piles himself upon that side, saying, This
will generally be The majority; my chance OF
power or spois will be far better here than on the
other SIDE Thus are Elections carried, year
after year, against the sober judgment Gf it were
allowed fair play even of many OF those by
whom they are carried. Education, higher
Morality, Reflection, Experience Of the evils OF
Misgcvcrnment and the futility CT office-ssek-
ing, will modify this tendency in time Let the
true.hearted have patience.
This fraud of protesting Democracy is mis-
chievous in every way. Itrenders those engaged
in it, though Radical and Destructive, at the
same tinc an Anti.Refom party. For the diff
fusion and acceptance of advanced and liberal
ideas requires fexibility and opennsss IN the
public mind to which party Democracy is inevl-
tably hostile Does beneficent idea take root,
and demand conformation thereto Of Law and
Administrations once it comes into collision
with the party machinery, the party gives, and
is drowned in the hoarse cry, Support the Reg
ular Nominations =" And go blindiy
from year to year voting for party name, boast
ing {" have voted the Democratic ticket uni
fornlly for fxty years." unconscious that III 50
doing they have voted for Free Trade, Protcc
ton, Bank, Anti Bank, and every variety OF
plump contradictions. Meantime the cunning
wire workers and spoils dcvnnsors look on snd
laugh, as woG they may. II is all fish 10 Their
net. and the less the voter knows, thinks, and
reasons, the more surely may he be relied on to
f. support the regular nominations when all
knowledge, thought and reason cry out against
them Such is Democracy in America