The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1844-08-07
THE DANGER.

II is sill true that IN this country the doctrines o'
the old Federal party have fiends and advocates
who cherish item and act upon them whenever oc'
casion oa.ir. A di.lrust in the popular judgment,
and a contempt for the wisdom and ssgscIty OF the
People, show what little confidence they have IN The
great and fundamen al principle OF our Constitute
-self-go,ernmen With III, IN the ballot-box
loses its sanctity 1t ISSUES high behests OF the
popular heart--no decisive decree Of the popular
mnd-no solemn mandate from the only the safest,
the highesi and purest source OF all power Thy
discard the adsge the voice Of the People the voice
of God" and they lay unholy and violent hands on
the sacred right of suffrage, and treat IT as no high
birth-right Of freeman, as no heaven-sent bon,
which no human power dare abr,dge or injure with
out wrong, injustice, and impiety
After the elections in 1872 as we'll as after some
previous elections, the voice Of complaint came up
through various sources, and particularly through
the public press, that instances had occurred in
which poor and laboring men discharged from
employ ment because they had refused to vote the
ticket given them by their employers.
These attempts become more alarming, because
some adopt and advocate the principle and unhesta
tngly proclaim that The who vote against their in
terest their pecuniary hall not be in their
ploy Ii is not the result of the temporary excitement Of
an election but the fixed and tied rule OF practice
II Is no longer denied sought to be concealed,
admitted with much explanation and apology but j,
is broadly announced and freely advocated when
casion offers.
And what is this doctrine 1t is full of danger
privilege of a freeman, and converts the poor man
80 r. Ia, L.
grave Of the Republic, and its adoption will be long
farewell to popular liberty.
1t viii not only exclude the Government from
the benefit of the poor mans vote, but it will
freeze and dry up his sympahes with his cOun-
try. The votes of the comparatively poor and
humble are of vast Importance, as they are ex-
Pressions Of honest and impartial minds, re.
moved from the allurements Of place, and office
and power. The farmer at his daily TOLL aboring in
the depths OF western forest, or as he may sit by
his freside in his lowly cottage, and meditates upon
the interests Of his country forms opinion often
sonnder and more patriotic than the man in higher
sphere, who all the while weighs every measure OF
his Government by the rule Of dollars and cents
BY the influence il exers upon his political pros
poets or those of his friends
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