Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1844-02-17

The Hill. THAT Il Senator living 50 close 20
tbe proposed locality was opposed to Tue 10
noyal argued strongly agalnsttt' we e6Pee-
led better things from that Hon. gentleman
after his experience Ia5t session.
We have received No. 9, Of the Jia'lHs
Tracts. OF .Detnorrary," Ike the proceeding
numbers, Il il soundly ana ably written we
arc happy 10 know that these tracts are az
- ;dely disseminated D. they are, We intend
10 make some extracts from them, the follow.
inq arc somewhat intere ting 81 the present
day. when the term democracy Is twisted by
the locos into anything to subscrYe Their pur-
poses:
A sroRy.-A Member Of the House Of Re-
nresantatiyes, IN Congress, a Irtendo Mr. van
| nnrrn, met i Wing Senator, in a sieamboa''
n he early part Of tho Presidential campaign
| nf 1sAO, when the former said 70 The lalter'
yonr LOG Cabin and Hard Cider Is no 60.
W. shall heat YOU" allow sol' asked the
Senator. "Mr. Van Buren," answered the
Member, "relies upon the words Democracy
nsnocrat-snd Democratic. We az rely
,,on Them, asa party. While we wear TINS
name, you cannot beat ~, but we shall beat
some other her details, iB By tie e Senator Htd aTT6trrs5T:
!, happaned, however, for that occasion, that
there was more democracy ID "Log CABIN ana
YIarl Cider" than there was IN "DeHiocFG,cy
itysr The Member Of The House was right,
and tho very reason he gave, p%reyaEed on 'oc
otbsr eide.-Mr. Van Buren, was beaten
The Lesson--As the above is a story oI
49, ri "a i do,htIess tells a truth, and con.
fesges a secret, though perfectly obvious u
: IN observing minds, the Wings Will be very
eimnle, if they do not profit by the lesson ~
!, knaw. that these se,t-styled "Delnocfa's'
Mace their chef reliance on this word, 10 Ut
dig, rent forms Of application. MOI only 5"
but they rely equally on sttgnaIzing tnel
onnonentg with the nante "Federallsts. foel
a. the Globe and the other papers 81 that par
: Nv throughout the Union. II Is not so! Wlti
s an unwarer1ng consistency they adhere to TN
rule. II print and in speech. They are awar'
81 he Importance of it. They 'rsiy" upon II
. Historical Origia--Tbe term Democracy
u believe. vas first applied to the small re
} ublics Of Greece, where the people ruled J
pI,, arv assemblies. Hence the word IS o
8 pure Greek origin, That was ne Pufett KID
r. Jamo,raeg. where the people avoided tn
:, OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES " "
nopsihIa' and enacted their laws, and mad
their DEGREES, in primary assemblies % ~
i noonle thouph it is ohS ious, that the e&ecu
n We functions OF the Government "'Ie H.
In far n, lncst part, performed by lndiv1d
III IA selected agents. The word, Den1oc
a ,acv ia therefore of a very ancient and hlstoI
zeal use,S and has never SINCE oeen laiu aSla'
a because men. in different parts OF The worl'
- have been constantly struggling for liberty, te
~ \ Deople.l eyernment, in Opposition to the Claim
e ! Monarchy, or One Man Power. Democrj
!, ~ and Monarchy, Democrat and Manarch1s
Democratic and Monarehical, in their severa
= substantive and adjective forms, have passe
is j wn through all languages, in all countr1e
NJ from their pure Greek origin, with little varI
s. tion in form or meaning, always and ever.
IN where standing opposed to each other, as co
H. rala,ive terms. The fact Of this uniform al
h, general use Of these terms, with unitor
- meaning. among all nations, for SO many age
i m, ee thousand years, more or less, Is concI
=, sive evidence, not OILY of the unlnierfuplt
he and equally extensive agitation OF the poli
-, raj questions which they involve, but OF u
general tendency of Of society, all the WoI
N over, and of the preserving aims q mankif
III for the universal establishment OF Democrat
,r. or a people, government.
en- Mr.. CLAUS Democracy IS g Senator Of
10 limited StafeS.-The position we have given
Die Democracy in the grammar Of language, In
history, IN political philosophy, and IN the u
yersal sense of mankind, as a people-goVel
ment in opposition to One Ma Poaer'
to desire to be- constantly b re IN mind. II
~, only by this distinct perception, BY this q
elimination, that We can properly and III
ny appreciate the thing, when It comes up 9eit
lIe' Us. in its various practical forms.
ire In This lioht observe the career Of Mr.. Z
mis- a. a Senator Of the United States, alwi
IN Jealous fall Entertainments OF Executive pc
or on the legislative branch ofthe Governme
a and Of all it's abuses and usurpatlons N OIL
I'M annlicatfons. The national leglsla.uF Is
his representatiye power Of the people, Of the
a ,.rcracv acting through its own agents {
the oryans. II is the people, standing up byprc
ap. II Il hat Mace. to enact Laws for themselv
ell / wade the rights of that hody-ltc can be d'
fron, NO quarter but the Eyecutlve-and
RS ;,vsde the RIGHTS Of democracy destroy tn
No mower but the Executive can do Iii
the yon destroy democracy. Congress Is the no
MIR. 1of American democracy, its theatre, ls sac
as Ground. 1t is more:--Tr Is ITS THRONE.
Ial- Executive is bat the servant ofdemocra
hen VI do its will. The bidding, the mandate 9
yer onf from the Capitol not from the White Hor
II is the duty Of the latter to obey, when
former has published is orders-to DO
to whole thing prescribed, and nothing ms
m, Excess is as bad as short coming.
nee OF these p]rerogatives Of American Den
any racv, in the Congress Of the United : 4
where can be found 50 constant so vIglli
the 60 faithful a eentinel-so bold an advocate
ned ! defender 81 uncompromising, as Henry Z