New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1844-10-10
THE TRIB UN L.
Progressive Democracy.

when underlined, By the si"!io u''e'0a0o o'ea'oeo
influence 10 raise people into ecstasy 10 the con
sciousness of the gian, might OF which it remind
than, o,d N shake monarchs on their age-honore
md armv-girded ihrones,-that mystic spell who's
magical potency can blind the Argus eyed jealous
ofre,ublicsns, naturally watch(ul Of the exercise
the swaywhch they only lend to their rulers, IN
aA4t often beguiled men by tbs mere charm
OF ,s sound, into hopeless subsection to tyranny
that can allay inquiry into abuses and oppression
under which nations groan, and can reconcile Tree
men TO acts that are the disgrace oil freedom enc
10 their own run,-what is il ''Words are THINGS,
is said and this word seems TO have been createc
and used for an examplifcaiion or mockeFy
that proverb. Bat words are also the signs or re-
presentations of Thugs and what the thing repre-
scented md signfed by this wonderful word What
ia Democrscy7 Is it indeed Il Mims-a fact, re-
s,;,v. subject OF observation, inquiry and reason
Or is II an undesirable Cabalistic word, charm, a
n,esmsric trick, to lull the into oblivion, to
make its victions gaZingseck TO sober spectators
Or is il a Shbboieth which only the faithful can
u,,er and which dooms all who "cannot frame TO
pronounce it Alright" TO me.cess prescription and
destruction Or is ii (-basest use of all = mere
CATCH word, u bare party name, Il hackneyed appel
ktiye, borrowed from the victories OF another age
and perverted from glory TO iniamy,-the shadow OF
mighty principle which, in times past, having
achieved its purpose and perpetuaed its influence,
passed away from the field OF toll and strife TO the
rsoose OF an eternal triumph Is it ono OF the glo
rious and honorable titles OF liberty and truth, base
IL stolen las has been done in thousand blazing
instances On record by hvpocrtes and lnaves
10 sanction their selfish plots against The rights,
the honor and happiness Of mankind "a gem pur-
Joined by sacrilgOus thieves from the sacred treas
ure house of q nations h0liowed remem6rances =
a level .nalched from the Wondering bones Of the
heroic and revered dead, ent9mhed in !aud which
their tolls have blessed with freedom, peace, glory
and power
Is i, onA or all Of thes-. II not then what is it
Tel! US, flying records OF the passing DAY "winged
words" that bear history tao testimony Of onr
fleeing age tablets OF the years. Of tie but recent
str;es which we have shared or seen Speak. yet
living witness OF these taings. 10 the :nqu:rng gene
ration who new rushing in;o the porl.n,cus con-
tests OF the field from wnc! lou retiring in age.
Speak, ye ~ho &re ..uiy iree.--!ce from The bond
age Of Sc, FISH pr :dica ana wiui needless ig
norance !; and reveal the mystery OF tbs reh',
word "DEMuCHACY. Tho People, the Ias!-d
belled, abused distracted People, would gia6,
learn o. Won the lie son OF the truth a;! Is ;ae
sence OF Freedom for OF old Inc word went tortn
from .'ihe Father OF Light" the Crlver Of ''eVurl
good gift and every perfect gin, The word of hop
10 darkpned Nations E9nnd IN ignorance 10 be th,
sport Of tyrauts - IGSHALL KNOW THE TRcrE
AND THE truth Shall MAKE YoU FREE."
DEMOCRACY Is word derived from the Greek
II was tirsr nvanied in Athens, and was there ap
piled IL pecu!nr local form Of lrderative popua'
government, that of ire tribes sections (demo,
OF kiIica, which became the y Pc Of CLASSIC
pub,icaulsm and IN tho usage OF philosophers, th'
term became the designation OF the extreme model
OF Political liberty, which enlarged ser il has
been fixed by The civiz ID world It's literal ano
its practical meaning are Identical. Democrac,
means" The PEOPLES POWER" exercised IN
their orn gorerRment; and as every noble reali',
has It's base counterfeit, true Democracy, distin
guished from false Democracy, should mean" the
Peoples Power exercised by the People FOR THE
PEOPLES Coop"
The term-Democracy-was first introduced into
this Country after the organization OF the Govern
ment under the Federal Constitution, to designate
the system OF Political doctrines and princ pies
maintained by Jefferson and Madison and the party
which they formed and led. These principles We're
"a strict construction Of the Constitution, oppos-
ton 10 the which tended 10 the augmentation
Of the influence Of the Federal Executive, and TO
the Capitalization Of oil control in The General
Government,-hostility TO "the One Man power
and 10 the exercise Of Government patronage for
the benefit Of partisans. They opposed vigorously,
and with ultimate success, the Alien and Sedition
Laws Of the Federal party who at last fell under
the odum Of those measures. But above all things,
the Democratic Republican party distinguished
themselves by a course OF policy honorable TO the
development OF our own National resources, and to
The Protection OF American, Mechanical and Man
uiacturing interests, by high duties on imports,
in opposition the Federasis, who sought TO con-
tinue our dependence on British monoposts for a
large part of the necessaries of life, and TO make us
almost exclusively an Agricultural and CONNER
cal People. The Embargo and the Non-inter-
course Act, the War of 1872, and The Protective
Tariff of 1916, all bat parts Of our grand Ame-
rican System, designed for the establishment and
completion OF our independence OF British policy,
all alike opposed by the Federalis, party, and main
tanned and successfully enforced by the Democratic
Republican party oflhat era under Jefferson, Mad
lson, Monroe, George Clinton, Galla,n, Clay,
Crawford, Tompkins, Alexander J. DALLAS, and
even by Calhoun, in his younger days, when a
member OF the old Republican party, before he had
invented the modern system of Modification, Free
Trade and Loco Focoism
In 1916, after questions Of warlike foreign policy
had been settled by the peace OF 1873. the Demo
cratic party, having for the first time TO establish
themselves on matters of internal and domestic pol
lev alone, by their legislative action in Congress.
passed measures TO regulate the National Currency
20 paw the National Debt and by tncideatGi dScri-
inatire duties. TO protect American manufactures.
Upon those measures they triumphed over the Fed
eralists in 1916 SO completely that in 1920, that
beaten party made no nomination for the Presiden
cv James Monroe was reelected without opposi-
ton, and the Federslist party became EXTisCT.-
The country, on their extinction, being prosperous
and happy, peaceful and harmonious, united IN the
maintenance Of that American system of indepen-
dent, PROTECTIVE legislation, which made them
linus prosperous-with DEMOCRATIC RlPUBLI-
CAN Administration composed OF CRAWFORD, Ap-
ANS, CALHOUN, Smith THOMPSON and WRIT all
pledged 10 the support of these measures, and with
Democratic House oil Representatives. headed by
HENRY CLAY as speaker and leader TO sustain
them 10 the execution, preservation, and defence
OF tnis entire SYSTEM
Ia preparation for the next Presidential contest,
CRAWFORD, then Secretary OF the Treasury, was
nominated for the Presidency Ivy Caucus of De-
mocratic Members Of Congress, agreeably to the
ussges of that party-hisdison and Monroe having
been made the Irregular" successful Republican
Candidates by that and no other nomination The
independent young Democracy OF the Union, espe-
eia'ly OF tho West, rebelng against this Old Hun
Yer d,csa'lon, refused 10 supper, the Caucue-and.
mated HENRY CLAY ,bs 1y ds nS ,ba nT n
mocratc party ia'he supper, of Madison during the
war ne fecihca'ion OF 1915, III. earliest Cham.
pion OF South American Independence. III. pro,ec.
Tor Of American mechanics and aborrrs. the child
OF Democracy. always dpnouoced and nroscr,hed
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