The North-Carolina standard., 1845-11-05

party. II weresprepo posteFous 70 suppose the demo
cratic party warring against themselves, and the,
wings striving with might and main 10 put them to
their senses. lf nan be disposed TO go for the
good Of the laboring class, he need not step INTO
the ranks of the whiggeTy We find the whig
party which is composed of men the greater part
OF whom hate labor, love TO dress il ostentaiious
style, and "fare sumptuously every day ".desPer-
aIety striving for a system OF administration That
will give them peculiar advantages over the labor
ing class so as 10 enable them to deprive them Of
their ear niDgs in way which they consider honor
able. And we find the democratic party, which
lis composed chiefly of the laboring class, unwilling
that they should have such advantages over them; ;
they go for equality and justice; they ask no spe-
cial faVors; they desire no iegalIzed advantages
over any portion Of their fellow-men'; they are
contented TO sustain themselves by their own Ia
bor if government will but let them alone, and let
others likewise depend upon their own iexerions
Need we marvel that men who "stoop' TO the
viIest ea os TO gain political powers who, in opno-
stion TO the sublime christian doctrine love thy
neighbor as thy self,n hate them as much as they
love themselves, merely because they work, would
at the same time be esteemed by sober-minded
men, what no other than tartatean'eYe can con-
ceive them the respectable part OF the comlnunl-
ty"2 Many of them, as the old farmer supposes
doubtless base their .pretensions 10 greatness on
their wealth alone. Such men are fools. A man
of sound sense, when he would inquire into the
merits of another, Will not ask Is he rich or, Is
he poor2 i'i.- r. -.
Here stands man in arIless simplicity. he ls
poor. From his coarse attire, rough hands and
sun-burnt face, you may infer that he occupies an
humble station and tolls hard every day. There
stalks man in rich attire. From his department
he seems to be well-educated gentleman, and
man of wealth and rank. Now, may not this
coarsely attifed. humble laborer be the greater
man 2 If there be throbbing within his bosom the
better heart, he is the greater man. Unlll De-
lieve that rich rogue is more honorable than
poor one shall not believe that rich honest man
is more honorable than poor honest one. we
have the opinion of the wh!ggerY on this point.
They make property, and not virtue, the test of
merit. "Property," says a New York whig COM
rittee is the surest test of merit" So il is,
is the verbal response of many, whilst all who are
not blind that they lriH see, read an ex-
preston of the same sentiment IN the features OF
the political measures they advocate, and VIII OBJ
il in their whole course OF political action.
Farmers, and fellow chanics, we must guard
against the designs Of such men. Let them speak
of US they please. Let them say that the ad-
vocates Of Jeffersonian democracy are low in know
ledge and still lower in principle that free sui
frage Is curse to any peoples" that farmers and
mechanics are no more fiji 10 handle the statute
book with their huge paws, than blacksmith is 10
repair watches" Let them speak Of the " rank
breath of the multitude" !" the Ignorant rabbe,'
the "serviIe rout," &c. We care not for all that.
We tell them envy not their greatness nor do
we fear them. They may boast of their superor-
ty, but we do note acknowledge then our equals.
And we will let them and all The world know, that
we do not want them 10 govern US, but that we
have the capacity and The determination to govern
ourselves. 81 A MECHANIC. 1
Stokes co., Oct. IS, 1915. 10"