Holly Springs gazette., 1845-07-19

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The civilized world in all enlightened aoes
have thus been discarded for such m,serahle
trash. the refuse of antiquaied berbarism
which the Mahommedan has alreadv
thrown behind him, when the light of civ
liz .tion has begun 10 pierce the darkness in
which he has been envelopeG for agesl-
And why is he movement of the world.
the progress ofages. thus to be inverted, to
become RETRoGRADE? Why2 bat merely
to furnish greedy official knaves with
new facilities of plunder and extor,ion.--
Who will deny that Locofoco philosophy.
Locofoco policy, like a crab, walks back
~ard2 No wonder that. under it, the coun.
try. like a caw's tail, grew downward
And who are they that dare. with such
purposes and such motives, present them.
selves before the enlightened people of A
merica now the advance guard ofimproved
and improved humanity, and proposed 10
them thus to cease from the PROGRESS OF
ages thus to RETRoGRADE toward the aban-
doned positions o. baI Ibarism which has
already grown ashamed of its stupidity in
the light diffusive that has already dawned
over them from the regions which arr, CON-
merce and pfetectire Legislation has blessed
with these improvements Who arethey that
dare atempt to teach republican freemen
the lessons of tyranny which they have
learned from slaves and from fllse philos-
ophy, which is no better than the slavery
of the soul to lis own vain reveries2 Who
dare teach these abominatonS to Us. and call
them DEMocRAcY2 Who are they that call
on US to barter the independence which
our fathers bought with blood, for worse
than cclonIal vassalage TO the country from
which they freed US in VAIN. if BRUSH gold
may now bug back the dominion which
British bayonets conld not conquer sixty
years ago2 Vain indeed that blood-vain
those tolls and agonies of liberty, if the sons
have not wisdom to "reap the soil which
the fathers defended" )"
The great mass of the Democracy are
with TIE Wing party A large majority
of the mechanics and aItizans are with
them.-These expressions of the truth
may startle those whose knowledge of the
character, merits aud political services of
their working fellow'citizens are derived
from the lying newspapers of the Locofo-
co party. and the lying speeches of Tam
many Hail., The New York Directory
Will settle this question and TO tha: an ap-
peal can be taken by those who are so ig
norant OF political statistics as TO need proof
otthis fact. Because the Five Points, and
Corlaers Hook, (and their rural retirement
B!ackwelFs Island, are always unanimous
ly Locotocos. because the Shiilless yara-
bond and the occasional laborer are [ oco.
foco, there are many who have taken il for
gr1 nted that "Democracy' is syaon nous
with dirt, laziness, vice and crime, an ruff
6enism. Those who la il p3.ertv,wIt1
in'elIig nee. ao4es y XE,ue nope, are
Wings. zen 10 one those who Labor not, or
labor IN fguuraace and sice and in despair
of improving their condition under any Svs.
tenn o. government, are Locofocos han.
d red to one. The rich meu are diviled
h3w divided may be seen in the fact that the
five largest land proprietors of this State.
each owning (or claimingl a large fraction
of the counties in which they reside, are
Locofoco,-anl that a
formidable number of the wealthy mer-
chants of this city are Locofoco Many Of
The sons of rich men, ambitious of political
preferment are Locofoco. though their
fathers may be nominal, inactive WHO'S
Take these men {and their money! out Of
ne Loeotoco party, and they will not leave
hat party majority. even when strength
ened BY their usual frauds on the ballot
box. Take out also the frauds.the yaeran,s.
he actual aliens, and they Lave not fourth
Of the vote
AS far as the rich are nominally asso-
'iated with the Wing parry, in seeming
,ontradiction to the radical principles OF
his discourse, Il IS IN actual opposition 20 /
what they acknowledge as their iHlnae9fute |
interests. Therefosethe short sio h;ed and |
ncau'ions among that class are for Free /
Trade and the Sub Treasury. But the far
sighted and sagacious are Wings, from an
icater perception of their al in.ate inter I
ests and the ultimate dangers of a perma-
'ent Locoioco ascendancy They have
lot read the DARK leaves of the sealed book
}. destruction now in the hands of thai
oarty, but they we'll guess what was writ.
en- therein; and they know that though
ne lrst effect OF a Locof5co system mighl
De 10 Goubie the value ofall the cash i'm ac-
uai possession, and 10 cut offall the com.
'eltlon OF the men of mere credit-vrt
mere Is :. something behind, which they dread
o realize
There is something TOO in the pride of
honorable association, which makes Them
Wigs. And as i. always is unjust to i'm.
'ute 10 mankind none but selfish n,a,ives
OF thelr conduct IN their public relations
is but reasonable TO allow the evisfarca |
Il high, noble. heroic and patriotic innnl>
es In large portion of that cIlss pnf,yor-
Die as may be the successful nursn;t oG
am 10 the developement of such trails
us' So great number o! unfortunate and
shorant men are Locofocog. from sin