Democratic banner., 1845-05-03
THE BAN IL.
PROSPECTS OF THE DEMOC-
RACY.
Nox i. The winter Of our discontsnt
Made ylorisus -

Never since the organization OF INC
Government have the prospects OF the
Democracy been brighter. IL fact from
s,,,e IF doub, and instability, after a
long and doubtful struggle we have at
las, established our principles upon .
firm and permanent basis; but " mas
no, been established without labor ana
,rouble-,hc sea over which the old ship
of state has ploughcd her way has bee"
rough and j, times temPe'tuous-mahy
dangers have threatened us-many false
LIGHT, have been hung QUIT lure us on 10
destruc,iou.-but We have stceied clear
of the shoals and quicksands when
would have engulphsd US, and like 'he
st~orm-bea,cn mariner who has been Inc
plaything of the waves and the WINDS
when .ecurel, harboured, we may look
back with calm serenity upon the track
less uas,e over which We have been
driven-we NAV mark with an obser-
van, eve the dangers which had we'll
nigh overwhelmed US, and be prepared
10 avoid them in future.
The last few years struggle has set
tied forever the yexsd question Of a Ma
,ional Bank. The representatives #
the people in the national counsels have
decided, and the sovereigns OF the land
have echoed back that decision from
the ballo, box tina, a National Bank, that
avaricious hareden Of intrigue and cor
ruption, which threatened TO sink for
ever the morals Of the nation, was an
obsolete idea" That subject Of nigh
" inpor, which a few years back swal-
lowed up all minor questions, and con-
vulsct the country from one extreme to
The other, has been finally settled. One
among the many sigma! victories which
have pearche ! upon tie banner Of Demoe-
,acy. Since eighteen hundred and forty
a moral reformation has spread over the
land, and the grea, idols built up by the
wing party which were cankering sores
and cancers to the body polite, have
been conference.-the unburried carca-
SEES Of the Bankrupt and Distribution
law remain in being only 10 offend the
public taste. The constitution has been
preserved inyiolate, and the man OF the
people can yet prevent hasty or rash
legislation by his veto. The Tariff, that
modern c~harybdis upon whose awful
point the perpetuily and peace Of .his
nation has been SO often threatened,
will be speedily settled by honorable
and smicable adjustment.
By the united aid of the Democracy
new States have been added 10 the con-
;ederacy-the area Of freedom has beer
extended, and We hope ere long that the
stars and stripes will wave IN proud TIL
umph over the beautiful province from
the Rio Sabine TO the Rio Grand. The
last act ia the long series Of victories
achieved by the lion hearted Democra-
cv i, the elevation Of the unknown MIR.
Polk, Of Tennessee, &c the Chief Magls-
tracy Of the nation, and the consequent!
defeat of the great embodiment o!
Whiggery"-Mr. Clay. Between these
Two rival candidates, the people were
called upon TO decide irrespective OF
personal predictions. Personal feel,
inss and sectional jealousics were
thrown aside, and the battle fought upon
principles-after a fierce, and bitter, and
prOtracted struggle, the result was an
nounccd, demonstrating plainly thai
truth was ornnipotent and public JUS
tice certain" AIS we'll that end.
we'll"