Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1846-11-14

..-.s,ssy fhs Ons Fern PrtaeeDess
The members Of the sext Fearsh Of March
Convention have On important duty to perform.
They will have In their hands the fatsss desti.
ny Of the Democratic Party Ia Psnasyivanis. II
they are aetsased BY desire 70 place the sse.
cess Of the party beyond all doubt-if their vene.
ration for the sseendaney Of Democratic prioei.
pies 10 greater than their love for The slevatioa
Of particular individusis- oil will be we'll. Bet
irthey faiter in their duty. and sacrifice their
principles to nominatiea for Covssase which
has already been determined upeu BY ees,sia
leaders, who, ifthey cannot rule. care not which
party succeeds, defeat will stare Us ia the face
at the very outset Of the canvass. The one
term principle must be adopted ia the nsmina.
ton, or all attempts to unite and harmonise The
party must be made in vain.
And why should not the principle BE- adopt.
ed. What reasonable objection can be urged
agsinst i:7 Will it not have tendency to puri.
| fy the administration Of Our public affairs, by
putting stop to the abuse and corru ption prae.
| ,ised under the system election! IL il not
Democratic Did no, the people vind;cats its
adoption in the recent election for Canal Com.
mssionerf
| Since the election. two or three presses have
ventured the objection that its adoption would
b. unjust and di,resp,e,fui to the present Exeeu.
tive TO refuse him denomination. There would
be but little pausibiiity in the argument that
the feelings snd til. pecunisry interests Of the
incumten, should be consulted, even il the sue.
cess Of the principles Of the party were not in
jeopardy. But when the fact that . re.nomina.
tion is tan,amount TO a defeat has been rendered
too evident, by late events, TO be denied the ~.
| gument Is too futile 10 make the least mpres.
sion upon any Democrat with whom principle 10
paramount TO men. Tn, present Executive has
been fully half his life in public employ, and At
the hishes: salaries He has been we'll reward.
ed for his services and has certainly no claim to
4 re, nom ina; ion at the sacrifice ofthe party. To
r say that. under the circumstances he has any
claim, is 20 say that man in Office Is enti-
tied TO monopoly Of its duties and its compen.
sation, az long ss the Constitutions seraits, and
that, when once ei cted. his rc.neSnination must
e,nanate, not from the favor Of the people, but
from the requirements OF pesfed right. Strip
the argument Of its appeals to sympathy. and
il amounts to nothing less than elam for surh a
/. monopoly Wha, Democrat can sanction such a
8 doctrine!
n The argument that the adoption Of the princ.
E rl. noN, would be opposed 10 former precedent.
mrst stiik. every one as being ridiculous in the
extreme II the Democracy b., as is universally
E eontended, progressive, preced,u nj can have hui
lie w isht in the action Of the party, when il IL
/. mahfss,ly opposed. as in the matter under con.
siderston, TO a reform Of abuses which strike a,
the purity OF onr government, eorrnps the elce'
tive franchises, and render high public Office
the mere instrument Of personal agsranizemen,
people. lfpreceden, be adhered to, abuses. how
ever glaring. must be permitted TO rest like ar
: incubus upon the body polite. A Dcmocrati.
Congress passed. and a Democratic Presid-n
signed, bill Incorporating a Bank Of the Uni
- ted States Here was precedent But wht
will contend that General Jackson, when he dis
regarded this prccedrn, by refusing TO re.chsrte,
;. this same institution, was any the less Demo
= crat than before committing an act which recriv
;, ed the londest plaudiis OF his party. But il i
u useless 10 waste time upon an argument So wes
and pnerile, which, If sustained. would strike a
the root OF all reform. and confirm the idea, pre-
valent with few, that Offices were created 70
o the benefit Of the ineun,benss, and no, for tina
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