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Showing Colors.-.The Gazette Al
Federal Paper.
Every one had reason to believe that
The Gazette would be tho last paper TO
openly oppose the darling dec,riae Of de.
mseracy. II there is any one principle
interviewer in and illustrated by the ord
democracy. i, is 'hs! The majority shall
gore'n. Whatever Other principle dem.
ecra's gave up. this We nigh. we'll think
would be the las, tina, they would reln.
quish. Bni, alas, The organ Of democracy
here has done it. 1t repudi,tcs this glo.
iricus doctrine and takes what we consider
the federal eide of tho question. We
confess that we have been come what pre
pared for an avowal Of INTERCHANGEABLE
sentiments Of some kind on the par, of
Its editor, by having seen placed at the
head Of his columns in glarng capitals
and which has been KEEP, there for the
last three or four weeks, sentiment, from
the Hawk. Eye, which we uttered on The
10Th Of February. and which the Gazette
evidently looks upon as being too demo.
cratic. We have but little to say in regard
to his unfairness in suppressing a part Of
our language in the quotation which he
thus blazcns forth in his paper from week
10 week and in his no, attaching thereto
the explanatory sentence which followed
il. The whole Of our language used on
that occasion was as follows
1--WE GO for = Constitution tina, is 90
framed-fhat is 50 democrnfic-,ha, i,
shsll not Illustrate The will Of the majority
IN any SET Of circumstances. We believe
that an instrument can be framed so As 10
rossess all the essential attributes Of a
Democratic Constitution, and ye, be so
liberia! az 10 permi, a majori,y-be it
wing or democratic msiori,y-,o carry
out their peculiar vic,cs."
Now. what professed demscra,. besides
tho editor OF the Gazette. will refuse 10
subscribe to such doctrine as is aayanc.
ed in the above quo,aiion! By .peculi,r
views" Of course we mean. and ev.rv
emo will understand. the peculiar policy
entertained by each party. Viewed in
this light, is not the sentiment democratic
and only democra,icl We say it is. and
believe we carry with US the sympathies
and endorsement Of the grea, mass Of
democrats in its assertion. But the editor
Of the Gazette is Of different opinion.
He places himself openly and voluntarily
in opposition TO such sentiment. and
ridicules the ide, Of the majority ruling
under all circumstances. He calls thi.
"a heated majority" whose acts would
be "cruel." "eriravagant" and "ridicu.
lous.' He evidently is afraid to let the
people govern themselves. and from the
drift Of his leader in las. Saturdays Ga.
ze.te, we are shut up to The inference tina,
he does not believe them capable Of self
government. II .ha. article Of his had
appeared in wing paper it would have
been pronounced to be the very incarna.
ton Of the rankest federalism, by eyery
democrat in the Union. But thanks IL
the genius Of democracy. such sentiments
q he advances, profess wha, lie may,
will be cast off az foreign excrescences
from its fair form.
The editor of The Gazette seems to m.
prehend much danger from the action Of
the Legislature. He brings up the lie.
eislatnre and its acts to illustrate his ar
Gument. We believe the Legislature
frequently transcend their authority bu,
We would have them 50 restrained as to
act OH no important measure without, the
sanction Of majority Of The people
They need watching as much if not more
than any other department. Of government.
The extreme cases which the Imagination
OF the editor of the Gazette has in,roduc.
ed into his article, as likely 10 rerul, from
an observance Of the majority rule. would
never happen il the Legislature conform.
! cd ito action 10 the will Of the majority Of
the People. They should be bound down
10 such rule and il ever they are found
frustrating the will of such a majority,
they should be counted as enemies Of the
people. As servants Of the people they
are bound to obey. and whenever they
sssempt to lsrd il over their constituents
by taking the mastery into their own
hands and using their brief delegated au.
shst'ty in such ways a. the Gazette init.
msse'. then should they be stripped Of
me honors conferred upon them by the
people.
We fnd ourselves in remark able DO.
slii'n. Here we are, editors of a WHO
paper. vindica'ing glorious democratic
principle. There would be no siogu,ari.
''y IN this il our opponent. would admi,
that wing was synonymous with demo
era', but this they decline doing. We do