The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1848-07-29
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With the British. They got up the
Hartford convention; declared that it
was infamous, wicked, and unholy, tor
i,he government Of The United States to
defend itself against Great Britain
When British troops We're on American
soil, they employed means holy and
means unholy to paralyze the arm Of
the government. They carried on their
machinalions at Hartford. They car
ried ON their opposition in Congress
They Numbered forth from The pulpils
ofthe Union, their denunciations against
Tho war--ogainst the party which nd.
ministered The government, and de-
nounced Mr.. Madison as the yilest OF
oil lyillainous offenders. The same men
are now ready 10 worship Mr.. Madison
as a saint, [laughter,] if they can only
prevail on the democracy 10 forget that
they joined the British in the late war.
TLaughler and cheers.] But there is "a
part OF that party who did not do so.-
The war with Great Britain resulted in
She triumph Of our arms, and in the re-
demption Of the country forever and
ever IRON the danger Of British neigh
Dor. Federalism sunk crushed under
the blow, and there it lay dead and in
animate. [Cries Of "good"and cheers
When thai party had rendered them
selves utterly infamous by their oppo-
sition to the country during the war
90 much 50, that they dare not look the
nation in the face-the leaders gave the
: word, "to your tents, oh Israeli" and
every man rushed. Laughter. They
disbanded- they hid themselves. Dis
solved as party, they declared that we
will not have halcyon days-that there
is no more party, and that federalism
had been mistaken. Laughter and
cheers ] They had opposed the war,
and they thought war was wrong
They had joined the British, but they
thought the British were right! Laugh
teri They had voted, as some of their
leaders now often vo,e-as the great
Daniel Of the east voted-against an
appropriation Of money to rebuild the
Capitol Of the Union, after it had been
consumed by British fire. But not
withstanding all this, being brought TO
the knees, finding themselves branded
BY the bended brow Of their country
throwing down their arms, uplifting
their hands, rolling back their eyes,
they implored mercy at the hands Of
their country, and their country was
generous en- ough TO mete mercy out to
them. They lay. however, concealed
like so many Indians in the bushes.
They lay in wait-they dared not come
forward and ask the nation to put them
in power, because they knew full well
that the memory Of the nation was not
90 short but il would reach back at least
to the scenes Of the late war, if not to
the days Of the alien and sedlion laws.
They lay quietly slowed away behind
counters and under bank-books, chuck.
ed into hiding places, with their heads
covered up, afraid to come out like
Santa Anna when he got into Houston's
tent. [Laughter.] There they lay
not dead, but sleeping. Laughter and
cheers.] Not altogether asleep but
possuming. [Laughter.] There they
lay until they should find the same state
'ofthings which occurred in 1900, when
the people failed to elect President.
and the election went 10 the House of
Representatives. Then they saw an
other chance for an insidious usurpation
OF power, and then it was that federal
ism showed its front again. Then it
was, that although the nation had man
ifested the most unequivocal tokens OF
appreciation in favor Of Gen. Jackson,
yet because the nation had not succeed
ed in producing that unanimlly which
the constitution required in the expires.
sion of the national voice, and the elec.
ton went to the House Of Representa-
tives, where Delaware voted down
New York where Rhode Island conn-I
tervaiied Pcnnsylvania-whe one
man from Delaware had as much pow
Or ia the election as thiriy-six from
New York where there was chance
for fraud, bargaining, and intrigue it
was then that it again made an effort to
rebuke the people for having voted for
Gen jackson, by the choice OF Mr..
Adams. They succeeded that time
They had not violated the constitutionin
Its letter, but only in its spirit. They
had rebuked and insulted the people,
They had established a principle, which,
II true, this government is false. They
had declared that the minority had de.
cided right. and the majority had deci,
ded wrong. They carried out the will
Of the smaller number Of the people, a.
suninsf the will of the nreatar number nf |