Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1848-08-12

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Ei,,n il up, fee ffbln opposite sBnstFt'F ans
Tho Southern Democrats Fsaqs,Sa diHaF-
,yay. and The NBfhHtb algts' ,,nss this painI
ynl way. Their d fsi,pvrd by lhpir can
afe Bg llhelt lHhdisa and confusion" Of
didaIs ! fsdef have already 50 pefplessd
the FH gentleman Thai he daspaira 81 be
,tp abba IL understand himself Besides
an sudden and frequent arr bis undressing
changes" If opinion that bis po ition to-day
otTlfs 40 guaranty If what II viii he to'
morrow. shall thef fore direct my at
tpnti8h chiefly to "tis plaifortn' which
utbp party seem 10 consider less vuSnefa.
hls than their candidate The business
Of making party platIorms" fbf Prssideh.
tiaI candidates is a mtdetn Innovation, II
WAS unknown IN the better days o fthe re-
public Washington had no such sponsors
Ef his gBod behavior He stood before
HE tuuhtrynsn upon bis character FOR wis.
dom. virtue, aud pattiotism, without pro-
misses, without pledges, Upon grounds sci.
refbd Nv himself Thia Example was Iol
lowed Hulil lgB9, when 4 sehelnh was get
on f,ol 10 make Mt Van Bufeh, Vice Pre-.
sidpft, and then Successor 10 General JaGls
sDn, tlA Il the lathpr urthis whole system
If national raleusses and eHhningly sdiviss
cd formula Of wotds 10 delu1e The people
and wbHedle tliHth out Of their votes. lie
10 the father, too, olthts Democratic party
II IL tue they claim . inUre ancient and
honorable paternity, Il is but a fiction, in.
vshtrd III conceal their origin. This was
the tthatnah practice IN ancient times with
these nations and men who had good rea-
ath to bu ashamed Of their %pfugenit1fs. Il
Ia F,f the saline reason that this Democratic
rhfly claims 10 be identical with the old
Republican parry. they hold not a single
principle which was held by the RppBbli
cans under Mr.. Mauis0n's administration.
The popularity Of General JACKIE on had
attracted 10 his standard men Of All form +
political parties. Mr.. VAN Burpb's ascsn-
drncy over hin produced a series ormsa.
sufps which drove from him The great body
~ the Republicans who brought him / a.
power, The residue. consisting u Rppub
~litans, FedetRlisis, and tsnegades ffUm al
parties, banded togethrf Under the standar I'd
Of Mf. Van Burrn, and called III, ms elves
"the Democratic party" Their leader
having bot little strength with the people,
having nhhy hard points IN bis political
career ~ ba gotten ovef, bnt being we'll
skilled In FallpyFahd'B 10 Hniti0n Of the use
II word, 40 conceal oar thoughts" this
scheme Of passing p~vasive, ambiguous,
eduieptalihg, Delphit resolutions, H. bDls.
ter him up, was suggested and adopted by
his party
Those now before me have The dIsttnt-
tive characteristics Of their pfpdecessn,s
strongly developed, II will be admitted by
all fair and candid men that party ereels.
IL made Al all, should he certain and skpli
ell shou'd hs upon points Of difference be-
partirs, and should plainly and dis
tihrtly set forth The opinions Of those who
.pfomulgate them Upon The questions Of
which they speak. Any ambiguity IN
them, fairly felerahle to design, IL euhtlu
slte evidence Of ffaudulen, intent Test.
I'd by these plain, and obvious, and iust
principles, | shall proceed to show that
BAL more resolutions ale disafatnIul
to ihelt Authors and insulting 10 The Intel |.
genue efthc people. that they were intend.
I'd h. be ambiguous to cover Up, under
convenient genefalilice, the disrerdant
&c the Democratic patty, In or.
der that they might be expuunded different.
" h different sections Of the Union, upon
Al least the three greatest questions Of ma
tional policy aud popular excttement-the
QUrbttunB Of internal Improvement by the
t~teneral Government, the tariff and slavery
IN tho Territories. do not assert. cir, that
differences Of opinion upon some
II these dts ractihg quottions exist among
The Democratic patty than on this side Of
House, among thu supporters Of Gen.
ht | complain Of and denounce
this fraudulent attempt TO conceal those
differences from the people, The e~esnlu=
arc twenty two In tumbcr. My time
viii mot allow me 10 suhiret amy hut those
upon the three subjects 10 which | have Iust
referred to- ttpNrate anal sis, and they
prHsrnt great difficulties IN the way Of az.
Cnrate generalization, They may he
dyvtded with toIrrahle accuracy INTO three
~Ciaeses. The ir.t afirms what nobody
denicR the second denies what nobody
afirms and the thtrd assrrts what nobody
believes, do not say that the classified
ton IL at aethef accurate, tor there IL
scarcely a truth In them without a subt' q
admiSturc e error, | therefore submit It
with tho qualification that "mixed masses
are 10 hc denominated by the greater quail.
ity." The first resolution belongs 10 the
last classification Il asserts that the
American Democracy place their trus, Ia
the Intelligence, the patriotism, and the
Discriminating justice rtihe American peo.
pie" The second Rtiirms tho first a. hr n
distinctive feature nf the political creed Of
DCmocNcle and charges adverse opinions
to these upon their opponents. II was ever
'hus with deceiversl Judas betrayed with
a Kiss and awning and fattery have ever,
In all ages and IN all rlimes, becu The
weapons with which sy~rophants and dem
agogues have won their way 10 place and
power, In a popular government the con.
hoSuIS w Nt" PtVpAt iROsA TIC won before
they can ho betrayed; and aattery il a
ready cHnedieat to those who have no solid
claims Ia that confidence. The third re-
~salaston contains an "intiniie deal otnoth-
ing," and Is, pethaps, only intended 10
herald IN with a flourish the nine Delphic
The FIRST Of these asserts a universally
admitted trulh--'Ihat The, Federal Gov
ernment Is one Of limited powers. derived
s0lely from the constitution Y and insists
upon a strict construction Of that ~instru-
ment. Let us pause for a moment and
read the commentary upon this great prac.
Cal truth, as written in the practice OF this
Democracy, In the first place, there is no