Weekly miners' express. (DuBuque, Iowa) 184?-1849, 1848-12-05
THE CONTEST.


Whatever may be the result Of the
Presidential contest, the Democratic par
ty have the proud satisfaction Of knowing
and feeling, that on their part the contest
was conducted as became Anne ricans and
republicans. Not a single effor, by our
party, either through the press or on the
stump, has been directed to the prejudi-
ces or passions Of the people; every ap-
peal has been aimed at the cool, calm, de-
'berate judgment Of the masses, and if
we should not reap harvest at the pres
ent time, the seed sown will spring up on
some future emergency, and richly repay
Tor temporary defeat. The Democrat
&c party has severer labor to perform.
a greater difficulty to overcome than their
opponents. AS an illustration, take the
only issue which the wings presented IN
the contest-the veto power. How ex-
tremely easy was it for the mos, superb
clal brain among them, to cry out gainst
that constitutional provislon-to decry it
as man, monarchicaI power-a pow
er at war with our repu bican institutions
land thus warp and ,nhame the minds
OF many unacquainted with the true and
correct operation Of that provision? Ev
cry wing speaker, and every Wing press,
played on this string. Men who ought
to know better, and do know better, vio-
lated their own convictions Of right, their
own understandings, and impressed the
minds c. many, who looked to them for
correct information, with an erroneous
idea Of this constitutional point. The
wings know that IN every Anne rlcan hear.
dwells the pure love Of liberty; they
know the jealous feeling which exists in
every bosom against even the semblance
of undue authority and dictation, and
they are ingenious enough artfu|Iy to
use these noble feelings agains, the most
Democratic feature in the Constitution.
1t is more difficult to inform the judgment
than excite the feelings. The first was
the task Of the Democrat; the latter the
business Of the Wing. We repeat it, we
have come out Of the contest without
CRIME attaching to us Of imposition on the
cledu'ous and uniformed; without the
stigma Of an attempt to darken and be-
cloud The public mind. On the contrary,
believing that the liberty Of the people
and the perpetuty Of our popular inst-
tutIons, depend on the general INTEL:
gence Of the masses, we have e~deavor-
ed to enIighten the pu ~ on political
subjects 20 the u'".ost Of our ability
The effects Of those efforts, if unsuccess-
fuI nov, will be exhibited in our future
contests. We have precedent for such
a statement, and experience for such
hope. Upon the subject Of the financial
operations ofthe governmert-of exchan-
ges-of fiscal agency-lhe great mass Of
the people are as familiar as they are
with their own private affairs. On the
subject OF high duties for protection Of do
mestic manufactures, thew are equally
familiar. So with Internal improvements
in the States by the General Government.
All these subjects have been formidable
weapons in the hands Of our opponents
against the cause Of democracy. So will
it be in relation to this veto power. and so
will it continue 10 be on all other consti-
tutional points which can possibly be made
effective for electicneering purposes by
our wing opponents; until the people, the
whole people: becoming acquainted with
all such subjects theoretically and practi-
cally, will place themselves beyond the
power of fraud or humbug. Every true
pat riot should look forward to such a DO
ltlcal millennium as this-should rejoice
in such a probable contamination con-
summation the fathers of the republic
looked forward to, when they ''pledged
their lives, their fortunes, and their sa-
cred honor" for the establishment Of
government Of the people, "deriving its
just powers from the consent Of the gov
erned," and dependent for its very exist
ence on the wisdom and virtue of that PEG
ple.-Now the battle is over, men will
sobe1y and calmly examine the subjects
treated on during the canvass. In addi-
ton to their own conclusions on the veto
provision, they will find out that the
wings, even if victorious, will never at
tempt to abrogate that power. They will
learn perhaps too late for the past, that
they were imposed upon for siniste: mo-
tlves, and the lesson thus taught will ne
yer be forgotten. When the Democratic
trump calls again for another rally. these
men will buckle on their armor and do
good service in the cause of "the old De-
mocracy," and thus, in the language of
Bryant, himself Demscrat,
Truth, crushed to da:th, will rise gain;
The eternal years o Coo are her's''
WHAT OUR FINE FRUITS HAVE SPRUNG
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