New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-07-12
.rxo.,h,rd. RuIeu Democracy.


-. az. .oasts given on the 4th Of July by the
inmates Of the Utica Lunstic Asylum was one 70
,bi, purpose that. as Europe was now copying
on, Isstitoticns, we should take care that sse DO
no. spoil the model. Though given by lunate'
IL is wise counsel.
Oar fellow citizens who call themselves me
Democratic Party have long had control OF the
Government. aud we do most respectfully suggest
that thew have been spelling the model Let Us
look ct their conduct.
Ia the Conventions Of 1914 and ls8s, the nom-
,s,,o,s Cor President and Vice President could not
b. made BY majority Of the Delegates OF the
Dsools A rule was adopted, in both Conven-
tons. tina. twothiTds should b. necessary 70 make
ths nominations By the operation Of ths rule
M VAS BURLN was thrown aside by Con
vention, large majority Of which had been ~
structed to vote for him. JANIS X. POLK was
nominated. Party wire pullers triumphed over
the people Secret circulars we're used, however
70 secure the election Of Members Of Congress dii
fering on public affairs from the Dominee for Pres
ident but the spread Of human bondage Il clrls
tened the enlargement OF the area OF Freedom
The IA yorite candidate Of the people IS sirangied
,riumphs-a people, with their eyes wide open'
and Of whom a majority are opposed to AnneHa'
ZION. fasten that iniquity upon themselves, with
NIL Us train of blood debt and immortality.
Il has been held by some Of the old scbool o.
Democrats. that in Democracies or IN hepuDhcs
majority should rule bat that in these modern
dave Of Csss Democracy, would be giving 700
much power 10 the people. For long period OF
our history, the so-csled Democrats have electen
the candidate whom they nominated so that
might be almost said that the Baltimore Conven-
lions chose the Presidents few leading mem
bers of Congress. or private members OF the
kitchen cabinet. settle the succession. Mum
bers of them, as IN the last Loco-fooo Con'en-
rim come ON to Baltimore and take their seats as
DELEGATES. though they were never chosen by any
body but themselves. They get some person.
coming as nearly like themselves as possible that
Is some one chosen by almost nobody, and they pro-
pose that he shall cast the whole vote OF the state
This is carried by little theatrical prologue OF
States shaking hands by persons, neither Of
whom had ever been delegated for that duty by
the people Still ii is done well and cunningy'
and as everybody W ants TO secure votes tor ms
own favorite, nobody cares 10 stem the wave OF
popular enthusiasm by which one man becomes a
whole State The chief actors however, IN the
play, have il very well and securely arranged
beforehand that after one or two votes, to throw
sand In the eyes OF the people his Poyglot lnhu-
ence shall be thrown, say about the third ballot
in the scale Of the designated successor
All this is bad enough. A few politicians have
bamboozed and fooled number of Delegates that
came originally honest from the people still they
cannot trust the members OF Convention even
thus made up. They know that they have cheat
ed their political opponents they know they nave
cheated the people OF their own party and no"
they resolve to cheat themselves They will not
trust majority OF the people they will not trust
a majority of themselves They have secured
about one-third of bought oiice-holders and
pledged ofnce-seekers. They delude enough OF
the honester Delegates to Join them in establish
ing the two-thlrds rule urging that under such
rule the outsiders" or everybodys iavortes,
stand better chance to succeed. Having
secured that rule, they take good care that some
one shall be nominated 70 their liking The wheel
ol fortune thus managed is sure to give the prize
70 Polk or a CAS-. The unintisted for time
are astonished They resolve to elect the right
kind OF Representatives to Congress to carry out
the measures they prefer. But, poor souls mod
ern Democracy is prepared for them again
with the veto power-the two-thirds rule in an
other shspe-by which one man, aided by one
third OF the peoples Representatives, smothers
the voice and thwsrt the will of the twoihirds
And this is called Democracy and that IS the way
in which the people govern. So far from 1t being
Democracy, it is not respectable Aristocracy-it
is ~. even decent DespotIsm