Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1848-07-25
PoLITIcAL PROPHETS.
Prom tl,e LaI.Efaaster InlellIgeneef.


SIN those days many false Prophets shall arise
We discover that many Of the Wing prints are
again filled with all sorts of calamiious predic.
tons, which shall come to pass IN case denefal
Cas- shall be chosen the next Fresident- Ihese
POLITICAL sybs forete1t and depict the : ruin OF
consequent upon that eventsslgith q
degree of mathematical accuracy, truly terrible
One Of the first calamties, say they, VIII De
War with England, which Gen. CAss mas been
striving TO produce some time. one way OF luag-
ing the merits Of fortune. tellers. andof testing
theiEclaims tn public confidence, IS to!appiF TO
them the criterion of the past Let us arralgn
the prophets Of the Wing party by this standard.
In the days of the Black Cockade, ILLUMINATE,
Jacobinism, &c, the most awtni disasters were
predicted TO result from the election of THOMAS
JEFFERSON Bibles were to be burned, churches
to be demolished, property 10 be equally divided,
and all the foundations of society upEooted by the
Gotls and Vandals of Democracy. These ca
lamities were all certain to follow, in case that
arch Jacobine and Atheist, Tom JEFFERSON, SnouIa
succeed 10 the Presidency!
JEFFERSON was elected, notwithstanding, and
what followed? Were the predictions OF feder-
alism fulfilled? By no means. Churches and
schoolhouses multiplied, until they almost out
numbered the stars in the armament. Bontires
were lit, il is true. but not with bibles The rights
of conscience and of property were laid in ioun.
dation firmer and deeper than ever. Men and
children have ever since been kept sale, until
Wings, at the head quarters of q good society"
in Massachusetts,, SET fire 10 the Charleston Con-
rent! and until their allies-the Nat1res--ot
PHILADELPHIA, SET fire TO the temples dedicated to
the Most Hight Property was not divided on the
Aprarian system, until the Wing lordlings OF the
United States Bank dirided among themselves The
hard-earncd possessions Of suffering Wido'es and
The Democracy next offered TO the public suf-
frage a respectable Virginia gentleman named
JAMES MADISON. The federalists seemed horror
struck. "Why realiy" said they Tom Jefferson
is not such bad fellow after all-be has had adj
visers it is true, Gallatin and Giles and Randolph
but we can manage to bear with him-he is
theoretical, but honest. But Heaven deliver us
from lin, Madison, the purchased pimp of Napo-
| Icon and Talleyrand-he is French all over-our
country will be a province of France, and NaPo-
leon will send over some OF his brothers Tor vice.
roy! The country will be ruined!"
| Such were the lachrymose EXPLANATIONS echoed
along the whole Federal line from Maine TO the
extreme borders of Louisiana.
JAMES MADISON, however, was elected. And
with the help of honest and talented connseIors
in the cabinet, and Commolores IIULL and Nc
DoNoUGn on the sea, and one ANDREW JACKSON
the land he planted the standard of victory tri-
umphant on the battlements of the constitution,
TO the utter shame and discontinue of the WEI
STEERS and Crises of New England. The coun-
try ilourished like green bay-tree, and the bless
ings of civilization and peace were every where
| visible.
In due course Of time, ANDREW Jackson was
selected as the Democratic candidate for the
| Presidency. In his boyhood he had resisted
British insoence at the hazard of his young and
precious life. In his ripper years he had avenged
his country's wrongs and vndicated her honor in
peril and blood. lie had protected BEAUTY"
| from the violence of debauched soldiery. and
I"BOOTY'' from the grasp OF a mercenary foe
His lion .heartcd valor had stood fast by the star
| spangled banner" when the land was shroudeh
| in the cloud of battle and red war had unveiled
the night with its fires. But the New England
Wing croakeTs again raised simultaneous cry
of derison. "1Ieaven protect us from man Ike
Andrew Iackson!-an ignorant, vicious, passion
ate, ungovernabfe tyrant, a cGnnibu! by nature
and habits, totally unacquainted with the science
of free government"
The IVhig stalk in trade then was Military
despotism! Six Militia men SHOT Arbuthnot
and Administer murdered! Coffin Handbs I!
Poor Indians massacred by the gross! Ruin !
Distress Decay! Tyranny, &c!
ANDREW JACKSON SoaS elected. How were the
prophecies of the Wings fulfilled then? Let the
history of the past answer. Never did the coun-
try prosper more gloriously. The InLians were
disposed ofaccording to their wishes am best
interests. The army was reduced 10 The smallest
peace establishment Beneficial treaties were
made with many foreign powers. Justice was
exacted from Nations that had long treated our
rights with insolent contempt. Millions were
poured into the laps of the very merchants who
had prophecied the worst. The greatest monied
monopoly OF the earth checked in its striv-
ings for undivided empire. The treasure of the
Nation collected from the pockets Of the people,
was withdrawn from its vcnal grasp and s4red =
The NATIONAL DEBT WAS PAID OFF TO the last
farthing, and surplus fund left in the treasury.
Smiling Peace and Plenty reigned throughout the
land making ''the heart to rejoice with exceeding
great gladness"
When JAMES X. Polk was nominated, in IA,
the same false prophets were assiduously at work,
predicting the ruin of the country The re-
oTtI,o riET TO ho star IarI UNA
10 arrest all business, stop the spindle and the
loom, eXtingnish furnaces and forgcs blight the
prospects alike of Artizan and Farmer, and I'M
loose all the evils of Pandoras box upon society.
Not one Of GUhhese predictions has come To pass
The country is prosperous beyond all former eX-
ample. Plenty is browning the work of peace
with abundance, and scatters from her well-iillec
cornucopin all the blessings that light up the
gloom of life and lend a halo to existence. Com
merce expands her proud sails upon the dashing
spray, and the sounds OF the spindle and the forge
hammer, the oar and the steam car are heard IN
every valley. The Stars and Stripes flap their
ample folds in triumph over land and sea, ac-
knowledging no superior, aud scarcely rival
Our soaring eagle looks down in stately grandeur
from his quiet elevation not plume has drop
ned from his pnions, not an arrow has eyaded the
firm grippe OF his talons. Every where our affairs
are bending beneath the obIations of adoreing
millions, and the very atmosphere we inhale 10
Iadened with the rich fragrance of Liberty.
Such is the condition OF our country, at this
time, and if we may be allowed to'prophecy our
selves, such it will remain, under Providence, SO
long as Democratic principles hear the sway
Gen. LEWIS CAss will be trumphaniIy elected, us
were JEFFERSON AMI MADISON, and JACKSON and
Po1K, and the gloomy forebodings ofour opponents
will once more fail Of fulilment.
g1- The Wings say that Gen. Cass has been
in office many years, and make this an objection
to him. DO they forget that Gen. Taylor has
been in office every day for forty years, and that
in The Arny7
Again: the Wing presses are continually harp
inn ON the string Thai Gen. Cass has been hut