The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1848-04-01

cess--who sidetl Them by money and
meafsLwho rallied IS their ssSisiSnes.
and side by, side perillsd ,l;fe withihem.
and when The sun Of Mexican mia Setii
blood. upon, the field Of San jacinso. .ahe
whole scountrt. seemingly. WIN Sne
voice exuIted n the daring and succsS.
Of the brave men who foi1hf and Ma
upon the stricken field and won a na.
tions indepe ndence. az Tlgag az u
When The people Of Greece. struck
their blow for Liberty apainstths T6rk.
they too had sympathisers here. MeSt.
i,l ings we're held. and funds raised 70 sid
them in the Iprosecution 1ef their cause.
When the .sapitatcrs'i n the South
American States, thre v Of ali uIlepjslSce
to a foreign despo,. .sthoss in our, own
country who sy,npa,hised with sheiK. .
embraced the good and the patriotic eC
all parties, and that act which gave
Henry Cav his dearest ianInn,e,..-ihat fan Ell act
which has has sunk many, Of RI, hi hue,lryesiee g L
and misdeeds-,hat ac.. the' proudsst ,rc Of
Henry Claws life. is The sneeches he
made in the American Congress IN fa.
vor Of South American q. .independence.
Then he wasnot bound by the ,ramnsels
OF iederalism-.then he was q repobli.
can, in fac, as in name, and in tones or
thrilling eIoauence he gave utteraihscs
to the warm and gushing eloquence Of
his heart in favor Of liberty TO the 90.
pressed Of other lands. ~ '''9' pa<
Had France held the doctrines ofthe
J ournal in the days Of. our revolution,
the aid and comfort--,he men and means
our patriot fathers received at her
hands would never have been offered.
The patriots of'76 would have been
suffered TO toll on amid danger md
starya,ion-half fed, balf clothed and
halt armed, to do battle against the
bes, disciplined armies Of Europe. But
Frenchnen then, had a different heart
from that which beats in the bosom OF
the Journal. They could feel for .shs
o oppressed they could give aid when
aid was needed, and following the s ex-
|. .mple Of their own La Fayet,e, nun.
bers of them tucked to our standard.
and assisted US in gaining that liberty
we now eniov. That debt never has
hat debt never will be repaid, and BE-.
cause we rejoice that France is now
loing what our fathers did in the days
,f our revolution, we are ,aunted BY the
central organ Of the Ohio wings" thas
there are those in our own country
who sympathise with agi!aiors abroad,
rhe fathers Of s.agilators abroad" sym.
,a,hised with ouf fathers, in the days
If their !ellest peril, and the Journal will
ind it hard work to preach and gel con.
,erts which will prevent the sons ofths
Tres OF 1916, from sympathising with
he sons Of the French allies, who LEFT
heir own land to aid the feebled colo
lies struggling to be free. Derelict, in
Iced would we be, and unworthy the
,reat boon Of free government, we're il
otherwise. s,...'', .
When victory is achieved in any part
# our Union from the Arostook 70 the
Rio Grande, which shows democratic
principles in the ascendant, every dem
'crat throughout the land reioices with
ioy. And why! Because
is victory of free principles. i And
Or the same reason democrats rejoice
/ every revolution abroad--at every
prising Of the masses in favor Of free
governmental every up,urning Of
lingly rule, which establishes freedom
a the places Of monarchy. il is r,atu-
al that it should be so. The Iife Of
IAN is but span-he may die,and will
oon be forgo,ten--but the principles Of
ruth and liberty of freedom, to wor.
hip and freedom to speak,, are as eter-
al as the rock Of ages. To establish
,ese upon a foundation where they
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