The Democratic pioneer. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1845-1853, 1848-04-21
From the Pennsylvania,
THE BLES.

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CAPABLE Of administering lis government.
At three different periods since the found
alton of the Constitution they have seized
the whole power of the government, and
or each Of those occasions they have been
driven from Office, covered with shame
and ridicule. The measures OF the elder
ADAMS have now scarcey y any open defen>
ders. The administration of his son was
the frnit ofa gross fraud upon the people,
which e.rned it universal JetestatIon be
'efsre its Commencement, Its ligh, houses I
in the sky, and the splendid abortion Of
the Panama mission, made all the world |
laugh at Federal folly; while the Presi
dents recommendation to the members of
Congress not to be palsied by the will of
their constituents, exposed it to simple |
contempt--a contempt aggravate ed and in>
creased by the known fact, that the same
President was writing letters to the Anti,
masonic demagogues in western New
| York ITO gain thoir votes, and his Secre-
tary was traversing the country, and maxi
ing dinner oralions to allay the public IN
dignation. General HARRISON brought
Federalism 10 on aswel of popular ex-
citement. Like the Bourbons. they had
learned nothing, and forgot nothing dur
ing their exile from office. All the ex
ploded bumbugs and obsolete ideas of the
previous halt century, were gathered to-
gether, vamped up with the new and the
best offort of Federalism was made To
force them on the country. But the ef"r,
to carry these measures exhausted their
VIII lie caPacit!y--it rived the party into
fragmens--the administration burst up
and ended in grea, brawl consisting in
mutual abuse ofone FederaIist by another
Their leader knowing that they were IN
capable of carrying on the government, :,
cunningly placed the party in the attitude
of opposition, where it would have moth,
ing to do but to find fault aud proPhesy
ruin; business IN which to be unanimous
was as easy as lying
We " ish our readers TO mark carefully
! one fact that every Federal adminstra-
e ton has been most ridiculous and con-
2 4tepptibfesaiInre. Every Federal Con-
= gress had been changed into Democratic
one as.soon asthe FIRST election came round
Every Federal Governor of Pennsy ylvania
served but a single term Every FEEDER al
State Legislature has lasted just one gear
and no longer. On every occasion wnen
e Federalism had been weighed, it has been
found wanting. Whenever it has been
entrusted with power, ii has abused IT.
! Its leaders have universally been driven
from Office with the brand Of The lNcAP
ABLEs scared and burnt upon their fore.
heads.
And this party, which has shown iiselI
: so egregi 10 ,sly deficient in administrative
capacity. is the same which claims to have
sall the talents as well as all the decen
cy! We admit that there are talented
as well as decent men among them. Mr.
j. w EBsrER has eInquence of the highest or
der; Mr. CLAY has tact and ingenuity; Mr.
Ii CRiTTENDEN has fair share of plausible
I sophstry; Mr.. CLAYTON is bold demsgo
d que: and hundreds of other Federalists arr
9 highly respectable for information am
ability. Besides, they have in every par
of the country hundreds of not very scIu
pulous supporters, Including considera
T. Bile majority of those who control ~
=" press. They possess still more Poten
~ element of power in the hearty and homes
& faith which thousands of misguided me
!, repose ID them; for although II seems to u
A. that no man who knows his right hao
from his left, can fail TO see their blnnder
y ing inca apacity, yet there are men IN al
ID most every county in the Union, and grea
if numbers Of them in every city, who frml
d believe that Federal politicians are tn
10 only great and wise ones IN the iand-me
10, who have believed in. and been cheate
' BY them a thousand times, and who ar
VI resolved to believe in, and be cheated o!
u hem again.
Ut Why then is Federslism always 'in 'i
re vocative,' when the opportunity is lnrnisi
5U ed TO II oftrying its men and its princiPl'
on public affals! Why is it that this
so emphatically the party of The incaP'
's bles?' The answer is plain aud eas
}" enough. Federalism is combination
l. ,pec,al interests. JoHN QUINCY ADAM
b described il as "a base compound, at
h' said that those who composed II we
bound together BY no tie but that oil
= cummon hatred for better men than then
Il elves Men who desire TO use the go
. .rnment for their own purposes JOIN u
Federalisis, because Democrats have
- finiy with such people. Federaiis'
!. axes them all under its ample wing. 1
lie money -monger il promises corporal
,riyileges; TO the manufacturer, bount u
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