The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-11-02

Every day circumscribes the circle oil readers which
have address before the election 1t resembles
'pira spnng-becoming smaller and smaller every turn
until it terminates in the central point when itself will
Janish on Tuesday next
The extent of country and the great distance
be by the mails in the transportation of IN
diligence between its widely separated parts, prevent
my further communication with most distant readers
the far before the election AS to them
therefore,, all now say will be in vain We hope
hat their minds have been fully made up, and that they
have resolved to rebuke with becoming dignity the In
amous herdids Of insolent foe who dare ask their
submission to measures and men which they have
often condemned
But FIVE DAYS are now left for preparation. But
within that period yet have time for last
oords What shall they be- Have we not said enough
10 satisfy all impartial citizens of the mporssce al this
contest Can anything more be said Does NOT every
democrat feel himself nerved for the combat? Is there
one who shrnks from his duty at this important june
ures II CANNOT BE--then ROUSE UP! ONE and ALL, and
on the 9TH of November teach your esumptuous adver
,aes lesson that will profit them through all time
come All contests for the presidency in past time
shrink into nothing before the mighty issues which
involved in the present campaign, which would almost
shame the contests of 1910 and lsiithe days of
skins and hard CIDER of bacchanaan orgies and of dog
sre verse--hose days when they forgot in the Ian.
suage of one of their frankest friends that honesty is
The best policy and when their nets were spread catch
" birds of every feather" The UNION itself may hang
upon the result Federalism has been bold and
audacous Rather than serve in heaven" it is deter
mined rule in hell and for that purpose resorts
to all tricks and devices There seems to be nothing
now too indecent or too insidous for that party to
and defend 1t all thngs-it makes light DARK
NESS, Virtue VICE. truth FALsEHooD honesty DISHONESTY
Even innocence becomes CRIME under the spell
of their incantatons.
The history of the world furnishes conclusive proof
that mankind is not stationary. 1t must either
GRADE or PROGRESS Itcannot stand still Every society
which has existed since began, shows the working
ofthese principles TO be antagonstca According
the one the other prcdominates, arsocacy de-
mocracy predomnates with IT. Mr. Adams, in his de-
fence of our constitution, said that 'arstocracy
the inevitable result of stale of society" This opn-
ion was doubtless predcated the past history of the
world and doubling, as he did, mans capacity for self
government, she could not how it would be other
wise under our system" But that was the very
experiment which making. We knew that
mankind had been governed by kings and arstocacies-
with few EXCEPTIONS all past Time but the object Of
our fathers, the frames OF government they bequeathed
u.s. was TO try and if could not exist in state Of
society terms Of political equality The early found
ers of the democratic school maintained the affirmative
of this proposition and John Taylor of Virginia, pro-
found reasoner and accomplished statesman devoted TO
the subject all the powers of his vast mind, and demon
stated the utter allacy of Mr. Adamss theory All mere
societies" might result but CONSTITUTIONS guard
against the danger long they ers are not per-
verted from their intent and meaning by selfish un
I principied, and reckless commentators v
The founders OF the present wing faith, the old federal
party so deeply impressed they with sentiments
like the one have quoted from MI. Adams, commended
as we all know, in the convention which framed
present constitution for making the government both
arisocratica and monarchical They doubted the
pacty if not the honesty of the people govern them
selves and therefore sought to remove power far from
them as possible by eectng the President for life, and
making the Senate hereditary In these objects they
defeated by the peoples rendshe early founders
of the present demo cratic party We have time nor can
it be necessaryhavng done before repeated occa
sionso investigate minely all the points of difference
between the old federal (now whig) party and those
faithfully represented by the present democratic party
1t must be enough in this article to state the broad
difference in word. The one was in favor of strong
government with unlimited power, based the sup
posed ignorance and dishonesty of the people-the
other a government with limited powers, acknowedg
ing not only the right, but the capacity and honesty
of the people govern themselves This does not state
the difference strongly between the wing and demo-
cratic parties of the present day. What the old federal
party thought and felt in conventionwhat they thought
and felt in the early workings of the constitution, the
present wing party think and feel with scarcely vaa
ton, except for the 1t may be assumed that the
present wing party is much worse than the old federal
party from which they have their being and existence
They the degenerate of at least honest sre
They do not advocate openly, they did, monarchy,
arstocracy, ttles-not because they do not believe
that such things would have been preferable in con-
stituton of government, but because they have not
the honesty and are afraid to do The next thing
is to accomplish by ndirecton, under professions OF
regard for the people, what they dare not by direction
and open abuse Of Them Hence, they contend and have
conended for the exercise Of just such powers Just
80 much authority would supersede and render nuga
tory and Of avail the constitution of the United
States, and the strict construction of all its provisions;
hoping that, though they baled in convention and
often discounted by the democratic party in their favor
lite measures they would pave the way for the realization
of Mr.. Adamss dogma, that natural arstocracy was
the inevitable result of state OF society" Donbtng still
the capacity of man for sefgovemment' they would