Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1849-08-04
niralntinn Of TIE Ler0fOfO Parry.

his bCet that the Deulocid dlIC Eii ~ aS a ud-
,;oraI party. was dissolved. a Washington
,aner imaEincs that there is moro truth than
-,oe.ry in this announcement. The only nation
= narty is that which rallies about Gen. Tay-
1,r That is thoroughly national party. 1t
o,ofds sectional and local issues. 1t rejects
merely sectional and local interests. 1t seeks
c,rGi1ltes who are available because they are
aeeeata5le to the whole people. II puts forth
~, obsolete dogmas, or idle generaiities, for its
,,riuc;ges; but rests content with such mea-
,,,res as the people may demand, seeking to
force none on them against their will What
,as n.aplc desire within the Constitution, and
s.L for in the forms known TO that instrument,
the people are entitled to have and will GER
,,in}y obtain, under the present administration
Iftbav want tariff less ruinous to the coal and
iron interests than that of 1916, they have only
=, ask for it. 1t they want its absurdities
stricken out Of the SubTreasury law, they viii
meet with no obstacle from the Administration
If tbey call out for harbor and river improve
,,oots their call viii not be disregarded If il
=, their desire that the condition of the Depart
,,eDts. past and present, should be investigated,
they will meet with no denials or impediments
Relief they will have; light they viii have;
beneficial measures they viii have, to the extent
+, which they desire them, as manifested thro'
their Constitutional organs.
This condition of things presents nearer
approach 10 pure Democratic Government
Of Government based On the viii Of the people
than has been known in this country for twen-
~ wears The people viii and understand
it. and will rally about an administration which
seeks only to CRAFTY their will. They will find
that they have President Of the people, when
thev have 4 President only anxious to give the
people satisfaction. 1t matters not what the
friends OF such President style themselves
Whi.s, or Republicans, or Democrats-they
build their power on the popular will, and the
popular affection viii be shield and a sword
to them. Hence il is that the party which now
supports General Taylor, is national, IS united,
and will be prosperous and inYincible
But how is It with the Locofoco party Is it
not as a national party, dissolved: Must not
the true Democratic party-the party composed
ot the majority, and therefore rightfully entitled
"a
constructed Of other elements than those Of
self-styled Democracy: 10 the North, We see
the two wings represented by Mr.. Van Buren
and Alr. Cass. Can they ever come together
again: The junior Van Buren, says it is imPos-
slble. Mr. Butler says he thinks it is worth
trying for in view Of the spoiis. The Federal
Post Of New York and the Locofoco .4rgus of
Albany stand apart, like the sage of Kinderhook
and the hero Of Duck Creek.
In the South, we find 3Ir. Benton suspected,
struck at, almost denounced by the sole organ Of
Locofocoism. We find him at daEger-drawing
with the other great champion Of his party, who
scorus to own him rival, but scowls upon
him with undisguised contempt. In every sec
ton Of the country, the Locofoco party Is en-
ieebled by division, and has not single strong
ralying point left 1t has not single prnci-
pie or doctrine to reconstruct itself upon. 1t
has lost all its thunders.
We think, therefore, there is much good
sense in Mr.. Van Burens frank declaration that
the so-called Democratic party, as a national
party, Is dissolved Ii our WIG friends il the
States where our Congressional elections are
10 be held are but true to themselves and the
country, il rgM meter be reunited.
In the speech above referred 10, Mr. Van
Buren hits off that old political sinner Ritchie
Is follows
" But, Mf. President, We want National
party. We have none. We have no National
Editors. speak of the Democratic party
Richie Is not an organ Of the Democratic par
ty. True he might become so. | can very
well imagine that he might become radically
aat!-slayery Nothing in the past history OF
that man goes To preclude the possibility Of
such an event lie denounced Gen. Jackson
in terms Of the most abandoned bitterness.
The election of Andrew Jackson said he,
10 the Presidency Of these United States, would
be greater calamity than war, Pestilence, or
famine And yet, afterwards he turned IN, and
helped to elect him ftcice to the Presidency
lie denounced the Independent Treasury bill as
q measure fraugbt with danger to the liberties
cf the people as an Internal invention of the
President and his Secretary by which one kind
Of currency was to be provided for government,
and another for the people; and now he Hoods
tAe air with appeals to stand by 1t, as basis
upon which the disbanded Democracy may be
rallied whilst his ink turns pale at the fright
f4 yigor with which be deals out encomIums
upon il, as the perfect production Of human
wisdom | am reminded Of n remark OF the
lamcuted and reYercd Silas Wright lie said
that Ritchie experienced no difficulty at all in
changing his position but that that very facility
cxlnguished every particle Of his influence" ."
lie NAV come right but he will present spec
tacle which will challenge the contempt of
every one who shall have fair claim to be
ranked as a human being. Look at him, sitting
at the seat of Government. Convention OF
slave holders is assembled 10 hold lamentations
over the advance Of the free spirit Of the land,
and consummate their plars for the dissolution
Of the Union. A Shareholder occupies the
chair Of state, knitting his brows to Indignantly
irown down the efforts Of freemen for freedom
and the Union is threatened by Southern men
cn every hand. Does he speak! Does he
sound al alarm, and give notice of danger
no But Aere he sits, lamcnting over the re-
m,yal of Collector of Customs, or pregnant
with holy horror, when the head of decapl-
fa,ed Inspector rolls from the block Yes, there
ll sits, Ike superannuatsd market 1roman by the