The daily national Whig. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1847-1849, 1849-05-26

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SATURDAY MORNING. MAY rs. ls4s.
~ We're we to believe one-tenth part o
that the Democratic presses say, we shoul'
onclude that the Democratic party contains
within its bosom all the capacity, fidelity
nd honesty Of the country for public office
nd that the Wing party is composed 9
one but the dishonest, the incapable, an,
be unfaithful Of the nation. No candi
pan, were he to pin his faith upon the asser-
ions Of the Democratic newspapers, coult
rive at any other co clusion.
No matter who il is that holds office, j
9 be Democrat, that one fact constitutes
i'm saint in the eyes Of Democracy, le
i'm do what else he will The word Demo
rat, in their estimation, is mantle large
nough to cover every sin Of which human
AZURE may be guilty Human irailties DIS
|ppear before its all-absorbing power. A
Democrat, in the consideration Of those o.
is faith, is perfect man, and any person
pho may have the temerity to doubt such ar
assumption Of superiority, is forthwith sci
own as hereto, an in6del, for whom No
punishment can be too great. Not hail
q Democrats head must be touched, lei
4 i'm do what he may, at the peril 10 him
pho may chance to doubt the saints infalli-
ility, Of being prosecuted and hunted from
NE extremity Of he land to the other, BY the
Democratic press.
The Democratic party has held power 50
bng in the Federal Government, that we
10 not wonder it has come to consider Itself
entitled to administer public affairs in
bese United States by divine right. Moth
hg operates SO efiectually upon the human
bind, to make il forget its true position in
be scale of creation, as the undisturbed pos
ession Of political power. II is the parent
T nine-tenths Of all the evils which spring
rom the influence Of government upon soci-
ny. II is the origin q the divine right Of
|ings. Itbegets official and social insolence,
|surpatiorr, and tyranny. 1t makes those
Fho are in the enjoyment Of the privilege
elieye that they are really the Lords an
fnted. They come to think sincerely that
b other part Of the body social is capable Of
Executing the Office Of government. They
|egin to think that within their ranks are all
,e honesty, capacity, and fidelity in exist
nee. Hence, the origin of castles in soci-
ny, Of nobility, Of classes, Of factions, and
be immense influence they exert upon the
|estiny Of communities, for veal and for
10.
II is obvious, that the claims Of the Dem
cratic party, for all the honesty, fidelity,
Ind capacity in the discharge Of public
|usts, have their origin in the fact Of their
bng continuance in the administration of the
Federal Government, and however untena-
He, nay, absurd, are these claims, they-are
be natural result Of the operation ofadequate
buses, and this consideration furnishes some
xcuse, perhaps, for the tenacity with which
hey are put forward
A few years deprivation Of the power and
hAuence Of Office, viii serve efectually to
Issipate the Illusion Of our opponents in this
aspect. They will be taught, by the whole
pine lessons Of experience, that the Wing
arty contains within itself just as much, If
ot more, capability 70: the execution Of
uplic trusts, with honesty and fidelity, as
ae Denocratic party boasts Of possessing, TO
ae exclusion Of every other body Of men.
he Constitution Of the United States re-
ards all men as capable Of executing the
motions Of government, and the insolence Of
be Democratic party in denying to Wings
his capability, arises from its having been
ermitted, BY the just consent Of the gov
rned, to enjoy twenty years. dynasty. Il
Iad become corrupt, and the same power
hat confded to il so long the administration
L the Government, has taken it away and
,ssigned il to the Wing party. And they
viii continue It in the hands Of the Wing
Iarty, so long as it shall not forget that
owes its life to the popular breath.
/ has within its ranks men Of the highest adj
talents, and, as il is the object Of
General TAYLOR to bring them to his assist
nee in all the Departments Of the Govern
nent, the future is full Of hope to every
Wing, that good government can come out
y our Wing Nazareth, Notwithstanding the
el6sh denial Of the Democratic presses.
w. Because one Of the New Hampshire
Democratic newspapers, more honest than its
contemporaries, asserted, some days ago,