Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1849-07-19
From the Philadelphia North Americans.
The two Faces Of Democracy.


We cannot too often or too earnestly d.
rect the attention of the intelligent and re-
flecting masses to the receptions which
are constantly practieed by the managers
of that party Of heterogeneous elements,
which has appropriated TO itself the name
of Democracy" as catchword for the
unwary, and as a term which may be used
to signify every thing or nothing, as occa-
sion may require. Flattered by the sue
cess Of the fraud of 1914, when the people
Of Pennsylvania were caioled into the be-
lief that Mr. Polk was better friend of
the protective policy than Mr. Clay, the
wire-workers have now extended their
plan Of operations and seized upon Il
question as all element of political warfare
which, Of all others, is the most delicate
and dangerous that was ever dragged into
the arena of party, and which if pursued
with the reclllessness that has. heretofore
characterized the discussion, must end in
some terrible CATASTROPHE TO our institutions
1t is wlful and foul dissertation of a
pure and philanthropic cause, such as that
of emancipation, TO make part of an cleo
tioneerng contest and to mingle it with
the violence and asperities o! party war
fare. But locofocoism, ever watchtul Of
its own interests, and as INSCRIPTIONS as
vigilant, has seized upon this subject OF
slavery and made it part Of its trading
capital in both sections of the Union. BY
agitation it has succeeded in intlamlng the
public mind at the north and the south !;
and by Misrepresentation it has excited a
spirit of hostility between large portion
of the community in the free and slave
holding States, which, if permitted 10 grow
must terminate in disastrous consequent
ces. What care they for the peace of the
Union, or the prosperity of the country,
so that locofocoism can have full swing,
so that ,he 'Red Republic can rejoice,
and so that the "spoils' are possessed !?
The ambitious demasogues who control
this party, in their desperation to enjoy
power hesitate, at no expedient and recog-
nize no other principle shan that "means
sanctifes the end Discounted by the
triumph of General Tay Tor, they feel that,
without some new and exciting element,
the death knell Of loco!ocoism has been
sounded In this emergency, by pre-
concerted arrangement, they have intro
duced into the political canvass question
which touches the iiresides Of one-half Of
the States, and which affects the cons Glen
tious opinions Of the other half. And how
has this party adopted the question p
Have they proclaimed a fixed and general
principle? Have they issued common
creed? Let the following resolutions OF
two formal conventions, both PROCESSING
and claiming TO be "Democratic" III the
strongest party sense, answer:
DEMocRAcy IN VERMONT.
Resolved, That as liberty is the clear
est and dearest interest of the individual
and its security the highest duty OF inc
body polite, we declare, as the hrst POM
and article in this organization, that Amer
lean slavery is great evil and wrong,
which ought to be repented oil and a'and-
cned. :.
Resolved, That we claim no authority
in the Federal Government TO abolish
slavery in the several States; but we dc
claim for it constitutional power perPetu-
ally to prohibit the introduction of slavery
into territory now free, and abolish II
wherever, under the jurisdiction OF Con-
cress, it exists.