The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-07-08

/ iuC PIcfouc pcuuoh Ioil IIoicSSoT w cpotCis
protesting his innocence and praying for absolute
Ipardon, he said, was got up by his family, who
were unwavering in their belief in his Impotence,
until his confession was communicated to them
about week since. He concluded in asserting
his belief that the confession was made.
/ From the Trenton, NJ. J. Weekly True .ameriea,,
| The Contrast. - s'
THE DEMAGoGUE AND THE STATESMAN, s
Extract from the Speech Of the Hon. d. s.
/ KAUFMAN, Of Texas, delivered before the
| Literary Societies of Nassau Hall, upon the
25th June, 1850. ~
There is one species of the human family that
| cannot neglect to caution you to beware of. Fly
him as you would the pestilence; avoid him as
| you would contagion; crush him as. you would
the adder. just entering as you are upon the
threshold of human life he win continually cross
your path. He loves to prey upon the young.
] You will find him at the social board, at the
hustings, and in all the walks of private and pub
lie life. He has existed from the beginning of the
world down to the present day, and unfortunately
| fourishes most on the generous soilof our free
Republic. He is prefgured by the subtle and ac-
cursed serpent that "produced mans first disobe-
dience, and brought death into the world, and all
our woe" He is represented in Holy Writ by
| the reckless Esau who sold his birthright for
| potage Of lentiles." His moral and physical
deformities are beautifully delineated by the poet
| Of the IlliRd in the character of Therstes, to
whom the Asng of Ulysses was so appropriately
lapped:-- Ns a
f"Ioquacious, loud and turbulent Of tongue,
AVID by no shame, by no respect controlled; ~
! In scandal busy, in reproaches bold, $50 ."
His figure such as might his soul proclaim;
One eye was blinking, and one leg was lame;
lSpleen to mankind his enyious heart possessed,
| And much he hated all, but most the best
He is a hypocrite of the deepest dye, and wears
| a mask to conceal his awful deformities. He is
| the very soul Of faction, and delights to swim in
it, turbid waters; he is Judas who would betray
his Saviour he worships no other Deity but self; he
| is abhorred Of God, detested by man, and hardly
suited even for hell itself; he has the malice pre-
pense of a murderer he stirs up strife, envy, and
sectional discord; he arrays parents against chill
dren and brothers against sisters; he infises his
deadly poison into social intercourse and dsturbs
the flow Of the human affections.
GA monster mixed Of insolence and fear,
A dog in forehead and in heart deer"
He would array the poor in mortal combat
4 against the rch and the African against the eau
cassian. HI is totally destitute of shame and in
4 sensible TO the opinions Of the world. He would
backen the purest and most spotless character j
he could thereby succeed in his engrossing deslr,
Of selfpromotion. He is as inconsistent ant
1 shifting as the yane Of the wenthercock, or thu
\ winds of heaven. He would sacrifice Justice
right, mercy, constitution and country to catcl
the popular breeze. He pretends tosan awfu
zeal in behalf Of the rights of those whose favo
he is courting.s He claims prescience of events
and credit for bringing them about. He endea
vors to torture his own acts done for one purpos'
as having been done for any other that may b,
i popular at the hour. He has neither soul, heart
courage. His appetite grows withswhat il feed
upon. The best men, and indeed nations, hay,
been his victims, and yet his rayenous nav il
ever unsatisfed. Like Nero, he laughs whel
lhia ru in hIIrnnO Lille Satan hp For
those whom he is tempting, all the kingdom
Of theiworld and the glory Of Them" He ad
|ministered the deadly poison to the patriot Pho
con, and the fatal hemlock to the virtuous So
crates. He is the wooden horse who enters on
city, only to destroy it. He is the horrible mon
ster that will crush, if not watched, the LAGOON
and their children, who stand firmly at the alta
Eof the constitution. Athens fell from his subtl,
machnatioDs. He has been the bane Of all tn,
considerations that have ever existed. He de-
stroyed Amphyctionic League, the Germanic con.
i federation, the seven united provinces, and the
old Swiss confederacy. He is still so fatally
bent on mischief as to be aiming his envenomed
shafts against our own glorious Union, to which
we are all bound by SO many ties of interest and
recollection. | need hardly say to you that the
hdeous being l have been describing is the DEMA-
oocuE. Heaven rid our land of this awful curse
Save our institutions from this terrible sroccohis
malaria of DEATH twill require watching and
/ praying to tharwt his designs, He will insinuate
himself into oil the existing parties of country
and il he thinks he better effect his object, ne
will create a party for himself. II member OF
the political party to which you may attach your
selves, Qor political parties are necessary Incl
dents Of free governments,) sacrifice him as free
| ly as il he belonged to the opposite party. An
honest independent man Of the worst political
party, is better than the arch demagogue of the
best If we can succeed in checking the progress
of this monster, and frowning him out of politi-
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our country, and may predict with certainty, that
our Union will be immortal. 's
| You have looked upon that picture, now look
upon this. You have seen the counterfeit pre-
senment, now examine the genuine original
| You have contemplated with horror the Dema-
gogue, now view with delight the STATESMAN!
T" See what grace is seated on his brow.
A combination and form indeed, ... ..n
+ Where every God does seem to set his seal,
| To give the world assurance Of a MAN."
His whole soul is absorbed with love of coun-
! try. He knows no sections, courts no factions,
lfoments no discord. He practices Justice, acts
cancellation, and adheres rgdly to the Constitu-
ton. "Nhil aut sensit, aut dicit, aut facit nisi
pro patra.'' He treads the path of duty wherever
| it leads, and stakes no step backwards.
behind a as s satan s e curas he win net shr nsS
himself into the deadly breach save his country
| A Regulus, he will not consent to violate
pIghed faith, although certain political death
awaits him. An Arstides, he sacrifices expedi-
ency to justice, interest to principle, and will do
no act, however profitable it may seem, that will
tarnish the honest reputation of his country A
Brutus, friendship and even gratitude must be
sacrificed if necessary on the altar Of the public
good He is sincere, candid and frank. He
speaks the whole truth regardless of consequences
70 self He respects the rights, feelings, and even