The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1850-03-13

these resolutions will be able to set thei,
own price on the labor of the country
Shall history give US its warnings in vain
The fate Of Ireland, with her noble and
generous sons doomed to want and s.arva.
lion-the fate which over hangs England
already one tenth of her population pau.
pers. and many of them starving on pub.
lie charity, admonish us of the course to
pursue. Let us avoid the fate of these and
other lands-let not the sepulchres of the
broken empires be unheeded, and let their
example teach us, in this the infancy OF
our proud Republic (for though Her.
cules in strength, she is still an infant
when her years are counted,) that, it is to
the men Of toil-the man with the axe in
his hand, and at the plough tail, and in the
workshop Of the mechanic, that we as
nation are to look for its strength in war,
and to sustain it by their stern devotion TO
the principles Of our patriot sires of the
Revolution, in peace. Give them that
which they have right to demand-re.
fuse not to them that which other nations
have refused TO their laboring men-do-
nate to them land to make them freemen,
and let them cultivate their own soil, and
let tho sweat Of labor enrich its own fields,
and you do more to ensure the peace and
prosperity Of the Republic and to Iengthcn
its days, than by all the other laws on the
statute book Of the general government.
To that great man, Thomas Jefferson,
whose towering genius aided to fashion
and form our Republic, q debt Of gratitude
is due, for his efforts in opposition TO the
land monopolists. He was the first Land
Reformer in America. lie whose daring
spirit of independence and resistance to
tyranny breathes through the pages OF that
"Dcclaraton" which dissolved our con.
nexion with the English crown, and whose
name and fame is held dear by the friend
Of liberty in every land, advocated the
doctrines Of these resolutions, in all his
writings. Others of our patriotic sires,
joined in their advocacy. and when doc
trines ernenating from the master mind of
Jefferson, and advocated by his colabor-
ers in the great cause of liberty and right,
against oppression, we should not hesitate
TO endorse and to recommend them. That
great man, that master mind of the Rev.
olution, whose whole soul was devoted to
the freedom and well being of man, be-
lieved the distribution Of the public domain
TO actual settlers, point Of the highest inn
portance, for thus he hoped to better their
condition. Among portion of our citi-
zens, it has of late become fashionable to
sneer at those vino speak of Mr.. Jefferson
in terms Of high praise, but they who thus
sneer-who speak in terms of aught but
praise, have not American hearts. In all
his acts-in all his thoughts, there were
the same high and noble sentiments Of un-
swerving devotion to the rights of man,
and while history is read, and while this
Republic survives, as monument Of his
fame, and of the fame of the other men of
'76, the detraction of his enemies, nor the
siarocco breath of myriad of calumnies
cannot wither the eternal freshness and
the growing brightness OF his world wide
fame.
The type and the essence of our glorious
is well defined. Its teachings
are, Peace, Moderation, Education, En-.
and Progress. Let these
sentiments be inculcated in the minds of
rising generations, and the advancement
of our race will continue as it has begun.
trust, sir, continued Mr.. Simpson,
hat the great and fundamental principles
,f Equal Rights may yet be meted out to
he man who labors from the rising of the
'un to the going down thereof, and who,
asking no special privileges, claims but
,tern justice. Iii be refused, then let the
people ask it in tones Of thunder at the bal
ot-boxes. Then their voice is heard, from
he cities of the East and the prairies OF
he West--from the landless men of the
North and OF the South-it will not be dis
obeyed, for the roaring Of the angry lion
is not more terrible to the traveller in the
wilds of Numidia, than is the voice of an
angry people to those who live by their