The North-Carolina standard., 1850-04-24
views Of John c. Calhoun.
LIBERTY AND DEMocRAcY.

i LIBERTY AND DEMOCRACY.
People do not understand liberty or maiorities
The will Of majority is the will of rabble. Pro-
gressve democracy is incompatible with libertv
Those who study after this fashion are yet in the horn
book-the C, of governments. Democracy is lev
eng-this is inconsistent with true liberty. An.
arcby is more to be dreaded than despotic power.
is the worst tyranny. The best government is that
which draws least from the.people, and is scarcely
felt except to execute justice, and protect the peo
! pie from animal violation of law.''
"People will learn wisdom only by punishment,
and in the case of our Union it will come.''
i NATION AND NATIONAL.
/ "Why use that word nation and national as appli-
ed to the federal Union! 1t is wrong. Public SEN
timent ought to be corrected throughout the United
States. 1t has dangerous tendency. God knows we
are tending too rapidly to consolidation already, and
habituang the people to nationality helps it along.
i Ours is federal Union-composed of thirty dis
tinct States: The convention secuted the word ma
! tion. So did General Washington, in all his public
papers. Many use the word nation, national, from
ignorance; others from habit, and with design. The
United States are not nation. The federal Union
of the States - the constitution government of
designate this confederacy, and which express its
meaning clearly. The United States, when used
geographically, mean that portion of the continent
occupied by the States and the territories, and social
ly speaking, it means the thirty States in one. A
citizen must belong to State. If so, he is,
of course, citizen Of the United States, but citi
zen Of the United States the of people, is
an anomaly, without being citizen OF any particu-
lar State. There is proper and correct word
which designates us people. To apply to us, we
The people of the State of New York has meaning.
The people of the United States has MOTT express
es what does not politically exist. The peoples Of
the United States would mean the people of the thir
ty distinct States-and would express correct
ing. There is word wanting-American is under
stood. but has no reality. Mexican Kamschat-
khan has as much claim to the name of American as
we have. citizen is known belonging to his
own local sovereignty. He isl Georgian, Kentucki-
an other State name, but there are no United
States-ians The country occupied by the States
might have been designated as Columbia, - "Alle-
ghania, and been used geographically and socially
The extent of the States, and the people of each
State would have been known under the general term
of Columbian Alleghanian. nation means
people who socially and politically united as in
dviduas. We are not to be limited. Ours is fed
eral union of States, and not Of individuals. Feder
al was the popular word in the old convention. 1t
popular that it was adopted by political party,
who rendered it odious. National nation was
very odious word in that convention but came into
use in the place of federal. Jefferson without thought
of the idea conveyed. allowed it to be used. pa
per was started in Washington with that name."
REVOLUTION EUROPE.
The great mass do not understand liberty. Those
revolutions in Europe amount to nothing. The peo-
pie not fit for it. In France, the government are
OepcnOent Napoleon
time. Anarchy will follow every republic in Europe,
and the people will abandon liberty for protection
My opinion is that Russia will be the protector and
ally of the property of Continental Europe and end
in Russian despotism. The Hungarians should
have kept the legislative branches disnct-one for
the mass commons, and the other body composed
of the old nobility, and consequently conservative
A revolutionized country must adopt constitution
in accordance with the former established usages
The model of the Roman republic should have been
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gisative body. and the Scavonians the confirming
body, of laws enacted by the other.
"As in France, the Magyars have given up, under
the influence of popular excitement, the faedal prvi
leges-this will make trouble when they have OBJ
taned what they fighting for-then there will be
difficulties among themselves. The Hungarians are
fighting for substance-in the Union between Aus
tria and Hungary there stipuations which have
been violated. The Hungarians fight for their resto-
ration. The great majority of the nations Of Europe
unfit for liberty. 1t is the greatest blessing. or
the greatest curse, according it is properly under
stood and appreciated.
Liberty and slavery are neither good nor bad in
the absract-each have their evils. Liberty is a
great blessing and be the greatest curse. So of
slavery-what greater cruelty than to give maniac
liberty! Nations are frequently unfit for liberty
then it becomes a curse. The great mass of people
prefer protection to anarchy. 1t must be the result
in France"
HAYTI AND THE DoNfINICANS.
"The Secretary of State determined to aid the !
white party, and for this purpose had an interview
with both the Spanish and French ministers, and
proposed that their governments should aid with tine
United States) the Dominican party. 1t was favora
bly, received by the ministers, and would have been
carried into effect but Mr. Buchanan, when he came
into Office, did not think it of any importance, and
let it drop. 1t was bad policy-the Spanish white
mulattoes should be sustained. Mr.. Tyler also ap-
pointed political friend Of his, Mr.. Hogan to 60
out but never saw his report on his return from
ST. Domingo 1t was never published or noticed.
s'The blacks of Hayti should be put down. 1t is
an island far superior to Cuba. suppose if large
party were to go out to aid the Domincans,
they would be received with open arms; but the St.
Dominicans, after the Haytiens were put down,
would be very suspicious; but in the end the Amer
can party would control the island"
POLITICAL PARTIES.
every old issue of both parties is obsolete
dead! They have no principles. Spoils, punder,
absorb both. 1t must end fatally. This adminstra-
ton may exist to its end, but it is doubtful. The
next Congress may end it. The democrats will unite,
power and patronage of the State governments, to
finally break down the whig general administration.
and get these spoils. Taylor is acting unwsey-l
filling his places with disappointing twenty
where he satisfies one making terrible opposition
in his own party, who equally desirous of spos
next Congress, he must exist in feebleness until his
term is out. For twenty years have forsseen all
this. Plunder and spois will cave in our system. |
understood our evils, and see our danger clearly.
have understood it since was Vice President
NV mind was then matured. had had an impor- |
to reaect Corruption is in both parties equally alike
now. would not take the Presidency to be tram
meled. What have / to gain1 Ny conscience s |
my only reward-its approval my only ambition.
would preserve the Union if could. / would pro-
tect the South. Her rights are sacred. Justice is
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