The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1850-12-27
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saturday Evc,slpE. Dec. - 1850.
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thing; practice a very different thing. IN
religion and politics tue hyp"crite has IN
equal opportunity TO display his abilities
Ii is a very easy thing to preach mmslity
aud men frequently do il. whu hsve nrS- 7
er been guilty of Living up I" their own
cnde. The pnli;icaI hypocri'e. Familiarity
styled demagngue comes within the de-
nunciatiun of the text cnncerning hypo
critics aud is alike guilty of Violating The
commandment. u il the easiest thing
in the world To talk cf the rights and
puwers Of the people. aud I" adler them
with silly enc-miums and TO drluie them
by false preaching. In all such cases. the
people have bG, one way To themselves
of discussing the truths spoken. They
have perfect right to place firm reIi'
ance upoR the words nf the political
preacher; but their confidence ia him
must go. M further than his works viii
justify -elss they will find themselves de-
ceived aud cheated. Ever since the fun.
dalton Of the world. men have hceu found
who will build themselves up by play
ing the hypocrite. and this IS equally ap'
plica5le to sss Icistious of men.
We have been told repeatedly. we
cannui tell how often. that the leaders Of
the Democratic party have full faith in
the supreme power ofthe people. They
have repeated their professions Of love
and veneraliou for this power upon the
stump and through the press until it has
been guIphed down by large portion Of
the masses of that party. Occasional
works srs done which show the shsllow
ness of their pr etensi"ns; but there is II
difficulty in reaching the ears ofthe mem
bers of their patty. who have been taught
to put un faith in any oDo but Loc"f"co
aud obey M other heAest than thst Of q
party Convention.
But by their works shall ye know them
If men protesting such sentiments To-
wards the dear people. shnul by author
iiy Of law meet in solemn cnnclave aud
there enact that fr fifty wears to come
the people 8 s::u::iquot ro Ugh their repre-
sentatives do certain things which have
been sanctioned TOR years; tina, they sha
hot establish banks III circulation; that
they shall pass no acts of incorpuratiori
that they shall make uo new counties;
that they shall not exemp, State debts
from ,axaiion--all which are certSinIy
within the scope Of that supreme pow
er" which IS acknowledged to be- in the
people by these men--it would certain.
ly create Il suspicion IN the minds Of ma
ny that these men were political hypo
crits and unworthy the confidence Of their
constituents who had been Induced I,
give them their present power for anoih
er and very different purp"sc thahths
of stealing the power from the many 0n'
giving it to the iew,to control majori,,
by minority. The picture here draw
will be easily recognized by those VIII
have read tho debates Of the preseD
Constitutional Convention.
The complaint has been general tha
there is a tendency at the present da
towards too much legislation, and yet tn
present Constitutional Convention ha
turned into a Legislative body and is al
tempting to lcgislate not only fr th
present but an indefinite period Of tim
in the future. 1t will not do to say thu
this Is to remedy the evil alluded to ,
boye. They have no right or authoriI
to make constitutional enactment out
that which properly comes under ii
head of legislation. IL they do this,
will lead To still greater inconvenience
Every lew years a Constitutional Coz
veniiun will have to be called to enlarg
some and restrict other poweIs belong
ing to the Legislature. A Conslitutio
will becume a mere form aud lose all il
solemni,y. Its prOVisinns will be hcl
no more sacred than a common act {
leRislalinn liable to change every yea
II, for instance, the COnreAtiOn should de-
clare that the people of Ohin. a pretty d,
claraiion for men loving the dear people
have no power 10 establish banks oi eli
cula,ion, and after = year "r two Of tria
the fOOlishness Of the declaration wuul
become Palpable, there would he bu, ou
remedy. the calliugo Of another Convex
tion.
Why these resnlulionsl Arc the
deemed necessary by men who have at
confidence in the peoplei Are not Il
people capable Of expressing their wan
and necessiti " Aud IL 80, does |, she
proper regard for their rights aud po
ers, thus 10 resiric, ihemi What is .
culiar about this. but by no means nov,
is the fact the very men who are labori
in this direction, are those who must &
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