The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1851-03-06
THE BAIT THAT LURES APosTATEs.

amount OF happiness among all inc people,.
This is the great object, the great body of
the people aim at. This they are convinced
cannot he attained but thro' a system of e.
quail and impartial laws. Where all are
regarded by the equal and impartial eye Of
the law.giver, this result can only be attain,
ed. This goes upon tho plain principle, that
each individual, who composes a part Of the
body polite, is an equal s,ockholder in the
common rights of humanity and the pro,e c.
ton OF the laws. These observations are
made in references 10 the members OF The
Caucasian race, and not intended TO create
the impression that inferior races are to be
embraced. For this would be confoundlng
all the distinctions between intelligence and
stupidi,y-between capacity and ~incapacity
in short il would be virtually leaving all
consideration of intellect out of the question
and disregarding the most pIeciores gifts of
Providence, reason and sagaeity. Among
equal races then, equal and impartial laws,
equally and imparttally administered, are the
only guarantees of the greatest amount OF
prosperity and happiness. This is the great
principle upon which the democratic faith is
based.
But this equal and impartial system OF
rights does not satisfy the selfishness of
-Asistocrais. They are not satisfied with an
. equal and impartial system-an equal dis,ri.
> button, by the government, Of immunities,
blessings, rights and protection, among all
the members of the community. No, they
say, 'this will never do for if this be the
case, we the aristocfais cannot be INDUCED
lin the enjoyment of ten or twenty or a huI-
dred times as much as our neighbor'o"re
shall be restric ted, like all the rest, 20 the
enjoyment Of our own acquisition, obtained
by the same rigid toll as our neighbor OBJ
tains his earthly gosdsm "Do away with
partial laws ard privileged legislation, and
our hands and the hands OF our gentle sons,
will be as hard as our plebian neighbors."
"Do away with Mr.. Clay's "American sys.
tenn" of class Legislation, which has for its
objec! 10 make one rich aristocrat out of the
want and consequent degradation OF thou
sands of tho virtuous yeomanry of or
country-to m~onopolize in the hands of an
Abbe, Lawrence a Borden a Philips a Brooks
"a Ridgeway or an Astor from 1000, 900 to
10000, 900 Of dollars while millions of hon.
es, toiling ireemen shoult die poor-wretch-
eddy poor. And why, Because MIR. Clay
became tired of the severe and, 10 him, we
fear ~tasieless qualification, Of aiding Che ma
ny who could contribute little but their
thanks and prayers for his advocacy of their
cause, and concentered his affections upon
the rich who could afford something, Tor
him, more substantial TO crafty his bodily
cravings. Hence, since Mr.. Clays desertinn
of the popular cause in 1916 and his espou-
sal of the corrupt cause of the aristocracy
the public ear has been frequently attracted
by the announcement of splendid donations
of coaches &C., &C., whose Furnished orna-
ments and gorgeous trappings fouted the
noon-day rays of the car of PhUbus. The
maxim among those who desert the popular
cause and cleavs unto the rich aristocracy, is
that "ihe rich can pay US for our wordy and
windy iabors, but the toiling millions can
pay US only in breath and gratitude again."
When Daniel Webster said "Of all the con-
t~riuaaecs for cheating the labortng classes Of
mankind none is so efficient is that wheh de
ludes them ,rith paper money. II is the most
perfect sapcdisnt Gu er invented for frteAising the
rich mans fields by the sreat Of The poor mans
Jroa." he was poor-fresh from the rude
, plough handle-but after he had received
some fifty or sixty or more thousands. from
the United States Bank, he then became
sensible 10 the great beauties Of paper money
and found ont the profound truth that there
twas not gold and silver enough in the
world for the wants of trade in the United
States" How true was the confession of
the Parson in Hudibras when catechised
closely:
Qsestion-"What make all doctrines plain
and clearW
Ansvr-"About five hundred pounds a
year"
This, a, last, fellow citizens of the useful
and iaborious occupations, is the true key TO
the actor, Sf most Of the harliquins that
have figured upon the wing stage OF poll
tics for the last torty years. When Mr.
Clay, about forty Yeas ago, came as a Ssna-
tor from the then unsopSiscated and uncor-
rupted democracy of Kentucky, he reflected
the true spirit of the hardy yeomanc.y Of the
daughter Of Virginia. He then considered a
U. S. Bank a dangerous institution. Rs
considered il "a splendid association Of f.
roured individuals, taken from the mass Of so
eiety and Invested with exemptions y surrounded
,rah immunities and privileges" and in OIL
der to illustrate the impending danger Of
such an institution in this Republic, while /
'ho was under the honest impuision of the
spirit of democracy, he Mr.. Clay said, in
reference 10 the exercise of such a power
by Congress-"we have seen an East India
Company created which has carried dismay,
desolation aud death thro'out one of the
largest portions of the habitable world" IA
company which is, in itself, a sovereignty;
which has subverted empires and set up
new dynasties; and has not only made war,
but war against its legitimate sovereign %
"Under the influence of this power we
have seen arise a South Sea Company, and
a Missippi Company that distracted and con.