The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1851-10-28

Union.
TAs Democratic P-rsy aud Tar n-so.i.
party. like the democratic founded upon great pn-
eipes OF justice and profound knowledge Of political
eeonomy, requires for s perpsiuaton phosophic spirit
10 eliminate truth, and ylrtuous energy TO maintain il
Amid the varied and momentous questions which will
constantly and successfully agate the mind OF the ma
uon AS long freedom is guaranteed 10 thought and the
press. The difficulty OF selecting the right is much greater
IN appearance than IN reality II unquesonably REQ ures
OF the politician anxious study and sound judgment but
more Than all. it-demands incorruplibe integrity
heart devoid OF seishness, and patriotism
with The Union With these qualities he no seeks the
truth shall find II for the God of Nature by the distinct
I've characters which He has impressed upon his creation
and by his eternal laws, has branded ndebIy all false
hood with the mark of inconsistency This applies as
well 10 the laws OF intellect and morals as TO those forces
which govern The magnificent mechanism of the universe
Each hng that exists is in complete harmony with the
balance OF creation-a fact self-evdent from their con-
empoIaneous existence. All truth, then, is con
sisten with itself, and falsehood reconciIable with
existing realities The liar at every step makes visible
footprint the clad fields OF truth and can be
tracked like wild beast 10 his den. and exermnated
This consistency Of Nature therefore, is now and will
hereafter always continue to be, test OF truth and false
hood Thus all Nature assists the advocates of truth
and furnishes nvincible amor against the assaults of It's
enemies.
This benefcent law OF the God OF Nature ia accompa
use his weapons and hope to be nvncble shall put on
ALL his armor, and do battle for .the truth the whole
truth, and nothing but the truth" Let not the advocates
OF great system OF phlosophc government cherish the
deusion that they hope TO succeed any other con-
dton. Clad in truth, even the coward dsdains fear
Then, spread before the nation that immaculate banner
which the spirits of departed sagss and patriots have con-
hded TO progressive democracy, who seek to free their
government of injustice and wrong not by the terrible
commissions and revolutions of war, but by those calm
and magnificent movements which spring out of the
contemplation of truth and the convictions OF society !;
throw out from the heart those sophstries with which
sel6shness seeks to beguile its conscience tample
upon those cowardly fears which unfit from gazing
on the sublime harmony OF that social system of exact
and universal justice which rises like the red
dawn of day above the horizon. With hearts thus pur
fed spread that banner 10 the breeze and the God of
Nature, who created truth omnpOtent, will fill you with
its strength and lead you from victory to victory Till the
struggle shall end and Justice, supreme, by her perfected
laws shall bless and rule mankind From this glorious
era in the future when by the efforts OF mind, legislation
shall have become perfectly adapted to the of man.
and when the laws will no longer need change,
indeed yet far removed only perceive the pos
siby of its existence by the rays OF light which
nate from its body and guild the moun,anpeaks which
rise before in the distance. The knowledge of its
istence, however is the pllar OF fire" which leads the
true democratic party, and fills the soul Of the patriot with
the consultations of hope when looking back over the
bloody records OF the past when struggling against the
tyranny and injustice Of the present
But as our hopes lie in the FUTURE do our duties
rest in the present-an age of ron atque fero noeus
aurum" Ii is the laborious but honorable duty OF
statesmen 10 existing obstacles to the march OF
mindto cut down the mountains OF and falsehood
which obstruc the way that society may glide safely
over the railways constructed by her engineers. To
thorze advance by society in the science OF govern
ment change Of organic law or even OF statutes of
general importance, il is not sufficient that fev minds
clearly perceive the truth OF the philosophy upon which
such movement may be founded, but il must be fully
grasped by the grea, OF the intellect OF the age.
nation nigh, otherwise lose by violent action all the val
liable egacies OF the past for few minds may net have
power or position to preserve equilibrium as the moral
world ngs EDWARDS, the enemies OF truth and free
dom may be present TO cut loose It's ancient ties, and
precipate the Sale with its irresistible momentum, into
violent anarchy-the certain precursor OF despotsm The
press and the forum are, therefore, the only levers
with which you SAFELY move the State The
mind OF the great reiormer must not alone be
filled with his philosophy, but the truth must have
been sown brozdcas, over the land, and taken roo, ;
otherwise it would be vain to expect harvest, time OF
calm and sunshine Here lies the secret OF that quiet
progress moral and POLITICAL which pre-eminently char
acterzes the United States. Questions Of public policy
are not alone agi,aed in the councils OF the nation, but
are discussed in her schools and her coeges-n clubs
legislatures senaes, churchesin conventions, and be-
fore assemblages OF the people, by orators scholars
and statesmen, and, finally, BY the Judiciary and the
press Thus clearly comprehendng intricate and alb
suse subjects the patriot and phianlhropIs generally
sustained by the people, and thus The most benehcent
reforms are slowly but safely and permanently secured
In looking forward to the future. all the signs OF the
times concur in forewarnng that the INTELLECT
THE NATION begins fully to comprehend the injustice and
xa,zed robbery involved in present system Of col
lec,ng the revenues which sustain the government and
and America with its feuda magnfcence and barbarc g
norance begins al last To toter 10 it's fall That moment
will be one Of CONSERVATION and confusion Of unuera
BILE 10y and relief proportion the intellect OF the age
has anticipated and prepared for the event When the pro
tectve system OF taxation dear 10 monachs, corrupt
minister's and favored classes in Europe, shall be in
yoyed in ruins by the annhilaton and destruction Of
the aborUg classes, upon whose shoulders by this
qusitely evised engine of torture, has been thrown
the whole weight OF the government-when these classes
shall be taxed and starved out Of their native landhrn
shall the nobility and favored classes drink the poison
which they have concocted, and universal bankruptcy,
terror, and shall sweep the land, and over
wbelm the institutions Of the proud opprcssors OF the
poor. Dor system shall survive its destruction, and shall
then portion of the Immortality Of truth Truth
here will oyershem error, because left free TO combat
il, and here its death will be quiet and still and labor,
freed from the shackes OF government, with renewed
vigor shall enter the haryess OF Nature, and reap the
blessings given society by God, There II will PERISH
because fasebood will be supreme; and the vast engine
shall stop, because human beings whose bodies were
The ne tina, fed its internal fires sha have fled through
The waters of the Atlantic, unless God, in mercy, shall