Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1852-10-12
Mr.. H. A. Wise.

We extract a few more gems from this gentle
man Louisa speech. a il-
Hear him how he expatiated on true and false
Democracy-thel latter persnified by the then and
now self-styled Democracy, The former by the
Wings:
''Such is the Democracy, gentlemen, which now
reigiis it is Democracy inscribed in "gold let
ters'' on the blood red banner ofimperal despotsn
Gentlemen, there are two kinds oil Democracy; one
is spurious and false and the other is genuine. one
kind of Democracy appeals 10 the prejudices, pas
sions and vices of our nature, to degrade men DOWN
to the lowest level of the very mire OF moral de-
preston, would make us all equal there-equaiiy
deprayed, equally vicious, equally degraded. The
other Democracy adopt the theory, the divine
theory of our fathers, that all nan were born with
powers and rights, equally 10 strive for moral, in
tellectual and physical Improvement: 1t places
sovereignty in the people, makes every man king
"A king TO inspire TO the highest pitch oil human
Advancement, improvement i'll wealth, in lawful
power, in learning, i'll moral worth, IN everything
which God and his relations TO ms follow-lIan
permits MIN to enjoy in every gift and grace which
God and nature intended for man. 1t raises high
the level of human greatness; ralseslt higher, Dem
ocrats contend, than the heads of crowned kings
and enperors themselves. 10 that level, 1t strives
to raise all men to be equals there-equals Ill
virtue, equals in happiness. 1t vouchsafes to the
poor little peasant boy, whomay now be wh!stling
i'll fields, emusic to his team" the right and
freedom to aspire to the Presidency oil the United
| States, To DC III 10 DC VI IL
| 1t bases the republic upon public virtue; and ii
preserves public virtues rs itwoud pcrpctuate the
republic to all posterity, down the course Of ie."
| This is stern rcpubcanisn, genuine Democracy
1t is TO restore this, "to revive our ancient liberties
To found anew an empire of the laws we, the
WlIlGiIS 1889, struggle and. should be united:
."Tis liberty we ask! IT'S liberty!
| The kingdom of the people. Lo! the rights
| Our fathers have bequeathcn us! Lo! the rights
| Which we bcqueatied TO ages yet unborn!'
"TheSc are ends, the noble, patriotic ends of our
| Union"' .,-4a .sl.ts-.
Hear him on another point, that which, more
than all Others separates the Wings from the Loco
focos-Me One Man po,rer! -ia -.-.ai
"ls Mr.. Clay a Fedcralist? lie was the friend of
cilerSon'S administration, leader under Mr.. Mad
iSon administration, supporter of the war and Il
successful mcgociator OF its peace. If he has
advocated latltudinarian doctrines of construction,
which claimed too much power for the Federal
| Government, he claimed that power only for Con
| gress-the Legislative dcpartmcnt-nevcr for an
ovcrsrown mammoth Executive, never for one man!
His voice has thrilled through me in the Senate,
when have heard him cXclain "Alr President,
we are in the midst of Il revolution, hitherto blood
less but rapidly tending 10 the concentration OF all
power in one man' II FedcraiiSt at all, he is
not that worst of Fe,leralists-"an Executive Fcde-
ralist lie is utterly opposed TO the enormous pa
trunage of the President, utterly opposed to the
arbitrary rcmovalsi from Office, utterly opposed TO
TO prescription for opinions sake, utterly opposed
to the appointment ofmembers of Congress 10 office,
and FOR reducing Executive power in every fonn.
Where was Mr.. Van Buren, during the war! Did
he support Mr.. Madison or De Witt Clinton! Was
he in council or in arms, either in the field or at
Client! Where is lie now! "Nosciter a socs.''
Look ut his Federal companions in the Cabinet,
look at his Federal appointments upon the Supreme
Bench of the Iudiciary--Rogcr X. fancy, an old
anti-war Fed rails, of the blue hue, Is now the
chief cxpoundrr of constitutional law; and look at
4 the Walls and Buchanans, i'll the Senate. What
i Mr.. Van Buren, doing! Daily adding to
Executive power. enlarging Executive dominion,
increasing Executive patronage, multiplying Exc
outivc emcroachments, consolidating the Govern
ment to ensure his reelection to the Presidency
an Office which, fpower, the substance and not
forms and names, be the true criterion, is already
in fact an ciecirc ,nonarcky!" ~ +. .... rrr-.H