Richmond daily times. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1853, 1852-03-12
THE OLD AND THE YOUNG DEMO

take from the Enquirer OF wednesday last, is TOO
good to be lost; and we commend it to the parti-
cular attention of our readers. 1t harps upon a
string which we have recently had occasion to
touch ourselves. 1t avows a fact, now becom-
ing too obvious to admit of concealment, and
that is, the utter rottenness and decadence of
that organization which, for years, under the
abused name of "Democracy" has had for its
object, Ito use the expressive language of the
Enquirer's correspondent 1.-The living on the go
vernment, instead of under it." The true secret
of its decline, it needs no seer or philosopher to
expound. The Young Democracy" will no
longer submit to the domination of the "Old,''
and have sworn, shy cock and pie" things shall
no longer go on as they have; that the ''old TO-
gies' shall not have life long lease of the pub
lie treasury, without even 'impeachment fa0aste'
as the long robed gentry have it;) that they are
tired of living in 'the doubled damn'd post
obits'' of their Seniors, and will submit to it no
longer. Hence they have begun with calling
them names-''old togies"-and all sorts of ir-
reverential epithets, preparatory to kicking them
out of doors. In vain does old Mr.. Buchanan cry
out about 'sthe ancient and long established land
marks of the party;'' to no end does poor old
Gen. Gass mount the mettlesome jade s'inter-
reRtion," to switch the world with noble horse
manship;" Marcy's s'breeches" are much too
old to be mended; the ''beau ideal of Western
chivalry'' is as Anticipated as the middle ages;
Sam Houston is as flat as the bad grog he used to
drink at San Jacinto; all, all are, otd-passe;
and to all their piteous protestations for four
years reprieve, "Y Dung America" turbulent I'm
feeling brutal '.Young America" has but one
short answer-''old gentlemen! your time is
up-walk!' But to the Enquirer, and its cor
respondent:
To the Editors ofdte Enquirer.
WASHINGTON, March T.
Some two or three weeks SINCE one of your
pondents "a Republican of the Old School, sounded
the 'tocsin to the Democratic party and warned it of
sreal weakness its apparent strength
Soon after, another correspondent, "North East
pended to and confirmed the views presented by "A
Republican of the Old School," To-day send you
still another warning of the dangers ahead 1t comes
from whose advice should have weight for he is
wise in the councils of his country
'If rightly read the signs of the times there has
seldom been period when the Democratic party of
the country to which you and | warmly attached
was in greater peril than the present In
order to avert this danger must mutually forget and
forgive past dissensions suffer cones to be bygones
and commence career, keeping constantly in
view the ancient and land marks of the
party. JAMES BUCHANAN,
Ofmany causes which have contributed to the pre-
state of things, it is not my intention to speak in
axtenso. But it is duty and far from being pleas
ant one, to aude to some of Them more especially to
one which has recently been and is now, doing
than all others, widen the breach. 1.-THE Democrat
c Review" published in New York has long been re-
sarded the organ of the hoe art and as SUCH re-
ceved the and support othe party through
out the country About the first OF January last, it
changed hands, and placed under the control of
very celebrated agent and manager of sundry large
schemes "pans, &C., too numerous to mentionl now
before, and about to before Congress-being
moreover partazan Of one Of the candaddtes for the
Presidential nomination. The January number of the
Review made its appearance in all reasonable time,
but containing matter which true Democrat could
approve sanction 1t attack all the prom
nent men belonging to the Democratic party who had
been named for the Presidency, saoe one Wisdom
perience long services purity public and private char
acter; acknowledged Abilities ALL all ridculed,
scofed atall disposed of under the head of old Fo-
| yies.' This looked bad for party which required
unity concert and brotherly love- 1tlooked il
| some "Marplot had by means, Or in some way
been admitted into the confidence othe party and
intent give it the stab' the fatal stab. This, how
ever couldno be- for high in the confidence of the
Democratic party, had IN February endorsed it, anc
We're presumed to be acquainted with Its contents
only in alton to the candidates for the Presden
cy but its advocacy of the Intervention doctrine. -
True, these gentlemen have had opportunity through
your paper Of saying whether 'hey intended to
have not thought proper respond to the friendly ap
peal which had been made to them through the same
| channel; and it as said of them has taken excep
tons the call made on him Let that pass Ipass &c
the February No. of this "Revew, and in it, what dc
we find? violent and virulent attack him. who had
been endorsed by the whole Democratic party in ls4s
allude of course the noble and gallant w. o. But
Ter of Kentucky 'the beau ideal of Western chiyalry
This day however, in the House, the youthful and elo
quent breckenridge of Kentucky was heard with great
effect, in relation to this unseemly and wanton attack
| on Gen. Butler
1t folly to disguise the fact that great party
forming in this country composed of the odds and ends
Of all parties-a party which has for its object the
living the Government, instead Of living under it
p 1t may become imperative TO unmask of the
| leaders, detore 1naay be too late. LAGOON"
Now we profess great reverence for those
short pithy sentences, which have come down
to us in the shape of maxims, sayings, &c.-and
which give us in the briefest compass all the
wisdom of our ancestors" for it is seldom that
these 'wise saws are unconfrmed by ''modern
instances and we think there will be per-
ceived here very striking example Of such con-
frmation. One of them runs somehow so ::
''When rogues fall out, honest men, &c. &C."
sit may become Imperative to unmask some OF
the leaders before 1t may be too late :" "Ha,
ha, old Truepenny Say you so!' Then to
it Immediately, for it is never too late or too
early to unnask thief as long as there is any
thing about him to expose.
But we are informed sit is folly to disguise
the fact that great party is now forming in this
country, composed of the odds and ends Of all
parties-a party which has for its object the
living on the Government instead of under it,
Indeed. Now with the exception that ''Lao-
coon," (he of the snakes, we presume,) puts
the formation of this party in the present only,
we must tell him he is giving us .'Piper's
news" as the children call it, for such party
has existed in this country for more than twenty
years to our knowledge, though we do not date
much earlier ourselves. 1t began some time
about the year of our Lord, eighteen hundred
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