The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1852-08-04
KEEP IT BEFORE THE PEOPLE.

Tha, the wing party propose to bes.ow the
.ivll power of our Republic upon the Military
Chieftain at the head of the standing army, as
reward for military service.
KEEP 1T BEFORE THE PEOPLE, that
The wing party are attempting to make tAe
standing army the only road to the Presidency
in this country, as has been the case IN Mexico
France and other countries where the liberties
of the people have been Frustrated by the pre-
dominance Of the military p~lr cIplr.
KEEP TT BEFORE THE PEOPLE, that as
a means of establishing the predonnnance OF
the military principle in this country, and OF
bringing the mercenary regulars OF the standing
army and navy to the polls to vote and to lniiu-
ence The election at various important places,
the comma, ding general a, the head Of the army,
who never held a civil office in his he, and the
officer having command of the naval forces, have
been nomnat and placed on the wing ticket
for the Presidency.
KEEP 1T BEFORE TIE PEOPLE, that
the gross and bareaced attempt now made on me
part of whguery to build up the supremacy 81
the military principle in order to put down inc
ascendency of the Democracy OF THIS country,
cannot be covered up or concealed by any Pa'
liation or excuse to be found ia the election 81
W,suISGToN or JACKSON, who were distinguish
ed as statesmen, having spent the greater part
of their lives in the civil service OF the Country,
and as far they were engaged IN military ser
vice If was as mere citizen soldiers in time of
war. and neither of whom held any command IN
the army when proposed for the Presidency; ana
WAsHINGroN having expressly forbidden the
use Of h. name as candidate for the Presiden
CIV, until after he had resigned the command oil
the army and retired to private lite.
BELT REMEMBERED THAT ALL HIS
TORY TEACHES, that the prcdomInance OF
the military principle is wholly Incompatible
with the liberties of the people, and that,
through blind and needless regard for mere
military renown, it has wrought the downfall OF
every Republic in other countries and other ages
of the world.
LET 1T NOT BE FORGOTTEN, that when
we are told that no danger can arise IN our c0"h-
iry from eeva,ng military leader IN the STAND
mo army to the Presidency the same thing was
thought and said when LOUIS NAPOLEON was
elected in France, when lturbide was elected in
Mexico; ard the same self security was felt in
elevatino the Caesars, the Mariuses, and the
Svlas of other ages. Had the danger been
realized at the time, the usurpers and tyran's o
| other countries would not have been entrusted
with that civil authority by which they were
| enabled to break down all the pillars of popular
| liberty.
I LET 1T NOT BE OVERLOOKED, BUT
SOUND THE TOCSIN ALL ALONG TIL
| LINE, that if the civil power of the Republic
be bestowed on General SCoTT as reward fo
his military services as proposed, backed, by
the standing army Of which he is the tavorlte
and successful leader, backed by the unprlnci
pied and dwelling demagogues Of federalism
| bv the millionares of Wall street, and the
| bankers and monopolists of the country, who
are at heart opposed to a government OF The
| peopi,, ard willing and anxious to resort to any
| means whatsoever to suppress the supremacy
of the Democracy or the people, he would hole
in his hands elements of power far more Tor
midable and more dangerous than those volun
tarily given to the CKsARs and Napoleons o
other countries.
HERALD 1T FROM EVERY WATCE
TOWER OF LIBERTY. that the great ssrug
| gle between liberty and despotism going on il
the world, is struggle for the supremacy q
the people, on the one hand, and of civil gov
ernment--a struggle to maintain and contro
civil power by the free and untrammelled vii
Of the people on the one hand, and Ivy the powe
and influence Of the standing army under The
lead of military cheftain on the other.
| PROCLAIM 1T THROUGH EVERY
SENTINEL UPON THE TOWER, tina
General ScoTT, with less caution than Loui:
Napoleon, and other military usurpers, even II
his letter Of acceptance Of the nomination says
that if elected, he ,oW carry ac'M HIM into tn
Girl administration, q prtnciptc Of ma1tarl
copHuct, Sc, and further to use his oacn Tan
! gaage ain rtgard to the generai policy q
tie administration # elected, IshOuid, Of course
took amoag those 7cho may npProre Mnt poitc!
tor tie agenis to carry 1t into execution an
| should seek to caitirate harmony and .frater.
nal scatimcts throughout the ,chig party.'-
Thus with bold effrontery unexamplcd, presen
ting himself by express declaration, if elected
as the President of a mere political party, and
announcing in advance, that he would use The
powers of the government to strengthen an'
sustain his party.
FINALLY HOLD UP TO EVERY
MANS OBSERVATION, the difference be
tween the citizen soldier who takes up arms II
the time of war in the defence of his country
and the mercenary regular in the standing army
| The one values above all things, the liberties o
his country, which the other accustomed at al
times to the despotic rule of the army, canno
appreciate, and the prostraton of which onl,
increases his own power and influence in tbs
| government Washington, Jackson, and HIr
rlson were citizens in peace, but soldiers in war
while Napoleon, 1turbide, Santa Anna, ant
almost all the usurpers, were men who hat
spent the most of their lives in the standing
army and cared nothing for the true interests o
the people. Ohio Statesman.