Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1853-11-12
DEMOCRATIC INSTINCTS.

1ns0ng the many extravagant notions which have
ahweri from what the Union calls the " rude Demo
cszsfc instincts" of the present day, nothing las
sSIIsx under our observation more eyincive of the
usaEiate spirit and tendency of those instincts than
shcE1llowing resolution, one of series unanimously
aslimec3 at " great ratification Democratic meet
EnmH at Faneuil Hall, in Boston, on the 18th
cIitszxJ3:
sHsolrcd Thatthe annoyances hardy and enter
isnny fishermen at the East; the difficulties and expense
aaxaashng boundaries and running lines the North
zI West; and the disregard of treaty obligations by
ssas Graders in the Gulf of Mexico, indicate that the
ssxxracss and prosperity of the whole people would be
rg advanced by spreading the stars and stripes of
5Es Hnion and the shield of Constitution and laws
&xzc sae oc North American Continent and its adjacent
EArslgs and that in opinion this is contamination
<skpuntIy to be wished -
We could almost wonder that the old Cradle Of
Gid not toppe on the heads of its occupants,
or ss ghosts of their revolutionary fathers did not
as 5n TO rebuke them for such an insult to one of
Skn great principles embodied in their own Declare
HnE Of Rights, so ably asserted and maintained in
Xxx Esle-honored temple, which was, never on any
sssssIon to trespass the rights ofothers. 1t was
sna1 chat sacred principle that our Government was
dsIEaistered from the moment of its inception down
In the period when it to be regarded by De-
DEfEszszic Prcsidentas "my Government" From that
Ttuus The principle began to lose its influence until
Gssaz Of aggression upon weak and supposed help
Ass a.slghbor followed, which gave such an impulse
10 TIE Democracy completed its destruction. The
1SrSETi rights of man now regarded as belonging
ssre.szSsvely to Young America" No other people
INK tS2ose who can be classed under some one or
giss ct the various categories Of e Democracy" are
snassd to have any rights at all, either of life or
gnpey. The annoyances" of our fishermen,
7siS.lRer they spring from their own disregard of
azsasg restrictions or not, must be removed the
ssa1c trade on the Gulf of Mexico, which washes
rhe s-es of three independent nations, all having
II cal right to its free navigation, must be broken
aNS he difficulties and expense" of settling boun
nssss must De got rid of and to accomplish these
rHHEslsas must trample under foot the rights of
Sa u1@sons which stand in the way, from Behring's
sfSzzfs 10 Panama. But when this shall be accom-
anis&ssd will the metes and boundaries Of our do
HsInssG be any more distinctively or permanently
Enaraed than they are now? VIII the Isthmus
yVe limit to the spirit Of aggression and aggran-
SxixEnsent2 Acquisition does but increase the de-
.arssa- further acquisition. We should be no bet
Ex1r satisfied with the whole of North America than
vsR now with the half of it. South America
rauss along with it into our clutches, and all
da adjacent islands," embracing Oceanica within
riig western half of the world How tempting
yrnsssst to the "instincts of Democracy y The
ecn1zre Of ancient Rome was not a circumstance to
zas eaapire Of the modern Washington but we trust
cfzE before all this shall happen the name will be
'tsursed, that such blot may rest upon the pure
Err X the Pater Patyia