Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1853-10-27
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ernmeot, Which L apprehend, pro
ceeds from d want of confidence, OF
their part, in the integrity and ca
pacity of the people to gbvern them
selves. To all who entertain sucl
fears, | will most respectfully say
that | entert ain none, and with due
Difference to their fears and opiuF TONS
will ask the question, If D ma i;
not capable, and is mot to be trq qstet
with the government of himself, is
he to be tru usted with the govern
ment of OF hers? Who, then, will
govern? The answer mus be, Man
for we ha We no angels, in the
shape of men, as yet, who are will
ing to take charge of our political
affairs. Man is, not peri bet, it is
true, but we all hope he is approx
mating perfe ection, and that he will,
/ in the progress Of time, i each this
grand and most important end in all
human affairs.
| have not deemed it I'M proper or
out of place, on this OCCASION, to make
a single allusion 70 the young men Of
our country. Many Of them, while
at our academies and colleges, and
when in the study Of their profession,
Iimperceptibly. imbibe no tions preju-
dicial TO Democracy Their wealth,
and too frequently their preceptors
many of whom are bigotted and
supercilious on account Of their lit
erary attainments, and assumed su-
Iperior information on most subjects
= inspire their students with false
ideas Of their own superiority, mixed
with a superabundance of self
TEEN, which causes them to feel that.
the great mass of mankind were in
tended by their Creator TO be chew
ers of wood and drawers Of water
that it is in tbs Government, as it
was in olden Rome, between the Pa
tricians and Plebeiaus; where, in fact,
the people never e4joyed for one
moment, that pure liberty and free
dom of thought and Of action which
is enjoyed by the people of the Uni
ted States. To this class of our
young men | have d few remarks to
make, in reference to the great prin7
ciples of Democracy, the scope and
design Of which, / gr reatly fear, they
have, as yet, wholly f allied to compre-
hend, and if compreh ended, not duly
And in doing so, | do
not intend, on this occasion to enter
into any analytical or metaphys Steal
upon the great princi-
Pies of Democracy. At present | +
shall ico ntent myself by assuming,
md taking it as aconceded fact, that
DenOcracy, or mans capabilitY to
govern himselfis a principle MatIer-
SIS; that it is Inherent in the 9eryI.I
nature Of man; that it is that in gre
lient in the compound called rhan,
Which enables him ito determine bell
ween right and wrong, in all pdliti-I
al affairs. In this principle, cdIIedIi {
democracy, consists bis capability of |
1T is that which
nables him to reason correctly, and
o lift himself above all animal Great l
ion. Its this principle that consti1 {
ntes the intelligence Of man; or, iIIt IL
thef words, that IN Man which par1 {
axes most highly Of the nature and {
haracter of Him in whose image hdt(
) made-which | term the DtciRkdI .
f Han. And in proportion as tlliH /
divinity is enlarged, the Man bell 7
ONES more and more capable of self1H 5
overnment, and still more elevated Il
/ his character. i will also assumed [
hat / know none will venture iIi C
,ason t . deny, that Ml$ DIGNITY Of c
ian can be ealWy4d, and that MAD 0
IN becom me more God 1like than hd 6
Tt is the business of the Demo- il
attic party to progress in the work. a
: increa sing this principle Of Dill Il
nifty, or Democracy; and thereby Il
evate and make man more periect c,
hold tha the Democratic parity ir;
'oper, of the whole world, and espe7 0.
ally of the United States, has uni Il
srtaken, the poliarq5 redemption on 81
IAN, and sooner or later, the great p.
ork will be accomplished. In the 81
,litical world, it corresponds to thad IL
Christianity in the moral They p
e going along, not ih divergentsI it
II in parallels, but ili conyergind al
les tRe one purifying and elevs ec
ng man religiously, the other pplit1 Il
ally. Democracy progressive, cor1 ipl
spends also to the Church MILITANT p