The Planters' banner. [volume] (Franklin, Attakapas Co., Lou.) 1849-1872, 1853-12-29

u HiIlouS, anu Will call II IN as last rs II
becomes due: and then is the time fnat
the shoe will begin to pinch: then will
be the time that we shall discover the
beauties and advantages of excessive
lmFortations superinduced by low du-
ties, and, with or without war. payday
must and will come, sooner or later
and when 1t does arrive, then we shall
see the workings of what many are
now pleased TO call the free trade sys.
| tenn.
have had no difficulty, Mr.. Chai,-
man, in solving question which had
puzzled the brains of thousands. to wit ::
the universal anu anxious inquiry
Why is it that the foreigners all vote
against US? Sir, it is the charm con-
veyed 10 their senses by the SOUND of
Democracy ) they give to the term its
otHfleer tHflee sIgnlticatipnc c-theX-knnW of no
be found in antagouiSm to aristocracy.,
or TO despotism and the power of the
sovereign. There is no other demcera-
cy than that which is to be found in The
power of the people; and they natural
ly believe when they come among Us
that democracy on this side of the wa
ter means what they unders,and by
democracy at home Nothing is more
natural than that they should identify
themselves with those whom they sup
pose are struggling to maintain the
rights and the power of the people of
which they themselves compose part
it is not because they are opposed to us
or our principles, but because they do
not understand the nature of the ques-
tions that divide us; and when they
have been here long enough TO ascer-
tain the truth. like other men. pride of
opinion, pride Of consistency. and old
habits and associations bind them down
to the party with which they have been
accustomed to act.
Mr.. Chairman, | am often asked why
am Whiga My answer is. because
am a Democrat because | believe
there is more sound Democracy in the
Wing ranks than in the other party. and
because go for the principle, and not
the name or the sound of Democracy.
How could be any thing else but a
Democrat? Losing both father and
mother when. was but child nine
years old, (by the burning of the thea
tire in Richmond,) was soon after sent
off 10 boarding school, and from that
day to this have been mixed up with
the people, sympathizing in all their
wrongs, contending throughout my
manhood for all their rights, and strug-
Cling for their political equality, des-
pising at all times every thing that sa-
vored of arlstocracy and pride, whether
OF birth or fortune, ready 10 resist op-
preston whenever and wherever met
it. Brought up in the midst of the
people and one of themselves, how
could | be, in my nature, habits, asso-
Citations, and sympathies any thing bnt
Democrat 2 And vet, suppose should
desire from any cause to associate my
self with the Democratic party, what
are the tests by which ! would be tried
To what doctrines or principles would
| have to subscribe TO gain an admit
;tance into their ranks and fellowship
with them? They surely could not re-
ject me on the ground that | was in fa-
vor of the principle of protection, for
'ihat would have excluded Mr. Jefferson
and Gen. jackson from the Democratic
'barty, as ii would now exclude many
thousands of their present friends. in
'tlluding Mr.. Buchanan, who, with SiIas
Wright, voted for the tariff of 1912.
e nd without whose votes it could never
S ave become a law; it could not be,
y the ground that was in favor of in
n Irnal Improvements, for that would
D Eclude Gen. Cass and many Of the
# ominent Northern and Western men
i the Democracy; and it was bat the
# Iher day that here in this very hall
n o members of Mr. Pierce's Demo-
= etic Cabinet made speeches in favor
: the Pacific Railroad as a Govern
/ lnt measure, What, then, would be
e test? Why this and this only: If
= buld consent to vote for the Demo-
d tic nominee, and thus secure to them
? spoils of office, should be consid-
l. q as good Democrat as the best
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