Daily national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1854, 1854-01-14
Y THE PEOPLE,

ted it,
7 THE PEOPLE,
The Southern Quarterly Review for January
| in an article on new work, entitled The Peo-
pie, INDUCES in divers remarks disparaging to
the Democratic Principle.
We copy from the Washington Sentinel,
with the comments of that journal;
| "That Review, however, we regret to say,
| lays itself liable to severe animadyersion. The
first sentence Of it is We are glad to see that
aThe People, are not always to be called
great and good Republication is not always
to be trumpeted az the only Government IN
der which good can shelter ITSELF Liberty is
not to be throned as Juggernaut to ride over
all PROSTATE kingdoms, principalities, and
powers'0
"A fair translation Of this paragraph is
that one Government is % good as another
If it does not mean that it means nothing.
Again, it says Our author dismisses, in a
few happy pages, the extravagant pretensions
in favor of the masses which have been set up
by demagogues olamoring of the Hinspiration
of the people, calling them prophets glorify-
ing their perceptions and their utterances, tor
turing the old phrase, aYox Populi, vox Del"
and its kindred watchwords until the ele-
ment Of truth is lost amid extravaganza and
absurdity.'
Now, what is the meaning of all this IL
it means that the People are not infallible,
and not perfect everybody will admit it but
if it means that a Peoples Government is
not the proper Government, every true repub-
lican will dispute it.
Bot the Review quotes from the volume it
reviews, as follows; The progress Of liberty
does not depend on any form ! il may be i'm
peded, or it may be helped, by any Govern
ment Whatsoever The plain meaning of
which, If it have any meaning at all, is, that
one form of government is as good as another.
The Government of Russia, where there is no
liberty, is as favorable to liberty as that Of the
United Statesn
We are glad to see this display of virtuous
indignation on the part Of the Sentinel But
the sentiments it condemns are not uncommon
among the supporters Of the peculiar system
Of which that journal is champion. Chan
cellor Harper long ago ridiculed the idea Of
government by Democracy.
John C. Calhoun was accustomed to decaiin
on the fallacy Of tho doctrine Of the equal
rights Of all men. Virginia statesmen have
held that the men who labor with their hands
are not the men to WELD the power Of Govern
mont Virginia editors, protested Democrats,
have Landed the wisdom and benefccnce Of
the Despotism OF Russin, denounced the cause
Of Revolution in Europe, and disooursed upon
the mischiefs Of the emancipation Of the Euro
pean masses.
Such ideas are the natural growth Of Slave
Institutions, which are unfavorable to popular
intelligence, tend to obscure our perception Of
the sacredness Of human rights, and to create
necessities utterly in conflict with the Demo-
cratic Principle.
Who are the People . in South Carolina 7
The majority Of them are slaves; and Of the
minority, few constitute the ruling Glass
Representation is not apportioned according TO
numbers, but 30 regulated as to give to tho
large shareholders or capitalists the control Of
the Legislature; and the possession Of 80 much
land or 50 many negroes" IL required a. a
condition to eligibility to Office The People
are also completely excluded from all partici-
patton in voting for President or Vice Presi-
dent Of the United States; the Legislature, IN
der the control Of small boiy Of land and
negro owners, reserving to itself the appoint.
ment Of electors
We do not say that anti-republican ideas
and usages prevail alone 10 the South, ar are
fostered alone by slave institutions Wealth
wherever concentrated in small class, es.
pecially il united 10 q monopoly Of political
power, generates habits and sentiments rcpng.
nant 10 Democracy incompatible with full
and cordial recognition Of the sovereignty Of
the People
The Sentinel the other day declared it's utter
adherence Of Free.Soilers and AboIitionists.'
What is tho head and front Of their offending
Devotion to Dsmocracy---to the cause of Equal
Rights--to the principles Of Popular Sever
eighty, vindicated by the Sentinel in the fore
going extract against the Southern Review
"The Free-SoiIerv insists that the Terrific.
ries Of the United States shall be held sacred
TO Free Institutions, which prohibit the alb.
suluto subsection Of one man to the will Of
another, which secure to tho Laborer his own
earnings which recognise the Family Rela.
tions az inviolabIe, which provide for the edu
cation Of all the People, confer upon all equal
political rights, invest all with equal safe