Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1854-06-13

cIo(10 the NAKED, W lurntsH WORK Nf he btrOKs Wnu
the sllotsnd every where proclaim the arWfy oi al
sgxsl way sA and the its,'S ef a."
Democracy and the Administration.
But short time since The Democra.
cy, Of the entire country was congratu.
lating itself upon iis unprecedented ri.
umph, in the election Of franklin
Pierce. "a man Of the people," 10 The
high position he now holds. The peo.
pie everywhere approved the doctrines
Of the inaugural Address. The instruc.
tions Of Secretary Marcy to the foreign
ministers we're universally approved by
all parties. The country felt secure from
the agitation Of the Slave question in
the Hall Of Congress. which has never
had any good effect, but only eukinllel
bitter sectional strife. AT The very FIRST
Congress under this administration, in
saturated with such favorable auspices,
a Senator from Illinois, introduced the
Slavery sgi,o,ion into Congress. and
what is more singular, the President en-.
courages and loments the agitation. which
has resulted in the passage ofan obnoxi.
ous act, neither demanded by the North
nor the South, but in direct opposition
to tho creed Of tho Democratic party,
and against the strong ard earnest pro.
les. Of the great majority Of the people
Of the entire country. The newspaper
press were as three to one agains. the
Repeal Of the Missouri Compromise.
The Homestead Bill, the Pacific Rail.
road. the French Spoliatiou Bill, ,anl all
the measures in which the people felt
an interest must be thrust aside, for the
sake Of forcing the Nebraska scheme
through, without giving the people any
opportunity 10 express their opinion up.
on Ihe measure in the great forum of
public opinion, the ballot box.
The first fruit Of this scheme will, we
spprehsnd, be the formation Of parties
on geographical lines. The people will
no longer be cajoled with names and
humbugs-,hey will estimate public
men by their fidelity 10 true constitution.
al democracy.
Dnrins the pas, FIVE years there has
been no democratic party in Congress.
In canvassing the votes Of both branch.
es Of the National Legislature. during
that period. We cannot find q party
vote ona single question cf public poll.
cy. When Webster, and Clay were
living. and in the Senate. they stood,
side by side, with Cass. Dickinson, and
Buchanan, on all the great questions
that engaged the attention Of Congress.
There was a time in the history Of
this government, when democracy was
a ssigni6cant term, definite in its charac.
ter; when il had no alliances with aris.
tocracy in any shape whaieyer; when it
was the representative Of the principles
Of the revolution as sketched, and plan.
mel in the DECLARATION OF iNDEpEx.
DExcE. In the days Of Jefferson and
Jackson, they made democracy terror
10 aristocrats, and shield Of defence
10 tha people. The sublime truths ol
the gospel ofJesus, in the hands Of q
corrupt and false ministry, have been
made ths instruments Of oppression and
persecution; and in the name Of religion
the most infamous crimes have beer
committed that shrowd the page Of his
tory. The present administration and
Congress have Just consumma!ed in th
sacred nsme Of DExocRAcY. the blackes
deed in the history Of American Legisla
ton. They have declared to the worl'
that slavery, and not freedom, is the ag
gessive principle Ct the Federal Gov
ernment. During the past FIVE month
tho whole energy Of President Pierce
and Of Congress, have been employe'
10 battering down the ramparts Of free
dom, in the very heart Of the continent