M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1855-07-13

they were not elected as our Senators
and Representatives are, by ballot anc
the calm judgment of the people, bu
in novel way; there were Judges o.
elections selected and placed in room
where they could hear the people; and
as the candidates presented themselve,
the people cheered, and the man who
received the most hearty cheers IRON
the people, was declared elected. Thus
was established an election of their ru-
lers, by the people Of Sparty. But
Sparty fell; the greatness OF that once
small band of Patriots has fled, and the
place Of their State is known no more
among the nations Of the earth. They
fell prey to that more powerful Gov
ernment, Rome; whose rise and progress
cast such halo Of glory around the
name of a Roman, that even caused
Paul, the apostal, and follower of the
meek and lowly Redeemer, to declare,
when in trouble, that he was Roman
citizen. Now what kind of Govern.
ment had Romep 1t was said 10 be a
but was it such a republic as
ours? Did it secure 10 the Roman cit-
izen all his natural rights? Did it af.
ford her citizens all the liberties that
ours does the American citizen? Did
she consider that Governments were
instituted among men, as we'll for the
governed as the Governor? Did she
act up to true Democracy?-by this
word | mean government of the .,eo-
Pile. Did she, after establishing Sen.
ate of wise men, and her Courts of JUS
tice, execute her laws for the advance.
ment of her people, and for their good?
Did she dispense justice with an even
hand; to the great and small, rich and
poor alike, and cause them to cling,
with strong hand and a willing heart,
to institutions which she had establish
ed2 She did not. Although Rome
Aourished in great splendor for many
centuries, and done much to ameliorate
the suferings of mankind, yet she failed
to attain that high and lofty position
occupied by the American people, by
the instrumen.ality OF our forefathers,
by the establishment OF this glorious
Union under which we live, and by
the perpetuation of the principles that
were given to the world on the 4th day
OF July, l776. We may yet attain a
greater height of national prosperity
and individual ejoyments. But Rome
tell-her Government was detective
and great was the struggle of her death;
she was three hundred years in yielding
up her liberties, Dark and benighted
times rolled o'er the earth after her fall,
and the hearts of men sunk within
them; the spirit of liberty seemed to
have taken its flight from the world
forever! But not so, my fellow citi-
zens; although il Slumbered long in its
exile and de bauch, and the animal pas
sionS OF man had their sway, and Kings
and Princes rioted on the wealth and
labor Of the people, it only waited to
break forth with more force, in the bo.
SONS Of the American people, and on
her soil 10 rear lis head, never more to
leave, | trust, this land of Liberty. If
we are true to ourselves, our country,
and the world, our career as free and
independent nation will far outstrip all
the Governments, in true greatness, that
has gone before us since the world be-
gan. What trust then, fellow citizens,
is delivered into our hands. Shall we
prove recreant to that trust? Shall we
suffer our Government to fall by party
strife, as Rome fell. Caesar had par
ty,and the Senate hada party, but Rome
had no party; Rome fell, and Caesar
and the Senate fell with her. Shall
this be the fate Of this glorious Union?
Shall we fall by party strife, by deny
ing the right of citizenship to those
who may come among US from foreign
cline? Shall we back ourselves up in
our nativity and rally round that selfish
cry OF "Americans should rule Ameri-
ca;" thus casting a stigma on the
names OF some OF the greatest men oil
the Revolution? | answer no! and ev-
cry American will answer MOI and if |
had the eloquence of Demosthenese
and was on the highest peak OF the
Rocky mountains, with a voice louder
than ten,iold thunder, ! would proclaim
to the American people, and to the
world, "LET AMERICA BE RULED BY
PRINcIPLEs;" and would invite the
down-trodden Of all the nations of the
earth to come and partake of our glo>
rious liberties. Was this Union es.
tablished, and our Liberties secured, by
Americans alone? History says not;
the names attached to the Declaration
of independence says not-for we find
there the names OF Burton, Guinett,
and Robert Morris, natives OF England;
James Smith, George Tyler, and Math-
ew Thurston, natives of Ireland; John
Witherspoon and James Wilson, Of
Scotland, and Francis Lewis of Wales;
and of the officers of the army, Latay-
cite, of France; Barons De Kalb and
Steuben, Of Germany; VIM. R. Da-
Wis and VIM. Moultrie, Of England.
VIM. Crogan, John James, and Rich
ard Montgomery, OF Ireland; Koscius>
ko, of Poland; Charles Lee, of Wales;
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