The true Democrat., 1855-07-10

| cease to revere the noble free spirit that now fills their bosoms-should forget that
 | "There springs of crystal nectar | Ever yelling out of stone
 | There purple buds and golden
 Hidden, crushed and overgrown
 God who counts by souls not dresses,
 Loves and prospers you and me-
 whilst he values thrones the highest
 But as pebbles in the sea-"
 That in fact ''the gold is but the cuineas stamp. the mans man for a that" When pomp and luxury shall assume the rank now held bv mind and worth-then may that flag float for the last tune and expire with the freedom that under It had been won.
 The history of the past affords but sad study-presents but a gloomy picture to the investigations of the philosopher or the phi lanthropist. In tracing its history, the eve wan. ders over but one unbroken record of crime and misery, relieved here and there by some few sights of happiness and true glory, which, how ever, like the hghtnngs flash from the storm cloud, serve but show the blackness of dark ness that encrcles them. Wherever our minds wander along the record of the dim past of na tlons 1t reads the same narrowing tale-frugali ty, courage, brotherhood and liberty rradiating the front of the youth of nations, followed by wealth, cowardice, luxury and death These are the phases that present themselves in the life of nations that have preceded us.
 It is with sadness that one looks unon tho death of fellow being, but to follow in tho mlnd, once great nation to the tomb of anni- hllation-to know that it's death was meritnd and that in all its great body there is scarcely a member whose loss is to be regretted and that oblivion is its proper epitaph, makes one heart SICK lndeed--knowing as we do that this is not the natural fate of nations, for we know that m the great heart of a people still fingers among the weak and lowly, the living burning desire to be free-we hear 1t in the great cry of the people, when endeavoring to assert their rghts-we hear 1t rising above thesea of blood, engulphng the hopeless victims of an unsuc- cessful revolution; yet no matter what oppres- slon may be heaped upon the devoted heads of people, ever anon, as the sunlight pierc- Ing the darkest clouds, we hear the cry, bid ding hope once more to live.
 The past Is full of monuments, and one who truly loves his fellow man, sees hourishing around them, in greater vigor, the ivy and deadly nightshade, than the rose and the violet He sees might triumphng over right, and iron heeled oppression grinding to the earth humble virtue-for the latter is but delicate flower and thrves but in the sheltered nook and se- | withers it and it dies-and in the past one reads more virtues sculptured on marble than were ever acted in ife--as though the dead were contentcd to dedicate their life to vice, solely taking care that after death, tomb-stones should be erected over their bodies, endoWing them with virtues when dead that they ignored when l living But let the dead past bury its dead I but refer to it to point moral and adorn a tale l refer to it but as beacon light to guide the storm-tost mariner from the dangers that are near him. It is with the present, the living pre- sent, that concerns us now, and 1t behOoves Us we'll to examine and ponder boldly upon the means to avoid those rocks and breakers upon which the liberties of so many other nations have been shipwreckcd.
 The political principles governing this coun try have sought to gain a toOthOld in the old world, and even in our own day we have seen the nations upheaving with God-like inspiration.
 For short time all went merry as a marriage ! bell. Thrones were cast down. kings were flee- 1 ing, and one almost began to believe in the faith ofa people--but soon the vision burst; the people were ready and true, but the leaders were false, tickle or venial. Unlike our own ancestors there is not single name which will survve-enrol- led on the scroll of liberty as a worthy-and fame-and now 1t is dead and the nations of Flu rope, like Rachel of old, mourn and will not be coIntorted; yet should they uot sorrow as those without hope for the spirit of liberty among them has but died to be born again in a nobler, purer form; for one who believes in the kind Providence that rules above us, must feel con- tident that nations must be free and that defeat Is but the augurv of yictory--msfortune of happiness for from the deepest corruption oft springs the sweetest flower, and from the dark thunder cloud that covers the heavens and from whose bosom springs the lurid lightning, bearing death and destruction to some, alsO from the same cloud springs life and health, and the gen. tie flowers may bless the cloud when it has passed away.
 That the same evils that have beset the on- ward path of other nations will also besct our own, we feel assured. False prophets will come among Us and, stealing the livery of hea- ven to serve the devil in, will in the name of liberty, excite to deeds that will lead to self destruction They will out Herod Herod in their chanting of the praises of liberty and equality, whilst corruption and hatred will lie in their hearts. From such as these We have much to fear lest choosing such as our leaders, we may be lead by them but to death forgetting in their caresses the lessons of our fathers their tolls, their labors and their virtues
 To avoid such a lamentable fate, which would sound as death-knell to the hopes of nations every true man should grd himself for the bat tie, and there is one shield which will be il- valuable to protect him, namel ly-Temperan A temperate people cannot be enslaved, for with them the passions must be swayed by req son. Letsoberness reign throughout the land let the people, with a cool: unexcted spirit, look their enemy in the face and they cannot fall, and it is under the great banner of our country, with the great idea filling their minds, has the order which l represent enlisted for the war. The cause is noble and so are the means The order of the Sons of Temperance strike at the root of social evils, as well as political he cursed vice, intemperance and meet 1t is, that America, the youngest of nations, should erect this glorious standard, which is destined to redeem and regenerate man on earth, and to perpetuate the trumphs of liberty. This is the gift that our country tenders to the world, and what nobler or purer gift could be given to the sons of men. It will be the redemption of the poor out-cast; it will save him now strug- sLlns amidst the quagmires of intemperance l and make hin, , x,o,, ,-.o;r