, 1855-06-29

j or reSlBu. lie promptly told them that ht
S would never prostitute the Conservative
+ character Of the United States Senate tC
!. the unholy Vaccinations of cabal whose
/, opinions had not been heard and weighed
by the minority, but had been concealed
/ and suppressed.
The rights Of q minority are as sacred
= as are the rights Of a majority And their
+ greatest right is that they shall bc heard
. before decision is made upon their inter
f Laws are first made The man elected is
but the agent of the people to go on and
] frame the principles upon which he was
: elected into statutes aud laws The meas
ures are first agreed on by the people, who
are the source of all law
5 What did Jefferson say Of the Rights Of
/, Minorities? "All, too, will bear in mind
this sacred principle, that, though the will
Of the majority is in all cases 10 prevail,
that will, to be rightfu, must be reasonable.
, That the minority possess their equal
/, rights, which equal laws must protect, and
to violate would be oppression And in
speaking of the essential principles Of the
government he numbers among them "the
diffusion ofNiniormaton, and arraigumcut
of all abuses at the bar Of public reason"
"Thc public judgment will correct all false
reasonings and opinions, on a full hearing
of all parties" LIST and 2d inaugurals.
j at is due in the FIRST place to the reflect
i've character Of our citizens at large who
by the weight Of public opinion, influence
and strengthen the public measures 1t is
due to the sound discretion with which they
select from among themselves those to
whom they coBhde the Legislative duties"
4 Look, if You want to gee the finger of
! God in these principles! Would He per
nit Jefferson TO die on the 4th Of July If
bis teachings to this people had not cores
ponded with the truths Of JcsuSl What
was the Declaration of Independence but
a renewal of the great command that man
/ should do unto man as he would lie done
by-in other words, Equal and exact
justice to all men, Of ghateyerstate or per-
suasion, religious or POLITICAL lH o
Oh, clubhouse haunting, night-legislating
sons of darkness, secrecy, and oGice-huut
ing conspiracy! How little, how insiguii-
cant, must your conduct, your principle,
yourmeashres, look, even among yourselves,
when coutrasted with tho noble sentiments,
the open and manly issue presented W the
great and noble Evangles Of Human Lib
erty whose way-marks are laid down so
plainly for the guidance Of the generations
that should come after them. .7ea Cag
No honorable man, no Just man, no
: truthful man, no man who wears calm
eye, and clear brow, will eyer envy you
the feelings that possess your heats, when
You answer, under oath, (though false
oath it 6e) any question that your neigh.
ber may chance to ask you touching the
measures or men in which you are all jointly
interested, and you answer that you know
nothing" when, in truth, and before God,
you do know more or less Of the whole
matter. LtAnd i say this, not to wound the
feelings Of any man, but to warn others
|, from subjecting themselves to the self deg
! relation which every conscientious man
must inevitably feel who plunges himself
/ into this whirlpool of deceit and wrong.
THE FoREIGS QUESTION SOL. .a.
+ In my former Circular, fally depicted
the injustice and wrong and inhumanity Of
5 prescribing Catholics from holding office,
and the impolicy Of stirring up religious
persectation against them. also showed
: that the Democratic party originated in
5 the Feeling of Equality and Fraternity
which underles our Republican Institution.
I / now propose to investigate the origin of
the feeling of Whiggery, and trace its iden-
5 titles in Know-notbingism.
: 1t Is yet the uneradicated curse Of mans
soul that be is selfish In the enjoyment
! Of peace, liberty, and security, for few
7 years, or generations, he accumulates pro-
r perty, "his eyes roll in fatness" and he for
: gets his brother man. Trusting so long 10
his own exertions, and being successful, he
> forgets God. He becomes utterly eagyossed
! in self! He wishes to build up Dynasty
of wealth, fashion, case, and cmoument in
1 his sons and daughters, and, to do this,
: theg must cease TO labor. But unless there
: be somewhere q condition of serfs aud la
S borers, his broad acres would be valuecss
D bis great factories would rot down, and his
: his bank promises turn to rags Then II
is that to prOtect and perpetuate these peace
= grown dynasties Of wealth and rank, and
$ family, from the handling and competition
f Of the common people, that resorts is had
e to Legisldtioa-and that is WHIGGERY -
7 And thus it is that every measure it has
ever originated, or advocated has been
; opposed to the principles of the Equality
4 of Man. if
n The Democracy have never sympathized
y with these upstart offsprings of Avarice.
q Christ told them that they had as much
\ chance TO get TO Heaven as a camel had 10
I 60 through the eye Of a needc-(which is
: considerably less than no chance ut ALL }
And speak for the masses of this Gov,
s ernment, when / say they have just about
0 tho same ohenee, to get Legislative bar Of
e distinction, and privilege, placed perma
; nently betwixt them and the people. Theil
Il taicks and devices may deceive ''for LITTLE
e season." but they are soon found out. ant
d sent off bowling before they can do any