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Ii would sscm that he Democracy NJ
Nes.H nPshiee ~ MichigAss Az 6sr
gipniqg tcfssh lheir pulses beat stoullyD
again. 4 Democracy throughout the
country has great faith ID il Phnnix-l
like fower-tha, Of sprinaiag from It's
wasAAAes to sweep the heasens agains
with its goldea wings. And though there
is in these days Of political disaster and
wickedness, moral snbIiinity ID the
proud and fearless stand which these
uncoinprunising advocates Of the pure
old Detnocraticsf faith have taken. and 60
steadily maintained against the wretch.
ed hordes that threaten the liberties
and glory Of the Republic. still 20 our
minds their arguments arc weighty md
powerful.
The whirlwind Of fanaticism that has
flung together the dry and rotten leaves
of all iparties-masses pitiful % behold !!
has. sooner than was expected. subsid-
ed into /" dying fall !" The regions
over which it has exhausted its violence,
and force Of evil, are now looking forth
to see what has become Of the 6 little.
black cloud out Of which all this wind
and fury arose. They look IN VAN
They see nothing to assure them that
such an g i'll wind" ever blew, but a few
miserable dismantled aHnarnents, and
they bear nothing y only which
amounts to .litlle more than the sink
.ing splash Of some little ambitious tor
rent, that had suddenly assumed the
magnitude; and Importance Of deep and
sraghty stream. .
EIStth. taen aud little streams are alike
lin more than one particular, but in no
particular do. they 50 much resemble
each other as in that Of being thrown
into the most violent and spasmodic
commotion from slight causes.
And the men that have figured the
most during the last year or two--men
and women, (modestly be i spoken tina,
we have heard the most of and seen
too much Of, have been without single
exception almost, Of this order And
they bear the same relation TO respecta-
BILE statesmen-men Of talent and learn
lug or those who have heretofore fillse
and are still filling the walks Of genuine
literature. or to the Howards and sgd.
neys of the moral and revolutionary
days Of the past, or TO such men as fig
ured ID this country in the last half cen
,ury--they bear the same relation VI
say, as such gems in the way Of itera
turs as, s Uncle Toms Cabin and thu
Rev Antoinette Browns proclamation
do Is the English classics.
Ard to such forlorn crew as this--tt
such ,wretchcd and striped and speckle,
reeenerators. of the 6 Race Ito tn,
readers Of such books, to the sympa
thizers and patrons Of such literature
have we been indebted for all the mus
andinoise, signifying nothing, that ha
prevailed for the last year or two in
greater or less degree throughout th
extent Of the country.
Unparalleled and incredible as it ma
seem, they have contrived by artfu
combination, and sort Of insane wit
or by that peculiar and pitifui sagacit,
which lunatics sometimes show cor
trived, we say to shake the solid rock
Of the two great political parties Of thl
country.
But their success will prove like til
success Of all vandal masses, whOl
some unforeseen cause, some indiscre,
measure 10 the administration &c Il
laws, wholly ephemeral and uniinp35 ~,
in its ultimate effects, arm with q slip
sudden power. Their triu,nphs mig
ofshort duration. Incompetent leader
noisy and unscrupulous demagogne
ambitious without ability, ready 10 pc
petrate the basest crimes, with out COZ
ness and caution to ensure success, q
not the characters 70 revolutionize
country, and especially one 50 enligt
encd as our own. sssi AZ
II is from such considerations that ,
feel strong and confident in the ho
that the star Of our darling dewocra'
faith, the short hand Of which il s Ii
crty or death Z. The Union forever
will ere lone be seen more resplende
than ever shining through the vapors
dissension, prejudice aud corrnpti
that have briefly obscured its bean
And with these hopes, which amount
assurance with us We inin heartily