, 1855-04-14
Democracy and FederaIism.

cOnHnolnBi IN tnS terfNoIv, As stCh IN q'est'Vh
which Is sometimes sneeringly proposed by ambi-
tous aspirants in the ranks Of the opposition who
would gladly have US believe that they consider all
the old national issues that have heretofore divided
the democracy from federalism have been rendered
obsolete by the repeated trumds of the former party
over the latter and that the democracy arc now wa
ging q useless warfare over defdnct whig principles
and departed sms 1t Is useless for the opposition to
attempt to deceive the intelligent people Of this terri
tory by a resort to any such mode Of electioneerng
To place themselves in power If the democratic party
has succeeded through series Of years, in the over
throw Of, and in the keeping in subsection, the per
ncious doctrines Of federalism and instituted strict
ly constitutional policy in the administration Of the
affairs Of the government it is just as important that
those principles and that line of policy should be
tanned and perpetuatcd by the election Of democrats
10 Office, as il was to obtain triumph over federalism
in the first instance. If the democracy is right, in
the general policy pursued (as we maintain it s) cter
nal vlgilence must e used to continue so, else Of
what avail Is the victory achieved over the money
power and the protected exclusive rag BarOns Of the
Atlantic II, through Indifference we again suffer the
reigns Of government TO pass into their hands The
doctrine Of federalism sumbercth not, neither doth
1t sleep" but its teachings as carefully and sedu
lousy though SECRETLY cherished by the opposition
now, a. they were in the days Of the elder Adams ;
and let but the factions Of the day coaesce
with whggcry, and gain for it the ascendency, and
the dead issues Of which they speak, would speed
lily be gaviniZed to fe and the oft repudated doc.
trnes Of federalism resurrected and again arayed in
purple and fine linen" Strange as it might now
seem to the people Of this coast in the event of the
success Of the opposition VIC would soon be enlghten
ed by the intelligence that the manufacturing interests
Of our country need protection from the effects Of for
egn competition that gold and silver currency is a
humbug, aud that the creation of national bank is
necessary to regulate It, Strange doctrine at present.
on the Pacific coast, but for which federal wlggery
have always conended, and the only ones which they
could offer In exchange for revenue tariff and hard
money. II 1t be true that the present national pros
perty arises from the Of democratic principles
we would ask II those principles are not worth sus-
tainingi
Ours Is democratic form Of govemment-a govern
ment Of the people and there Ia but one party in the
country that ever has had or will have permanent
existence, and that Is the democratic party. The en-.
emies Of popular ights-the opponents Of popular
sovereignty have existed since the adoption Of the
constitution and will likely continue 10 exist through
out all time.
Notwithstanding the oneness Of feeling which man.
Tested itself In the declaration Of independence that
separated the colonies from the mother country yet
In the convention that adopted the constitution It
was discovered that there was small but determined
party that was 10 favor Of the establishment Of mi-
ted monarchy In this country-that is, a president,
senate and judges for life or during good behavior"
The party Of the people--the democracy-tr
Int the faction that ploricd In the mama f foderaI