Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1856-07-05

BECAME MORE THE ENEMIES or
SOCIAL ORDER. When the proclamation
of neutrality was issued by WASHINGTON
that proclamation which is now almost uni.
versaily admitted to have been the salvation
of ourfcountrv-that proclamation which i'm.
partially placed England and France upon
the same footing, and laid open the commerce
OF the world to America, they We're so ell
ragged that we had not entered into ar alliance
with the French Republic, and wa4ed wa,
under their banners against the human race.
But when the treaty of peace with England
commonly called Jays treaty was ratified by
Washington, TORRENTS OF PERSONAL ABUSE
WERE POURED OUT BY THE Dem ocEATlc rAGrY
UPON HIS HEAD
They openly charged the Father of his
Country, with AN INTENTION OF DESTROYING
HIS OWN BELOVED OFFSPRING. To such a
pitch OF lngratltude We're they carried BY
THEIR DlABOLICAL PASSIONS, that
they dared publicly. and without he sii eelsest
foundation, TO ACCUSE HIM OF SECRETLY PUT
TING his HAND INTO THE TREASURY LIKE a
FELoN. aHi appropTlatlng, without authority
the money Of the nation to his cwn indi IduaI
Use. That man, whose youth had been worn
out III those splendid military achievements
which made our country independent. and
whose aye and experience had been devoted
to the creation and organization OF the federal
goEerirnent-that man vino had never re-
cclFed one iarthlng more OF the public money
than what lie had expended III the public SER
vice. was ACCUSED OF BLING \ EASE SPECr l.,
TOR OF TIE Pl-EL!C TREASURY. Durlng tins
cruel persecution his noble mind felt sensibIy
the stilgs o! his cOuutrymen 5 ingIatItude. In
the bitterness of his soul he had been abused.
to use his own emphatic language, III = such
exaggerated and indecent teIms, as could
scarcely be applied TO a Nero-a notorious
oetauter--or even to Il common plc&-pocket." "
SAYS TIE DEM AEE HoT TIE DISCIPLES
OF WASHINGTON.
What must be our opinion OF an opposition.
whose PASSIONS WE'VE 50 DARK AND MALIG-
NA>r to be -ratitied in endeavorlng to bias
the character and em5ittel the old age OF
Washington! After thus prosecuting the
savior OF ms country, no" CAN The DEMoc-
RATIO Party DARE TO CALL THEMSELVES HIS
DISCIPLES.
But no opposition could divert the steady
soul OF Washington from the purpose. He
had dIgested a system of policy which he
steadily pursued, amid the storms OF faction.
His successor in office for the most part
walked his in footsteps. To continue al
peace 4 nation must be ready for war max
in by which the Federal administrations
were constantly directed. Under their aus
pice> therefore, public credit was well es-
tab!ished, as the best means OF public de-
fence.
The debt OF the revolutionary war was
funded. and moderate taxes Were imposed
A navy was built for the protection OF co+1l-
merce. We considered all nations equally
in war, as enemies, In peace as friends and
therefore strict neutrality towards all was
preserved. It would be impossible to emu
merate every wise measure OF the Nashin9-
tonian administrations suffice it to say, that
during their continuance, the prosperity OF the
country was uueNamp!el IN the annals OF tune
The dreams OF fancy We're almost realizd6.-
Cities rose up as if by magic throughout onr
country and wealth flowed in upon us from
all nations. The wilderness yielded to the
hand OF agriculture, and fields loaded with the
richest havests covered those gloomy forests
where wild beasts, but lew Years before had
used to roam. Happy, indeed, were those
people, had they but known their own hap
pIne<s. NotwIth Ithstandlng their. prosperity
faction still continued to rage and to increase.
WHAT THecDEMcCRACY WOULD Do FOR POWER
Tie possession Of pouer iras The end of oppo-
sition about TIE mans they were regardfess.-
Their leaders pretended to tender so!lcltude
for the welfare of the people. Their voices
were loud in favor of public economy: and
against navy, an army and taxes. Al
though France had want nj captured nun
Der of our vessels without cause. had actual
ly demanded tribute of US, and had threathen-
ed our country with invasion. and with the
dreadful fate of Venice, if it We're not paid,
although he had twice refused to recognize our
who were suppIicatins for peace,
they were opposed to raising an army or
navy for our defence.
After an army had been raised, notwith-
standing it was commanded by Washington,
and destined to act against a torei gn enemy, |
they loudly expressed their apprehension,
that it was intended to destroy our republic
an form of government and substitute mon
arcy in its stead The taxes, necessary Tor
its support, afforded them fresh theme OF
defamation. By means such as these, they !
succeeded so well in their endeavors, that
hey at length became the ma Ijorlty OF the
nation, and got its destinies placed IN their
landS How they have used their power, 1t
will be my endeavor to show.
WHAT DEMOCRACY HAD DONE.
They began Nth the destruction Of the Nary
It had been supposed by the fedora admins
that a navy was our best defence
From the locality of our country, and from
he nature of such force, they knew that 1t
would be peculiarly calculated to protect our
shores from foreign invasions, and to make us
espected by she nations of the world; with
'ut, like standing army, endangerlng, our
ibertes. 1t was Alison toreseen by them,
hat, without navy, our commerce would
'e exposed, as rich temptation, to the ava
ice OF all nations; and, in consequence OF
'ur weakness, we would be subjected to con-
tant insults and injuries upon the ocean,
without tina power of resistance, 1t had,
therefore,, been their policy, gradually to erect
nary, and they had built great number OF