The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-03-22
THE LAST ACHIEVEMENT OF DEMAGoGISM.


its noses pledge and promise we that it had arisen
upon the ruins of the other organizations and intended
to purify them both 1t was to be reign of and
of ideas it to under auspices different
from those which, twas alleged ruled the desnes of other
parties; and above all, it was to wage uncompromsng
warfare upon the demagogues and hacks whch-we use
almost the language of its newspaperhad so long exer-
cised unlimited sway American politics The
to be addressed in Delphic phrases There
to be higher tone and purer patriotism in the
mens of the newly discovered party and aspiration in
all things the substantial glory and benefit Of COM
mon country. n#
Such the avowas and the promises of the par
ty Had they been adhered to- had there been show Of
following the thus laid down. there had been
thing in this enterprise to commend to respect But
what have Witnessed Nothing than consistent
and compacent reputation of all that it guaranteed in adj
vance and instead Of this resort TO the meanest and
lowest appeals to passion and to prejudice that have
sgnalized any faction of this or of any other day.
The best evidence Of the dsgracefn folly of the know
nothing creed is be found in the almost universal
pudiaton of that creed by the knownohngs themselves
Its secrecy is out unclean thing Its oaths have
become odious that the easiest way insult member
of the order ask him if he has taken them Its rel-
gous intolerance matter how practised, is most flu
rously denied and that fondness for American in
erests and Americans ruling America" has dwndled into
eagerness receive the and the counses of ALL
native foreign-born, who willing to unite with
them. Such is view of know-nohing policy--such
the experience of the last eighteen months presented in
the different State councils North and South 1t was
hoped that when the national convention of this party
tocetber vVoud
deliberately take direction and present the
eeptance of the American people for the highest Offices in
their gift such names would have commanded support
from friends and respect from opponents There no
lack of distinguished men attending that body They
from the East and the West the North and the South
Especially the latter region many distinguished Intel
lects contributed to the motley array. There
want of experienced politicians and practical orators
We willing to go far TO say many of these de-
luded honest in their purposes construct
organization. They had material at their command
They had have shown made it easy to repudiste
what Objectionable In their creed and substitute
what was not Objectionable But the end Of the farce was
what might have been expected from the beginning Of the
folly Ii was the nomination candidate for the vice
presidency Of parsonage who put forward amid min
ged dersion and cheers the greasy" candidate from
Tennessee We aude of course Mr.. ANDREW JACKSON
donelson Here was without single qualification,
personal political TO commend him for the stations
vain conceed arrogant and inflated blusterers grum
bier In politics. with political reputation that
which had been bestowed upon him in the conhding
ture Of hero who tolerated him not for his high merits
but because Of his relationship to his wife This parsonage
who unhappily for himself is better known than admired
has left upon the record single claim to the confidence
Of the country IL may except that which he is abusing
by attempting drag from the tomb the honored remains
Of Andrew Jackson to the present ignominy and
shame OF one who boasts that honored name For many
years the honor reflected upon him by bis association with
Gen jackson secured for him foreign missions which en-
rich.d him with outfits and salaries but when these sup
plies were withheld be became the assaaut the
character Of an honest administration and now is the ally
and the instrument Of that naticsm which
in the North boasts of the poisonous ng Of the serpent
of sboliOps, and in the South reposes upon religious
intolerance rs it's shield and bulwsrk. .
We must not be surprised II the career which he
has marked out for himself is gnszed by s further
exhibitions Of in6dey and ingratade We already
informed by him that IL Gen. jackson living he
would associate himself with those who be consistent
with their creed would have condemned the father and
mother Of the Hero Of New Orleans and must not be
surprised this migrate should attempt TO introduce before
the public testimonials TO establish the pausibty Of
the assumptions which he seek, 10 palm of over his
own II matters not that thousands and tens Of
thousands Of witnesses ready TO step orwarden who
knew General jackson in his lifedmeto show that what
soever else might be attributed him by ingenious mag
nifty that Of forgetting that he the Of foreigner
could be proved against him and that If there was
one feature in the democratic creed which than
other he aored and practsed 1t that Of being
the spirit which invited in his day and invites In
ours the oppressed Of humanity in other parts OF the
world these happy shores In the face Of hosts Of such
ssmonsl this ungrateul witness to the memory
Of the dead and TO the glorious experience Of the
long and dazzling career which still lives in hstorybe
who shared as he boasts The confidence Of Jacksonhe
who SAYS he maintained this confidence TO the latest
hour Of bis linow appears upon the stage the only
man willing TO cover with dishonor II he can the I'M
dying reputation Of him whose bounty he shared
and who's. name he bears Such Is the candidate Of the
opposition TO the democratic party for the vice pres-
dency II there were excessively low and ignobe
spirit ia all this exhibition, feature would render
II sufficiently contemptibewe sllude to the attempt to
cheat our countrymcn With name 10 present man
Who n he had been called John Smith would have roted
down the tide Of time unnotced and unregarded but Who