, 1857-07-24
aTNs DemOcrats are Deceived .

,banges, we nave recently seen the declara
zion that the Democratic masses were de
"s;yed-that their leaders did not intend
N carry out the principles TO which they
rrofessed to be attached, and that they
Tsre using popular ideas merely to catch
the votes and cheat the hopes of the great
mass of those who vote the Democratic
,;cket. There is Just about as much truth
N this sort of talk on the part Of these
black republican journals, as there is in all
,be other absurditieS and humbugs they
manage to conceive, originate and propa.
gate. The whole history of this country
Stamps falsehood Enthusiastically and indeli.
bly upon all such charges against the De
mocracy and their leading men. When
Mr. jefferson was about to acquire LouiSi-
ana, and talked to the people Of the vast,
;ncalculablc benefits the measure would
confer upon the country, the Democrats
we're told their leaders were attempting to
deceive them. Louisiana, however, was
aeouired, and instead of having attempted
to deceive them, the Democrats have seen
that their immortal chief did not tell them
half the advantages they would derive from
n So of the national bank. Jefferson
and Jackson both assured the people that
the government needed no such institution
10 enable it to manage its financial affairs,
to regulate its exchanges, &c. They told
the Democrats that the country would un-
ouestiOnably prosper better without such
an institution than with it. The Democ-
racy coniided in the Judgment of their
great leaders, killed off the old bank and
Stranglcd every project for new one, and
the experience of every business interest,
from that day to this, and of all classes of
citizens, has vndicated and triumphantly
sustained the position Of those distinguish
ed democratic chiefs. The same is true of
the high tariff protection system that we
used to hear so much about The people
were assured by every Democratic leader
in the land, that all the great interests of
the country would prosper much better
with a low tariff than high one, and that
even the manufacturing interest would
grow to gigantic proportions without the
unnecessary and burdensome stimulus of
exhorbitant tariffs. Taking our Democrat
ic statesmen at their words, believing the
suundness Of the theory they inculcated,
the people, the Democratic masses, abolish
ed the protective system and substituted in
its stead tariff system looking chiefly to
revenue, and equalizing the taxes so that
they would bear more equally upon all
classes Of citizens. Aud who will pretend
that the Democrats were deceived I? The
tariff system which our Democratic leaders
inaugurated to supplant that of protective
duties, has worked so admirably, so bene-
fcialy to the government, and so advanta-
geOusly TO all the great interests of the
country, that we no longer hear men talk
Of high tariff projection Just so in re-
gard to the independent treasury. The
leading statesmen, the master minds Of the
Democratic party originated and advoca-
ted that great measure F; they fought it up
through the grossest misrepresentation to
popular favor and finally succeeded in in
ducipg the people to try it, arguing that it
would be by far the best system yet pro-
posed to the country for the collection,
sale-keeping aud disbursement of the pOb-
lie revenue. This measure, it is now uni
yersaly conceded, has worked even better
than its most sanguine supporters originally
predicted it would. The Democratic masses
we're not deceived here, either. 1t is thus
that the whole history Of this country gives
the lie to the charge that the leaders of
the Democratic party have deceived the
people, and that the great body of the. De-
nOeracy who are graciously admitted to be
vellmeaning and honest, have been hum
bugged and misled. Every measure that
has been urged upon the country by the
leaders Of the Democratic party, and
adopted by the people, has worked even
more successfully, more triumphantly and
more gloriously than its friends predicted
itKould. In regard to the present issue
that Of the right and capacity of the peo
pie Of the Territories to govern themselves,
i Is charged by the black republicans that
the Democratic masses are deceived, and
mat 1t is merely pre-concocted scheme
originated by Democratic statesmen to
promote the extension Of slavery. Yet,
while charging this, the black republicans
ADMIT that if the principle is fairly carried
SO1- the people are permitted to vote,
@ey will exclude slavery from all the Ter
ntOres in which the Democrats have ap-
pAed this principle | They are mistaken
Y The notion they pretend to have taken
up' mat the Democrats are deceived in re-
g,ta 10 this great principle-for it is one
winch is well understood by every man,
woman and child in the country-alI who
nave read the history of the American
I!Olullon, q seven years war, the hard
Ps ot which were endured, the dangers
" which we're Encountered, and the perils
" which were fearlessly met and nobly
.aafed BY our patriotic sires, to vindicate
~ establish throughout this whole coun-
y! mat identical principle-that the peo.
" d each colony, State and Territory
'uOuia be left perfectly free to form and
ssuiaIe their domestic institutions in their
O,n way. The Democrats are not deceiv.
y 10 regard to this principle. They un.
s'nsand it well, and the more they see Of
nsnd its workings, the better they like it,
y. lhe more resolutely they will battle to