The true Democrat., 1857-04-28

Heaven mas bestowed on men, given merely to make them more ooedlent drud yes, to be sacrificed to the folles and ambition of a few? or were not the noble gifts equally dispensed with dlplne purpose and law, that they should as nearly as possible be equally exerted, and the blessings of Providence be equally enioy ed by all? Away, then, with those absurd systems, which, to gratify the pride of few debase the greatest part of our species below the order of men. What an affront to the hlng of the Universe to maintain that the happiness of monster, sunk in debauchery ana spreading desoation among men. or A Cal iguia, Zero, or Charles, is more precious in ms Slsht than that of millions of his supplant creatures, who do justice, love mercy. and walk humbly with their God! No, in the judgment of heaven there is no superiority among men, than superiority in wisdom and virtue.
 le darkeners of counsel, who would make the property, lives and religion of millions, oepehd on the evaSlve interpretations of mus y parchments; who would send us 10 antiaua- tea charters, of uncertain and contradictory meaning, to prove that the present generation are not pound to be victims to cruel and unfor- s'ih9 despotlsm, tell us whether our pious ancestors oequeathed to us the miserable pri- Vlege or havlng the rewards of our honest in. dustrV, the fruits of those fields which they purchaSed and Died for, wrested from us at the Will or men over whom We have no check?- Dld they contract for us that, with folded arms, we should expect that justice and mercy from brutal and intiamed invaders which have been denied to cur applications at the foot of the throne? Were we to hear our character as a people ridiculed with indifference? Did they promise for us that our meekness and pa tlence should be iusulted; our coasts harrassed. our towns demolished and plundered, and our wives and offspring exposed to nakedness. hunger and death, without our feeling the re- sentiment of men, and exerting those powers ot selt-pfeservatlOn which God has given Ills !? No man had once greater veneration for En. gllShmen than entertained. They were dear to me as branches of the same parental trunk. and partakers of the same relig zion and laws: l stl View with respect the remains of the constitution as would lfeless body. which had once been animated by great and heroic soul. But when l am aroused bv the din ot arms; when behold legons of foreign assas slnS, pald by Eng gShmen to brue their hands m our blood; when tread over the uncofined b"dleS of my countrymrn, neiahbors, and friends; when 1 see the locks of venerable father torn by savage hands, and feeble mo ther cIasmng her infant to her bosom, and on her knees i'm lorjng their lives from her own slaves, whom Englishman have aIured to treachery and murder; when I behold my country, once the seat of industry, peace and plenty, changed by EngllShmen to theatre of blood and misery, Heaven forgive me if can not root ont those passions which it has inn planted Tn my bosom and detest submission to a Ia hn h..yo bi
 or have not virtue enough to feel their own retchedneSs and servitule"
 And does not oll Sam, rise up to claim his own where he has been robbed by Napoleon? Read the folowing:-
 Men who content themselves with the sem blance of truth, and display of words, talk much Of our obligations to Great Britain for protection! Had she single eye 10 our advan- taSe! nation of shopkeepers are very sell dom so diSinterested."
 This oration was translated into French and published in Paris, and there is no doubt Napo. leon found and adopted the expression attribut- ed to hm; designating Great Britain as "a nation of shopkeepers." How the orator ap- peas to every sentiment of honorable pride, aud portrays every favorable circumstance as an augury of success!
 he doctrine of dependence on Great Bri- tain IS, l believe, generally exploded; but as would attend to the honest weakness of the simplest of men, you will pardon me if I offer a few words on that subject.
 The hand of heaven appears to have led us on to be, perhaps humble instruments and means in the great providental dispensation which is completing. We have fled from the political Sodom; let us not look back. lest we perlsh and become monument of infamy and derlson to the world. For can we ever expect more unanlmity and better preparation for de- fence; more lnfatuaton of counsel among our enemies, and more valor and Zeal among our selves? The same force and resistance which are sulhclent to procure us our liberties, will secure us glorious independence and support Us Tn the dignity of free, imperial states We cannot suppose that our opposition has made a corrupt ana dlsslpated nation more friendly to Amerlca, or created in them a greater respect for the rights of mankind. We can therefore expect restoration and establishment of our privileges, and a compensation for the injuries we have received from their want of power. from their fears, and not from their vrtues- The unanmity and valor, which will effect an honorable peace, can render a future contest for our liberties unnecessary. He who has strength to chain down the wolf, is madman II he lets him loose without drawing his teeth and pairing his nails.
 From the day on which an accommodation takes place between England and America. on any other terms than as independent States, I shall date the ruin of this country A polite minister will study to lul us into security. by granting us the full extent of our pettions- The warm sunshine of influence would melt down the virtue, which the violence of the storm rendered more firm and unyelding. In a state of tranquility, wealth and luxury, our descendants would forget the arts of war and the noble activity and zeal which made their ancestors invincible. Every art of corruption would be employed to loosen the bond of union which renders our resistance formidable When the spirit of liberty which now anmates our hearts and gives success to our arms is extinct, our numbers will accelerate our ruin, and ren- der us easier victims to tyranny"
 In reference to the question of some of their enemies, who asked if the Americans would ever be capable of governing themselves, or whether the time would ever come for them to doit, he says
 "No. THE PERIOD, COUNTRYMEN, IS ALREADY COME. The calamities were at our door. The rod of oppression was raised over us. We were reused from our slumbers, and may we never sink into repose until we can convey clear and undsputed inheritance to our posterity. This day we are called upon to give glorious example of what the wisest and best ot men were rejoiced to view, only in speculation. This day presents the world with the most august spectacle that it's annals ever untolded. Millions of freemen, deliberately and voluntarily forming themselves into a society for their common defence and con- mon happiness. Immortal spirits of Hampden, Locke and Sidney. will it not add to your be- nevolent joys to behold your posterity rising to the dignity of men, and evinciug to the world the reality and expediency of your systems, and iu the actual enjoyment of that equal li- bertv, which you were happy when on earth, in de!ineating and recommending to mankind!
 Other nations have received their laws from conquerors; some are indebted for constitu- tion to the sutferings of their ancestors through revolving centuries. Here m man proclaims his birth or wealth as title to