Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1859-04-16
Our Warrington commandments
fects OF Democracy.

fects OF Democracy.
WASHINGTON, March 20.
IT, the Editors Of the M5nnesotian:
On the 4th ultimo, the very day, and but a
few hours after the expiration of the last Con-
gress, informed you that the President would
not call an Extra Session, which fact is now
confirmed by the official letter of the Post
Master General.
This scheme resorted to by the President,
Of usurping the Legislative department of the
government, increasing by the power of his
will alone immense national debts, for which
he has no legal authority, is Of most per-
nicious example, and if allowed to pass, by the
next Consross without rehnke. NAV lead to
very disastrous results.
The safety of the Republic will not permit
US to connive at these first steps towards des-
potism. We must not disguise the danger of
the undertaking, or the probability or impro-
liability of its success. The country is on
the brink of ruin weakened with insolvency,
and spies in the pay of Intrigue infest every
department Of society; while the President
is steadily advancing to arbitrary regions of
power, wholly unknown to our constitution.
In every one Of his prominent moves Mr..
Buchanan has been singularly unfortunate.
From the instant of his election he has acted
upon the Macchiavellan principle, that every
politician had his price, and that the funds of
the nation were legitimate spoils to secure
partizan favorites. For this purpose he has
bestowed rewards with a reckless extrava-
gance, but with such hasty indiscretion, as to
have failed in the main object.
The President is now midway in his term
of office: and his money has gone and his
patronage is exhausted, and the effects of the
Utah war got up to crafty his friends have
passed away; and its continuation under an
other name-Cuban aoar-not yet common
ced, and yet the dirty dogs who reaped this
rich harvest of gold, and Office, abandon the
old man, who now stands almost alone, sur
rounded with ruin.
The very creatures whom he found penni-
less, and fattened at the public exchequer,
have turned traitors, to every principle Of
moderate government. They have substitu-
ted for Liberty, Righteousness; for Republi-
canism, anarchy; for Law, the caprice Of
party; for Economy, a reckless division of
the public funds; for Republican simplicity,
imperial extravaganza; for National credit,
national bankruptcy; for Legislation, execu-
tive usurpation.
This prodigal distribution of the public
monies, in many instances to the vilest and
most unprincipled, has introduced unrestrain-
ed Righteousness; weakened or dissolved all
the clements of wholesome public authority;
deprived the government of all moral support;
and taught the most criminal and Infamous
partizans, to rely for protection upon power
full demagogues, when setting the restraints of
law at defiance.
But the work Of destruction is in detail, as
well as general Public buildings have been
suspended immense national works left un-
finished, to decay and ruin; all the sources
of internal improvement are dried up; and
the central government, instead of being
stimulus to the industry and enterprise of the
country, hangs its dead body like fetid car
cass to obstruct the country's progress.
Amid these ruins of once active and splen-
did government, our modern demagogues OF
Democracy stalk, with pompous impudence
and audacity beholding with an air OF trl-
umph these splendid trophies of conquest
Adrie, the angel of death has breathed upon
them, and nothing but political pestllence ex-
hales from their bodies; while their fanatlcal
adherents, and paid agents, mutually stimu-
ate each other in the work of destruction.
Hundreds and thousands of these vile
are Danton's, Robespierre's and
Marat's in principle; and but for want of
courage and genius, would be in practice
The vilIainies Of Robespierre and Danton were
in open day. They demolished
reedom at once, in bold open manner, but
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