Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1863-09-03
..rhe Common Herd.v

touched the heart of the world; oppressed
nationalities turned their heavy, despairing
eyes towards the sound and hope frightened
once more within them; down-trodden people
felt the weight of their chains becoming less,
as that pure fire of justice melted them from
oil their limbs and humanity rejoced as that
gospel OF fraternity, of mutual help, of mans
worth as man, of the dignity of work. came
like light from heaven into the worlds dark
ness, and drove away the nightmares of OPP
preston, the monsters of tyranny, the devils
of injustice, that perched on the worlds
thrones or gathered in great clouds of priv
ilege to darken the heaven of its prosperity
and peace.
The democracy Of Jackson seorned to
strike hands with that southern aristocracy,
plotting the destruction of the people, the
downfall of the republic, the dishonoring of
work; it sent a rope, with its compliments, to
Calhoun, the great apostle of secession, and
he was quelled; it struck the mouth of trea-
son with iron hand and it was dumb for a
quarter Of century. To-day's democracy
has no such ring in it as this, it has departed
from the traditions of the fathers, it has be-
trayed the laboring man, it has sheer for
honest work; too much subserviency has
made it tlunkyish, it Is emasculated Of its
manhood, and pipes for others help to propa-
gate itself; it has added its brains with the
lust of its desires, and lost its principles in a
mad crusade against justice and progress, and
in striving to damn the people is douby
damned itself. 1t has made itself the pimp
of southern depravity, it has pandered to
southern oppression and inSoence, and stolen
the name of democracy" to cover its sins. 1t
has betrayed the rights Of labor all through
the country, and pinned itself to the skirts of
slavery to live or die with it. This democracy
is Il base cheat. 1t sees Its God falling and it
is desperate; it knows that the popular
heart is afame and it tries to sthe
the noble fire with the filth of foul speech,
with the refuse Of fouler act, with lying de-
traction, and sneers at all high motives, all
generous aims, all disinterested action, all
heroic and unseltish thought. II Il man strives
to live out the Golden Rule, then this vile
democracy, absolutely rotten in its corIup-
ton, sneers, that he wants TO marry his
daughter to a ''ngger;" thinks Christ him
self spoke out Of his lusts to the woman of
Saniarla. II ne makes an appeal foI iustire,
then the yelping ours snarl out that ''he loves
a niger better than white mani and so on,
and on, to ever blacker damnation, to an
ever lower pit Of hell.
The chief organ Of the Boston democrats
maunders through long editorial, to sheer at
Vice President Hanin, because, forsooth!
he picked over his own potatoes u Why, in
the name OF common sense, shouldn't he? Is
it 50 very anti-republican? To be sure, a
southern Shareholder would scorn to do it;
would northern farmer? Only mudsills are
fit for such work, sneer the democrats North
ern farmer, look at ''chivalry," and submit!
According to their standard, Mr.. Hamlin is as
low and despicable as old Cineinnatus, who,
being one Of ''the common herd" believed he
was not too good to hold his own plow. The
democratic organs reasons thus =
THE Office of vice president may not be
very laborious, but it has a power in itself
beyond its mere efficiency. 1t shows the oc-
cupant to be man of mark, of prominence;
a statesman, usually, but at any rate one who
has position and influence above the common
herd, and it entities him to rank with the high
est in the land
''Shame on such a man. cries democracy,
''for attending to the economies, and sorting
his own potatoes!" Why shouldn't the high
est in the land sort his own potatoes? asks one
of the common herd but the common herd
must expect an answer from the high might
nesses of the democratic party.
Is it not sham democracy that talks about
the common herd? Does it not smack
little of a southern cotton field? Would it not
be more becoming in one of tile chivalry?
Of course it would but what can be expected
OF northern lick-spittles but an imitation of
their masters language-what can be expect.
ed of Wallets but vulgar aping of their mas
ter's manners, bullying, oaths, and all?
This party assemblies in convention to-day
to plot the downfall of the republic 1t has
given itself over soul Gf it has any and body
TO slavery and the south, it hates justice and
loves oppression, it rejoices over southern VIC
tories and looks askance at northern SOL
dicrs, 1t has striven every way to trammel and
cripple the administration, and under the agis
OF a sacred name, the name democracy"
which it has no more right to appropriate than
the devil had to appropriate the garments of
an angel of light, it panders to all baseness,
and stabs freedom to the heart. 1t endeavors
to make every northern laborer slave, and if
It's weakness were not as apparent as its dia-
bollsm, were there even the faintest chance
that 1t could accomplish its nefarious DESIGNS
then we might appoint East" for the dav of
our humiliation would be at hand, liberty
would be buried under the ruins of the repub-
lie, and it would only be left for us to saw
''God save the commonwealth of Massachn.
SETS"
The Boston Posi- submits very meeklv to
the discipline administered by the Courier
1t goes 50 far, even, as to amend its state
la.