Extract from the speech Of TIC Hon. VII.


liam: Allen, of Lancaster, Ohio.
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DEMOCRACY is a sentiment not
to be appalled,, currupted or compro.
missed. 1t knows no baseness, it cow
crS to no danger, it opprcsseS no weak.
ness. Fearness, generous and humane,
it rebukes the arrogant, cherishes hon.
or, and sympathises with the humble
1t asks nothing but what 1T comedies
and comedies nothing but what it de,
mands. Destructive only of dcspotism
it is the sole conservative Of liberty
labor and property. 1t is the senti
ment of freedom, of equal rights, o
equal obligations. is the law of ma.
ture pervading the law of the land
The stupid, the selfish, and :hc base in
spirit may denounceitas avulgar thing;
but in the history Of our race, the De
mocratic Principle has developed and
Illustrated the highest moral and intel
lectual attributes of our nature. Yes!
it is a noble, a magnanimous, a sub.
lime sentiment, which expands our af
fections, enlarges the circle ofour SYM
pathies, and elevates the soul of man,
until, claiming an equality with the
best, be rejects, as unworthy of his
dignity, and political immunitics over
the humblest of his fellows. Yes, it is
an enobling principle!-and may that
spirit which animated our fathers in
the revolutionary contest for its estab-
lishment, continue to animate US, their
sons, in the impending struggle for its
preservation"