DEMOCRACY LIKE AN OLD HAT.
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Democracy (locofocoism) has been com.


pared to nearly every thing on earth, in the


sea, and even IN the Internal regions, and


perhaps to none ofthem inaplly But 20 our


thinking 1t is more like an old hat than a.
ny thing else. An old hat may be made to


ut any body 1t can be stretched upon the
head of Giant. but lie string round If
and 1t will TIT little boy. Brush it I'D lit
tie, and gentleman need not be ashamed TO
wear 1t, especially in these hard times. bnt
SOIL 1t slightly with some "pigeon roost
dignity, and it is the very thing for his bodv
servant Narrow off the brim to about the
size OF "a BIT. bit and half or two bits
and It suits "a dandy elegantly, bu. flop
down the sides, and stave in the crown and
1t is complete for the wear of Ioafer. Turn
1t up before and i. suits to Il, the farmer
who has "corn to SELL but turn II up behind
and 10 the vendor of yankee wooden nut
megs and horn gun flints And so il IS of
Democracy. Worn by Mr.. Calhoun. the
free trade loao duty man, 1t is the very THING
the real Simon Pure. Put it on Col John.
son, or Mr. Buchanan. or even Silas WRIGHT
those high tariff champions, and sill i ,s
democracy. Even place it upon the head of
Martin Van Buren, '1he Northern man
with Southern principles" the nominee of
the Syracuse high tariff. protective conven-
uon. and still it remains democracy. In
snort, democracy is all things to all men.
and he who wants to become democrat
mas only TO shout at the top of his voice
down with Henry Clay and he is at once
received into the true faith Hurrah for
Democracy.-TaL Req.