For the North Carolina Standard.
Democracy and Federalism.
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MIR. EDITOR: We prepared this article for pub
lication some time since, but having misplaced it,
we forgot present it to you as soon as it should
have been but as it is never too late to refute ca
Iumny and correct misstatemcnts, we hope that it
may vet be in season.


We seldom meddle with political matters but
IN article in the Newbernian has drawn from US
the following remarks The article alluded TO
was taken from the New York Tribune, and conf
mences by stating that the word Democracy is a
national, and not party designation; that no
party, in a Democratic state, has an ereLusice
right to it that it is pure word in its general
use throughout the world, and that it has been
perverted and corrupted, in this country by poit-
ical sectarians; that the exclusive claim to it. by
any party, is fraud on the community that the
present selfstyled Democratic party did not sue
ceed to the old Democratic party; that the peo-
pie have been deceived by false names and false
positions of parties; that the Wings are'of the
true Democratic school, and the Locofocos Fed
eral


In the first place. we should like to see it prov
ed by the learned Editor, that we have no right
to the title of Democratic because it is national
appeIlation If we are Democrats in the true
Specification of the term, and an examination into
our principles will prove that we are, then we
have certainly right to the title. But, he says
that we have not the ezcIusiUe right to it: thus,
be admits thafwe have righ, to ii but not SO as
to exclude others from the same title. We admit
this provided there is. another in this country,
whose principles agree with the title. But,
there is no other, as will presently show, hence
we hare the exclusive right II we have assum-
ed this title, as he says have, it has often been
grossly violated; for how often have the Wings
honored themselves with the names, Democratic
Republican, " "Jefsrsonian Democrats &c2-
We agree with him when he says that the term
has been perverted and corrupted in this country,
by political sectarians, and that the people have
been deceived by false names and false positions of
parties The term has BEEN corrupted by secta-