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1t is singular that the party that is always dis
trusting the capacity of the people for self govern
ment, has proved, whenever in power to be unfit
to govern itself or any thing else. When, there
fore, a Federalist declares, what nine in ten of
them believe, that a republican government in
America has proved falure-it should always
be admitted. SO far as the experiment has been tri-
ed bv Federal hands! Were a pig asked his
opinion of ruff1ed shirts, he would probably pro-
nounce them unfit to be worn-and he would be
right, too so far as pigs are concerned.


To what rude treatment has the cause of repub:
licanism been subjected by the destructive meas
ures of the would-be higher classes of this coun-
1943, it is no fault of theirsl Whenever the Gov
ernment has been in their hands, it has become
either hateful for its tyranny-as in the reign of
terror Of the elder Adams-or contemplate for
its imbecilIty and nonenity, as in the days of the
second Adams, and during their last most disgrace
ful accession to power


Does the general government attack the free
dom of speech by sedition law, furnishing men
for utering disrespectful words of the President2
No wonder; it is in federal hands Are vexa-
tious taxes established, stamp taxes, windowtaxes
and the like? They are the very sort of taxes ad-
mired in England, and of course by the higher
classes here. Is the paper money bubble blown
until it bursts and its ruin involves the whole in
dustrial interest of the nation? Paper money is
necessary to the political ascendency of the feder
allsts, and he that questions Its divinity deStruc-
tice! Is the nation an humble, but unsuccessful
suppliant for pecuniary favors in Europe? Capt.
talsts know who has possession of the helm of
State, and act accordingly. Are our States dis
honored under debts impossible to discharged
The credit system was a whig system, and whig
politics are paramount to all things else What
is the honor or existence of State or the country
compared to the dogmas of federalism especially
af nOnI iob H.
al, and the people unfit to govern themselves


PLe6eian.