The Voice of Truth (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from The Voice of Truth Shallow lookers-on were astonished and delighted - the crafty democrats, had so greatly profited by this new-fangled itch for leaguing, which had for some time been the habit of the federalists, that they considered it to be one of the best staple commodities of their traffic, to exhibit their adversaries in the humble state of players of the second or third fiddle in their overtures; and of course they were pleased, while the federalists seemed to be rendered insensible by their humiliation, to the loss of their importance and dignity. It might have been as well, if they had first considered the nature of such coalitions. A moment´s cool reflection, might have told them that a sudden union of inveterate enemies, is the sure signal of victory to one of them; - that, like a truce or an armistice in military affairs, it is an incontrovertible proof of conscious weakness and inferiority in one party - and that, if the contests between them, were contests of principle, unanimity must be a base subordination of principle, either on one side or the other. It is evident that these disadvantages were on the side of the federalists, since the meeting, and all the proceedings of it, were strictly conformable to the creed of the democrats, a creed which the sound federalists had for years the honour to oppose. - The whole was a demagogical appeal to the passions of the multitude: a wretched kind of plebis consulium. The turbulent tribunes, the Gracchi of the state, called a meeting of the people - so far the thing resembled the proceedings at Rome of old - but unfortunately the people were not quite Romans, and our degenerate patricians were found contented to have their venerarable heads reckoned by the poll with the greasy red caps of the mob. As an American, my dear sir, you will lament these extravagant proceedings - as federalist, you will be grieved for this lamentable degradation of the once respectable body. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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