Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1850-11-29
Where is the Democracy.

Where is the Democracy .
We had article week or two SINCE setting
forth the opinion, that in the inevitable of
the race, new questions had arisen in otr political
world which demanded and were causing the disso-
luton of old parties and the formation of
1t strikes u.s. thatthat point needs no further argu-
ment illustration. 1t is part of the daily histo
ry of the country, and the apparent fact precludes
the necessity of further words with reference to i.
1t does not follow however, nor do we riean to
convey the idea, that to hear nothing more
of democracy, and democratic party As we un-
derstand it democracy is principle reaching to the
perfect harmony and perfect government of the race
and there will always be party of which it will be
the life
lnaSmuch then as new questions have arisen and
must be met the important point with reference to
them Is, which is really the democratic side With
many this is no question at ALL Those who com
prehend and are mbued with the true principles
of democracy, have intuitively taken their position
on the side of freedom; but there are many with
whom democracy is more matter of calculation
and speculation, and who need to see inasmuch as
they are not constituted to feel very readily before
they take their position finally on this question.
The manner in which these questions originated
stamp their character, and should be conclusive as
to where democracy is to be found in connection
with them. Some think they are of human nven-
ton, originated, conjured up and called up spir
its from the vastly deep, to fright the whole nation
from its propriety and so thinking, they have the
impression that they may be laid like any other I'M
nv no
whole Legislative power of the nation has been brot
Into requisiton and after months special effort.
the ghost pronounced laid as nice as a new egg
But proves more rampant than ever. 1t has re-
doubled its "knockings' hosting Webster out of
his boots in Massachusetts, and jerking Cass off of
his legs in Michigan and making special rout
md scattcraon all over the land of those who have
been seeking to lay it.
But these questions did not originate in that way
as these men might have known had they had the
faintest perception of first principles. They were
not conjured up by designing men for the purpose
ofagitation, but grew up inevitably out of existing
conditions 1t is just as impossible that slavery
can be fixed and permanent in its character, as that
republicanism can. 1t must progress die just
as must republicanism. 1t has therefore sought to
quence come in contact with republicanism and
that is the cause of the origin Of these questions
1t is death struggle between slavery on one hand
and republicansm on the other, and these men at
Washington have about as much power to peremp-
torily settle it they have to settle the whirlwnd
in its They will never be settled, never
can be until one the other of these principles is
fully and fairly triumphant
Can there then be any question as to where lies
the democracy of questions originating in this man
ner. Never, it strikes us there or could there
be questions fully embodying the principles
of democracy, nor where those principles could be
more readily perceived 1t is really, whether de-
mocracy shall continue be the ruling feature of
our government or whether its opposite, slavery
shall usurp its place. and become the ruling power
No man then who wishes to be democrat should
hesitate to take his position firmly and earlessly on
the side of freedom in this contest We know that
many are hesitating because of the supposed COM
premises Of the constitution, or the implied ccm-
pacts of our fathers. Without stopping to argue
what the constitution does or does not demand or
justify let us say that consider these questions
as emphatically belonging to the "higher law
1t is contest between the principles of right and
wrong, between truth and error, and you may hem
the wrong in with thousand written instruments
aye, with wall in magnitude like the wall of
China, and the right will yet conquer it. What are
all these written instruments but creatures OF
the popular will and they are ndwill be powerless
to control that popular will in its progress. This
is not enthusiasm ror fanaticism, but cool phos-
ophy, justified by the painest laws governing the
operations of the human mind. The human mind
is progressive, is expansive and expanding; pro.
gress is the law of its being, and under that law
is forever reaching to higher and better and wiser
and more human and brotherly conditions. 1t is
continually overriding and overcoming evil-rising
into clearer and more truthful atmosphere Can
written instruments then defeat or retard this end?
Let none hesitate then, except discover the true
principle There can be no danger to cur institu.
tons from advocating and advancing the right; on
the contrary, should it alter them it will be only to
make them better, which viii of course advance the
interests Of ALL
Letus then repeat, there can be no hating on
this question, medium position with refer
ence to it. 1t is plain, straight up and down
contest, between the spirit of freedom and its OPP
poste. and we al all on one side or the other The
triumph of tie former ensures the perpetuity of
republication. ana its truthful progress whlstth
triumph Of the latter VIII just surely destroy
republcanisn, that evil can have other posi-
bic effect.
Then let every man whe loves the true principles
OF democracy arouse to their yindiration, and
maintain his position with frmncss until the tri-
umph of the cause be complete
E9y The extreme inclemency of the weather pre-
vented the holding of the Peace Meeting, on Mon
day evening last The next meeting will be at the
regular time. week from next Monday evening
The place and speaker viii be seen by reference to