The Woodville Republican., 1851-10-28
From the Penn-Yan NV. Democrat
The DemOcractic Party.
lis URIae aSd rs Nationally.

The Democratic party has ever been dis
tinguishcd for its Nationality. The corner
stoue principles upon which il rests, the
! foundation upon which ii is reared, and The
basis which susiains and upholds the noble
structure, are pre-eminently National inlheir
character, scope, aud design. Limited TO
no single State, circumscribed by no parIi-
cular party they are suited to all the States,
and are fitted for all sections.
The rights of the citizens are the same
every where; and as the Democratic party
was otganized to look after and protect those
| rights. 1t OF course is general and as wide
reaching as the country itself As the rights
of the State are equally sacred in all parts
of the conlederacy, and is the Democratic
party was formed to guard and defend those
nights it follows that It's nature is co-eXten-
sive with the States themselves, As indivi.
dual rights are equally sacred every where,
aud individual wrongs equally prevalent,
and as the Democratic party was created to
uphold the ore and redress the other, 1t
must be- if it fulfill its ca ling, as broad as
the nation As the constitution is made for
all parts, and the Democrac,ic party formed
to give it right construction and force, so
must it be alike general aud extensive.
! From its organization in 1900. down to
the present time, it has maintained, with in
! flexible purpose, its great characteristic viz!
its Nationality. Without change in princi-
| pie or name, it has kept on its way boldly
and glorousy. Not so with the federal
party. AT first that party was organized as
party Of principle; but so odions did those
principles become. that its whole history
since has been one continual round of change
and dissemination. Never entirely repudiat
ing its old notions and doctrines, ii has ex-
| hbited in its course a continued system OF
lodging, deceit, false issues, and misrepre.
sentalions. Without Nationality, or fixed
principles or purpose, it has mounted every
hobby in every ocality--bank and ant-bank
tariff and anl-tariti, masonic aud anti-maso'
nic--here for slavery, and there for anti
sIavery--now against military cheltalns,
and then with a military hero at their head
how with strong resolutions and then
without any declarations for public eye. In
truth everything by turns and nothingiong
comprises the history, Of the federal or whip
party. In one thing and only one, has it
been consistent, viz: both opposition anc
hea. to The Democratic party.
The great Distinguishing features, then,
of the two parties have been and now are
these The one has fixed and welI-defned
principles, acts IN view of a general policy
and is essentially general and national in its
character and action while the other is
eestitude of creed, and acts upon the doe
trine oil expediency--has nonational cllarac
ter--is Que thing in New England. differ
ent one III Pennsylvania and still, another in
Virginia aud the South. The one advocates
principles-the other goes for anything for
votes. The one hoists It's coIors at the mast
head and nails them there, and they are the
same for all the other puts up different
flag for every ''ism," and colors for every
section. The one, in short, is great Ma
tional party; the other is made up for agreat
many factions, adverse sentiments and con-
fcting doctrines, and only bound together
into one mass of opposition to the Democra-
tic party and common desire for power
and plumber
The Democratic party, then, is a great
and noble party: great, because it embraces
general principles and reaches over all pars s
of the land noble, because its doctrines and
measures its sympathies and actions, tend
to elevate all the people, advance their in
terests, and unite them firmly and fraternal-
| ly together as great Nation.
The Democralicparty has ever been, and
still is, the hope OF the country. She pos
sesses mighty moral power; her Nation
ality makes her mighty for good. The
North and the South, the East and the
West, come together under genera organi-
cation and swear fidelity to commop rights;
and, thus bound and united they together
stand UP for the county. Amid storms and
strife, amid sectional discord and agitation,
the democractic party, II true to herself and
her mission, will stand fixed, firm, and im-
movable, like the rock amid the ocean S
wave, defying alike its fury and its power.
ciples--its great doctrines of State sover-
elgniy, OF strict construction Of the con-
stltntlon. Of the non-lnterference Of one
State with the local institutions of another,
of the firm adherence by the general gov
eminent 10 its duties and the terms of the
compact between the States-and will point
TO them as the ark Of safety and bid the
people come back upon the solid foundation
thus afforded for all the people of the land
to stand upon, and thus arrest threatened
dangers and rescue the land from commo-
ton and anarchy.
This the democratic party has done once
aud again; and this she will do in all time
to come, if she be true TO her position, char
actef, and destiny, aud if she be not lured
away from duty or seduced into sectional
quanels and local issues.
Her nationality is her great characteristic;
that gone, and is departed that taken away,
and, like Samson when shorn of his locks,
her strength, her might, are forever lost, or,