The Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1852-1853, 1853-05-04
The Democratic Party.


interesting article on the position and
Prospects of the Democratic Party" from
which we extract the concluding paragraph.
After abiding TO the result Of the Spring
elections, by which it s clearly shown that
the already overwhelming preponderance
OF the democratic party is greatly on the in
crease, while the strength of the party in
Congress has also been considerably aug
mented, the Union remarks;
""hat, then, is the political prospect
which the present position Of the democratic
party, and the causes producing it, disclose
10 or view? The only case approaching
to a parallel with the present stale Of things
was presented, as we have said, in the sec
ond administration of Mr.. Monroe. Then
the opposition went for a few years into ut
ter abayance-gave up its old@issues, and
and its old battle, and ultimately reappeared,
TO be defeated after a great struggle, upon
new tenets, under a new name, and in a new
form. This example suggests the idea that
for the present no e%i1ectual opposition to the
existing democratic organization and admin
~istration can be attempted. In fact, it is diff
icult to see upon what grounds at this time
an opposition can rally. Despite the tlucu-
lent language of few ultra wing journals,
it is plain that no such rally is now making
considerable progress. 1t is equally plain
that The policy of the President thus far has
given new consolidation aud unity to the
democracy. Il is also clear that this same
policy is drawing a considerable support
not firm perhaps, not reliable in an emer-
gency, but yet considerable-from the ranks
of the national wings. Between the de-
mocracy and the sound and rejecting por-
ton of the opposition, signs are not wanting
Of an approaching "era OF good fceling."-
The errors of NAL administration which pro-
strated the late whig dynasty, and the errors
of policy which carried the whole whig par
ty down with it, belong precisely to that
class of errors which always characterize the
action or dynasty of a patty which feels it.
self foredoomed. The course of the wing
leaders during the last four years, can only
be explained or understood upon the idea
that they regarded their continuance in
power and their return to power alike i'm
possible. They administered the Govern
ment throughout as il they did not expect or
hope to administer it long. They rallied
and organized their party in the canvass in
the spirit and on the plan of a forlorn hope
Their ablest man told them in his last houFs
that it was o forlon hope, and that, "as a
national organization, the whig party was
dissolved.
"lfthese views be correct, the conclusion
is inevitable that serious or powerful oppo-
sion to the present administration is not now
to be looked for. On all the great issues
which it represents in the past organization
ofpartics the battle hasb been fought and won.
The policy which it proclaims for the future
grows so plainly out of the exigencies of the
country, and responds SO completely to the
popular sentiment, that, with exceptions few
and far between, it finds a general accep-
lance. The time has come when the coun-
try demands that all departments Of the
Government should work tremendously
and not as during the last four years, al
cross purposes; and that their harmonious
action shall be democratic. New events,
and new issues growing out Of them, seem
to be the only possible opportunity for sue
~cessful or elfectLal opposition to that great
national organization which the administra-
tia, taYsuoaufo - "