Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1854-08-11
Monday, August =, 1854.
STICK TO YOUR PARTY

sot CfeSleHt, Win approving comments.
! an article the substance Of which is, that
the present Democratic party is the hope
of the country in all things, and through
! it will the salvation Of the country come
and be wrought out.
/ We do wonder if there is yet at this
late day, with the experience of the past
few years still fresh in all minds, any per-
SON weak enough to be influenced by such
stuff.
1t will be rccollected that it is precise
ly the position papers of this stamp took
inlS4S. Then the Freesoil Platform was
too long or too short. or too narrow or
too broad to accomplish anything no
thing would answer the purpose but the
/ good old Democratic Platform. through
which then as now, the salvation Of the
country was sure to come, and the cry
then as now, was stick to your party"
The Party lrds stuck to. The Demo
cratic platform has been and is in the as
cendant--and what is the result? InlS4S
as now, these men proclaimed themselves
just as much in favor of Freesoil as the
FreesoilerS themselves, only they would
not leave the Democracy because the De
mocracy were all Freesoil too. Then as
now. the Democracy of this State were
right on the Slavery question, and the
people were urged to maintain their par
ty relations, because the Democracy be-
ing right, every thing was sure to come
out right. The Democratic Legislature
passed FrecsoH resolutions, and the Dem
ocratic State Conventions passed Freesoil
resolutions, and what we say again, has
been the result Of it all To sum up
since then we have had the Slavery Com
promises of 80, the Fugitive Act, and the
repeal Of the Missouri Compromise, all
made and sustained by this same Freesoil
Democracy. .....
In the name of Heaven when is it to
end? When is this great Democracy to
set itself to work in the labor of regene-
ration Its professions amounted to no
thing, and accomplished nothing i'll 1913,
nor sincc-about what time are they eX-
pectcd to amount to something and ac
complish something ? What reason I'M
der the sun have we to hope that the De
/ mocracg of Wisconsin in 1856, will do one
/ particle better than they, did in 1852
They proteSsed just as much and just the
same then as they do now, and beyond
question they are just as ready to DO now
what they did then. Stick to the great
! Democratic party, say they. The Great
Democratic Party will go up to Baltimore
i'll 1856; they will organize Convention
/ in which one-third viii have the govern
| ing voice they will nominate then just
/ as heretofore. a shareholders candidate
on a shareholders platform. and if snc-
/ ceSSful. inaugurate an administration to
! go forward with,its Slavery propogating
schemes. All this they will do as here
| tofore, and still these men will ring in
our ears that the Democracy are all suf-
ficient in the present crisis, and all other
| crises.
Wesay again, is there any person weak
enough to be influenced, in the face Of facts.
by such idle words What is this great
/ Democratic party wanted for ? What is it
( good for ? Since tie I. S. Bank qucs-
ton has been settled what has it done
and what is it likely to do ? Appeal to
its Northern followers. and the reply is
vague and general: it is great party, it
/ is Democratic party. it is the pride Of
the country and the hope of the country
it has a great mission to perform, and it
is going to perform a great work and
while the ear Of the people is tickled
! with this stuff. there is scarcely Il cOnceiv-
able abomination which this same party
is not practlcing. Just compare what it
has done and is now doing under the lead
Of Pierce with these professions, and we
can then know what the party really is.
! And what it is now. il must from inevl-
+ table necessity be in the future. The par
/ ty is hopelessly in the hands Of the South.
( Men in Wisconsin can talk and think as
thcv please on the subject Of Slavery, but
so sure as they remain connected with
/ the Democratic organization so sure will
! thew be used hereafter as heretofore, to
carry forward the schemes of the Slave
propagandists.
Take the case of the editor Of the Dem
, ocrat. who so dislikes Slavery that he
even run the risk Of opening his mouth
against it in the South. Since then he
supported Pierce ON a Slave-propagatlng
platform-and Pierce and the party have
repealed the Missouri Compromise, and
are doing all they can to strengthen the
institution he so much hates. He stuck
to the party the party belonged to the
slave holders, and the slave holders made
him their rool and with soft words in his
mouth, they laughed at him, put the col
lar on his neck, and put him i'll the gal
leys to do their work. lie still urges the
same policy. 1t will probably be Doug
las that the Democracy will next nomin-
ate; but the necessity Of sticking to the
party will be just as great then as now
the party will be just as great and as
glorious-will hare just as much ola mis-
sion onits hands-and we have no ground