Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1854-07-05
From the Washington Union.
The Dem6eFatfei parfv.

halt entirely in the hands of the northern
fanatics, and forcing the other half Il
take up arms againstits former associates
and this as matter of sheer Self-de.
fence-the democrats have consolidated
their strength in Que united body, exten-
ding not toa single section, but embra
cling both sections of the Union. and CO.
operating with all the zeal aud efficiency
which animated themin the most Curious
days of our political history. The wings
of the North are combined not only
against the South. but against their for
mer friends in the South So blindly
have they yielded to the influence of fa-
naticism. that there is not single whis
in the North who has the courage to
hunted down by furious zealOts, and who
are rs much entitled to his respect and
his support as if they were his lmmeIiate
neig hbors. This state Of things exists for
the first time. and it is one of the most
threatening aspects Of the present period.
We fully realize it when we contrast the
northern Wing faction with the Democra-
tic party. aud ask ourselves how much
the Union would be worth if the latter
were united with its Wing antagonists.
and accepted the abolition creed as an
unalterIble and undying covenant against
fifteen sovereign sister States, or nearly
one-half OF the confedcracy The lmmi-
nent danger of the public tranquility. aud
the inappreciable Importance. as "a practi-
cable ant palpable fact. of the drmocra-
tic party to the vast social anl 'litical
interest involved in the American u liOn
and may be estimated from this point Of
view at one and the sam. time. O5Ser-
wing men have seen how steadily all the
movements of the Wing opposition have
ten ietl to a sectional organic Ition conf
neil to the North. They have also mott.
ceh the sacrifices and the intrepility OF
the democracy of the free States in.
breasLing the fanalicism which has toiled
with hercuIean power t. compel the de.
mocracy to cut loose from the South, ani
TO swell the ranks of that northern
moveme t which. once embarked in its
career will stop at nothing short of the
abolition OF slavery, no matter at what
sacrifice of law anu Of humanity. In a
word, men are constrained, whether they
will or not. to venerate and to applaud
the democratic purity, not only for what
it has done but for what 1T has
forbOrne to do. There are many
evidences Of the truth of this. best le the
instructive events ofLhe present time.
We take the broad ground that every
measure which the wing party of the
North has made its own must certainly
have resulted in national humiliation AMI
disaster, if the democratic ptrty hal nos
thrown itself in the pathway, ami resist
ed and defeated each proposition in de-
tail, as soon AS it became III IniIeSt. Had
the present aO 1liLiOnizaI wing party been
strong enough it woull have dGfvated~thr
annexation OF Texas and the acquisition,
of California, AMI even as it WAS, the eff
forts in that Dissection embraced the great
mass OF the working machinery OF the
wing party. and were more than once on
the eve OF being CIR wned with success-
On other occasions the whisS have made
4 tremendous rush against liberal reve-
nue. laws. We have seen them build up
a great bank. AMI ii terror. stricken be-.
fore the ruin AMI dismay it created. u
The whi5 bankrupt law was an en- zinc of
Ienc'es-we ha aim r1t said whi.e pracst-
ces-in favor of pr.fu5e exJel iltures
would soon rem Ter the public treasury in
SOl'enL It not sLernly checked. Wal
procI'v'ty to m Ike term1H.h any faction.
no IN IsLer how reckless and how ab1n.
lionel has more than once shaken nIr.
thern society TO its foundations. Each of
these danger has been met as soon "a it.
showed its heal. or rs SOON as It's purDo.
SIS have been disclosed, and each has
been corrected or destroyed by the in
StInc'ive sag tciLy AMI the stron : hanl of
the democratic party. This b lief retro
Spect is intended less 10 recall what it nav
he unpleasant to mtny goo men to see
Than to show how eluluenLIy the voice
OF history vim licAtes the claim Of our
great party to the graLitu lie Of the coun.
Try AMI " prove that what is now re
9"rde as the SIrest bIl| Irk of the pub.
lie peace AMI the peoples sarety-we
mean the Democratic party has been
The result, not of the ileIiLy AMI unset,
hShncss, AM Pltro!i,m AMI courage, of
DAY, or OF a year. but OF long. consist.
ent AMI almost uninterrupted c.reer of
So1i deeds, an of unc Icul4tin devotion
to principles which often dem IN seIf.ss.
crlhces' AN qll'e as often throw those
into minority who honestly advocate
them.
The democratic party stands like
great wall between opposing and hostile
extremes. While it exists, the intiIel
dem go ,ues may PrOIane the memory of
tne holy past. and their horriI blasphe-
m'es will lnjlre them selves alone While
1t last revcngeful and Infatuated mubs
Will seek in vain to resist the laws. While
1t lasts, the perjurcI organs Of disunion
Will hoPelessIy toll to mutilate the con.
Sti'utlon. Calmly, resoIutely, and with
all us great energies, Ion & may it stanI TO
dety the common enemy. to dsnoun CO
the secret foe, and to keep alive Il the
hearts Of men that 1--we for tLo