Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1854-10-13
ATRuE DEMOCRAT.

TIMOTHY DAY Esq, at one time the
Editor Of the Cincinnati Eaqairsr,
whose Democracy no one will dispute,
thus defines bis position on the Nebras-
ka question:
I am anti-Nebraska because am q
Democrat. / believe that this Repub-
lie was established and is 10 be perpet-
uated, solely for the uses and purpos-
es Of freedom-to believe else is to i'm
pugn the patriotism Of its fathers
They plainly saw, and felt with pain,
that slavery was social evil, entirely
out of place in Republic, and they
emphatically declared against its ex.
tension. They had higher, holier mo-
tives in the formation Of this republic,
than the security and extension OF
slavery. II they could have fcrseen
that within the first century OF its for
nation, il was TO become, IN the hands
of a weak President and ambitious
party rulers, tee mere propagandist OF
negro slavery, their hopes of the fu-
ture would have died within them.
/ care not what tests political popes
and councils may enact, and demand
as the evidences of party fealty; as a
Democrat. the cry of hereto cannot
prevent me from declaring, that be-
lieve slavery TO be great moral and
political wrong. and while ] would not
interfere with il as a social evil, | will
ever war against the increase of its po-
litical power, by never consenting to
its extension one inch beyond where IL
now exists. The South must be taught
clearly and Enthusiastically, that SLA-
VERY HAS NO RIGHTs; that in Repub-
lie, everything belongs to freedom;
that our public domain belongs to iree-
dom, and its soil cannotbe cursed with
the footprints Of Slavery; and that
popular sovereignty" which DEGREES
Slavery in the territories or this Re-
public is not Republican sovereignty,
and win not be recognized by the free
men Of the North. The question
whether freedom is established in the
Republic is not an open one, now to
be decided by any kind Of sovereignty
| is the question long since settled as
the foundation stone ofour Republican
Government, and cannot be excayated
without destroying the whole fabric.
am anti-Administration, because
this Administration is anti-Democrat
Instead ofbeing the Executive Of the
peoples will, this Administration has
set itself up MS the ruler fthe people.
will. 1t has made Of the democratic
organization a huge inquisition, in
which Jesuitical leaders, with lies and
deceit, have constituted themselves
| the conscience keepers Of the masses
of the party. Ithas demoralized pub
lie virtue, by the appointment, TO off,
ces Of trust. ofmen totally unworthy Of
public confidence; the two Jeficrsonian
tests, honesty and capacity, having
rarely been applied to the appointees,
II has appointed men to Office, for the
sole reason Of their religious faith. and
is now striving. through the psrty
press. to excite the jealousy and enlist
the aid Of powerful and compact
clerical organization to sustain itsnom.
inees. II has lowered the standard oil
universal democracy by base appeals
"a aact,onal and relioious nreiudieae,
"that thrift may follow fawning." II
has done. and Il is doing these things,
in violation Of the integrity and digni.
ty of true democracy, to crafty the
lust Of party power, and 10 enjoy the
| fruits Of party success.