Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1854-12-29
From the Milledgeville Federa, T..
The True American Partv Onlol

Inc TrRe American PARTY onoa
Some of the political organs of the oId nL.
are talking of organizing true Anaericon Ds party
We are aware of the fact that the who's .. pafEy~
never believed their own or the democrats 90 y" party
ton to be american, or they would not bsaGlls
doned the one or abused the other. But q I've a'aA
jorlty of the American people have lono ~ ma
felt, that the democratic party was the trno "ag
party of the country. 1t has only been bv
trick and humbug, that they have ever evsn 'ePnON
rariy changed this opinion If 10 preserve ,be
stitution in all It's parts 10 keep the ceptrinoto W.
centrifugal forces of the Federal Government and
equilibrium; if to regard scrupuously the r.S; a
the States, and TO secure the greatest liberty 70 ~
citizen. consistent with the requirements Of Nv ua
stituon and to regard with Jealous eve t in' ION
nels to the public Treasury, by which ,Ddr Sna3
and corporate bodies seek an entrance 10 i. va
have preserved the national honor witbont =. Il %
against foes abroad and traitors at home 4 - S
done these things, and others that might be-
ed of equal significance, entities party to be oWs
Anaeracan then does the democratic partv rnIn Ss
the honor. "'''
1t has been the peculiar province of the Demoo,,s
| party TO maintain the honor of these United So..
when fearfully and Indignantly assailed. To5o@;
it has more than one occasion, been forced ="
sort to the stern nltimatum of war And in t6.'
various struggles to preserve unsulied the fac n ""
country, it has met with internal resistance fpom
( very men and the very party that are now aIkr'
OF organizing an american party An Amer~s
party, indeed What for =? To side with tha on"~I
when his Armies and Naviss are thunderipg At N.Y.
doors? An American party, TO rob one half NJ t%
Union to enrich the other' An American nartr ~
desecrate and defle that instrument, upon The r,
ervation of which, in all its parts, depends al that
worthy to be called American? 1t is that what ~
American party should De? We have had arpa3ra
touch of that American party under the old and cb
erwise respected cognomen of Wing We wsn M
more OF it, however specious the pretext, hoveyg
plausible the shape in which it comes to US
If the Democratic party cannot pilot the Govern.
ment safely through the breakers and quicksaDj,
that lie in lis pathway we despair of finding anah,
more competent to do this 1t has certainly in As
past, been the "cloud by day and pillow of fire By
night" to our fathers, who have, by devotion 10 i,
chart and unwearied and unremitted zeal in support
of its great doctrines, decided its destiny and consun
mateI its glory. Such party was not born nl
day, and cannot be killed in day. party thai
boasts its father Jefferson Madison, Monroe AM
Jackson, a mother like the Constitution, and such
history as the Democratic Party, will not pale il
Intellectual fires" before the rush lights that ever
six or eight years flash up through the sockets oft
| old Wing skeleton.
1t is one of the besettng sins of Whiggery that
has no "local habtation, and, sometimes, moi ever
a name--always changing; never settled on ant
platform, for eight years at time The Democrats
party, however it may have been affected bya6
mestic question, (and in this respect it is far e,d
f fected than the Whig) it has its national platform
its organic system, in which are embodied PRINCIPE
and polity to be applied 10 the government Glib
f country, all of which, so long bitterly opposed y
the Wings, have lived to gain their silent nd
public appreciation.
While then, our principles live, as fresh as in h
days of Jackson, and with far less oppositiOn-WhA
they look to the Constitution for basis, and 10th
hearts of the people for support, party viii bfoah
to incorporate them and perpetuate them Suchi
party is American party enough for US