Daily Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1854-1855, 1855-01-30
From the New York Evening Post
Pro,oscss of the Democratic Party.

The Worcester Palladium, democrat.
h. oaper Of approved orthodoxy, after dwell
[ing on the overthrow which the demo
lrstic party. lately so powerful and SO con-
Edent IN its own strength bias met with in
the States in which elections have re-
ren,y been held, closes with these reaec-
tiuns:
aWhat, then is to be done to bring about
! reaction in public sentiment in favor OF
H. democratic party! The answer must
kome from the wise, considcrate, prudent
ben Of the party-men who can look the
matter over in q true and unseiiish light
Nm who can comprehend the principles
n which the government vas first founded,
lad who have the discsrnment to apply
MEM 10 the exigcncies in which the coun-
3fv IS nov placed. But whatever may be
kone, the democracy of the free States
Mould be in no way committed to the idea
N an extension OF slavery through their
&rency or instrumcntality. The senti-
Rents and convictions ofthe age are against
1t was our belief in February last,
khen We first wrote on the Nebraska bill,
hat
NJ THE admnistration.witl the prospect in
4 w York and other States before it, has
b strength to waste in experiment; and II
has committed itself to this measure, it
ls committed itself to consequences which
J will lie saddenng to any democratic con-
&mplate. w
4 Those consequences are now before us
= the results Of the elections wherever they
bge taken place. II there was principle
Evolved like that involved in Gen. lack
bn's controversy with the bank, we might
Cpe for a reaction. But we cannot so
DE- as there is a conviction in the heart Of
= free States that slavery il II be extend
! BY any action of the democratic party
be great struggle for supremacy in our
gis between slave and free labor for SUI
tmacy on the soil; ST ugglc for the mas
nv between labor that is paid and labor
al is not paid, The constitute n recog-
the right Of Shareholders TO slavery,
thin the States that sustain or tolerate
institution But the free States can read
that great charter of all our rights, as
ion OF slaves, no Obligation upon them to
tend slavery beyond the limits Of the
Ere States, into the territories OF the u
tn;ani any attempts to put that co nstruc-
u Hpon that instrument viii come in con-
Il with public sentiment that must be
kpccted as il is, and cannot be broken
Nn or overcome. Right or wrong, such
|the fact and the democracy OF the Union
/ psf take it an as essential considerations
lis calculations OF what its future is to
X,That is 4 sensible view of the natter.
b. democratic party cannot be resusclta-
MI the people cease to entertain the
fTictjon tina. the object of its leaders
u these who represent il in Congress or
e,hcr Offices of the federal government
. strengthen the slave power and en-
r. the boundaries within which slavery
Pcrmttcd by law. A long as the party
under the cdsam which accompanies
f. policy, 50 long must it remain
Nerless minority
We see clearly what has brought US to
condition IN which We are. The or
the administration at Washington it.
acknowledged it repeatedly, before the
elections, when il represented the free
BITES as an FIRE " it'll financial zeal
nst The institutions Of the South, sovio-
p and 50 universal that the South might
in It's own defence, be driven to dissolve
Union.
lhe late elections are simply the result
expression Of this feeling. The pco-
nave no longer any attachment
the administration, and therefore
? oil to other parties. The aaministrq-
a. has repealed their support By its own
Lth this clear conception Of the case OF
n'Ioftnnes, the party ought TO have nc
u0l OF the proper remedy. It must di-
zee itself from the slave power, or it will
yer recover its ascendancy the ountry
separation must be complete and sin
beyond all doubt Of question; the re-
,'hGe must be profound in proportion to
Nervousness OF the past offence, or the
nee will never be pardoned,
we are aware that there are men who
y mat some great stroke Of policy, such
se'ang up spirited quarrel, perhaps a
with some Of the European powers,
replace the democratic party in its
position of strength This seems to us
ae expectation. When such an event
rs place it is imp ible to know before
~ VINO VIII profit by it. We had "a sec
war with Great Britain, and o.r do mes
PIl',cs were greatly the worse for it
ma war with Mexico, and a, the close
! ueneral Taylor ana the wings came
me democratic party is not in aeon
~ TO bear any more experments-the
S"ous one which was tried at the las
oa OF Congress- should suffice. The
:" PAN Of honesty, frngality, strict con
ION OF the constitution, and com
separation from the interests of every
NJ arlstocrats or capitalists, whether al
'o''h or thee South, isl the only SAT,
ohn the party which follows this
!" 'he' end assuredly rule the conn.
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