Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1855-10-26
Passing Away.

II is with mournful feelings that
we read the following resolution, with
others. going the rounds Of the papers
"Resoipcd. That tho next Democratic
National Convention be held at Gin.
Cincinnati, in the State of Ohio. -
MournfuI, because IL reminds US, in
the most forcible manner, that the
proudest forces Of earth. arc fading.
vanishing, neeting rs the mir. But
three years ago that proud party met
at Baltimore, nominated Franklin
Pierce, aud then resolved to meet at
Cincinnati. in four years morc--re-
solved to meet as certainly as tho re-
volving year would bring them there
in it's circuit. Another Xerxes might
have gazed upon them and wept that
the many millions Of that thronging
host would soon be discom6tted and
slain. Almost like the host Of SIENNA.
cherib. on single night have they
been swept from tho earth. And we
read those resolutions Us we look up
on the rent flag of some half-forgotten
battlo---a memonto ofpride and valor
long departed; Of havoc and the wreck
Of human life.
Where now is thai strong Democrat
10 party? In Maine they are gone
nothing loft but the fay. end of a dis
cordant fusion. In New Hampshire,
all scattered like the leaves Of the for
est. In Massachusetts, annihilated.-
Dead in Vermont, Connecticut and
Rhode Island. Torn into n hundred
fragments in New York. Conquered
in Pennsylvania. In Ohio, begging
the crumbs at the gate Of the National
Wings. In Indiana, licking the sores
Of the lean Lazarus Of Whiggery, hsv-
ing rejected even the name Demo
cratic," by public resolve and taken
the eplthet, "Old Liners" In llli-
nois, defeated. In Michigan. Wis.,
copsin and Iowa, seeking miserable
fusion with the miserable dregs Of all
the pull-back parties Of the day. Rou-
ted in Kentucky by a party not a year
old. Led in Georgia by Stephens and
Toombs, their old enemies. Aban-
doned in Texas by Houston. one OF
their mightiest generals. In Arkan-
sas, their standard bearers, Yell and
Borland fighting them. Plunged into
confusion. despair and bloodshed In
Missouri. Knowing not where to
flee in louisiana. Where shall the
National Democratic Convention OF
1856 be gathered from? Will they
admit Old Liners from Indiana, Flu
sionists from Maine, Massachusetts,
and Ohio, and Fag Enders from the
rest Of mankind? The motley group
of 1856 at Cincinnati will number few
of the men of intellect and nerve who
met at Baltimore in 1889. Those
mighty men are new in the ranks OF
new party, which, in its feeble infan-
cy, has demolished the old citadels ol
corrupt parties, and which is destined
like tornado, to sweep all this land
a new party, with the best minds, the
best hearts. and the highest enter
prise Of the nation; the only true ke'
publican party.
In 1852 those men parted, never to
meet again. They chose thel trysting
tree. Other parties will hold the con-
ference. Strangers TO the appoint
ment will gather there--misguided,
disappointed. ambitious, intriguing
men, who know no good but office,
and no gospel but slavery; who know
no nationality but niggerism, and
have no public policy but TO tear down
and trample under foot. whatever is ol
good report in our laws and our time
honored compromises. Such will be
the assemblage that viii rally to that
confident call.
Where is the platform then SC
strongly built? All washed away by
the waves Of corruption. not plank
left; all gone down. Never in the his.
tory Of our country was there such a
wide spread desolation Of high hopes,
ms corrupt Executive and corrupt
Congress has brought upon that par
ty. Two years ago defiant. lordly,
supreme. they were betrayed, sold
out, by the ambitious Iscariotr who led
them; and now the feeble remnant are
cringing and crawling at the feet oI
the brayest Of their late despised foes
1t is sad: sad to see so much degrade.
ton, SO much shame, such utter ruin
Sad to see the tatterdemalion gang o.
Office holders. andC shareholders. and
bottle.holders, ralIying under the soil.
ed and befouled flag Of Democracy
! Ind. Repu6ticon.