The Feliciana Democrat. (Clinton, La.) 1855-186?, 1855-05-12
The Democratic Party.

Ia there Democrat in the whole United States
that does not feel and realize the fact, that to the
Democratic party, and Democratic measures the
country owes It's proud position among the nations
OF the earth Nearly every principle Of our foreign
regulations and every measure Of our domestic poll
cy connected with the general government, are At
present the offspring Of democratic rule and demo-
cratic statesmen.
Where Is the WING tariff and the boasted Amcri-
can system Of the Wing party What has become OF
all the predictions Of ruin bankruptcy, and national
disgrace. predicted by Wing orators and statesmen,
when their favorite policy Of protective tariff was
to be superseded by the Democratic tariff for the
purpose Of revenue only. PAD
What has become Of their great panacea for
commercial, national, and individual distress, a
National Bank, How have subsequent events fall
sHed every calculation, disprovcd every position,
and demonstrated the unsoundness Of every Wing
argument in faver of this mammoth monicd monop-
oily, during the days Of bark rule and bank ruin,
when the immortal Jackson was at the helm Of state
and weathered the storm.
What has become of the Wing bankrupt lava
measure so odious that II was repealed within one
year after Its passage! Where are any Of the evil
dences Of Wing craftsmanship or Wing wisdom re-
corded in the annals Of the nation. Every vcstige
has gone the way Of all flesh. II Is buried in the
tomb of the Capulets.
With what tenacity have the Wing party chung to
Its favorite schemes Of legislation. and with what
bitter opposition have they resisted every democrat
measure. How long and strenuous was their oppo-
sition to the democratic policy for collecting and
disbnrsng the revenues of the general government!
They repealed the btreasury in one year after It's
passage under the false pretense that It would give
one kind Of currency to the government and ano-
other to tho people.
How consistent has been Wing opposition to the
acquisition Of any new territory, from the time Mr.
Jefferson purchased Louisiana down to the cession
Of California 1t is to the democratic party alone,
that indebted for the admission Of all the new
states. since formed out Of the Louisiana purchase
All the new states and territories belonging to this
Union, are alike the result Of the progressive but
at the same time. powerfully conservative policy of
the Democratic party. The states Of Florida, Tex
as and California and all the new territory west Of
the Mississippi to the Pacific ocean, are trophies of
democratic rule in the administration of this gov
eminent. II is well established fact that the de-
mocratic party throughout the Union are in favor
Of the acquisition Of Cuba as national measure of
the first Importance to peace and prosperity yet
II Is equally clear that the Wing, alias the Know
Nothing party. is every where opposed to 1t. Even
the necessary precautions taken by the present ad-
mnstraton, to prevent Spanish depredations on our
commerce, Spanish insults to our flag, end Spanish
visitatons and search of our vessels In the Gulf,
have been characterized by them as attempts to
drag the country into with Spain, for the pur-
pose of taking forciblc possession of Cuba, thus
evincng their uttar hostility to its acquisition In any
form. They know well that the great democratic
party want to acquire Cuba, but they know equally
WELL that that party is unwng to obtain It in any
other way than in strict accordance with national
honor.
This great national party has invariably stood by
the legal and constitutional rights of all classes OF
our citizens and upheld the doctrines first proclaim
cd in the declaration of our independence, and en-
bodied In the Constitution, which makes this the
land Of liberty and the asylum of the oppressed OF
every realm. 1t has steadily and firmly opposed all
the isms of the day, from Anti-Masonry down to
Know Nothingism II seeks no alliance with any
other party or faction. In all its organizations
cratic party everywhere rcpudate any connection
with them W hatever. The principles of the demo.
cracy are the same all the Union. They do moi
change to suit the different localities. What is right
constitutional and proper in Maine is equally so in
Louisiana or California u
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