Tribune and telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1855-1856, 1855-09-27
Physiological and Psychological.

Physiological and Psychological.
We notice that many of our bunker brot hren,
looking over the whole North lost to the Democ-
racy within year past, are consoling themselves
with the idea that the resurrection is not far off
that the dead body will revive again-a new life
will regenerate and invigorate it, and it will go
forward as heret ofore conquering and to conquer,
and as heretofore dispensing to its faithful at
PENDANTS and adhere hts the honors and cmolu-
ments of innumerable Offices. This is a mis-
take; and it arises from the fact that our friends
fail to make the proper distinction between a
principle and party. They think because the
Democratic principle can never die, therefore the
Democratic party is immortal a kind of reason
ing precisely parallel with that which would as
sert that because a mans spirit is immortal,
therefore his body will never die. A mans body
at some period or other loses its soul and the
body returns to dust, and every party that ever
did live or ever viii live is subject to the same
law Birth, growth, maturity, decline, death, is
the law of the indlvidual-it is equally the law
of parties.
years past cannot have escaped the dullest OBJ
servation. With age the party grew conserva-
tive, and failing to meet the growing wants of
the race, its members fell off one after another
gradually aggregating themselves into new
party to meet these growing wants. Year after
year have the public wants with reference to
this matter of slavery been growing more urgent,
and in The same time has the party been grow
ing more and more regardless of these wants,
till the members, repealed by these causes, now
form a new and dominant party-a real Demo
cratic party-and the old one is dead, and left to
decay. From being progressive party work
ing into practical life the popular aspirations, ii
alas become, through age, a conservative and
dead body, which instead of being active in vir-
tue of the strong life in its veins, is active only
as stirred by the vermin which have had life out
of its death, and fairness out of its corruption
Such is this old Democratic party now. Ii
fought good fight in the days of Andrew Jack.
son. but the spirit has departed from it, and the
trumpet of progress and reform fails to create a
throb in its still heart or to animate its pulseess
veins.
Examine it Il moment. Jefferson is said to
have been the great embodiment of the Demo
cratic principle, and the father Of the Democrat
ic party jefferson was the author of the provi-
so which excluded slavery from the Northwest
tcrritory-a proviso originated for that express
purpose and to guard against even a remote con
tingency of slavery enteringit. franklin Pierce
the representative and embodiment now of thi,
Democratic party is the author of act repeal
ing the proviso excluding slavery from a terrific
~ vastly greater than this Northwest territory
"a repeal intended expressly to invite slavery
into the territory and secure its ingresS and per
petuity. If the principle then was with Jefferson
is it also with Pierce? Principles, we are told
are imnlutable, and yet we have the Democra
Jefferson and the Democrat Pierce enacting ex
.aetly Opposite principles on precisely the same
subject Is it not plain that the Democratic
principle abidsS with that party no longer' Il
has fed and the party is dead-aud out of its de
cay and corruptieai has sprung and fattene(
Pierce, as The creeping things always spring from
decay and corruption.
The hope that the lfying Democratic spirit is
some day TO creep back and inspire with new
life this dead body, is about as reasonable rs t.
expect the tenants of the citaIuel house TO wish
again the pale glimpses of the moon, and be will
us and move among us ~ of wore. Those who
have faith in the final resurrection of the body
will do well 10 keep sharp lockout 1t may
be when the last trump sounds, this Democratic
carcass VII emerge from its present resting place
hat any hopes based upon Its rising earlier arc
doomed TO certain disappointment