The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1855-05-30
A Word TO the D mncracy who
have seen Sam.

| " SNO'N' uVu9 VI huOM NOtHlnSlsm' huu
what We DO say, we shall say in spirit OF
candor and honesty, hoping that such as
are really, or even have been Democrats
from principal, will seriously consider
where they stan and what they are do.
ing: for they will very soon be called upon
to take position. There are but two
grsat parties n the countryside old Dem
ocratc party, and the opposition to that
parly-which has existed ever since the
organization of the government-und dif-
ferent names it is true, but ever maniies-
ting the same undying hostility to popular
rights, and which is at present famIiarly
known as the know Nothing party. These
are at present the only two great political
organizations that exist in the country, ard
they are divided upon certain great prin-
ciples of governmental policy principles
TOO which lie at the very foundation of the
government. Most of the points now at
issue are the very same that divided the
Democratic and Federal parties in the mem.
! orable contest Of 1900, which resulted in
the election Of Thomas Jefferson and the
rejection of the elder Adams. The people
having decided that contest in favor Of the
Democracy, the principles then contended
for by Jefferson and the Democratic party
have since become the settled policy of the
government. But Notwithstanding our un-
exampled prosperity as a nation, under the
workings of that policy, an effort is now
being made to change it, and we have a.
gpin presented US, (with slight addition)
the old issues of 1900. The same two great
pa lties exist now that existed then. With
one or the other OF these parties you must
act. There is no dodging the issue. You
must either take your stand upon the bro I'd
Democratic platform Of liberty and equality,
equal rights, and equal and exact justice
to all men, or you>musi embrace the mar
row proscriptive doctrines OF the opposition,
There is no middle gronnd. One or the
other Of these positions you have got TO
take, and take at once. Choose ye between
them. you prefer the policy Of the Dem
ocratic party as advocated by Jefferson and
the early fathers If the Republic, and which
policy has raised the country to unparalel-
| ed greatness, leave the secret dens at once.
"IIe that is not for Us is against US" You
cannot exert your proper influence as Dem
ocrats, while yon g skulking about under
cover Of darkness, seeking midnight IVhig
caususes. and suffering yourselves to be
drilled by Wing leaders Il matters not
while you continue this course, what may
be your devotion to democratic principles,
your influence is all exerted against Tour
party. You are exultinSly pointed to by
Wings to prove that the "orler" is not an
t-democraiic, when they wish to induce
other unsuspecling Democrats to Join.
You have been gravely told no doubt,
by some old long faced Fsieralist, that the
old parties have passed away-thal the
Democratic party and the Wing party no
longer exist, and that entire new parry or
ganizations are being formed. This game
however, has been played bafore. Have
our old Democratic veterans forgotten the
contest OF l84O? But the Democratic par,
is DOT dead. A sad cay inleed will it be
to our country, and to the friends Of frees
dom throughout the world when that great
party shall cease to exist. The same great
principles upon which our Republican insti'
tutions rest, aud upon which our forefatacrs
have reared the noblest governmental super
structure the world has ever bshell, still
exist, and there is still the same necessity
for adhering to those principles. Il they
were ever right they are right STILL
Ii the policy Of the Democratic party was
ever tn, true policy Of the country; it
il the true policy still; for it is uuchan.
lgel.-
AS to the Wing party, having been beat
en- before the people upon every issue i, has
ever joined with Democracy. it has skulkec
from the fsId, and having snake like shed
Its skin, nov seeksto faist itself upon th,
country under a new name. This hoWevel
Is nothing new. The measures Of the old
Federal party soon rendered its name sS
o lious thatit was foand necessary toehany
lit; and il has become necessary, for th,
same reason, several times since, for th,
Opposition to change their name; yet the
s,me undyiog hostility to Democratic meas
utes has eve, existed, still Q ,ntnuss to ex
ist, and is now found among us in NOR,
anti.repubIican, dangerous and malignant
form than It has ever before dared TO as
same IN this country.
Ii then you are still attached to The time.
honored peiuciples Of the Democratic party
---if you believe that tho policy FIRST adop
ed. and uniformly pursued by this govern.
ment during almost the entire period of ii
existence is the true policy, do not delay !
moment. but leave the campofth the enemy
and takS your place under the Democratic
banner. While yeuremain whore you arc
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