The true Democrat., 1855-09-11
For the Irue DemOcrat. Letter from Jackson County.

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 | The lovers of our country and of novelty. have looked anxously for this full development with high hopes of different result
 They trusted that, in it's final unfolding, new organization would present itself, free from the objectionable features of the old party organizations, upon whose platform the good conservative men of all parties could stand without sacrifice of principle, and do battle for our common country upon questions outside of and above party, being free to act with their old friends in support of their old, long cher ished principles
 | This delusive hope has vanished like the morning mist and left a party - which is in substance a Phoenix, matched in secret con- claves, from the ashes of the old whig party gathering in its grasping folds the disaffected members of the democratic party; men, who like the Swiss soldiers, fight under that banner which pays the highest price, together with the curious and few good and true democrats who were deceived by fair promises and hopes of reforming local errors by attaching them- selves to this new movement.
 | For the latter class, ] have the highest re- gard, and appeal to them to pause and consid- CT into what company, politically, they have lallen; what errors exist in the old parties, from winch, the new party is exempt and whether they are willing, from now henceiorth, to wage an extermlnating warfare against democratic men and measures.
 These are serious considerations, and, when properly considered, will bring out at least one half of the latter class of democratsr who in a thoughtess moment, forgot their long cherished ideas of freedom of thought, freedom of action, and love of manly, open and truthful investga- ton of all political subjects and united them. selves with their old enemies, in a political band in all of its organism, remarkably similar to that "club," which, in the hands of Frenchmen. made France worship at the shrine of reason and welter in the blood of her purest patriots.
 But 1t IS said that no opposition to democra- cy exists in this so called American party ''Let facts be submitted to convince demo- crats." Northern elections return anti Nebras- ka know nothngs and opponents to the policy of the democratic party. The candidates for Governor in Kentucky, Virginia and Tennessee, who opposed old and faithful democrats, are all wings, and such thing as an organized fragment of the whig party is unknown in the present political history of the country
 Apropos of Tennessee, remember in my boyhood, the first opposition political speech I ever heard. The speaker, in eloquent tones, with tears trickling down his cheeks, declared that he was a better democrat, a better Jackson man than the old hero and statesman himself.
 lie said, as the pseudo American party now say, that the democratic party was ccrrupt, and that Jackson had departed from the true re. publican faith of his republican predecessors, and that HUGH L. WHITE was the essence of all that was pure in Jeffersonian de- mocracy. By this course many good and true democrats were led away in the ranks oi the enemy-an enemy composed of the bIo- ken fragments of Hartford conventonsts na- tonal republicans and federalsts, assuming the venerated name of aohig-an American house. | heart-under which all the enormities of every opposition ism were forced upon these new con- verts to the federal party Democrats thus led away, soon became very noisy and very notorious; the boldest, most reckless and un- scruPulnus defamers of their ancient friends and measures. whilst their federal allies, from mo, lives of policy, remained in the back ground using their quandam enemies now fast friends as catspaws to effect their sinister purposes. The trick, however, was discovered by ma- ny good men, who returned to their ancient faith, and battled valiantly with renewed love and zeal for the principles of their fathers, un- der the benign influence of which, our happy country has grown great, prosperous and hap py.
 How similar the avowals then and now!
 What do these men, who have assumed the name of American, say at the present crsis- They say, in substance, that the democratic party is corrupted by continued prosperity and favor Pierce, and his administration, are pro- scrptive, and the Arkansas, the Conway Johnson family have monopolised the offices, ruined the State, and are very bad men-not to be trusted
 Well, for the sake of argument, admit that } Pierce is guilty of many errors, and that John son and Conway are all that is charged to their f account; then is it sufficient grounds for the abandonment of democratic principles, and the union with sworn political enemies, who have always advocated political hereses?
 One of the most beautiful features of the 9 democratic party has always been the total dis
 regard ot men, and the close adherence to prin cipes-" measures not men," everywhere, and under all circumstances, is distinct feature O the party; and when prominent men become odous, do wrong, or apastotise, others are elect ca who embody Tn their characters and quail hcatlons the requirements of the party, and al , things move on quietly as if nothing had hap
 pened, whilst the former leaders become work. men Ill the ranks, if true and worthy, or if oth [ erwise, go over to the enemy and chant as lout as new converts of the corruption of their olt associates
 Fause.-Democrats who, in the Hull of polit ical excitement, entered this secret junto with
 out seriously relecting whither it would leac or In what company you are travelling re. member that you are not assisting to organis, , party, whose object is to reform the CT TOTS and correct the abuses of power in Arkan- l sas-but you are identified with party claim. , ing to be national, yet sectional, with plat form made by the southern States mainly
 whilst the principles of that platform are adopt ed, rejected, changed, modified or amended, as tht t peculiar circumstances and genus of the locali ty may require.
 Ask yourself the question if Conway, John son, or some other prominent member of the