The union Democrat., 1855-10-13
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| In contemplating the dark and troubled politi
cal horizon. with the clouds Of sectional strif,
lowering fearfully above US, and the bosom @
society rent by the fierce contests of contendint
factions, there is but one quarter to which VT
can turn our eyes with hope and confidence. II
every time of trial and danger through which this
republic has passed, the eyes of the Union have
been directed to the great national democratic
party. And never have they looked IN vain. Ii
has ever shown itself worthy Of its mission, ana
faithful to its trusts 1t has successfully over
thrown the schemes of federal consolidatiouists-
destroyed the monster of governmental p:oscrip'
tion under John Adams-overthrown the hydra
of bank monopoly and moneyed corruption
defeated the schemes of British intrigue and
European diplomacy in the annexation of Texas
and protected the nation against the designs OF
abolition and disunion factions. Under the lead
of jefferson, Madison, Monroe jackson, Polk,
Silas Wright, Lewis Cass, and other honored and
faithful exponents of its principles, the demo
cratic party has shaped the policy and guided the
demonstrates the truth OF its principles, and the
wisdom and patriotism of its members
The democratic party is the only national party
nop eristing IN this country. Its platform is the
only one broad enough for the whole Union TO
stand on. All others are too narrow, because
they are founded upon sectionalism, proscrip-
tion. intolerance, or some other species of one
idediSm.
Serious dangers threaten the country. Civil
war in Kansas, notification in Massachusetts,
and general excitement and evaporation of feel
ing throughout the country, give just ground for
apprehension to the most hopeful. And there is
additional cause for alarm in the unhappy results
of knownothing prescription, as witnessed in
the Louisville riots, when the peaceable and
honorable exercise of the elective franchise was
converted into a bloody contest of creeds and
races. To what quarter can we look for safety
The whig party is conessedly dead. 1t has COM
mitted suicide-or rather, it has turned over its
assets to anew party, andexis under a new name
1t has been absorbed in knownothingsm. Now,
can We look with any reasonable hope TO know
nothingism, to rescue the country from the dan
gers which imperil it 2 The idea is absurd A
part, originating in prescription, working in
secrecy, and producing only the fruits of discord
and confusion Can afford but little ground for
patriotic hope or confidence
To the national democratic party, then, if any,
where, must we look, But hat is the position
and what are fLe Dvosnerfs of that portv II
stands upon tie Baltimore PLATFORM upon which
it triunphed in 81 The South stands upon it
still, almost as unit. Conservative old Penn
sylvania will stand upon it, The great Empire
State of the Union, New York, if her democracy
will unite as in other days, will stand upon the
same broad national platform. And so will other
Northern and New England States which have
been temporarily divided and conquered We
were never prouder Of our connection with the
democratic party than now. Our faith in its
regard to its success were never brighter. Let
the democratic party in California, then, organ
ize, and prepare for an energetic and successful
contest next year, that the electoral vote Of this
State may GO to swell the overwhelming majority
by which a national democratic President shall
be carried into the White House. We have
good and true men for leaders, but let us follow
them only so long as they lead in accordance
with the timehonored principles and usages of
the party. With organization, harmony and
energetic action, our success is certain. Then let
us at once set the ball in motion.