Eastern times., 1855-04-19
The Democratic Camp-Fires
everywhere Blazing"

everywhere BLAZING.
The enemies of the democratic party have
been hugging the delusion to their souls thai
the party is dissolved. They never made
greater mistake The party still lives, and
will live to conquer, SO long as liberty and the
Constitution have an existence. The Boston
Post has an article on the "Position of the
Democratic Party" which for its truthfulness
commends itself TO the live faith of every live
democrat in the land. We make the follow
ing extract =
Again as another proof that the democ-
racy OF jefferson and Jackson no longer exists
its enemies exnltingly and tauntingly point
to the statistics of democratic defeats. What
of this, What if, by the aid of degenerate
wings, reasonable abolitionists, and other
miserable factions, black and proscriptive
flag now waves over some of the democratic
citadels! What if they can even point 10 the
spectacle of the New Hampshire Gibralier
capturedi Does this make it out that the glo-
rious party is dissolved! Go into the Granite
State, and assume before one of the twenty
seven thousand gallant men who fell with the
constitutional banner waving above them, and
tell him that his party has dissolved! Why,
the very suggestion will be Indignantly spurned
as a libel on the patriotism and purposes OF
each one of the party, and will be treated as
personal affront. The New Hampshire DEM
ocrats have no more intention of grounding
their arms, of going into state of dissolution,
and being buried, because profligate cowboy
combination defeated them, than Stark's regi-
ment had, of giving up the ghost when the old
tories drove. them from Bunker Hill. No,
no. They intended TO follow the revolution
ary example of their political fathers, and res
cue their land from the slavery of secret coun-
ellis, and win for her once more the inspiring
freedom of independence. w
The same strain of remark, with the same
truth, may be applied 10 the cases of other
states where the democracy are now In mi
nority. Take the case of Connecticut, where
the party stood to their colors with marked f.
deity where they did not lose single town
where the know nothings were not openly re-
inforced by the wings; where they fought with
an openness. bravery, an unylelding firm
ness of principle, paralleled only by their
brethren of kindred spirit in New Hampshire
and where they lost all told but thousand
votes. Are we to be told by an old enemy or
the seeding traitor that the minority that
fights thus has come 10 lis ends dissolved
Who believes it,
Once more look to the western states. The
thriving, liberal, cosmopolitan, new world OF
the grand Father of Waters is no soil for the
growth of old world tory shoots. 1t will spurr
from it, the secret, moe-like party burrowing
narrow politics, low prejudices, and intoler
ance of know nothingism; and hence all ovel
this broad land we see the democrats girdine
up their loins, repairing their armor, and dis
ciplining their ranks. The camp fires of /;
preparing army are everywhere blazing wha
is ceming may be augered in the Michigan
elections and at the proper time truly Amer
ican battalions will make a charge on The
Buntlinites so deadly in effect that they will
hardly know what struck them. Does th'
complexion of the democracy of the west lool
To this add the stand of the democracy al
TO the know nothing party. Everywhere
every state, city, town and village in the Tn
ion-as party, they have refused to toucl
the unclean thing. They have done more
In thousands of party gatherings, in conven
tions and public meetings-in the democratic
press, without exception, they have exposed
opposed, denounced, excoriated, as something
that is anti-republican. the secret order. Ev
"hSiOs thuo hauuOuI tuC
have preferred an honorable defeat TO an uu.
natural alliance and disgraceful victory
This stand is represented by the press. We
cannot call TO mind democratic journal tha
does not peel the flesh from know nothingisn
and plaster the sore with Spanish flies.
If we look at the true basis of party action
at the platform of principles. when was there
less of division, and more of union, as 10 the
-
racy stand on the old Jefferson and Jackson
rrinei rle-- -f .hsi- r--sy. Gu this ground Iney
are forgetting past difficulties and looking fol
future triumph. In this they know no north
no south, no east, no west but are baptized
with one political baptism and they feel anC
know that their feet are firmly planted on ;
platform which supports the rights and llber-
iies-the Constitution and the Union-of theil
country.
Such is the proud position of the democrat
ic party. Away with the idea that this party
is dissolved Let it rather be asked, wher
was it more firmly knit together When, a:
a minority party in the states, would it 60 be
fole the people and more Justly claim that the
principles it contended for in the heat of battl,
are such as vitality concern every man, woman
and child are such as must be supported OF
Tepublicanism will go down! There is NJ
use in concealng, or covering up things. I
the majorities obtained in midnight council;
are 10 rule this country, our liberties will hav'
departed. The system is rotton TO the core
and demands such defeat and condemnation
from honest, well meaning citizens as will bt
remembered through all time.
Let the democrats, then, fight on, as ihey
have, all through, the SECRET ORDER. The,
have fallen in the van it is true but the peo
pie will not let them stay fallen. The hon
est, the good, the lovers of their country, o
their race, will not sit still and see such dis
grace inflicted on the land as continued success
of know nothings would be. Their hand
will be with their hearts in aiding those VIII
uphold the great and vital constitutional prin
ciples that are the conservators of our right
and liberties"