The true Democrat., 1855-07-03

"HOtliIlHSiv tO dDOuG ueSIfOylilS SOuIn. ern rights, and tramplng on the constitution :? The Democracy the Only National
 Party-An Appeal to Union-Lov-
 ing Men.
 The dark-antern party having split upon the slavery question, the democracy are now the only political organization which has a national existence co-extensive with the Union, and winch recognizes no geographical lines in the medication of its principles. A democrat in Jew Hampshire advocates precisely the same political tenets as a democrat in Louisiana or Virginia; both contend for the faithful fulfill ment of all the stlpulatons and compromises of the constitution. and for a strict adherence to the great doctrines of State rights and popular sovereignty incorporated in that instrument. North and South the democracy are attached above all things, to the union of these States, under which, we as a people have attained, in brief period, such an astonishing position among the nations, and will sternly oppose that tanatlcsm that is now endeavoring to effect it's dissolution. Its members come together, in a spirit of concord and fraternal harmony, in a national convention, and adjourn after laying down platfom broad as the Union and solid and substantial as the constitution. No secton- al blckcrings and ianatcal wrangling disturb its harmony and intercept its proceedings. As a body of nataonoI -4nericaas it convenes, and throughout its deliberations the delegates re. member that they act in that capacity This Is not true of any other organization, political or religions. One by one the links that united the great religious bodies of the country i'll fra ternal harmony have snapped asunder upon a geographical line, and upon the veXed question of slavery The party which, led by CLAY and WEBSTER for so many years was the worthy rival of the democracy, has disappeared from the political arena with the great men who up- held Its cOlors, and its successor the abOnina- bie know nothing party, has struck upon the rock of sectionalism, shiyCred and gone down. It cannot be disguised that these are alarming signs, ard that the future is pregnant and full of danger to the permanence of our Federal Un- ion. When our political and religious organi- cations cannot meet and act together in harmo- ny as national bodies what hope Is there that Congress will be any more successful?
 We are confident that were it not for the na- tional democracy-now, as ever the only true American party, the only one which has con- sistently and uniformly upheld it's honor and dignity, and to which belongs the greater DOT tion of bone and sinew and patriotism of the country--that the sands of our national exist ence would be nearly run out. But, as it is, there Is a star of hope above the political hor- Zon toward which the gaze of every friend of our institutions IS directed with Unwavering trust and confidence. Amid the crash and ruin Of parties and the fearful war oI sectlonallsm, the banner of the democratic party, which Is intact and united $ usual, floats proudly Tn the breeze. Whenever abolltionism or sectional ia naticism has reared its head within that Organi . zation, 1t has been crushed and put down by the mass of the party. Its national principles have been preserved in their integrity, and the words of counsel and of wisdom in the address of the father of his country, warning us of the danger of sectional parties and of the value of the Union, have ever been remembered and cherished, and all attempts to weaken the ties that connect its various parts have been dis countenanced and opposed.
 The opposition to the democracy, in its lust for power in the Northern States for years, pan dered to the hydra headed serpent of anatcism --gave it sustenance and nourishment until 1t attained degree of strength that enabled it to crush their organization within its fold. It Is the mission of the democracy to kill the mon- ster which is endeavoring to destroy our free institutions, and whose proportions appear so portentous and alarming No one will deny now that know nottingham in the free States is defunct, and that it has taken the form of the most ultra and extreme abolitionism, and that the most rabid fanatics and unprincipied dema- gogues in the land are its leaders. Its pretensons to Amercanism and it's professed regard for our nationality have proved base sham and lmpos- ture, for we find it to be nothing but a faction that would strike off at once fifteen stars from our glorious ensign, and dissolve the Union, which came down to us hallowed with the me- mories and cemented by the blood of our pa. triot fathers.
 Will not those who joined the secret organi- zation because they regarded 1t as the represen- tative of our nationality retrace their steps now that the star-spangled banner has been pulled down, and the black, piratical flag of abolition ism run up ill its stead? If they are Ameri- cans in heart and sentiment they will join the democratic organization, whose sole duty 1t Is to defend the constitution of the country from aggression and preserve to future generations our nestimable system of government. The delegates from all the free States, with single exception, kicked from under their feet na- tional platform, and left southern know noth- ingism dangling in the air, without any support in the northern section of the Union. Can the result of the contest between the national de- mocracy and the tUO mlseraole 1actlonS hortn ana south by which it is opposed be for one mo- ment doubtful? Deserted by their northern allies, will the southern know nothings still keep up pa warfare against the only party in the north which has the disposition or ability to protect their section of the Union in its consti- tutional rights? Will they allow their old par ty feeling to come between them and their duty at this iuncture? The result of the Philadel-
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