The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-07-11
FROM AN Old LINE DEMOCRAT,
IFrom the Frankfort Ky, Commonwealth.l


who has good right to sneak to the Demo.
cracy-from an Intelligent and venerable
Democrat Of the school cf Jefferson and
Madison--who lived in intimate ASSOCIATION
and intercourse with those patriots while
they remained on earth, and learned Demo.
cracy from their lips as well as from their
public acts and written productions. Such an
appeal ns this from such a source, must strike
to the heart of every true Democrat, however
thickly his breast may be covered with the
harness Of party discipline.
TO THE REAL DEMOCRATS OF THE UNITED
STATES.
And has 1t come tn this! J7mes Buchanan,
black coekade, blac light Federalist, nomi.
nn,cd for President by the mixed mss oil
office-seekers, political intrignants, and for.
eeners, impudcntly usurping the name of
Democrats, and prostituting their principles.
denounce the net us gross insult to YOU.
and shameless ndignity TO the horored
dead. IL can only be "onsnmmated by men.
dacity, fraud and corruption, born of unprn.
cipled ambition at home and nurtured bv for
rign nurses. bapised in sin and confirmed BY
ln'qu'ty. What? The bitter reriler of James
Mndison, the weak but vrn"mous opposer of
his administration Yes! james Buchanan
nominated by men calling themselves Demo.
cratS
Do the authors of this unbushinr imposi.
ton take You for madinen and fools? ihry
Democrats! What then were Jefferson and
Madison! They were not Democrats if these
men are. viii you trust men who in the
same breath nominate this man, and then to
deceive you and all America, Incorporate into
their platform Madison's resolutions of '9S :?
Unparalleled pudeHce-traudu'en incon.
slsiencv Recommend TO Won The federalist,
ana approve these resolutions. the must anti.
federal document in A merican histor,! Pledge
themselves to the support of the Union and
the constitution, and cherish and court the
cement of foreign power inimical and dc.
structive To both! when this srne man, too,
james Buchanan, rhen opposing ihe Demo.
crdfS, said that "loreign influence has been in
every age the curse Of repubirs"-n sen,i.
ment worth all he ever uttered besides, but
now repudiated by him and them.
The nominators of James Buchanan profess
mn equal love for the North and South, and
unite with the enemies of the South to make
their nomination-profess to do equal instice
to each, and usk your votes for a IVilmot
proriso man who would exclude the whole
South from ali The territorial land belonging
to the collective people ofthese United States
Shameless and cruel m"ckery! All this will!
ensure to them the North while The platform
will bambooze, blindfuld and cheat the Suuth
ard West Democrats indeed! They are
unprincpled tricksters, who have united to
possess themselves of power and the spoils.
That il the whole length, breadth and depth
of the Democracy of their leaders. The rank
and file OF the congomcrnted fused faction
nre deceived in tIese men, and hnlieve them
TO he honest and patriotic as Themselves
VIII yon let these men, protesting one thing
ana doing another, cause you to slultify your.
selves by running into palpable inconsistent
cies Is Democracy double.faced deceiver
Never. ] know what the true Democracy is,
and spurn and spit upon this shameless
Notwithstanding the name and desecrating
the sanctity OF the pure Democracy, while she
courts the lewd eyes and willingly yields To
the embrace of every political libertue.-
These men fall down and worship him who
they think can carry them up to Il high place,
ana show them NIL the Kingdoms of the world.
The Blue Book is their Bible, and in that
they readthe names of so many foreigners
| ana freesoiers that they believe they will
possess the land, and they have determined 10
make friends OF the mammon Of unrightrous
ness That they may be received into their
houses. That is their Democracy. Well may
II be called SHE progressive" because il has
advanced beyond all the principles and all the
practices of the Jetlersonian Democracy. and
LEFT them far behind, out of mind and ont of
sight.
Are you, fellow.citizens, too young to ye.
member or so old MS TO have forgotten who
James Buchanan is d? will tell you.
lie is the man that said "the Democrats
were the enemies of social order" lie is the
man that uttered the opinion that the posses
sion OF power is the object of Democrats re-
gardless Of The means. That'was his opinion
then; he speaks IRON experience now. lie
denounced MIR. Madison's administration ns
oeak and wicked." He spoke of james
Madison Ms "tht man ,oIto prefers has private
interest 10 the public good"-sIandering the
purest man and the most disinttrcsted Demo.
crat in America. He is the man who pr,trd
abant the 'Jeeble hands" of James Madison
hands that constructed the massy and IN jes-
lc framework of the Constitution of the
United States. This is the man who dc
houuSru the administrator OI Muulson aS
"iotaly destitute Of wisdom and foresight"
This is the man who said we "should drive
foreign influence from our shores" This he
said when accusing the Democratic party, and
falsely denounced them for what he and those
who nominated him are no,o doing-making
foreign influence ladder to power-courtinr
what he called u curse. And this swinging
loose from all the moorings of principle, aud
drifting upon the changing tide of political
nboininations, he and those who brought
about, by the most shameless and corrupt
combinations, his nomination, call Deniocracv
presenting to your eyes the fair form of lit
eriy, while holding to yonr lips the poisoned
cup Of drspoti.m! VIII you drink il and die
writhing in agony over the lived corpse of her
you loved
You will be told that james Buchanan is
no longer the same man he once was-that
he is u converted sinner, who has turned from
the error Of his ways. But tell you he never
left the error Of his ways till il ceased to be
profitable. He never abandoned Federalism,
his friend, till It was in its last agony, in fatal
collapse; and then he turned traitor, and de-.
serted il in it's dying hour. This was his
conversion, signalized by cold ingratitude and
inefable meann,ss.
But it will be said he has been trusted and
employed by true Democrats. sEnploued."
yes-"trusted," nerer. Every party employs
men OF business capacity 10 perform labor
continually watched and never trusted. Such
has been the standing and character of this
man, with the great mass of the American
people. He has been talked of before as a
| candidate far thu prpaidar..v hv tL.ao ~ =