Washington sentinel., 1856-07-26

gallant Democracy Of America put on the sa-
cred garments of 76 and SO let US take
solemn oath TO stand by the Constitution and
the Unions by all the memories Of the past,
and all the hopes Of the future; let US solemniy
swear to rise in our power, and quell the demon
of disunion let us, forgiving the thousands
who have been deceived, punish the hundreds
who are treacberous and corrupt; let US, if
compelled by necessity, form ourselves into
solid square; let that column, if fate shall SO
decree, grow smaller as its heroes, one by one,
shall fall before the blast; but let US never
surrender the flag Of the Revolution; let us
preserve our organization, and lash with
mereiless and unspairing hand those 'foundlings
of fortune, who, overwhelmed in the torrent of
corruption at an early period, lay at the bottom
like drowned bodies, while sanity remained in
them, but who, at length, becoming buoyant
by putrefacton, rose as they decayed, and
aoated to the surface of the political stream,
where they are drifted along, the objects of
terror, and contagion, and abominaton."
The Democracy of 1856 need not fear to
challenge comparison with their opponents.
We deserve TO be slaves, if we act the part Of
towards; we deserve to be tramped upon, if,
like the serpent of old, we crarl around the
borders Of that Eden which is ours by inheri-
tance and ours by adoption! of what should
the Democracy be ashamed? OF what, indeed,
may we not be proud? Every law on the page
of our history owes its origin to Democratic
instincts and Democratic votes our army,
our navy, and our commerce, have been nur-
tured from the beginning by Democratic hands;
to the opposition We owe nothing absolutely
nothing.
Who are they that are engaged to-day in
traducing candidates, misrepresenting our
policy, and villifying our measures? They
are the men who expect to grow rich out of
the treasures which Colonel Fremont does not
own in California; they are the aedglings of
abolition colleges, who have learned only what
is vulgar and fabulous i'll the classics; they
are the piratical political gamblers who have
los: everything upon single stake; they are,
generally, the offspring of the very purlieus of
venality--the satellites OF lreelove associa-
tions and ant-war societies--the iossilized re-
mains Of the corruption and wickedness of for
mer times-the surviving monuments of de-
funct knownothing lodges-the hypocriucal
preachers OF false gospel-the very residuuDa,
in short of long peace and a stagnant world.
Al. ~.
composition Of the travelling orators and hire
ling writers of the Abolition-Know-nothin
anti-Nebraska party Of such materials are
composed the men most prominent in traducing
JAMES BUCHANAN aud STEPHEN A: DOUGLAS.
JAMES BUCHANAN is tn great patriarch Of the
Democratic party-.h, -eper Of the ancient
Democratic seal-the iispensable link in
that golden chain which connects us with the
glorious pasta statesman of whom any peo-
pie in any age might have been proud-one
who, in the Presidential chair, will do honor to
bis country and his race. Stephen A. Douglas
is one Of those intellectual giants that stand
out as landmarks on the path of time-an
embodiment of everything that is chivalrous,
generous, and great in human nature-one of
those lofty, classic columns, upon which the
genius of universal history loves to write the
noble destiny Of man-one who, in the highest
circles of Britain ranks with Sheridan, Burke,
and the elder Pitt.
Shall the traducers Of men like these bear
off the palm Of victory? Shall sectionalism
triumph over national sentiment? Shall en-
nifty to the Constitution wear the laurels which
properly belong to love Of country? Shall the
ability to appropriate to private purposes an
estate Of gold, rank higher in the market than
that talent which can rule nation and com
mand the respect Of the world
Elect John c. Fremont, and the lines will at
once be drawn between Northern and
Southern Republic. The South will be treated
as foreign enemy. Not vote, perhaps, in
Georgia will be given to Colonel Fremont;
not man will be found within the limits Of
that State who will accept Office under sec.
tional administrations yet there are many Off
ces to be filed in the Commonwealth of Geor.
gia, and these will probably be occupied by
Abolitionists from the North, Of the Giddings
and Garrison schools Comment is unneces.
sary. Every vote given for Fillmore will be a
vote, practically, for Fremont Let national
men, North, South, East, and West, reject
upon this fact, and act accordingly.
CoMMENDABLE AND PRAIsEwoR-