The Empire County argus., 1856-09-06
The Dissolution


Not of the Union, but of the brave Democracy-is
an event coming maniiestly and yet so gradually
and naturally, upon the record of the times, that many
will be amazed when they witness the final consum-
nation, that they did not interpret the indications
which foretold the occurrence. Each steamer brings
additional particulars and incidents of the dismember
ment of the party. 1t cannot be otherwise The
of Irish and Germans, who on landing at'New York
are always nducted into the ranks of the Democracy
"a word understood all over Europe, and loved by
the poor, because in Europe it means something. Ar
irving in America poor and frendless, and welcomed
to the shelter of no roof but the broad blue canopy
of the Republic the poor Irish and German mmi-
grants hear among their earliest lessons, series of
stump speeches-a commodity which from its abun-
dance should be set down among the spontaneous pro-
ductons of the country. The patrons of " the rich
Irish brogue and OF the sweet German accent,
hear the word and catch at it Democracy "a
sweet morsel for them to roll under their tongues
it meant something in Europe-it must mean some
thing in America; there, it meant popular sovereign
tv-here it can mean no less The old time comes
over them and they forthwith enlist under their old
raying cry, knowing nothing of the cause they con-
tract to support.
A deep-seated abhorrence Of slavery exists in the
minds of these European-born voters. A party has
sprung up in the country whose mission is to hem in
and dwarf the institution of slavery These natural
lied voters, not having acquired what Greeley de-
nominated the American prejudice" are ready to
90 any length to ameIorate the condition of negroes
even to violating the compact they entered into at
the time of naturalization to support the Constitu-
tion and laws Of the Government. which protect the
people of the South in the ownership of their slave
property, and under which they have the natural
right in common with their fellow-ctizens of the
North to carry any species of property into any
portion of the States or Territories where such
traffic is not by local laws made contraband.
This element of Democracy is deserting the old
craft by thousands The German newspapers are
fast striking the Democratic flag, and running up
the Fremont colors The Cincinnati Volksblatt, a
German paper Of wide circulation, gives list COM
prising fifteen daily and thirtyfour weekly, German
papers, which have entered the lists for Fremont.
This is detection the consequences of which can not
be r-estimated-there's no room for quibblng-
every body knows where the Germans have stood
The Irish papers of New York, which are read in
every State in the Union, demanded retribution for
the murder of Heating. The democratic Congress
refused to investigate the affair, and Herbert is
member in good standing of the Thrty-fourth Con-
gress Of course the Irish will not 90 up tame]y to
the polls and support the nominees of party which
by refusing to punish censure the offenders
encourages the shooting down of their countrymen
Irishmen resent such insults and they will resent
this.
The foreign-born Democrats are not alone A
formidable section of their old party, Americans by
birth, is with them In New York. Ohio and Hi
nois the Anti-Nebraska Democrats are for Fremont.
Taking into account the fact that there is an Amcri-
can party in the field with the most popular states
man in the Union for its standard bearer where shall
we look for the great Dem ocratc party, that we're
told has being in the land? When the Democracy
stood up in unserred column they have been laid low
by the American party. When they are divided
against themselves, what can they expect but
defeat?