Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-04-16
The NationaI Democracy.

becomes the ounda and ever faithful ola
Democracy to keep a vigilant eye to the
land marks of its organization. Isms OF
almost endless variety are rife among
us, and disorganization is the chief fea-
ture of parties that once claimed imlnu-
liability from the inherent nature OF
things. Schisms have worked out the
disintegration of a nee formidable an
tagonist to Democracy-the old Wing
party-whilc yet its principles were fresh
and cherished by its founders. Know
Nothingism assumed to be its. succcssar
Nemesis avenged the base assumption
and the outraged gods were propitiated
the bloody monster fell at the first
we'll aimed blow, gasped out its misera-
bic existence in the cesspools OF its W
creation, and was heralded to the grave
of infamy by the excavations of an in
dignant public opinion. Black Repub-
licanism, too, will have its day, and then
wend its way down the current of events
to be forgotten, or only be remembered
for the corruption of its leaders and the
amazing hallucination that bounded on
its followers to a violation of the laws OF
the land and the compact of a common
brotherhood. 1t is surely and speedily
destined for a place among "the things
that WERE" if humanity yet harbors a
beam of hat justice and patriotism
which have preserved our country from
external and internal foes all through
the momentous transactions of it's exis-
tence.
Standing out in peculiar and marked
significance in the history of our coun-
try, apparently exempt from the COM
mon mortality of political organizations,
burning with the ~unquenched fires OF
youth, throbbing with exultant, robust
life, brilliant with future hope, confding
in the prestige of past: triumpLs, alive
to the great demands upon it Of rosteri-
ty, the Democratic party may we'll enlist
the attention of the philosopher, the love
of the patriot. the sympathy of the free
man every where. It's history is that
of the Republic;-togethcr they have
grown-together they cxist-together
they will work out their destiny. Let
us guard them against innovation and
injury from open enemies with the same
zeal that we would rebuke and crush out
their pretended friends. Combinations,
are being formed to bring the Democra-
tic party down TO a level with the Tags
and factions of those that exist around
us. These can only be defeated by
sleepless vigilance and by keeping the
objects and principles of our organiza-
ton continually before the intelligent.
honest masses of the people. Convince
them that it is in reality based upon
great National principles, seeking the
accomplishment of objects co-extensive
with the whole Union, and united only
by the cohesive force of a unity of con-
curing individual opinion" lnculcate
deeply, and more deeply, the conserva-
tism and r~epublicanism of its cardinal
features, thus pcrpetuating its systemat,
ic organization and unity of purpose.
Much depends for success on party
drill, but it is not true, as often asserted
by our opponents, that this distinctive
feature of Democracy is the result OF
personal influence to force men into
party traces, nor from a bending of the
party to subserye individual interests
The exact reverse is true. The Ken
lucky Statesman expresses u views in
saying that the Democratic party has
been enabled to maintain its perfect
unity, its indivisibility and effective har-
mony in every movement, from the sin,
gle fact that it's action was ever the work
ing of a general principle held in com
mon by all, thus enabling its members
entertaining like general views of gov
eminent, by the operation of their OWL
minds in the application of principle tc
the proposed measures, to defne the ex-
act position the party would assume UP.
on any new issue. The very fact, his.
t~orically true, that the Democratic party
has ever maintained a strict regard to
it's cardinal principles, has bowed to nc
fanaticism, pandered to no popular dc.
fusion, submitted to the leadership ana
control of no man, and yield to no tenn
porary tide of opinion, is the real seerci
of its power to concentrate its whole
strength upon any movement.
The Democratic party is not an Order
The object of its existence is not the
Advancement of personal interest, except
so far as such may be involved in the
common prosperity and general veal o.
the Republic. 1t holds no affection fol
its members, except SO far as they are
worthy opponents of political principle
The integrity of the party is involved
in that of no man, except so long as II
knowingly recognizes an unworthy rep
resentative. The party will live and
flourish and grow in power and influence
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