, 1857-03-27

Ars Toa Prepared Ssr ne ensuing PSIltlea
saruRglet

FELIow DEMooRATsl--Afe few short months
more, and the contest for delegate to Con-
gress and for members Of the Legislative
Assembly viii have taken place. To the
Democracy it is certainly not amiss TO ask
the question" are you ready pare you
making preparations 7 We venture to
hope and believe that you are. You have
never yet, in single instance, failed to be
at your post when duty called. We do
not believe there Is a true Democrat in the
Territory to-day, that does not enter fully
into the spirit Of the contest that is before
bin. The Issues upon which the contest
has been Eaged arc familiar to the people |
They have been discussed in oil their rela-
tons and bearings, and ere well understood
Ne hope that our ranks do not contain a
DsmOuat who Is not warmly devoted to the
great principle Of selEgOvernment in the
Territories, npOh which the Democracy
have stsked their existence and based their
hopes Of glorious triumph in the contest
olOss at hand. Not q true Democrat, we
venture 10 say, is there in the Territory,
Who does not, in his innermost heart, loathe
and despise the traitorous, disuniop princi-
pies Of the Opposidon-Of the sectional fac
ton which agitates the country upon an
impFacticable isoe for the sake of Office.
No sensible or candid man can any longer
be misled and befooled by the senseIess,
lying charge Of the opposition, that the
Democracy are In favor Of the extension Of
slavery, No decent man--no man Of any
pretensions to respectability, any longer
charges the responsibility Of Kansas out
rAgesl upon the Democratic party. Such
hpmbugs are all exploded. 20,
The elsctiOpQf JnHs BUCHAEAs, Prest
dent, and JOHN o. BREdzINRIbGE, Vice
President, o. the United States-rOr pOpuli,
byithe AmcricansPsOple, has taught dis
dulOu and seetionisin q bitter lesson O1t
has taught both sections Of the confederacy
this lessOn-that the rigA Of all portions
athe Uni6H must be alike respsctedAthat
shodld breach be made between the
north aud south-the mighty West will
play its part as umpire Has not this fact
been demonstrated by the last Presidential
election . m.l 20 bsso raaj ,gsd
The late Presidential election has dem
opstrated the amount Of influence brought
into requisitiOn by the Northeru slave-hold-
ers, and the lahaiieal, priestridden doc
trines openly declared by the " Lords Of the
Loom r why the Northern and Southern
States cannot live in bonds of fraternal
6fotkerhood; Fortunately II has been,
ihat ID the late Presidential struggle, there
pGs mighty Wsa Those and the glOri-
Gus 1niddls have arbitTAted the question,
solenihly averriSg their attachment to the
pHioh ash originally sSas, Gad as ais,
The late Presidential struggle has settled
eonelnsiVely this fact, that Democracy isl
everywhere thesame-NOrth, South, East,
aHd West. It depends upon no individual
opiniOnsEorits snpport-=it is not founded
Sp0u' the favor Of certain great men, eOnse.
quentIy all the fluctuations Of public opiul
ion can 10 no way eject the vitality Of its
principle. As has been well said, its
Nationality will secure it against any inter
nal fueds upon the important question Of
,,-;n.;,,lo Ana tbaro;, oo,.g.ss H., a. l. |
--4itsPrIde, safety and stability Of the gov
erument. Its foundation is based upon the
great cardinal doctrines of civil and relig.
Ions liberty, strict construction of the
eonstitutiOn and the sovereignty Of the
States. Men are, therefore, but its adVO-
oateA, motifs vital parts I
Thu Depocntic party stands or falls by
itsOvn merits-upOn the merits of its own
uen end measures hL an iAdePeAdsnt
Pany II REJECTS al Overtures Of fusion.
nhe Cineinnati EAqni5y says the most glO-
rioas features Of the triumphs of the Demo
craey which come TO us so cheeringly from
every quarter, consists in the evidence
which thsy give Of the unpurehasabls and
HnsEerEiDg character of the party. The
Democracy neeeT fuse 1t courts and invites
the aid Of all good and patriotic men who,
though they may not agree with US in all
our principles, yet love the Union aud the
Constitution Of tloir fathers, and perceive
That the party which alone preserve and
psFPstuats both. is the Democracy, Ours
is homogeneous, united and consistent,
party which has no bargains 10 make-no
eoaht'ons 70 oaer-uo conditions to make
with any other party Hitcannot succeed
on our own merits and principles, VIC sub
nit with good grace TO our temporary
defeat and then rally for another effort
With renewed strength and harnon, m,