Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-09-17
lMaDEMOCRACYa

A food name is a tower of strength
The good old fashioned name of Demo
Gratis, which is applied to that n;ttfona'
party in this country, carries with it II
a prestige Of success. The abominably
stupid name which the Know NothingS
or Cayenne party adobted when II
sprung into existence, was evidence O
the early decay of that party. Indeed,
they became Disguised at themselves.
and tried to be called Americans. Thu
adoptionoft this title by a party profess
ing the tcncnts which they did, was
equally %impudent and absurd. True
Americans never profess such narrow
views as the Know Nothings did. They
favor equal and exact justice, and the
largest liberty to all their.fellow citizens,
native or adopted. The bigotry of the
pseudo American party was i%nconsonan
with the true American feeling, and the
radical nonsense upon which it was bas-
ed has destroyed the party after a very
brief existence. Look at Kentucky!-
Look at every district where Know
Nothingism had Il foot hold. The cab
alistic order is repudiated by those who
were once its warmest advocates.
The Black Republicans, or, as they
term Themselves, the Republicans, have
also adopted a name, expressive ofnoth-
ing as distinguishing a party. In are
public all are republicans. The mem
,bcrs of the Council of Three, and the
Council of Ten, in the venetian Rcpub-
lie, were Republicans, and at the same
time most deadly foes to the republican
institutions; and bitterly inimieal to civil
liberty.
The most distinctive, expressive and
popular name which any party in the Uni
ted States has ever adopted is that ofDem-
ocrat. The %appellation is at once I'M
derstood to all to mean a liberal, large
minded, Just and patriotic member of
the Republic-one whose actions as well
as his professions are favorable to "the
greatest good for the greatest number"
The Democrat does not care for section,
clique or class; he acts for the country
and the whole country. His country
men are the people, and for the people
he labors, and to their interests he de-
votes his talents and directs his aims.
We'presume it Will not at the present
time be denied that with the exception
of the Democratic and Black Republican
parties, there are N others which have
any vitality or are entitled to the least
consideration. The latter is made up
of such badly mixed and poor materials
that it cannot hope to stand against the
former with its long established and
we'll tried principles its glorious traditions
aud its histories of success.
The namo Republican can never Sc
cure the adhesion to hat party of the
intelligent foreigners, as the name Of
Democrat has done for twenty-five years
past. The Know Nothing element Of
Black Rebublicanism forbids that
The republican can never become like
the Democratic, a national party, for its
aims and its ends are to create anarchy
and ruin, and discard one portion of the
country, because its domestic institu-
tons are not what they wish. The Re
as a unit-they divide it into a north
and a southland while protesting to
devote themselves to the interests of the
one, they practically are working to des-
troy the other.
The glorious name Of Democrat rep
resents a principle Its cause is the
aus Of human progress 1t is bold
and fearless in its defence of civil and
religious rights for all. 1t recognizes
and reveres the grand old virtues of the
founders of the Republic. H, "U. =
The Democrats have an abiding con-
idence in the merits Of its cause, and
full faith that Democracy is rights a
great truth and must preyail.-Er-
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