Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1857-06-01

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Jsdeisg By The Misery % pest ssss,
ohas il U6ieh ~ live vill b ehsoniolei
| By ths hissosisas Of centuries rsunos>lv
in The fstsss - the great Americas ssc.
Europssu revelations and petty diplo-
nsiic iatsiguss Of The present century
will simply be noticed - eoteaporssy
events, forming % index TO the srsnd
Democratic march Of civilisasioo 10 she
great Americas sgs. Fsoa The earliest
period OF primitive Goversasnss down
to the present, there has existed 90 10
oessens war Of op nioo upoo the great
cardinal question: 10 man capsule OF
self government That question has q,
last been decided. IL has been demon
strstsd 20 thoroughly that p;ebisn sod
pssfieiao ere alike bound 70 actnoWl-
edge the justice Of the decision. IL ves
the declaration Of this great truth that
sssemb led into ranks the hosss Of De-
mocrscy for the grand march Of eiviliss.
ton 10 the Western hemisphere.
The principle of s-lf-government hes
has grown TO such powerful dimensions,
that IL has become an indestructible po-
liticsl edios That elementary principle
OF power has made kings Of us eli. 1t
Is the immaculate result OF 5000 years.
experience. This principle Of political
right was enforced here BY the unframed.
cd wisdom OF 5000, 900 Of freemen. 1t
Vas the pure, spontaneous sentiment Of
Democracy, unbeught and unterri6ed.
Dsoocrscy hss its mission. and no ssrt.
bly, power can divess it from it fulfill.
nens. IL has established the grsndsst
Of oil political principles, the right and
capsr ility OF man for government
bus there yet remsins soothes principle
spproximsting the fret 10 imporsance to
DO established. That prinoipA consists
10 tho establishment OF 40 iNevocable !
divorce between political sndthsologi-
Cal continent.
Ios Democracy, no o,Daiet esn be
tolerated between temporal asd divine
Law. Governments are ordsineG for the
political privilege and prosecthn Of
people, and in all matters peAaining
thereto tho Government must nNiutsin
its undivided supremacy. Religious
ssntimeos 10 supreme in lite sphere The
privilege TO worship God in whoever
form tho consciousness Of men dictse, 10
On lmmutable Law Of true Democrao.-
The right Of conscience IL enthrood
with God whence its existence sprrR
into being. Therefore it 10 not OF DO
earth, earthly, to DO exercised for Sea
porsl power. bat its province is spirit.-
81 and eternal. Political Government
are founded for the temporal advance
ment and security Of the governed.
Spiritual Or Theological Govtrnmenta
are founfed upon the faith Of religious
conviction for divine worship. There
cannot exist any reasonable collision be-
tween Church aud State. nor can there
exist any reasonable connection or ali.
ancs. Their legitimate departments are
distinct - day and night, though like
those two extremes, one 10 the necessary
consequence OF the other. Hence it 10
the bounden mission Of Democracy to
forbid the bans for the matrimonial ALI.
ance CT Church and State. Democracy
with 10 10 political organisation for
the PRONUNCIATION ofgreat political trushs.
Ito object Is to lead on the grand army
Of political civilization. This 10 the Al.
phs and Omega Of . Democratic Gov
srnment.
The Past Of Democracy has been ex-
ceedingly brilliant. The Future 10 radi.
ent with hope. The march Of political
civilization 10 onward, and it must 90
on, fer it cannot 60 back rnless relig-
ious 10 allowed to monopoli,e the place
OF political sentiment. The object and
purpose Of Democracy 10 progress. civi.
lization and refinement, and Il 10 ever
conscious Of it, strength, and possesses
tho high-s0uled determination to fulfill
its mission. and that 10 the ultimate po-
litical civilization and political indepen.
dence Of the American continent. This
10 one of the great missions Of DenoCra.
cy.
Democracy 10 and ever has been emf
nently progressive-it is also LIBERAL II
forms, indeed, one grand brotherhood
throughout tho globe-its final hope 10
the political emancipation Of the Euro
pean race Of man. IL embraces within |
itself oil the elements OF success, and il |
Acknowledges no human authority gres. |
tor than its own.
The beauty and power Of tho popular
mind embodied into form will win pros.
elytes by example more rapidly than by
the sword. How majestic then, the
spectacle to see the destiny Of people
moulded entirely according to their own
royal will. Each man is . pillar Of ad-
sman, u temple OF reason and Of truth,
from which Democracy points it's ban
nered crest toward heaven and bids us
enter. Lot Democracy firmly establish
ono more great principle, to-wit: that
politics and religion are separate iassi.
tutious, entirely independent of each OF.
her and therefore must remain discon-
nected forever.
Let the great popular mind render its
just verdict on this question, and the
grand brotherhood OF Democracy may
continue to msrch on in its mission Of
political civilization under the wide
spread folde OF our own national emb.
lem.-New York Daily Nesos.