Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1857-02-12

The Party 81 ASi'asiea.
The Democratic party is pre-emi-
nently the party Of agitation. Its sue
cess has always relied upon agitation.
IL very existence depends upon agita-
ton. II dare not NJ it hopes for re
newsl Of power suffer the people to be
At peace among themselves and with
the world abroad. Its leaders are men
who can only be thrown upon the sur
face and lave in the sunshine Of office,
through agitxtion.-Gazette Of Oh.
There are two qualities of character
which our ncighLor considers absolute
ly essential rs prerequisites for an cd
itor 10 possess, who pretcnds to discuss
the political issues Of the country
These We should judge to be brass, and
utter Indifference to anything like cone
mon honesty, in speaking Of the oppo-
site party, Il We were to Judge by the
political editorials Of the Gazette. I'm
der the text Of "1'hc party Of Agita-
ton" it spins out about half column
Of the rankcst nonsense, ever palmcd
of upon its readers, and evidently does
il with broad grin Of pleasure, Ia
Bennett, to see what amount Of stuff,
the reading public will swallow with
out being nauscatcd. "rhe Democrat
ic party is pre-eminently the party of
agitation" says our veracious neigh
Dor! That assertion, coming from
such . source, is most refreshingly cool,
and sublimely impudent. An edit
OF, whose party has whirled over the
land, tempest after tempest ofrase and
fury, under the black banner Of Adolf
tionism, whose threats have grown
hOArse in the furious denunciation of
Foreigners and Catholics, whose loud
and angry roaring when Summers head
was bruised in the Senate Chamber, and
who made this act the fuel for keeping
alive the party zeal for many months
whose shriekings for "bleeding Kan
sas" and against Border Rutlians-
whose twelve months labor, filled with
foul abuse and insane rawlings upon the
subject Of the Maine Liquor Law, divi
ding society by almost impenetrable
barriers Of hate-and whose adoption
and advocacy Of every Ism that has ey
er agita,ed society, that a member of
such party, and an editor ofone Of that
psrty's organs, should have the brazen
edrontey to write and publish tia,
which stands at the head q th;. col
UNI, is enough to Gil every rational
man with wonder ut the recklesspe--
u the writer, and admiration FOR his
AEdseions Indifference 10 public scor.
" The Democratic party the party d:
Agitation - Verify our neirhbor la
been slightly touched III the region 0;
Reasons throne, TO utter snch folly.
The Democratic party has been the
bold champion Of the Constitution, ey-
er since Thomas Jefferson laid the cor
ner stone Of the Democratic creed
II there has been agitation and poli,.-
cal war in the country, the Democracy
has always acted on the defensive, and
hurled back the mad battallions of fu-
rious factions who were assaiing the
Constitution Of the Republic.
Hthere has been fierce ard angry
rage upon the political battle field, it
has been the rage Of those infatuated
lunatics Who were thinting to strike
and sunder the bonds Of our National
Union, calamity protected by the
mighty Democracy. II there has been
violent persecution Of foreign born citi-
sens, At the ballot box, upon the stump,
and by armed mobs in the streets of our
great citieA it has been done by par
y to which the editors Of the Gazette
belonged and still belong, and the Dem
ocratic party only stood like q huge
rock in the ocean, to break the furious
and agitatsd billows ofproscription, and
their rage.
1.-THE North has been arrayed against
The South, with threatenings loud and
6ssce. and . sectional party formed to
crush "southsrn Oligarchy," il was
The party to whom the editor Of the
0asstts belongs, and the Democratic
party only rolled back the assailants to
ave the union Of the States. If Emil.
Isaat Aid Socisties have sent men into
Raasas armsdliks buccaneen with rifle
Nd kaiSA pistol and sword, to get up
'ivl was. Il was not the Democratic
'asty. Nths pulpits Of the Northern
hurdles Aavs been disgraesd by ecclc-
lAsaisal a0ilnAos who have preached .
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