The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1858-07-23
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We have arrived at an age in the histo ry
Of our government which makes 1t q duty
incumbent upon al classes of our citizens
who heretofore have tsken no more active
pars in the politics Of the country than that
or esereioins the right Of suffrage, when the
respective days appointed for holding the
elections came around, after the discharge
OF which duty they have entrusted the in
terest and welfare ofthe cpuntry 10 the man
sgement Of their representatives, whist
they isnorss the oountSys In the pursuit Of
their respective callinss. This Indifference
on the part Of the people has endangered
the prosperity of America, and well nigh
sunk her majestic governmental system In
anarchy. This fearful state Of national dis.
ruption has been produced through the
machinations OF a party organization great
in numbers, but totally destitute of the
spirit Of preservative nstionsiism. The
policy Of the leaders Of this great anti-ns.
tional iunto aud their mi SCRABBLE suppliants,
such as petty dependents upon sdministrs.
ton offalls, and small county editorial func-
tionaries that struggle in the twilight of be.
logged elements, is to keep with studious
care the real condition of The cou ntry from
the kno wledge OF the great mass Of the peo-
Pile, TO whom they owe their official dignity.
The success OF this party, is not so much in
the Significance ofits name or the magnitude
N 10 ~ tftn - ,, Ia tla rn,s A. A
ing masses OF the import and real
mean7 sefthe word Democracy through
The vile perversion Of which, this Union
has been 50 often brought to the brink Of
ruin. photographers give the interpreta.
ton Of the word as being formed Of the
Greek word "nemos," people. and "Kra-
teo," to rule, it signifies q
government Of the people, in distinction
from monarchy, or one man government; /;
hence it is that ambitious, shrewd. unprin.
cipled demagogues catch this brilliant fam.
beau and traverse the land dazzling the
people with their self.sacrific ing patriotism,
securing their support; and, once triumph.
ant, the interest Of the people and the vel
fare Of the country is secondary to and be.
smeared with the self.sggrandis sing spirit of
individual official voraciousness and party
expedeacy, at the expense ofthe tax. paying
and producing people of the country aud
the hazard Of national harmony. Democrs-
cy is word Of high and pure significance
in the old world. represen ting SIMPLY what
has been stated above.
The word Republican" fell into deep
reproach in the European world. consequent
upon the atrocities Of the French Revolu-
ton Of l790-93, the authors and actors in
which were. as is well known to the histor-
ian, called Republicans. Hence it is
that the mighty tide Ct emigration from Eu-
rope to this country are caught up by the
captivating sound Of the name Democracy,
and through their unsuspecting credulity
are made the facile instruments Of their own
subserviency, by the crafty bs,lequins who
lurk about the commercial marts Of our
country subborning the hopeful emigrant
seek ing freedom in this land Of constitution. Z.
al liberty. After being christeue at their
6rst landing in America, with rsbbid Loco :
focoism, under the signal OF Democracy, the
emigrant wends his dubious way 10 his west
ern home, and falls into the guardian care
OF some wsspish, whipper snapper depend
ent Of the great dragon OF Locofoeoism.-
This is tho systom adostei to man ufacture
modern Democrats out Of the raw msterisl.
Let us now investigate their workings
during the periods Of the two last adm nj s.
trations. In 1854 Mr.. Douglas introduced
his famous Kansas Nebraska bill, which was
truly the proper act to mould a territory for
the dignity Of severe ign state Of the Union;
but this was not the only object Of Mr..
Douglas bill, and history proves that the
prime inspiration Of the industry OF the Lit
tie Giants energetic mind was to sbrogate
the settled policy Of the government for the
last forty years, in reference to the institu.
ton OF slavery; and through this unstates.
manic sacrifice OF solemn compromises he
was to pave his way to the Chief Magistracy =
of the nation; and this bill was his media
torial agent with the South.
Kansas became a national haven, upon
whose lovely bosom millions Of free, intel Ii.
gent, Industrious, aAd progressive souls
we've planting their future homes in q land
(as they firmly believed in the fidelity Of q
long established principle) forever conse.
Grated to freedom, and in the noiseless
march of time, to gem the constellation en-
circlng the Temple Of Liberty in the West
ern world. When she took the legal steps
for the formation Of her Constitution. pre-
paratory to her admission into the Union,
the Free Soil party had the majority, but the
ro-Slavery party, with an armed interven
tion Of four thousand nine hundred Missou-
ri sieve dealers, who had no right to vote,
took possession OF the polls, and at the time
of making the Infamous Lecompton Consti.
tuition, there were twelve thousand Free
Soil, and only from two to three thousand
Pro-Slavery voters in the territory. These
gross frauds. with the insurrectional fatali'
ties that proce eded from them, were sustain
ed by MI. Pierce and his Cabinet, wherein
the SPARTAN SOULS who dared to advo
~-so r.USi~... 4" s.--o du,A uays IN our ma
tional history were indicted and punished
for constructive treason" "a new crime
invented by modern Democracy, ,)-but au
engine Of tyranny which the CoNSTITU.
TION has carefully abolished.
The iniquitous work unfnished by Pierce,
found in Mr.. Buchanan an expert well
worthy Of the vileness OF the puIsuit.-
Pierce, "Buck," and Democracy have beer
four years making state out OF the terIitor,
Of Kansas, and the latter parties are likely
to be decade longer, simply because Afri-
can slavery cannot breathe its blighting