Wilmington journal., 1858-08-13
From the Cincinnati Enquirer
The History of the Democratic Party.


The History of the Democratic Party.
Those who attached to the democratic party may
well feel warm glow of pride and satisfaction when
they look back to the glorious history of that organza
tion which, commencing its with the existence of
our government, has administered it so trumphanty
and brilliantly, with but brief intervals ever since
There but few things which inspire more pleasurabe
emotions than happy memories OF the past and that
organization association which has an honorable his
tory appeals most strongly to the confidence and feelings
of men, The annals of our country for the last sixty
seventy years thicky sreWed with the story of
the continued and repeated trumphs of the democratic
party and ofts usrous representative men, over the
opposition which has been arrayed against it in SO many
forms and phases The sympathies Of YOUTH and of all
who admire greatness and glory cannot but be enlisted
favor of that party which has given to the nation ten or
eleven of its fifteen presidents which has persistenty
shaped its national policy; which has originated and
carried every great measure that has tended to the ag
grandzement and honor of the country; which has al
ways been intensely patriotic and American in its feel
ing which has never once struck the flag of it's organ
zaon but which has successfully beaten and overwhelm
ed halt dozen different parties and combinations that
have been arrayed against it, and which has, over and
over again. been endorsed as the only party that fit
to rule and shape the destinies of America
When it commenced its remarkable career of triumph
the Union consisted of but thirteen states and, under
Its auspices, againsta tremendous opposition nineteen
new states have been added to its national constellation
1t acquired an empire from France and another from
Mexico it brought separate republic (Texas) into
the Union won the golden soil of California, and by
these immense acquisitions it made our boundary extend
from one great of the world to the otherfor the
Atlantic washes its eastern and the Pacific its western
shore. 1t looks forward to the time when Cuba, the
queen OF the Antilles and the gem of the Gulf of Mexi-
co, shall be added to brilliant corone and when
manifest destiny" shall carry American institutions
and the American flag into realms that at present lie far
beyond our political vision. No other political organi-
zatlon that ever TO- med in this Union is calculated
to inspire these feelings but On the contrary, they call
up "reminiscences that would fan Danish forever from
our recollection. In the commencement of history,
the federal party the great opponent of the demo-
cracy. AT It's head many of the lustrOus patriots
OF the revolution 1t contained large amount of pTi-
vae respecabity and public virtue and at first it bore
OF the aures of success from its great antagonist But
alas, toes and treasons darkened its escutcheon
its highhanded proceedings under the administration
OF John Adams in 1913, and its want of patriotism and
its British prOcvities during the of 1912 its
ignant violence against its country in that struggle
finished its career and ever since the name of federal
ist, in political sense has been considered to be op-
problOus. Next the national republicans" a
hghsoundng designation, but its ephemeral
and brief and is associated in our mind with exploded
and erroneous ideas of government whose history it is
unpleasant to recall since they are Ony redOcn of de-
feat.
Then came the antmasOn crusade, which, for a while
In some sections OF the country very popular sweep
ing everything before and threatening that venerable
and lustrous society with ruin as we'll as the time
honored democratic party against whom it was politi
caly arayed. But the tornado soon spent its force
those who had been largely governed by impulse and
feeling in support of it became sensible that their fears
OF Masonry were but phantom, conured up by design
ing political demagogues and knaves for their own bene-
fit, and in few years the crusade was dismissed as
most ridiculous and iadvised political movement. Its
successor in the political field the whg organization
that name having been chosen because it identified
with lustrious revolutionary memories and, therefore
likely to be popular For twenty years it struggled
hard against the democracy. It was led by men Of
genius and taent--it was powerful in numbers but il
accomplished nothing AS its measures behind the
progressive spirit of the age and lacking in genuine
American feeling the masses felt that it could never be
entrusted with the direction of the government When
its great leaders were laid in their graves it dsband
ed by It's adherents as failure they FASTENED to
meet themselves with other organizations. With the
career of the two parties which rose upon its run the
sO-caled "Amercan and republican" our readers
are familiar, and we think all will agree that they have
conferred no glory upon the country and reflected nc
ustre upon their organizations Defeat and disaster
have thus far attended them although in their infancy
they characterized by the dotage of aye and it re
qures no to predict that in short time they will
follow their successors to the tomb of unregreteC
past and that new organization will take their places
to confront and to be subdued in turn by the democracy
Amid all these mutations and changes the latter have
preserved unbroken their ganzatOn and principles
They have seen, successfully, the fall of federal
tlonal,' "republican," antimasonic," "whig," anC
they are about to witness the complete collapse of the
republican American opponents. Their flag which was
first given to the breeze by Jefferson and which was
carried through his administration and that of Madisor
and MonrOe-a long period Of twenty-four years-ant
which was temporarily lowered by the younger Adams
was again taken up to win fresh victories by the hero
and patriot Jackson-which has acquired new and re
cent gorieS by VanBuren, Tyler Polk Pierce anC
Buchanan, later chief magstrates-stil waves in
triumph over the national halls in Washington With
the exception of the brief and ingorious administration
OF John e. Adams, the ephemeral reign of Harrison anC
the weak TaylorFilmore dynasty the democracy have
been IN power uninterrupted, since 1901. So long ten
ure OF popular favor in republican country extended
to one organization is most remarkable, and conclusive
y proves that its administration must have been signal
y successful and satisfactory in every respect aud re
fleets the highest honor upon it. By the past we judge
OF the future, and its adherents have right to eXpec
the confidence Ofthe Of the present time, by point
ing to what it has already done for the glory and pros
perity ofthe country Like glorious old tree whicl
has Wlthstood the storms of centuries and which
and become firmly fixed by the lapse of time, 81
the democracy, by its long and prosperous reign hav
gained in the public confidence, and are now more i'm
pregnabe to assault than in their past history
From the Charlotte IN. c. Democrat
Laying the Corner Stone.
On Thursday last, the cornerstone of the n. c. Mil
ary Institute laid in the presence of quite arg
assemblage OF ladies and gentlemen The ceremonie
were conducted by the Masonic Fraternity who wer
out in full force also the Hornets Nest Rifle
men. Deputy Grand Master L. S. Williams, acting a
Grand Master, led in the services, assisted by J.
} Alexander as D. G. Master, Gen. W. J. Hoke as G. S
t w, and Rob't WhiteIey as 6. j w. The Masons de
posted in the stone list of the officers of the Crane
r Lodge, of the Grand Officers officiating, officers an
d members of Phalanx Lodge No. 81, Bylaws of sal
Lodge and proceedings of Grand Lodge OF 1857. Th
President Of the Company deposited copies Of the n.
d Wing and the Western Democrat a list of the name
of subscribers to the stock of the company with the