Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1858-11-25
The National Democracy.

INGANhOAAaaA DChAhVCHt ACy
The mission of the Democratic party
is not confined to the present. A Presi-
dent and a Congress are not the end Of
its efforts, but only accessories to the
accomplishment of its purposes. Its prin-
ciples are never framed to meet merely
transient aud local exigencios, says the
Newark Journal, but arc adapted to the
national ends and future developments
of the country's history. The party of
to day, guided by the far-seeing intel
lect of it's progressive minds, establish
es a platform for to-morrow's action, and
foreshadows the inevitable policy of a
generation yet to come. 1t anticipates
public opinion, by virtue of its practi-
cal foresight in craftsmanship, and its
acknowledgement of the natural laws,
which apply to nations as well as to in :
dividuals. 1t accepts the lessons of the
past, but only as lights and guides for
the future. 1t blindly follows no po-
litical theory oil system because of its
plausibility or abstract excellence. To
it has been ~e1nanitted the progressive
development of the American Republic
as a free enlightened commercial nation,
whose policy and institutions will inev-
itably shape and mould, to greater or
less extent, the future destinies Of the
world.
Such a party as this must ever be the
national ruling force of the country
Liberal in its sentiments, rigidly just in
its action, and national in its policy, yet
recognizing and enforcing to the last let
ter, as of paramount Importance, the
rights of every citizen and Of every pri-
mary community within cons.
land mars, 1t marches magnifciently
on to the accomplishment of it's great
work. Though sometimes defeated by
the clamor of its adversarics-sometimes
cast out o~Fpower by a whirlwind of pop
ular agitatiou-it is never been and new
er can be Frustrated, until its mission is
fully accomplished. Like the rcverses
of a wise man, which become lessons of
profit for the future, the defeats of the
Democratic party have only increased
its numbers and strengthened its trust
in the great fundamental truths which
underlie its policy. BY a conflict oflo
cal interests and principles the party
may sometimes misjudge itself-it may
err in its transient application of prin-
ciples but the country's history shows
that these Emergencies are like the bills
and ~vallies Of our plannet, mere excras-
ences which do not interfere with the
business of its proportions, or the per-
fectness of the system.
Such party need have no fears of
defeat. As it is not based upon a tenn
porary policy or merely popular expe-
dents, it may go into political retire
mentw with its armor on, and in a full
conviction that the country w~ill,demand
its services at the fitting time. The so
Der second thought of the people has
ever repudiated the briet experiments OF
the Opposition in the national govern
mcnt. And it will continue to repudi-
ate them while sectional views and local
p~rejudices aetuatc and control their po-
litical policy.
In such a party as the Democratic
mere personal fortunes and pri gate aims
sink into insignificance. While claim
ing the right to use any of its true fol-
lowers for the country's good, it recog-
nizes no leader whose highest ambition
is personal aggrandizemeut, and who
would make the great national political
organization a stepping stone for his
own Advancement. without regard to.the
usages "f integrity Of the party. 1t is
the virtue Of the Democratic party that
its fortunes are not committed to such
men; aud that it is not dependent upon
political traders or ambitious aspirants
Tor its continued success.