The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1858-12-04

duty " % dismiss the democratic party rom
the administration Of the government Why
shall itnut b. dune Al agree that Il ought
TO he done What then she'll prevent ils
hcing donrP Nothing but timidity ~ dlyis
lon " the opponents Of the democrats party
bome 81 fhrse opponents start one objection
and some another. Let uR notice thcsu OBJ
jsotiOHs briefly. One class say that lhey can
not trnsl the republican pauyi that Il has
not ayowcd ir hostility 20 slavery boldly
enough or 10 affection for Freedom earnestly
enough
! ASK, IN reply ,isthcr6 any other party .
which can be more safely trusted Every /
one knows that it.is the republican party, or I
none, thst shall displaoo the democratic party. T.
Hut l,RnF~er further, that The ctaigcfrr Uid
HdeIRg n aip marty aTe ddfeTUuiHcdi Hecrf-
sa,Hy MOI by ~ piedgcg, programme amt
piafJsrms Lm ~ he public eyigaNiss and
me fewp~'of hepSopis rhea h'y cal Il into
GcfirifE Subaeryirncy % slavery, 10 Law
Writtrk, not only on the forehead Of he dem
ocratiu party but 0lso In is very soul. So
resisthtiee 20 slavery and devotion 20 freedom,
tho p6pginr elements now actively working
for dc republican party nmenR The people,
must mud viii be- the resources Tor lta ever
renewing strength and constant Inauguration,
Others cannot support the republican party
because il has not suitcieuIly exposed its
platform and determined what Il will do and
what " VIII not no. Mlitu triumphant ~
may prnyo too progressive for some aud too
conservative for others. AZ n any party
ever forrsaw 40 clearly the course Of future
events na 20 plan q universal scheme Tor Ia
ture action, adapted 10 all possible emergcn-
cies Who would ever have joined even thr
wing party OF the Revolution II il had been
obliged 10 answer, In 1873, whether Il would
declare, for Independence in l1I0, and ior
thi, noble Federal Constitution Of ours, in
4 .rlts Lot.
people ~ The United States will be as Wise
next ytar and the year Afterwards and even
ton wears hence ~ We are now. They will
obligr the republican party 10 act "a the pub
lie Welfare and Interests of justice and hu-
mainly shah require, through all the stages
~ iu'eareor, whether Of trial or triumph.
Othcfs will not venture an effort because
they fear that the Union would not endure
the change. VIII such objrctors tell me how
long a Constitution can bear a strain directly
along the fbres II which il is composed
This Is a Constitution Of freedom. Ii is be-
ing converted into Constitution Of slavery.
II ss republican Constitution. Ii IL being
made au aristocratic one. Others may wish
to wait until some collateral questions cor
eernhig temperance or the exercise of the
elective franchise are properly settled. Let
me ask such person whether time enough
has not been wasted on these points already,
advantage, namely, the discovery that only
one thing can be elcctually done at one time
hnd that one thing which must and will bo
done AT any ono time is just that thing which
il most urgent and will no longer admit OF
reinforcement or delay. Finally We are told
by faint-hcarted men that they dcspond the
democratic party, they say, is unconqusrable
and tic dominion al slavery is consequently
inevitable. ] reply 10 them that the complete
and uHiversa dominion Of slavery would be
intolcrnhle enough when il should have como
after the last possible effort At escape should
have been made. There would in that case
be len to us the eoEsoling reflection Of fidcl
ity 10 duty.
But reply further that know-few,
think, know better than the resources and
energies OF the democratic party, which il
ldenUeN WIN 'h' say PoT'I. uo einP'I
know Nrther-fcw, think know better than
tile disadvantages and difficulties Of or,
Eanizirg anew political force like the rcpub-
lican party, and the obstacles il must cnooun
yer in laboring without prestige aud without
patronage. But, Notwithstanding all this,
know that the democratic party must 20
down. and the republican party must rise in
its place. The democratic party derived IL,
strength originally from It's adoption of III,
principles Of equal aud exact justice 10 all
men. SO long ne IL practscd this principle
faithfully, il WAS invulncrnhlc. 1t became
vulnerable when il fenounctd it; and since
that time IL has maintained itsslf, act ls FiF
tue Of It's own strength. or even Of its ira
dilonal merits, but because there rs vet had
appeared in the political field no other part,
that had the conscience and the courage tC
take up aud Nvow aud practice the liieinspir
ing principle which the democratic party hat
surrendered At last the republican part,
has appeared. 1t nvows now, as the republic
r IL r. II
and its works; Equal aud cNact Justice I,
all men" Even when it first entered tn,
field, uuly half organized it struck blow
which only Just failed to secure n complet,
and triumphant victory. In this, it has al
ready won advantages which render thai
triumph now both easy and certain.
The secret Of It's assured success lies in tn,
very characteristic which in the mouth Of
SeeiferS, constitutes its great and lasting i'm
bechty and reproach, 1t lies in the fact tha
it isaparty Of one idea; hut that idea is
noble one--an idea that fills and expands nj
Eener0ds souls the idea of equaity--th,
equality OF all men before human tribunal
and hurnn laws, as they are all equal beIor,
the Divine Tribunal aud Divine Laws.
I0know, and YOU know, that n revolution
has begun. | know, and all the world know
that rev ollti0us never 10 beck ward. = Gent'
Senators and a hundred Representative
proclaim boldly in Congress to-day sentiment
and opinions and principles of freedom
which hardly 80 many men, even in Thu
free State, dared 10 utter in their owi
homes twenty years ago. While the govern
ment Of the United States, under tho conduc
of the democratic party. has been all tina
time sqrrenderinG one plain and castle afte
smother 10 slavery, the Peoplr~of the Uniiet
States have been no less steadily and perse
veringly gathering together the forces will
WHICH to. recover back again all the fields an,
oil tire castles which have been lost, and L
contqund and overthrow, by one decisiv
blow. the betrSyers of the. Constitution an,
of freedom forever
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