The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-06-04
THE FUTURE OF THE DEMOCRATIC
PARTY.

| PARTY.
The Richmond Wing says, the genius who
presides over the columns of the Washington
Union is evidently person of an exceeding
ly sanguine temperament, or else, he is a mos
inveterate joker. He is continually glorify
ing Democracy 10 the skies, and uttering pre-
dictions in regard to its future triumphs
which appear more like the rawlings of an lido
than the calculations of a rational being
Notwithstanding the fact that; in almost eve
ry instance in which elections have been re
Gently held in any part of the country, tn,
Democracy have been signally and wofully
defeated, yet the man of the Union, no doub
by the inspiration Of prophecy, proclaims
aloud and in exuItant tone that 'the future
contains nothing but suspicious promises o.
Democratic triumphsr'
1t is easy to perceive the drift Of all this
clustering and braggadoca on the part of the
central Democrats organ. at Washington
The Administration has been whipped, time
and again, during the present session of Con
gress-whipped on nearly every measure OF
proposition which it has recommended
has fallen, beside, into sad popular disrepute
1t is the motive and object of the Union
therefore, to prevent the public contempla-
ton of the recent overwhelming defeats Of
the Administration, and Of its present admit
ted weakness and unpopularity, by expatiat-
ing upon the prospects Of the Democratic
party in the future, and predicting for it a
long continued succession of triumphs. 1t
very we'll knows that if it can succeed, by
dint of impudent Boosting and prophesyi6g,
in creating the impression that the Democra-
cy will necessarily be the successful party in
all time to come, it will rally new recruits to
its standard in great numbers-for it is not
unaware that the country has plentiful sup
ply of professional camp-followers, always
ready and eager to cast in their lots with the
party that is victorious, without reference to
political principle or personal self-respect.-
Indeed, so rapidly is this class of men multi
plying in the land, that it is scarcely too
much to say they constitute The most mpor-
tant element in our elections, and no calcula-
ton as to the result of given contest can be
relied on which overlooks them. It is these
professional spols,mongers, counting thou
sands in every State and Territory of the
Union, and constituting the most energetic
and efficient of partizans, that the Union is
endeavoring to enlist in the future service of
the Democracy, by its exaggerated and swag-
gering tone. Most of them call themselves
Democrats now, but it is only because the
Democratic party is in power, their instincts
leading them always to side with those in
power, in the hope of making something by
the operation; but when they find, what they
are now conscious of, that the Democracy is
on its last legs, and has no chance of success
in the next Presidential campaign, they will
inevitably betake themselves to the opposi-
ton, and aid the latter in securing victory
over the former This these energetic and
enterprising spoilsmen are now doing to some
extent, and the Union, perceiving it, wishes
to arrest them and bring them back within
the folds of the Democracy, by trying to i'm
press them with the belief that only the De-
mocratic party will be in the ascendant in the
future and enjoy the privilege of distrbu
ton of the public plumber. If the Union can
satisfy these multitudinous camp followers
of the truth Of its predictions in this behalf,
we shall readily admit that its party will have
some groundwork upon which TO base its
hopes and expectations of success in the next
Presidential election.