New-York daily tribune., 1858-09-16
NEW YORK DAILY TRIBUNE THURSDAY SEPTEMBER l6 1858

fgu,rl - RsntQuian notions about hard money, md
Calhoun theories II FIRE. Trad. Bu. it stnod cu the
rohl. platform ~ IN, RiGBrS ~ Nts-cf man a.
God made him. and no; ss ne has been oppressed AMI
trodien down by The ~c0uuurel- called ronqurro. tnd
bv men impiousy assuming the title Of Mas'er over hs
fellow. II stood braycy ont assins, al pnyile-ei
crsees in government 1t wen. rssolgicy against All
arsiccracjes. The clarion cry which animated -
ranks and ed 20 - thousand triumph- ct obi the
K gh's of me PeoP'e ~ against the demands Of
uower and the claims of privileged classes 70 r-.e
th.1n a Ia Hammond. Il wa the assertion Of the
Great doctrine # Poificcl Equality among mankind,
now denied that stirred the hearts and moved The
s,rppaihie- of men A. with the sound Of trumpet.
Such ras the Democratic party, and such was the
se, Il IL power But thHt organization has repuli-
al th. principles, ari = to-day IN the hands snd
nrd.r the control Of it, deadly enenies and more,
,I,sfre does m. electric spark ci enthusiastic deyo-
lion to . great idea fash through - ranks a. its
standard : uriurlsd. .
-. fsw # the old guard remain in the Free States
ont Of their memories for ia golden years Ou' Nnere
ir.ceree prevails il j. IN fearful remembrance, Il l.
u,h feeling of humiliation for Us fallen state, aud
Inv rpourufny deposit their votes on election days
2. tribute 10 he past and not as testimony IN De-
hall Of the present false and dangerous posiuon 81 the
nn--v The great body Of the organization IN the
free states today Is composed Of the men who 1--we
fa- removed from the great hyin. currents OK c0tem-
porarv events and history, ana who adhere % u oe
cause they have not been hroug 10 see the reason
IN l.-,ir. it which as aC'Ia'd their more iLtll-
Il 4 Il
who rive away fronl daily mil ana rostotiees, "no
read rr;l, ard Wrie le.s, and simply voie - ~ lr
father, did before them This class, and that other
great class, the gentlemen nom the >odlA oi Isehu'
compose the main body and voting strength 81 tne
Democratic organization in the Free states. STRIKE
these tive classes Of from the rolls, and eHtngush
your Federal patronage and You have no Democratic
party therein. III
must sustain this government on intelligence. We
must sustain il on principle We must understand
and maintain vital theories Of Constitutional nterpre
tatious or the Government VIII be gradually sapped
and undermined and before are aware OF II the
cords of power will be silently around us, and
Won ard will find have masters and not servants
IN The seats Of power Isn't il very near IL already,
when the Senate deres 10 exercise the lns0.rnt ana
despotic power TO which have already alluded
And now ask all intelligent gentlemen OF demo-
cratic principles in or out of the Republican party,
who j. going TO do this Upon whose shoulders rests
thi. great work Does il rest upon the gentlemen
from the South of Ireland Does II rest upon the I'M
mobile and uninstructed voter Are We TO % away
from the thousand central points Of intelligence scat
tered over this broad land the rch fruit of the Com
mon School and the Press, and hunt IN benghted re-
gious where neither spire of church or schOol-noase
pierces the sky and whore the newspaper rarely en-
ters for our guides and counselors, for intei
gent voters Are to go into the subterranean dens
of that great political Sodom, New-fork City, Tor that
element which shall preserve our institutions Zen,
temen Of all parties-you viii not; will not will
90 and you Will CO. to the thoughtful and the we'll
informed citizen to do this work In the going mp or
going down Of parties We must cling TO IDEAS and band
with intelligent who perceive them, we shall
all go into the slough OF irresponsible and despotc
government together.
We are then in this contest, and il contest, as
Republicans, fighting for the fundamental principles
on which this great Republic OF rests principles
both openly and assidiousy assailed-openy by the
Southern aristoeracy, nsdiousy by Donglasisn. We
fighting not only for the present but for the ilmi
table future. We are fighting 10 sustain truths founded
in the mmuable statutes of the universe, which no
power earth OF in he'll destroy for they rest
the fiat Of the Divine Benevoence, which recognizes
distinctions in the great family Of man il created
and placed here on earth. And though the surges of
noraleror andpassion have been againstthem during
the long ages it mas only been to exhibit and
clearly To every succeeding generation, how immo-
vabe their foundations. Let the proSlavery poll
tician of the North and OF the South the with his
puslanmous temper and selfish purposes, the other
with hisdespotic and sectional spirit both alike tramp
ling under foot the only sound principle Of Government
cease to Eternal Truth, for while God regns il
shall endure,