Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1858-04-27
The editor Of the Bulletin has q fruitful imsgina
ton, and thus it is, that
"Subtle opinion,
Working in mans decsyed faculties,
Cuts cut and shapes Elusive fa1tssies. -


He sees in the recent election of Gov. JOHNSON,
who stood without rival, and that Of Mr. NloHOL.
son, by unanimous party vote, the beginning point
of dissolution Of the Democratic party, aud a re-
organization for the next contest, under the old IS
sues Of Radicalism and Conservatism-that is, De-
mOcracy and Federalism again; and the editor very
clearly indicates where he will be found.
We desire to admonish our contemporary for
whom we have very high regard, Of the great er.
rOr into which many of his school of politicians
fall in judging of the action of the Democratic par
ty. In mOnarchisl Europe it is difficult for men
understand that in this country it is the people who
control the Government, and not the Government
the people; and that the Government was made for
the people, and not the people for the Government.
So With many Of old fashioned Federal friends !;
they canROt understand that Democracy is nothing
more than certain great elementary principles, and
that the party are merely those who come to their
support and who, when they abandon it, necesssri-
ly cease to be Of the party, not from having been
forced out, but from having forced themselves out
They fail TO realize that it is the party who lead
their aspiring men, ard not the aspiring men who
lead their party. Ambitious men have abandoned
the Democratic party before, as many, no doubt
will do again, aud yet it has moved on and rolled
the wheels Of its Juggernaut car over them with as
little hesitation if they had been the humbles
men in the country. Mr. Clay left it for time
Mr.. Calhoun left it; Mr.. Van Buren, left it; Mr.
Benton left it; Mr. Bell and hundreds of others of
over ambitious Of less fame, aud yet it was not
sWerved hairs breadth further from its regular
line Of duty, than when it run over and crushed out
the last snimste spark Of Andrew J. Donelson, the
private secretary of President Jackson, and the
POssessor of "a bushs" Of private letters written
BY that great and goodman.
Again We tell the Bulletin it is mistaken. The
great mass Of the Democratic party Is a unit, aid
whatever faction marshsls itself in the next fight
will find It more invulnersble than ever. The true
believer in the Christian faith knows that if there
is no salvation in the Church, there certsinly is
meme out Of it. So the true believer in the truth Of
Democracy feels satisfied that if there is no guar
AMY Of safety to the rights and liberties Of the peo
PIE In the Democratic party, there certainly is none
out Of it, It is this that has given it its unity and
strength It is this that has preserved it intact,
while other parties have risen up around it. fretted
out their brief existence, and resolved themselves
iutO their original elements again. to re-appear in
some new form, doomed the same round of constant
change and decay. They are made to subserve men,
not PrinciPle-adsPted to the uncertain humOr Of
the times, instead Of great cardinal doctrines which
are SIS lasting free government itself These are
the lessons which our Federal opponents find it
difficult to learn, and without which they are doom
ed constant disappointment in their hopes for the
dissolution Of the Democratic party.