The Feliciana Democrat., 1858-10-09
A POLITICAL VIEW.

If the history of our country since the adoption oi
the Federal Constitution, proves anything say'a dem
ocratc journal, IL demonstrates clearly that none on
open and honest political organizations can exist III
it. There is something in the very atmosphere "h'u
pervades "the free communication OF thought ana
opinions" that is fatal TO cmericai political srecn
lations and in every instance recurring to our mhds
now parties which had not truth and reason for then
groundwork have proved TO be as short lived a. the
nnimalculp which rcvel in the summer air or ind
their world in drop of water.
This Is not caused entirely by that innate love OF
honesty which pervades the people. bat is natural
consequence of that liberty in its widest sense which
we enjoy The masses Of this country are mpul,lvc
and prone to excitement over every novelty ihfS
are ready TO grasp everything and try anything ina
is brought before them but when they have tried 1t
If /, prove unsonnd and unreliable. they leave it n"
readily as they at first received it, Wearc essential
lly q changing, revolutionary people. but we never
Iretrogade. Our course Is always onward.
We have been led TO these reflections by the contem-
platon of the field of politics as it now lays before
us There can be no doubt but that. at the present
time the popular mind Is undergoing one Of those ir
regular periodical changes which have mark d our
national progress from the commencement of the pre-
sent century There is grand upheayng Of the mass
a. opinion, have been unsettled. and speculation
has run mad We see this dsarran cement in the
church and in the fnaucr' of the country u well ~
in lis politics and while We must wait for the sober
second thought 70 bring o thing y th"rnatnia Al ley
u again we may well draw what lessons Of wisdom
t. we can from the present
e Ministers aud hnancers may philo.opze about
e. their branches Of the suhcct-as for v. We will dwell
\ only on politics In the days Jefferson and Ham
D. lton we're IN the Cabinet Of President Washington
& il parties did exist in this country they were certain
re " very difcren from what they are now. There wa
d no history TO look back upon. ard TO draw wisdom
a from The issues were. what was to be done no
r what has been done When the elder Adams asslm
lie ed the Presidential Office an Liberal policy charac
ID crizcd the administration of public alta r.. Jri"'o
1t succeeded him. and change was made for tn bet
ter and from this era may be dated the rise OF h
r. Democratic party as it exists now.
From that period mp to the present tim the Demo
e. cratic party has controlled the policy Of ihi> country
xi Every school-hoy knows what onr nat onnl progrS
has been and the great mass Of or people know. too
. that this progress has been Legitimate irrt Of Dom
NJ ocrac rule But our object i not now TO ellogiz
that party-it needs no eulory-wr intend to glanc
at the fate Of those organizations which hnve artang
,s ed themselves against it, and to prove W. think
can that the assertion with which We opened this Al
tcle is entirely correct.
The old Whg parE. which arose after the lns
war with Great Britain, and of which Henry Cla
" was the fonnder and the recognized leader. was 70
~ many years q sound and healthy Organization.
90 matter how much the people might Object to Its prif
I 4 Z ~ 49, II, IL. "a tI.tii.
q, by the fact that that party never riumphna na"'
rs ally--yet the five points Of the American system
25 proclaimed by the sage of Ashland, wer openly ar"'
80 ed and those who had faith in them know whre the
49,, were standing, ard n consequence. the "h2 part
- was well organized and in its day was power nj II
39 nomination Of General Scott in 1852, d Dbr daata
- Clay, brought sectionalism and fhaadcism iato !
- ranks. and its decline was rapid Euow%othinds
100 rose on its ruins and in lSdi il swept e'et.ff
'22 fore it but that secret organization va a. 'r
'io 20 bigotry and fallacy, and it scarcely sutna4
jGs victory
- Then came the great Republican movement 1t's g
VIZ in favor ofFremon That campaign Is yet fresh
the minds of the people, and it would be work
supererogaton to dwell upon its efforts for sacce
). and its signal failure Suffice il to say hat again "
~. fanaticism rebukcd. and the Heterogeneous combn
a tion which for time was intoxicated with it, oy
- strength melted away like the trostHork Of early a
~; tumn before the rising sun
- There il lesson contained in this for the poll
clans of the present day The Democratic party h
truth for its foundation and patriotism for is cnidu
;. . star, and it will live down thousand p rsecuto
=, - and flourish while liberty has HON upon ear
But the ephemeral organizations which spring
against it-which are based upon falschooa and q
controlled by tanaticsnl--will sink into obliyiC
stal and carry with them to lasting disgrace the
on prize present than ever! other consd
va aton
000
d re- The allies of the black republicans Of lllinC
ZOO. in this state pouring out their vals OF wrath
ana billingsgatc upon Douglas with the most pomp
lon self approval Wonder if the course Of the con
aIo. has been affected thereby?
1sfs" Was not the Baton Rouge Advocate in laS
of Coy. Walker OF Kansas, up to IL very short per
UNI before Mr.. Buchanan's Kansas Message?