The Feliciana Democrat., 1858-12-04
TIE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.

TIE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
The temporary revcrscs the Democratic party has
received in the late elections in the different States
has not dishcurtcncd the true members Of that party
These recent defeats strike no terror ~ their hearts
Never il the Democratic party so strong for future
success than in the contests immediately following
such rcvcrscs recurrence to lis political history
for the last twenty years, will show that every admin
istraton has sustained precisely inst such reverse
as that which has Just occurred. In every instance.
during the last two decades, the first congressional
elections in tile north aitera Presidential campaign
have resulted adversely to the new administration
In the second year Of his service, President Polk en-
countcrcl dominant opposition in the House Of tr-
prcscntatiycs 50 Did the Taylor-Fimorc admins
t,ation so did Mr. Pierce : and so has Mr. Buchai-
an. What lesson does this uniformity Of result con-
vcy? Simply that public sentiment is subject to pc
riodica. revolutions, and that every new administra
ton must expect to suffer from an Inevitable reaction
in the popular mind. party rides into power on
The crest Of triumphant majority and then IN lit
tie while i left on the strand by the rclucnt tide
Within an equivalent neriod, however, the same ever
changing current may again restore its ascendcncy
About every foUr years class Of cfrtc politician,
got up great hubbub about the destruction Of The
Democratic party. II is an old song 1t has been
sung so often that it has failed TO alarm any one
Since the days Of Jefferson, the opposition have char
gcd that the Democratic party could not maintain ~
national character and organization. Ii has. howcv-
ever, outliycd these prophecies and will survive them
as long as the Union lasts. Dccctons will take place
rs they have III the past and with like results. They
will not resist the onward march Of the party in the
accomplishment of the purposes Of its organization
and the principles upon which it is based. \ party
which il built upon and sustains the Constitution. the
rights and equality of the States must ever embrace
within its organization the controlling conservative
sentiment OF the country and prove successful. This
has been and Is the mission Of the Democratic party
It is the manianance Of those principles and that
policy which has given the Democratic party IT,
strength and will continue to do 80. lthas overcome
and outlyed all opposing organizations, impressng
its policy upon the administration Of the government
and lis future history will be the history Of the Re-
public. It's path has been marked with fiery trials
and odcals, but in all it has conquered II has pop
uarizcd all the great measures il has undertakcu.-
The repeal of the Missouri Compromise IN view Of
the then opposition. TO be the means Of the par
tysOverthrow. Who has ever attempted TO reHstate
it? No measure ismore popularnow. and none more
justly sothan the right Of each and every state 70
determine its domestic policy
It's idle suppose that party which snsains the
Constitution-and which ever has, identified Il. it is
with the progress AMI prosperity of the country, and
upon which her institutions rest for security and per-
pctuty can be oyerlhrown or disorganiscd The
Democratic party has given TO the Government Its
yigor, growth, and power and when it declines and
falls what hope is there left for the contnuancy and
pcrmancncy of the Union? II has been and will be
the nucleus around which all can rally who desire to
sustain the Union by maintaining the principles upon
which ii is founded. How idle is the talk about the
reorganization and reconstruction Of parties, when
we have IN organization which embraces within its
design and purposes the development ofthose prnci-
pies and that policy by which alone the coniedcrNcy
can be sustained The opposition to the Democracy
are ever reorganzing and reconstructing, while the
Democratic party maintains its consistency and per-
moncncy, by adhcring to the Constitution.