Nebraska advertiser., 1858-06-03


tory Of our party, and in her glorious
principles and achievements, see what
abundant cause we have for pride and
exultation. The history Of progress is
but history Of her triunphs, every step
which has been taken IN advance since
the first adoption of our federal constitu-
ton by our forefathers, has been taken by
the Democratic party In the great
march of human progress the opposition 10
our party has slowly and relqtanctly fol-
lowed, guided not by their principle, but
by the ashes of our former cannp-fres, and
seldom reaching these till they were cold
and dead. Not day goes by but that
our enemies pay the tribute Of acknowl-
edgement to the worth and wisdom Of
some measure against whose establish
ment they warred to the bitter end. Re-
call the great issues on which the country
has been divided. and behold the Demo
crazy from first to last and always fight
ing on the side of the people and coming
off victorious. The alien and sedition
laws-the fond idol of the federalists of
the days of John Adams-assailed by
Jefersonian Democrats and annihilated,
SO that to-day the dog in the street will
not howl a requiem over their rotten re-
mains. The United States Bank, that
monstruous monopoly Of money, which as
piredNto rule the politics of the country by
Its power, assailed by Jacksonian Demo
Gratis upon the. democratic doctrine that
commerce, and not arbitrary government,
should regulate trade and intercourse
extinct measure of the Past forgotten all
most, in the issues of our day. In its
wake has followed the kindred measure
of a protective tariff, and in its Tlate
stands the wise and salutary measure Of
tariff for revenue only. The DINO
cratic party has added every foot of soil
which has extended the general domain,
limited on the west by the Gulf of Mexi-
co, to the>Pacific OCEAN and to Central
America, making a sea girt empire
mightier than the tyrannies of ancient or
the mOnarchies of modern times. And
lastly ii has proclaimed and established
upon firm basis the great doctrine of
Popular Sovereignty, in which We now
exult as a free, while we remain depen-
dent peoUle-that glorious doctrine which
Is the last triumph Of the American Gov
ernment.
As the Democratic party has advanced
from one of these principles to the other,
asserting them, contendIng for them, and
establishing them, the party of the oppo-
sition, under whatever name Its forces
were rallied, has objected TO them as
yielding too much to the people, has op.
posed them and been defeated under
them, and has at last come to see theiI
wisdom and to acquiesce in their firm and
enduring establishment in the govern
ment. How devoutly do we see Seward
Hale, Sumner and Giddings to-day kneel
ing around the altar of Popular Sover
, eighty, rivaling even Douglas and his as
sociates in devotion to a doctrine agains
the establishment of which, four year
, ago, they waged bitter and unscrupulou
warfare.
Such, Fellow Democrats, has been tht
history of our party. She had her Origin
in the first days of the Union. She ha
, held on her way amid the breaking o
opposition factions-amidh her many face'
} and ever changing foes, amid all changes
one and the same, the party of the people
D the party of progress, the party of power
and the party of victory. Have not tn
democrats of Nebraska a right to b
0 proud that they may constitute regimen
!. in the grand army, and should we nc
. wheel into rank and march boldly an
4 fearlessly to battle, assured that as eve
5 when we have been united victory will b
/ ours.
). The day is auspcious for our heart
e and thorough organization. The cause
Il which for few dark weeks thrt atened I
: divide our strength have ceased TO oper
ate. The vexed Kansas question, whic
m~de the halls of our national legislatio
# a theatre of strife and turmoil, and array
= ed friend against friend, has been refer
= red to the people of that Territory fC
q final settlement. Let us hope that the
!. may act wisely and secure for themselve
O a brighter destiny in the future than the
d have had in the past. Upon that questio
). Democrats have never been divided
:. principle, for the President declared i
=. his first message that hereafter the prir
!. ciple should be applied, that the ConStitl
ton of new State should be submitted
. and adopt d by the people before it
. presented to Congress, and this is th
. whole of the great principle tf populs
sovereignty for which Mr.. Douglas b;
con,ended. The only contest was over ii
question Of expedlency in the Kans;
:; case. and the fact that Democrats cann
Il always see alike with regard to question
. of expediency is only al evidence of the
+ honesty and independence, and shou
d excite no fears that the party is threa
: ened with disorganization-snch mere
sues of a day will never divide the Den
a ocratic ranks. They are held togeth'
q by too many ties and associations. by t.
u many hallowed memories and great hop
!, to cease their common efforts for the a
II complishment of the grand aims and pu
= poses of the party.
B. P. RANKIN,