Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1859-02-18
Democratic Harmony.

mony, there will BE- a general breakdown
which will extend all over the country
The trouble. existing in the democratic ranks
a, Washington. are Of serious character.
and canpot easily he reconei!ed. Mr.. Bn-
ehanAn j. not, a. at the last session OF Con-
gress. arrayed agains, faction Of his party
bu, against the party i,self. IL will be re-
collected that the President in hi, last mes
sage recommended revision Of the tariff
with .reci6c duties. Howell Cobb AZ the
bead Of the treasury department, took issue
with the President, advocating his free trade
notions and advalorem du,i"s. The South
% with Cobb and against the President; in
fact Buchanan Is only hacked Up by a few
Pennsylvania lOc,.iccus, with now and then
man Of his party from New York. eau
Gus after caucus ui the democratic members
Of Congress have been holden, and they have
all bcen characterized rs anything bu, har-
mony OF action. Buchanan threatens aud
declares 90 his party friends, that unless
therc j. such a revision Of the tariff as will
increase the revenue. be will call an extra
SESSION % The mex, Congress A large ma
jori,y Of the party " orark hs ,riip htcS -
over the head Of the President. The cause
Of this special family difficulty il the fact
that the rrrscn, Administration in ITS Ia.
grant cxtrangancc, has involved the cuun
try In debt.-,hat the revenue accruins IN.
der the present rates of duties, does not AZ
ford an amount sufficient TO meet the wants
Of The government. Bslrr Of Pennsylvania
a few DAYS since. made a strong " Protcc'
ton speech. endorsing and sustaining the
views oi the President. Toomh, replici in
a powerful speech, denouncine the wau'on
c1trausance Of the Administration. In
this speech he demonstrated tia, Buchanan
had involved the country in deb, Of more
than i,rcHiy '1ili0as Per annum, over and
above the annual amount expended by
Pierce under the last Administration. lie
ar,ue,i that there should D. a reduction OF
the expense, instead % an incryass Of taxa
ton. CLAY. and other southern senator,
arrce with him. But more yandoSic,l
part ct the story Remains TO he told A large
numb,r Of these southern gentlemen who
druouucc e1traas,ncr Ia Mr. buchanan and
his Administration. are 4dyncatin. the ap-
rrorrAtnn OF thirty millions o. steal Cuba;
and one ct lbc,r uuml-r. Mr. TAYLOR OF
Louisiana. has bccn irving Tor day. {, get
ihc door 70 introduce . bill 10 purchas' Gu
ha a, an expense oi ONE uu>bsrn AND TWIN.
~ MILLIONS. Other mcmbcr, Of the party
favor ,lsiss Cuba. aud thu. involve the
country in war With Srain, France, ana
Great Britain. costing hundred millions
or more o. begin with. Ar,id all thi. COM
fusion oi tongues into th, democratic Babel
az Washington. the &c states. q" a leading de-.
mocriue paper in that city, CONES Out and
declares there Is no trHocrats party in the
country.-that the party hearing that name
ha, bc,n blown to atoms. that there b. no
affinity Of lcylin: Or action among those ior-
merIy composing that party; and that here
alter new political combinations will come
Up. 10 give shape To- political Organizations.
Much vt this - undoubtedly true. There
D. no democratic party, AMI We may add,
there has J-tn none for years.
The party organization that elected Mr..
Buchanan has been blown into a thousand
atoms. Al ,he very moment 1t iriumphcd
over tine republicans In the la, Pry,ldtuti,l
election. It contained wilun ITSELF the cic.
ncut. Ut ITS own destruction. There was
only one cohesive element m the party %
hold 70 together Tor q moment. and ttatvas
tls iIc, OF slavery extension, which ruled
and controlled everything ,,s,. Thi, b, the
only Cod before Whom any u the party
bowed and wur,hipPsd.
Buchanan, pro-slaNcTy d,roracy is a
dead cock "a the yi,." The broken iras-
msni. u this once powerful political organ.
ization rmmu. bot they have lost their CO.
h,s,,c power. Thus has the meanesi. yile,t,
most UNANIMOUSLY wicked political party that
ever existed died out, from It's own virus.
Can tlI. nov dsiunci, distracted orsanila-
ton ever hereafter have anything like vital.
i,y' Not unless the people themselves be.
oume corrupted and dehauchei to such an
extent as 70 lose all seli.ryspect and love for
free government. ~ the final downfall
Of the Pro.slavery, black democracy, all
good men and true patriots will rejoiee.
And when the i0ui blot upon our eounirys
Air fame shall he wiped out and eiIaced, Il,
vail b. a day Of hearted, consntulation aud
patriotic r,jpicing throughout the Union.