The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1859-12-22
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The "Natl0nai Democracy

condition of the so-called national Demo
cratic party. Distracted and divided, and
cut up into factions by the diverse opin-
ions of its members, as to its Principles
and Policy, it exists only in name--as a
name without substance. TIE fact that
it has control of the Federal Government
that it has an Administration elevated
to place by Southern as well as Northern
votes-will enable it to talk of and main
tain this national designation for time
yet !; but even this must soon come to an
end. A National Democratic Party =
What right thinking man will say that
these adjectives will not be stripped off,
in the great contest between Right and
Wrong which 1860 will witness? Words
of 'sfroth and fury, signifying nothing
let them follow the substance, which, if it
ever existed, has long since vanished
South and North there are to be found
those who would fondly cling to the tat
tered remnants of this National Demo
cratic Party" if by so doing they might
save it. Southern fire-eaters would do so,
for the reason that it always subserved
their interests. Northern dough-faces,
ever ready to minister to the wants of the
Slave Oligarchy, would do so under the
plea of Saving the Union" But, by some
wise economy of Providence, these South
ern and Northern elements can't harmo-
nize. They can't pull together. Thus,
in the South us well as in the North, there
are some who have long since espoused
the cause of Stephen \. Douglas-are
ready at all times to receive and adopt his
views of Democracy-and are content to
bear his banner under anv and every
emergency. Others there are who, as if
duly mindful of the maxim that 'Ethe king
can do no wrong" manifest readiness at
all times to bow to the political opinions
and mandates of James Buchanan, as if
indeed he were the very embodiment of
all that is pure and patriotic, in a true
Democratic sense. Some would resist the
encroachments of Slavery, by submitting
the question to the people of the Terrific
ries, for their rejection or adoption
Others, again, plant themselves upon the
"axiomatic principle of public law" and
assist and encourage the vile curse in its
aggressions, by declaring that a citizen of
Slave State may take his slaves to any
Territory, and there hold them as proper
ty. Again, there are some in the South
who would condemn the disunion, FIRE
eating, bordcr-ruffan propensities of many
Of their misguided brethren but then, in
the North, there are others ready not only
to hold in full communion the whole bor-
der-rufhan gang, from Atchison down to
Sheriff Jones; but who laud to the skies
such Southern fre-eaters as Davis and
Stephens, whose declared object is to re-
vive the African Slave Trade, and who
proclaim it as their fixed policy to annex
Cuba and Central America, and then dis
solve the Union, and form Southern
Government
These, then, are some of the discordant
elements Of the "National Democratic
Pafty Hitherto the ''unterrifed'' have
been subject to a mechanical party drill
and have maintained n sort of cohesion by
force of discipline, backed by promises
and expectations of federal influence and
federal spoils. Since, however, the pres
cnt Administration has disappointed ev-
erybody, who expected even fair treatment
at its hands, and bestowed its favors upon
those who had the least reason to look foI
them, the system of party drill which sc
materially aided in bringing it into power
cannot now be so well resolted to; anG
more especially viii this be the case. since
the factions contending for the Presiden-
tial nomination are so widely at variance
spon principle, and so hostile towards each
other in feeling. Gladly would Loco-Foco
doctors and tinkers heal up and arrange
these difficulties, if that were at all practi-
cable. Gladly would Loco Foco editors
gloss them over, and pave the way for
union and concession, if they only knew
how to 90 about it. But settlement of
differences, such as exist between Buehan-