The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1859-02-19

The doubt implied in The above ntprroga-
tory. however startling N Hrs; sight, appears
an;.I4.EC bu; absurd On r3&n.inutipn. Nly.
N the hazard Of conttai!ctlDg tic VI ;s,r
prejudice and shocking oar own sense Vi
security. we are obliged to announce the
deliberate conclusion that there is IT." n
Democratic party in existence. And We
will venture the assertion that the plraI rx-
zeal opinion will be embraced by Al. oDsrlr-
ia- ami rejecting persons.
OF individual Democrats. dispersed ryer
the country, each with ms pcc,AIar profess
sion Of faith and object Of pursuit, tU,r,
is 4uestlonabiy a very abundant sny .iy.
Bat they 40 more constitute party ia the
PM, <opu.cai and praCncl) sense cf the
word, than a hea? Of unhewn and nnad-
iuStei stone constitute palacr. Tor the
rculznlion of that idea, there mus; 10 ?ri-
marty common foundation. then n due
subordination and ftneS5 among In paris,
and tinr'lya complete unity ct organization.
We doubt If any ono Of thr.r conLItiOn5,
can be predicted Of the Democracy.
In the first place, will any mum pretend t.
affirm TINT Democrats are agreed UvJu 4
ha>is Of principle? In respect Of which cue
among the political issues before the roun-
try is there SO much even us an approqcl 70
unanimity in the ''pnrty." Not surely IN
regard to sluattcr sovereignty. The d<a-
eceement between the the President and bis
Secretary Of State on this subject, Is the
symbol Of an equivalent diff"r"nco nmnng
the Democracy. Not in regard to the Pa
cite Railru I'd. for her. again the chief Of
the admins tration is 1t points with his
Secretary of War, and the class Of strict
construction Democrats dissent from the
faith of their less Sc"u9G.0ns nssociates.-
Not in regard TO fedora! appropriations for
the Improvement Of rivers and harhos>.
since the division of the Cabinet on this is
sue is likewise responsive to a similar d.
vision among the mass Of the Democracy.
Nor yet is there anything ike unanimisy in
the ''pnrty" in regard to that most impor-
t4nt matter Of a!l-the thrift question, in
respect to which Mr.. Buchanan af;rms one
belief, while Mr.. Cobb maintains directly
the opposite.
We need not recapitulatc all the points of
divergent doctrine among the Democracy.
1t Is sufficient to say that upon no single
issue is there adequate agreement for II
common basis of action.
In the matter of organization we discover
an equal absence Of CONCORD and unity in
tho s:party." We have Lecompton ami M
anti Lecolnnton faction: there are the fol
lowers Of Douglas and here tho adhercnts
Of Buchanan in short, as many as are the
aspirants for the Presidency, SO many
are the c'lques and cabaIs among the De-
m0cracv.
Heretofore the administration has afford
ed II raliying point for tho individuals of
the ''party;" but, instead, it is become an
original occasion of dispute and dissention.
In the latter days, the recommendation Of n
Democratic executive implies little more
authority with II Democratic representative
than with a member of the opposition.
In one particular the Democracy are
thought to be very generally agreed 10
opinion and concurrent in action, and that
is in the pursuit Of spols' Bat even in this
most important matter they exhibit the same
diversity Of interest and policy observable
III every othher regard. The course of the
present Democratic Executive has been
by the indiscriminate ostracism
of the surviving olicebolders of its demo-
cratic predecessor. And in respect of fu-
ture promotion, the rival factions in the
U
its rival than on the overthrow OF the COM
mon enemy. Unless these domestic dis
sensions be harmonzed by the prevalence
of more fraternal counsels or suppressed by
the pressure of an overshadowiug peril, we
are not warranted in anticipating the cor
dial cooperation of the various factions
among the ''party" in the struggle of 1860.
Even the potent spell of the spolis will not
now avail to subdue the demon of discord
among the Democracy.
1t is no absurd speculation, therefore, to
inquire whether there be Democratic
party among us2 In fact, on elaborate
We are constrained to return
a negative response to the question. There
is 10 such entity as a Democratic party
Greater confusion of tongues did not prevail
among the children Of men after their
ambitious but ahortire astemp. in the plain
of Shinah, than are now visible in the
broken ranks and mutual animosities Of
the once harmonious and triumphant
Democracy. ,.. 1870 .... i