Daily national Democrat., 1859-02-23
A Connie of Rollers,

A couple Of Boilers from the regular De
mocracy of this county, by name Gilmore and
Powers, undertake, in a card in the Boltiug
organ, to lecture us upon the subject of Dem
ocratic principles. Old Line Democrats will
know how to value emanations coming from
persons outside of the pale Of the party. We
would as soon take lecture from a down
right Old Line Federalist as from set of
men who have deliberately walked out of the
regular organization of their own party and
coolly consorted with its enemies When
Powers and Gilmore chance to find them
selves within the pale Of the regular Democ-
raey Of this county, and will be kind enough
to let US know it. we shall be disposed to lis.
ten to either their advice or censure; till
then, we beg to be excused.
These individuals seem to have great
horror of Know Nothings. and we don't
blame them, but in the name of all common
sense, who were the most rampant Know
Nothings in 1855, when we Of the regular
DEMOCRACY of this county (ourself included)
were defeated by the secret, sign giving or
ganization? Who but the present head and
front of the Lecompton party in this county
and one third proprietor of the California
Express2 Who are the most rabid Lecomp.
tonites in the present Legislature Ex.Know
Nothings! No wonder they voted to refuse
Duncombe his seat, because he had put his
foot in a foreign land 1t was the old HI Vi
coming out of them! And these are the men
that Powers and Gilmore are so well salts.
fed to consort with.
Gilmore and Powers have seen fit to sneer
at what they call our pretended friendship
for lriSh'nen. How do they know that it is
pretended Who appointed them Inspectors
OF our bosom and Judges of the motives that
reign therein? Now, we think we are bet
ter friends of Irishmen than they are, them
selves; for the reason that they are acting
with party which would crush out that
freedom of the ballotbox which belongs
alike to the native and foreign born citizen,
while we are for maintaining that broad doc
trine of popular sovereignty which serves to
make this free land of the United States what
it is, refuge and home for the oppressed
of all nations, instead of converting it into
monarchy subject to the will of James Blu
chanan or any succeeding President We are
side by side on this platform with Thomas
Francis Meagher and host of other intelli.
gent and liberty loving Irishmen. They
struggled for freedom in their own land. and
know how to appreciate it here, instead Of
coming to these United States, for the pur.
pose of lending their aid to an Ex-Federalist
like James Buchanan to crush out the sover-
eighty of the people. What is the sovereign.
ty of the people? The sovereignty OF each
individual man at the balot.box. The Bu
chanan party have wantonly trampled upon
this first great right of an American citizen.
whether native or foreign born, by setting
aside as a nellity the vote of a majority of
ten thousand citizens in a noted and ever me-
morable case. We think it would sit with a
much better grace on those who have cursed
the destroyers of popular liberty in their
own country to help to protect popular liber-
ty here Gilmore ana Powers, it seems, have
different notions.