Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1859-06-25
The Democratic Party-Its Mission

The history Of the Democratic party, SAYS
the PeRnaylUaniaR, from the days Of It's Illus
trious founder, the immortal JEFFERSON, down
to the present time, proves it 10 be as essen
tiai to the maintenance and perpetuity Of the
Republic under the institutions ordained by
the fathers Of the Constitution, as is the Chris
tian Organization to the welfare and happi.
ness Of the human race; and it is indeed re-
freshing and instructive to go back to the car
Tier epochs Of our country, and to contemplate
the successive triumphs Of Democracy over
bigotry and intolerance, and the men and the
parties that, from time To time, have sought
to pcrvert our form Of government into an in
stFHHeRt fopPFossion, and to entirely change
its aims and purposes
The first great and memorable victory achiev-
cd by the Democracy over the enemies Of the
rights Of man and the hatcrs and contclnncrs
Of our institutions, was in sweeping from the
statute book the OdiOuS alien and scditiOn
laws established by the elder ADAMS, and by
which he strovc to pcrprtuatc his illg"ttcn
power The election Of THOMAS JEFFERSON,
in 1870, secured the domination Of Democrat
ic principles and policy in governmental aG-
fairs for n long series Of wears; and in 1872,
during the Administration Of JAMES MADISON,
the Democracy won its second great victory,
in illustration Of its patriotism and nationality,
by vindcnting the insultcd honor Of our flng
in a just war, hurnilating the vNuntcd prOwcsS
Of Great Britain on land and sea, and cover
ing the advcrsariCs Of our country. at home
and abroad, with shame and confusion.
During the Administration of JAMES MADI-
son, the opposition 10 tic Dcm0Cracy-ttosc
who had scoiItd mt the war policy and other
acts Of Democratic northumberland
to be entirely routed aud driven from the field,
and that period was hence characterized as
the era of good feeling"
Not much occurred during tho short term
, OF j. q. ADAMS in the Presidential chair, from
1925 to 1929. TO mark the radical difference
between the Democracy, rs the champion Of
equal rights and liberal institutions, and the
party, no matter what various nHTncS and dis
I,,iiAcs il has assumed, which has always been
arraycd against il, AMI seeking its overthrow.
But the bold, vigorous. and fearless home and
foreign policy h ANnECw Jackson, who sue.
crctlcd him. Soon changed the aspect III affairs,
and re-. created aad invoked those sharply de
fined party lines aud and.markS which. dur
ing a long pa!itical calm had become almost
Oblitcratc'l. From TINT time. We may date a
new era in polili'S-thc opening ola sea Of
conflicting waves Of public sentiment, whose
sIr:cs are even HOW around and about us.
Swaying ~ rs ~ ininnS aud influencing their
action. JACESo>, like JLFTrHSnN, was man
of'thc people, AID sympathzc1 deeply with
the HlasScs. lie WIS a rciurmcr-a foe t.
wrong and crying at,IS" no matter how sane
toned by age or authcrity. The money pow.
err Of the lard had centralized and solidiiicl
itSclfin vast national institution, which, like
a gigantic Briar, US, stretched out its arms
into all quarters # the Union. lie saw at once
how this immense corporation, governed by
that instinct of ScllshncSs and passion Ofavar-
ice which control more or less. all similar in
stitutiOnS, under the direction of bad men,
might be used t. cmbarrasS the Government,
to enSiavc the people, and 10 hcs0t and dc.
! moralize the public mind through bribery and
speculation; and he determined, like n hero
as he was, to intcrpoSc his veto To- its re.char-
ter and to put it down. The great heart Of
the Democracy responded TO his efforts and
though the vrnal and the tmil deserted his
standard, and denounced him rs a radical and
a JacoLin, he succeeded in proStrating the
monster. amid the plauditS and blessings Of
the good and the true in every section Of the
Union.
The next memorable triumph Of the DC.
mOcracy in behalf of the people, and over the
friends "f chartered privileges aud the spccu-
latnG classes, was the entire enforcement of
the Government from Banking institutions,
by the establishment Of the Independent
, Treasury system which I'Ours into our
public Golfers nothing hut the Constitutional
currency of gold and eiIvcr-a system which
holds every fiscal agent Of the Nation to the
strictcst accountability, under pains and PEN
a,tcS of fine and imprisonment, and n system
which SO far has secured the Federal Govern.
m"nt against the loss Of single dollar.
The next great triumph Of the Democracy
over the enemies Of the Republic, within and
without was the victory Of our National arms
in the war with Mexico and the consequent
acquisition "f New Mexico and California to
Our National domain. Asa part of this achieve
mcnt. because the crisis grew out o: our new
acquisition Of tcrritory,D may he claSscl the
passage of the Compromise measures Of 1850,
bv which the l'niOn was saved & ON threaten.
c., dissolution; for although many good and
, patriotic Wings, under the lead Of Clay, Step.
ped into the breach, still the work was mainly
accomplished under Democratic counscls, and
/ by Democratic hands and hearts =
When il is remembered that all the glorious
results to which VIC have hurriclly alluded
and which have rcdOundcd so greatly to the
honor and welfare Of the nation-havc been
accomplished, in most cases, in the face Of q
fierce anil relentless opposition. who dare say
that the Democracy is not a necessary element
Of our country's progress and that its exis.
tcnce is not as essential To our dcvclupcmcnl
and preservation in the future, as il was u
our greatness in the past: Fit was ncccs.
sary to save the Union heretofore, it is still
armed with the same weapons, and the same
purpose, for all coming time. II is now Crap
ping with that monster, SECTIONAIGSN, as il
! grapplcd with the monster Bank; nor will il
release its hold until that many-hcadcd hydra
lies stranelcd in the throcs Of final dissolu.
ton.
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PHOBABIIIry OF MARRYING.-A table insert.
cd in a paper in the London .isaurunre Maya.
=inc exhibits results Of rather startling char.
actcr. In the first two quinQucnnial periods
20-25 and $50, the probability OF wild
over marrying in the year is nearly three times
as great as that Of bachelor. At 80 it i,
nearly four times as great; from 80 to 4J it is
five times as great, and increases, until at Ct
the chances Of n wdowCr marrying in a ycal
is II times as great as that Of bachelor
After the age Of 80 the probability of bach
clor marrying in n year diminishcs in mos
rapid rate. The probability at 80 is not much
more than half that at 80, and nearly the same