Delaware inquirer. (Wilmington, Del.) 1859-18??, 1859-10-01
Saturday, October LIST, 1859.

DEMOCRACY. is taken from a
Greek word, (Demokratia) signifyng govern
ment which emenates Immediately from the
people, and is mutual in its influences and re-
sponsibilities. 1t is government that estab-
fishes the natural rights of man, and is sup
ported by the mutual good will and necessi-
ties of the people. Democracy means mutu a
protection to our political rights, growing out
of the power that makes the law. The fore
going definition of the word covers our de-
mocraey. We believe that the nearer we come
to real democracy the happier and better
governed the people will be- No one knows
their wants better than the people themselves,
and no ope so well calculated to correct an
evil as the cause that makes it. We know
under this democracy no superiors the lawl
is the monarch which we obey, and the man
who would set himself as superior to law is
a self-conceited fool, who only makes himself
the more Ridiculous by his impudence. Party
tyranny often usurps the prerogative Of the
law and becomes odious to the people the
only remedy thereforeis change of rules. For
as soon as party or combination of any kind
superceed the law by usurping honors that do
not belong to them, then our government ceas
to be democracy and a change Of rulers is
necessary. One of the great obstacles that
stand in the way of good government is the
doctrine of stick toyour party right or wrong.
Our doctrine is stick to your party when right
and repudate its acts when wrong. In re-
-pudiating the acts of an Administration it is
not necessary to vote with the enemy-we
have the remedy within ourselves.
If we, as democrats, sustain an administra-
ton when its acts are at variance with De-
mocracy, we take the responsibility upon our
own shoulders, and endorse what we know to
be wrong. Ifthe Democracy of this. country
place themselves in a false position, they cam
not complain if they are deserted by the vo-
tiers which they undoubtedly will be. But
if the party repudiate the acts of their officers,
when they do wrong, they are no longer re-
sponsible, and cannot be held so even by those
who are opposed to our principles. There
never was an administration that so complete
ly perverted the will of the people as that of
Mr.. Buchanan. Will the Democracy make
anything by supporting this prohigate admin
istrationl Can they follow MIR. Buchanan's
acts and elect his successor is an inquiry that
every democrat should make. If they think
that his administration has not come up to
the democratic standard, why not say so.
We owe Mr.. Buchanan nothing; we are under
no obligations to him whatever.
1t is a question of good or bad government F;
not question Of who shall rule or who shall
not rule. Let the standard of Jefferson and
Jackson be the test to know men by, and let
no party cry steal our principles from us.
They are tho weapons with which we fight
the enemy, and which have so often made us
victorious. The Democracy that elected Jack
sonwill always rally to the standard that bears
aloft his principles.
BY repudiating Mr.. Buchanan's administra-
ton, it is not necessary that we repudiate
Democracy. Our corrective is to be found in
the Charleston Convention. We must nomi-
nate man for the Presidency that we know
to be orthodox on the great principle of popu-
lar sovereignty doctrine that the federal
proclivities of Mr.. Buchanan has repudi-
ated, but the people of this country are
in favor of it, and will sustain the par
ty that incorporates it in its creed. The
opinion of the great father of the doctrine
Gen. Cass-has been smothered in the rub
Dish that has collected around Buchananism.
We have no doubt but he will be heard again
before long advocating the true Democracy
the government of the people-not the govern
ment of n President. Let united Democracy
repudiate the federal notions of Mr. Buchanan,
and success in 1860 will be certain.