Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1859-03-29
Davidson County Convention
Saturday, April I'd, 1859.
TUESDAY, MARCH %, 1859.
The Helpless and Humiliating Com
dftiOn Of he Democratic Party as
= described by the o ficlal Organ offhe
. Administration.

gsdescribed by the o ficlaI Organ offh.
Accommodation.
The Washington Union, in its semi-weekly
issue of the 2 2rd inst, gives most graphic
account of the helpless and humiliating con
dition of the Democraticrparty.T After pain
ting in exceedingly black colors the character
of the Republican party, it says, if against
such party as that. the Democracy cannot
prevail, lit is because it's organization is de
moralized, its integrity questionable, its
honor doubtful, and its character bad!'
..How is it," the Union asks that the
Democratic party STANDS Trembling before the
Republican party!
elias cold selfishncss," the Union further
asks, "a wicked pursuit Of individual ends, a
disregard of the national welfare, taken the
place of that earnest patriotism and devotion
to country which distinguished the earlier
days of the Democratic party?"
Thou sayest it, Union, and unquestionably
the country, when it has an opportunity Of
speaking, will say SO too!
I'VE have had enough of great men. We
want Que men'-exclaims the Union. Ger
tainly you do; you want them most cOunfound-
eddy! The bulk of your party leaders are
anything else but "true men, They are dis
rcputably and VIGOROUSLY untrue to the best
Interests of the country, and well deserve all
the denunciations you are pouring out upon
them. So, clay on, McDuf." AS the official
oqaia of a Democratic administration, your ex-
posure of the "cold selfshness," the wicked
pursuit Of Individual ends" and 1.-THE dis
regard of the national welfare" which, you
sry, now characterize the great men" OF
your own party, will have much weight with
the rank and file Of the party, and be ac-
copied as "true" by the country generally.
These "great men, of the democratic
party" the official organ goes on to say,
have great personal objects to accomplish.
They treat a measure as it may happen to
bear upon treir own interest and the fortunes
OF rivals One goes East when he sees
another going West"
Exactly so. Every word of it true. How
truly and sententiously does the official organ
hit off the characters of the great men,
OF its own party!
But the Union does not stop here. 1t breaks
out in the following most wrathful, most
truthful, and. for the official organ of a Dem
Ocratic Administration, most remarkable and |
noteworthy declarations and affirmations
"Ambitious combinations are the curse of
the Democratic party. They have tainted its |
integrity, demoralzed it. weakened it, and rem |
dered it doubtful antagonist even against |
the open enemies Of the Union. They have |
stricken down and degraded all broad, |
l.. ,.t,, at nghi
have substituted the miserable decrees of demd-
gog,les for those great principles under which |
alone the industry of our country can be |
developed They are great men |
with independent political estates and eXpec- |
tatons. We have too many of them. They |
exercise too much power. They would con-
troll the Democratic party. They hare control |
led Il until its forces are scattered, IT. coun-
ellis unheeded, and ais poirer contemplate"
Some of the foregoing statements are of so
remaI kable a character, coming from the
official organ of the Administration, that they |
will bear repetition.
OF the Democratic party, the official organ |
says, '.its organization is demoralized''-''its
integrity questionable" and ''tainted''--"its |
honor doubtful"-''its character bad'-"its
forces scattered"-and its power" so "con-
temptible," that it stands Trembling" before
the Republican party!
This helpless and humiliating condition of
the Democratic party. the official organ of
President BUCHANAN charges to have been
brought about by "great men" of the party,
who 'have stricken down and degraded all
broad, liberal, comprehensive craftsmanship"
who shave substituted the miserable de-
vices of demagogucs for those great princi-
Piles under which alone the industry of our
country can be developed and whose whole
course has been marked by "a cold selfish
mesa wicked pursuit Of individual ends
and a disregard of the national welfare"
These men, the official organ OF the Admin
positively asserts, "have controlled"
the Democratic party until they have reduced
it TO the condition here described. 1t is i'm
possible that such party CONTROLLED 10y
,ucA leaders can maintain its asccndency. Its
speedy dissolution is inevitable. Nothing
eau save IL.