Daily national Democrat., 1859-12-14
The Test-mnkers.

A few shallow politicians, calling them
selves Democratic for the simple reason that
they have never had sufficient mind of their
own to differ with the President, and to do
their own thinking generally, are very blat
Mt ubout test.nuking in the next Democratic
urinary elections They desire to see test
made which shall exclude all persons who
have differed with tie Administration on the
Kansas question, from voting at the primary
elections for delegates to the Charleston Con
vention. Hitherto, it has been considered n
very wise and happy thing to reunite the
divided elements Of the Democracy, in all
cases in which it was practicable. and espe
cially on the eve Of great national struggle
for the Presidency The reunion OF the De
mocracy in New York aud other Atlantic
States in which it has been divided, has been
the object of the master politicians in those
quarters aud has been hailed with demon
strations of delight over nearly the whole
country. Peans are sung to Daniel ). Dick
inson for his strenuous efforts III this regard,
in the State of New York, and for his very
considerable success in the same. Yet these
wonderful test makers of California who
claim to be great admirers Of Dickinson. de-
sire no similar consummation here j is
well for the interests Of the Democracy o
California that the desires Of such men will
not be very greatly regarded.
The only test that IS at all reasonable,
regarding a mans Democracy, is whether he
will support the nominee of the Charleston
Convention 1t matters not whether he has
all along sustained the Administration, right
or wrong. If he has refused to sustain the
Administration when it chose to depart from
Democratic principle, he is all The better
Democrat for 50 doing. The safety Of the
Democratic purll, the continuance OF It's su-
premacy among The people depend upon the
d, m udhereuts of its leading men and their |
supporters to those sound principles which
constitute the Democratic Greed, despite the
of Presidents or the rtowns of ten
porary power. The great National Conven-
ions of the party establish the platform of
Is principles, aud a Democratic President is
is much bound Jy the platform promulgated
Is the humblest voter in the ranks. Though
'ou should make tests a thousand times
,ver, no true Democrat would hesitate to
Condemn even Democratic President when
e erred or when he undertook to warp a
olitary plank of the Democratic PLATFORM.
o say to any high-minded member of the
Democratic party, that it was a rule with the
never to allow any difference
With the President, under any circumstances
would be to insult his common
ense and his manhood, and yet such is the
leaningof the test proposed 10y the class of
elf plumed Democrats TO whom we are al
ldng. t
True, there were t,go Democratic organ- {
ations in this State, at the two last elections.
here had been two organizations also before d
t was found necessary to re-unite before, a
nd it will be found equally necessary now. a
he Democracy of this State cannot afford {
o be long divided, for as matter of course |
t wenkens the strength of the party. As
ong as the division remains, there will he
ecessions to one or the other, 10y diSsensons
nd dissatisfacions, and thus both be kept
'ital. one or the other holding power ade-
Iuate to the defeat or at any rate the serious
injury of the other There is no necessity
'r any such separate organizations. there is +
0 sense in any such separatensss of action. t
oil . tias Il. / q
etter
VIZ you sustain the nominee Of the Charles /
n, Convention is the test which will do the {
usiuess.