The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-02-04
"HAVE WE A DEMOCRATIC PARTY
AMONG US?

| HIl AVE WE A DEMOCRATIC PA RIi
n,oN1, ne .,
~ the F'uefai I"Pto' Is phoi's"eo pe-
mocratic paper, the Washington State edit
ed bv Rnurr A. Pryor. n ste,linu Democrat.
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ana one OF 'he ATTEST Po''c'""S ana ''f'tetS
| ia the South. II seems he has recent been
looking over and into the condition, sound.
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anu gives '''o 'o''e"'"s w ''e result OF MS
Investigations and researches Writing I'M
der the caption above, Mr.. Pryor, the editor
of bv far the ohlest Drmo,,nti, manor nj
q,
""s"''s""' ''ls'
"lhe doubt implied IN the above nterro-
ga'ory' however starting nj hrst slga', APP
pears anything but absurd on eNalnhi t0n.-
Nay,nl HE hnzard nl conlradlcilng th' vulgar
prejudice ana snoeklng our own S. nse OF
secdfl'y, we are obliged to announce the de-
Hibernate concInslGn mat there IS now no De
mocratc party in existence. And Te will
venture The assertion, That the par IoXlcn
opinion VIII be embraced by all oil serving
and rejecting persons.
"Oi Individual Democrats, dispersed over
The country, each with his peculiar profession
pf iallh and object OF pursuit, there is un.
luesilonahly very abundant supply. But
| they NO more constitute apafty IN Ue philo'
soph'cal ana practlcnl sense OF Inc w fd, uHn
n heap OF unhewn and unadJnsted stone con-
stl'utes palace. For the realization OF that
! idea, there must beprlmarlly common ioun.
dalion, Then due snboriinailon an, fitness
among The parts, ana llnally eompl tie unity
of orgsniz1tioh we DOUBT II an9 one OF
these conaltlo1e EN- De predicted OF the De-
inocracy., $50
I'm Tue llrst pace, VIII any man elend 10
nihrm mat democrats nre agreed upon basis
OF pfin,lpie! IN rtspecl o. winch ore among
the politlcal ISSUES before the couhlr' Is there
so nue. even as an approach TO ans nln'lty IN
tie parry Not surely IN regard TO squat
yer sovereignty. Ihe disagreement OF me
President ana Secretary OF State on tins sub
Jrct, IS symbol OF an equivalent Inference
amoag the Democracy. Not IN regard TO The
Pacific Railroad, Tor here again the chief OF
the Administration is III points with his Sec
rotary OF war, ana ms class OF sIfict con.
strncilon Democrats DESSERT from We faith OF
their less scrupulous associates. 10; in re.
gard TO federal appropriations Tor The I'M
provement OF rivers and harbors; since the
division OF the Cabinet on this Issue is like.
wise responsive to'a similar diwslon among
the mass OF the Democracy. Nor yet Is ,here
! anything Ike unanlmi'y In the party" IN re-
gard to that must important matt .r of all
tue tariff preston, in respect OF which Mr..
Buchanan afllrms one belief, while Mr.. Cobb
maintains directly the opposite.
1--WE heeu hot recap n'a'e a'i th' points oil
divergent doctrine among The Democracy
II is suiiiclentt to say tha' upon no single issue
is there adequate agreement Tor common
basis OF action.
IN 'ne haoer OF organization we discover
"party." We have Lecompton and Anti.
I,ecompton faction there are the followers of
Douglas and here the adherents OF Buchanan:
in short, MS many as are the aspirnnts for the
Presidency, so many are the cliques and en-.
balls among the Democracy.
"Ilerptofore, the Administration has afford
ed rallying point for the individuals o: the
"pariy;" but, instead, it is become an original
occasion of dispute and ds4enson. In these
latter days, the recommendation " Demo.
cratic Executive implies little mo. authority
with a Democratic Representaiiy, than with