Des Arc citizen., 1859-01-21

ESTATE RreHTs EAGLE" ."-The dread-
 ful fire which visited Camden, a few
 months since, destroyed the material of
 the State Rights Eagle office, and the pa
 per has been suspended until the l4lh
 inst. New material has been purchased
 and the ? per increased In size to that
 Of amongst the largest in the State. We
 congratulate the " Eagle" not only on the
 beauty of its plumage, but for the noble
 sentiments of A. w. Hopsos, Esq, its
 energetic and talented editor The de-
 mocracy of that section of the Slale should ''hel p with willing hand in sustaining the establishment-no alone with their good
 will-but with material dtd" We copy the following portion of an article from its
 columns, headed $ .DEMocaAcY."
 1.-The democratic party is not dead, or dying. It can never die. It's organiza-
 ,ion may indeed be impaired or i, may be
 for time overthrown and defeated. All
 the parties that have ever opposed 1t have
 been swept away--error always perishes when it comes in contact with truth. It
 is built upon principles as con,radistin- guished from mere political expedency, principles which are not of yesterday, or to-day, or tomorrow, but of all time, past. present and to come, therefore so long as the people shall be sufficiently educated 10 appreciate right from wrong, justice from tyranny, and good from evil, they will cling to an organization whose watch-word is "equal rights" and which is based upon perfect political equality. So far then, from considering that the day of the party are numbered, as some would have us be- lieve, il is evident thatt is yet in the very prime of young and vigorous manhood Its destiny is the destiny of the Union When democratic principles are ignored the Union will die of infection, for then it will not be worth maintaining. That day is however far distant, for il can only be when the people shall have become gnor- ant degraded, and corrupt
 We feel an abiding faith that in the next contest, the democracy will be again victorious over the host of Black Republi- cans and traitors whether united or divided Twenty years ago the Southern people with few exceptions honestly believed slavery to be an evil. but since that time public opinion has undergone a radical change, until 10 utter such sentiments would now be considered reasonable; al-' ready the weigh, of this opinion is being felt at the North, and there are numbers of Democrats in the non-slaveholdlng States. who openly avow their belief that slavery is right, and who boldly defend the institution against the attacks of its en- emies. Discussion is all that is necessary to ensure a triumph of these opinions wherever men are not blinded by fanati- cism Let, therefore the Democratic Press North and South, stand firm upon the broad Catholic doctrine of :" State Rights, let 1t proclaim the constitutional doctrine that slaves are property, that the States are Sovereign, as to all powers not ex- pressly delegated to the Federal Govern ment, and tha, in the last resort they are the judges of their reserved rights and the mode and measure of redress against plain and equitable principles these the mad waves of lanaticsm may beat in vain: As n general rule the people ea masse are honest, and patriotic; if they err it is through ignorance. They feel and appre- siate instinc.ively the blessings of oonsti- tutional liberty, and they love and venerate the form ol government transmitted 10 them by their fathers Demagogues may lead them aslray, and fanaticism blunt their perceptions of right and wrong, but give them time to reflect, or presen, them reasons good and true. and they will ever be found ready to uphold and maintain the in the beauty and strength of its original proportions.
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