Randolph County journal. [volume] (Winchester, Randolph County, Ind.) 1855-1862, 1859-02-03
TnE REPUBLICAN PARTY.
Of Wr. Washburn
Dclircred IN tie House of' Representa-
tres, jan. l0, 1889.
Mr. WAsHBURN, Of Maine. said:

Mr. WASHBURN, of Maine. said:
Mr.. Chairman. | have taken the
tloor at this time for the purpose OF
presenting some thoughts concerning
the Republican party. It's duties and
dangers. rs can speak FOR no one
but myself, their expression. trust.
can do no harm to that party or to the
cause which it represents (; and. per-
haps. some good may be accomplished
Ly calling the attention of its MEM
bcrs, in this way, to the subject TO
which they refer.
Two antaganisiir ilcas un,lcrlie the
political movements of the country.
and viii l'c rcprcsrntc hy its political
organization AMI no party which Is
not founded upon. and i, not true To,
: one or the ether of these IDEAS. can. in
the elemental struggle which is going
ON, preserve any thing more than II
Transient anil unhealthy existence.
Until The question. (which of these
+ i lcas shall prevail % shall have been
decided intcIligcnily and drinitivcly,
there will be room for no other pariic,
than those which represent its oppo-
sing sides anil su.h others a, may
cn'lcayor TO ohtrulc Themselves upon
'hc public. anil to tease it with their
iinpcriincn.c~. will be dismissed
speedily, AMI with N cxscss of ccse.
mony. frem it, presence.
The i,lcas to which | refer are, |
nccl not say, TIA, democratic aud the
aiistorralir. The democratic aIIirm>
.r equal yigb, Of all men while the
aristo-iatic denies the existence Of such
rights. anil divide, mankinl into elas-
Scs IA governing and privileged class.
] And the real question before the
Ameri AN people is. which is the true
government that viii h recognizes
the democratic ilca. ol that which
builds upon the ari,torratir? ! know
Of 40 better statement OF the former
than i, TO lie found in The Declaration
nf Independence. Say tae authors oil
,.,ai great in trumcnt:
" We holl these truths to he SELF,
csdiem Mct uH men are creotei eqmf
Nmfiey are eaio,ec by tier Create,
pih cc,toa upoiieRote r;ghfs ihol
cmonq these are Ire, iJerty. and IL,
rurss1 et ho4 mess. 7hat 10 Sc 'art
these rigiis. gccerRmenfs are ;nst;ta'
Ted on,oug men. DERIVING THEIR 1881
POWERS FROM TIE CONSENT OF THt
GOVERNED
\ practical AMI au;hori,ive cxpoSi
tion of the Latter is contained in lli,
I.ccoupton Constitution. the seventh
article of which reads a. follows:
"Thc i,;ht OF property is Jctore onc
.h;gker No0 any constitutional sane
i'oa; md NE right Of he ouner Of Z
slasc 20 such xiore ond is increase. !.
tie same, anil as ar'oioLie, as m,
rigM gf he owner Of any propcH,
whoicrer."
The party which. iy str, ngc mi,
nomcr. is callcl Democratic. is th'
+ preventative of the dottrincs of ihi
. I.ecompton Constitution the life o
. il, l;fc is derived from the ideas upo;
viii II that instrument rests. Tn
Republican party draws It's inspira
ton, it's principles. AMI It's lessons o
luty, from the Declaration of Inlc
,cnlence.
The business of the former is To con
,olidatc an oligarrhy in these Unite,
States, and make it perpetual; of tn
, latter, TO secure to the people "th
f; ole, Sings of liberty" and to the State
/, republican form Of government :
AMI hence it i, well callcl the Rcpub
lican party. in contradistinction To tn
I. oligarchi,al (mi>namcd Democratic
party. And here. precisely, is Tia
great vital, central issue of the day
shall this Government be a republic o
an oligarchy In other words, shal
the Constitution, which guarantees t
tn, States republican form of gov
: ernmcnt, be preserved in Its intcgrlt.
and power, through the Efforts an
iaithiulncsS of the Republican party
or shall the doctrines OF the so-rallc
Democratic party be accepted, and it
purposes accomplished. the Con>titu
}, ton subvertcd. and baleiul oligarch
/. established upon the ruins of our re
publican system? Talk as men will
doubt or disscmblc as they may. th
real ard imminent qe,tion Is as | hay
, state it: AMI ono way or the other
must be decided by the present gen.
ration.
a question vaSter in its issues ha
: not arrested the attention or demanlc
the action of the american people sine
the Revolution Col grant that the
NAV be equal tn it
, Mr.. Chairman. shall rcpublica
government. or that Of an oligarch,
he the one under which YOU will liv,
nnl which Won will transmit to yoJ
e children The question has been di'
tinctly raised by the sham Democrar,
= and the real Democracy v must settle !
' That ,lo not cr. in what / have a.
N serted to he the purpose of the mi
called Democracy, appears from fact
and manifestations the most obyior
y AMI unmiStakahlr. / can refer To bI
IL few of them The self-styled Dem,
C cratic party is essentially Souther
or Shareholders party Its policy.
reference to all questions Of nation;
or political interest. is dictated by II
shareholders 1t has yieldel to then
by two-thirsls rule. the nominatiu
y virtually Of its candidates for Pres
dent and Vice President. Ia its M
. tional conventions it permits slav
a holding minority to control a nol
slaveholding majority: thus discar'