Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1859-06-27

cratic Party
ith cheering and encouraging 70 wiz.
nsss, on every hand. iho unmislnlnblo
evidences Of tho increasing unhnimity,
concert uf action and mistaken conf b
denco Of ultimate success that pcrvadc
the Democratic masscs. Whon at The
meeting nl the Mcrchantf HOTEL ON Sat
urdoy night, Of the appropriate Commit
tee 10 make the preliminary arrangements
for the animal Democratic celebration OF
tho Fourth of July, in Independence
Square, member proposed on enlarge
mcnt of the number Of officers, and ac-
companied the proposition with the re.
mark that the increased strength of the
party over last year justified the change,
IL was no idle boast, but borne out 10y the
fact as time will conclusiyely demonstrate.
Any one who has been in the habit for
years of watching the various phases and
phenomena of American politics and of
parties, cannot fail TO have noticed, and
have the candor to admit, the recupera.
/ tive power Of the Democratic party, over
coming, at times almost miraculously, the
most overwhelming, and, apparently, in
surmountable reverscs.
I Take. for instance, the Presidential cleo
! tion of lSA0-the ever-memorablo log
cabin and hard cider Standardization
Gen. Harrison was elected over Martin
Van Buren, carrying every State but str
in the Union. Then, the Opposition" p"
elorying in triumph achieved by the
most scandalous abnegaton Of all "prin-
ciples for the public eye" and by practi
ccs the most besotting and humiliating,
and made us, ms now, by the outcaSts and
iag ends of all parties and factions, pre-
dicted the utter dissolution and disinte-
grafton of the Democratic organization,
and caculated upon undisputed political
dominion for long years to come. Not
so. however. The Democratic party had
touched its lowest point Of depression;
from that moment it had an upward ten
dency, and recapturing State after State,
rs opportunity afforded for the enemy,
the year 1874 saw it again in the ascend
ant, installing President in power, taxi
ing possession Of the Government, and as
suming its responsibilities.
So, in 1913, when Gen. Taylor, who by
dint Of then recent military achievements,
attracted the popular heart to his stand
ard, was elected over that accomplished
statesman, Lewis Cass, ther2 were short
sighted mortals who believed that the
! Democratic party was irretrievably ruined.
| Not 80, however, thought the sagacous
and discerning-the Old Guard-who had
stood the brunt of Il hundred battles, who
! knew their own position, and who also
knew the nature and habits of their adj
vcrsary. And the resultproyed the sound
ness and sagacity of their conclusions,
based, rs they were, upon the ineXorable
| logic of past history and of common sense.
I Again, the Democracy, as after other de-
/ feats, gathered around their ancient camp
/ fires, and drank consolation and hope even
| from the very cup Of their reycrses. For
they knew that
"Truth, crush'd to earth will rise again ;
The eternal years of God are hers;
! But error, wounded, writhes in pain,
And dies amidst her worshippcrs."
soon the old fire of other days began t.
animate the Democratic heart and quick.
an its pulsations soon State after State,
that had been doomed nopelessly lost,
wheeled into me Democratic column
and iour years after another Democratic
President crowned a victory over the Op
position, unparalleled for splendor and
completeness in the annals of political war
fare and again, in 1856, by the election
of our present patriotic Chch Magistrate
lover fanaticism and tho enemies OF the
Union, another tri lmph was added to The
list of Democratic achleyemen'S
Ii is no idle boast, then, to say thai
! the Democratic party is stronger now thar
liz was this time last year. judging from
the past, this declaration could be safely
made without the self evident manifesto
tions everywhere that such is the fact.-
There is no doubt that last year, in all tht
Northern States, the Democratic party
sustained its worst reverse, consequent
upon the diStrac;ing and unprohtabl,
fight over the Kansas imbroglio, just as i
did in 1854, after the passage OF the Kan
sas-N Nebrasba hill, when some Of the bcs
men-natiunal mcn-of the party wcr,
struck down by the ilood-tde of scctiona
fanaticism. Now that the Kansas ques,
ton is forgotten, or looked upon as an ob,
solcte issue, and new questions are loom
ing up for consideration and solution the
party is again rising TO the majesty Of its
full strength and power. The Admins
=, tration at Washington, by its admirable
home and foreign policy, by its wise Ono
prudent economy, by its strict enforce
ment Of accountability from all publ,
agents, and by its prompt dismissal Of de
/. linquents from ofiice, without "fcor, tavol
er affection" is commanding the oppro
baton and the confidence of tho Demo
cracy everywhere; and their united anC
compact columns are eagerly awaiting tn,
great contest of 1860, to strike anothe
blow for the ingegrity of the Constitution
and porpetuity Of the Union.
} JUsTI1E TO Ex PRESIDENT PIERcE.-Th
" Amo.keag Veterans" who it will be re
membcred, declined to participate in tn
reception of General Pierce on his visi,
TO New Hampshire in 1856, have repenteC
of their bad manners. The Veterans
} are not the only body of men in the coun
4 ty who are rendering eleventh .hour iustic
"a a