The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-08-04

Toombs, to Slidell or Davis-it is due to
the party organizalion-to the aggrega-
ton Of tile influence Of men, of commit
tees, of conventions, township, county,
State and national, which control its ma
chinery-it is due to the tenacity with
which individuals cling to the party
name, and vote for its nominees, even
while condemning its policy and mea-
sures. 1t is not Mr.. Buchanan, alone,
who has done the mischief of which the
whole country is complaining-the ma
chinery Of government is too vast for
this--he must have the support Of the
heads of Departments. Of Democrats in
the Senate, in the House, in the courts,
in subordinate ofices-of the hopes and
fears of ten thousand score OF small pol
iticans, who cling to the party name for
future preferment. 1t is the Democratic
party which is responsible for the acts of
this Administration. Does any one vote
for its nominees ?--if so, he is response
bic for its acts to the full extent of his in
fluence as citizen. You must abandon
the organization, and repudiate it by
your votes, to escape responsibility for
its acts. Any other Democratic Presi-
dent would have been compelled to do
substantially as Mr.. Buchanan has done.
by the Democratic party as now consti
tuted.
2nd. The democratic party in the Free
States has abandoned all its cherished prin-
c.pies, and hos adopted new platform
NTH a single plank.
From 1896 to 1854 its distinguished
doctrines were,
1. An advalorem duty on imported
goods, or direct taxation, for the support
Of the national government
2. An independent treasury for the
safe keeping of the public money.
3. The unrestricted "veto" by the
President.
4. Opposition to the distribution Of
the proceeds of the sales of public lands
among the States.
S. Opposition to the construction of
works of internal improvement by the
federal government.
On these questions the American peo-
pie were divided from Maine to Oregon,
and from Michigan TO Texas. They were
discussed all over the Confederacy in
every political contest. But since 1854
thau haun hAan ahandanAA- ThA Wh;a
party has been dispersed, and the Demo-
cratic party reconstructed on new
platform. Any one, now. in the Free
Sta tes. without regard to his opinion on
the tariff, bank. sub-treasury, veto pow
er, distribution of the proceeds Of the
sales of the public lands, or internal inn
provements, who comedies the constitu-
tional right of the STAKEHOLDER to emigrate
with. and hold his slaves in all the terri
tories of the republic. is a good Demo-
crat. A :" Webster Whig." Clay
Whig." " Native American Whig."
moderate Whig," an "ultra Whig,"
without recanting single doctrine main
tanned in l84O-44-48 or '52, and stand
ing on the platform. is now good DEM
ocrat. Then these Wing measures were
as wormwood ard gall" to the Democ-
racy. but now. coupled with the tolera-
ton Of slavery in free territory. they are
las sweet as the honey in the honey
comb These "old-line " Wings
these g national men," such as Reverdy
johnson. and Pierce. and Pratt. and
Choate. and Everett. and j. c. Jones.
and Benjamin. and Clingman, and
Toombs, and Stephens. and THOMAS W.
CLAoErT. and H. w. STARR. and III. c.
DEAN. are leaders in the Democratic par
ty. and are sent forth to proselyte the na-
ton IA
Whether. when they have made pros
elyte. he is. as the scriptures sayeth,
"twofold more the child Of hell" than
before. ] will not delay to inquire. far
ther than to remark that ever afterwards,
it is extremely d,stasteful to such to hear
politics mentioned by the pious in their
prayers. or the moral delinquencies Of
statesmen referred to BY ministers of the
gospel. But they have recanted nothing.
They believe now as they did then with
Mr.. Clay. that Congress has constitu-
tional power to improve harbors and riv-
ers. to distribute the proceeds Of the pub
lie lands among the States. to levy du-
ties so as to favor American workmen.
DC. They have not changed one hairs
breadth from the old land marks Of the
party. But now they are Democrats
Democratic leaders-apostles of the faith
then. they were enemies. bitter and
unrelenting with all these political ten
cts and nothing more. they are not now
Democrats with all Of them, and some-
thing else. they are democrats What
is this something else" that makes the
change THAT converts a bitter, unre-
lenting opponent Of the Democracy. to a
Democrat that transforms a political
heathen to a political christian politi-
cal demon to an angel Of light---which
like the cloven tongues of fire regener-
ates political heretics by the thousand.
but without the formality of repentance.
faith or baptism? +? What is this political
alchemy which turns every base metal
which it touches into gold? This phil
osopher's stone is, The EXTENSION OF
SLAVERY INTO FREE TERRITORIES" This
is the only Democratic test-this is the
only thing required, in the Free States,
for admission into the Democratic fold !;
without this. none are eligible to mem
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