The Kenosha telegraph and tribune. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1859-1860, 1859-10-06
Republican State Nominations.
ELECTION-TUEsDAY, NOV. 8. 1859.
ApOstacy of the Democratic Par

There is no problem in morals or mathemat-
ice, more clearly demonstrable than that the de- {
mocratic party has apOst&tized and abandoned
the principles which it once avowed and acted 2
upon. Proofs incontestible can be cited, show n
ing the abandonment of the Federal Admins y
1rstion of the long and once cherished National !
policy Of the party; nor does any democratic
journal in the interest Of the party, even attepr'
TO meet these proofs directly-they are al
"eA'eu anu '"u'"ou' An evasive.
Ocra,ic spOstacy, ar" .v;derca. Of dem.
swR State - r,....-a - .ooo.a - an,
atti'-' .r.. ,1....:SOs hoot,I,
4ue to the principles it boldly proclaimed
in State, Con OCCASIONAL and County Conven-
lions a few years ago. Any one has only to
read the platform of doctrines enun ciated in l848
and l849 to perceive how utterly antagonistic
20 them is the position the party now assumes
More recently, some of the democratic leaders
are beginning to confess the apostacy; Harri-
son G. Hobart, the democratic nominee for the
Office of Governor, has set the example to his
brethren, by putting himself into the confession
box. A Few years ago he had put himself on
Ihe record as opposed to the admission of any
more slave States into the Union; he avowed
the doctrine of the power of Congress to prohib-
1t slavery in the Territories, and the duty of
Congress to enact the Wilmot Proviso. A few
days since, this same Mr.. Hobart delivered a
speech at Horizon, Dodge county, which was
reported for the Milwaukee NewS, leading de.
mocratic paper. In this speech he admits he 20
ted for the WiInOt PrOoisO in 1859, and makes
confession of his abandonment of that principle
in language as follows:
" Where do we stapd7 I'VE haze recentLu ad
opted principle 1ohich toas not in existence or nj
least was not entertained to any great extent in
1949-that instead of having Congress pass up
on this question, we will pass it over to the e1.
elusive control of the inhabitantts Of the Terrific
tories themselves"
Now, what is the extent of this admiss;on O
political apostacy' 1t is simply this In 194e
Mr.. Hobart was in favor of prohibiting the intro
duction Of slavery in all the territories; now h,
10 in favor Of aLIO,Omg slavery to go into all thu
territories. We say aItOt0ing slavery, becaus
Mr.. Hobart 1t must be borne in mind admit
abe force and binding obligation of the Dret
Scott decision, which recognizes slavery in tn
territories. So he was once opposed to an,
further extension of slavery--now he is for let
ting it 60 where it plsases.
What is true of Mr.. Hobart's apostacy is ais
true of the members Of the Democratic party
generally, in the State of Wisconsin, and es
pecislly those who now profess to adopt Doug
las SCATTER sovereignty notions The doctri ne
which the party now profess are utterly antae
onistic to the principles which were recognized
and acted upon by the former administration
Of the General Government, from the time O.
Washington down to quite recent period
Since the original ordinance of Freedom in
l7s7, prohibiting slavery in the territory north.
west of the Ohio, the principle therein contained
has been recogn .zed again and again, and under
various administrations But as Mr. II obart now
admits the party, "hdUe recently adopted a pria-
stpts iohIeh toGS not in e1istance' few years
ago 1t has repudiated it's former doctrines of
freedom, and yielded to t he demands of the
slave power.
Notwithstanding this shifting and changing of
she party, we shall probably still continue to
hear the twadde politicians, about the immu-
liability Of democratic principles, and the stabil.
ity of the democracy. The truth is, modern de.
mocracy, is just what the leaders for the Tina
being determine it to be. 1t has for the past
few years been shifted and reconstructed TO sui+
tho political emergencies of the times. and
doubtless such will continue to be its history
80 long as its fragmentary parts can be held to.
gethsr.