Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1860-08-16
The National DeniOcray Imviu-
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Those who cherish the hope that by
sowing the seeds of discension and dsun-
ion, they can dcmoralzc and destroy the
National Democratic party, now headed
by Douglas and Johnson, as its reprcsen-
tative men, are leaning upon broken
reed that will pierce them through and
through. They can as c.~ily destroy the
Union as the National Democracy, for
both have the same common destiny
They were coeval in their origin-when
the one has been successful, the other has
been prosperous. The general govern
ment, during nearly the entire period of
our national existence, has been admins
tered by Democratic men, and its policy
controlled in the main by Democratic
statesmen. 1t is owing to this fact that
we can now speak with so much assur-
ance of the strength, the prosperity, and
the glory of our common country.
The Democracy have never been able
to assert and make good their claim to the
control of the National Government with
out cncountering strong, fierce, and deter
mined opposition from foes without and
foes within. The price Of victory has
been with them "eternal vigilance" But
they have hitherto proved invincible; they
are so still All that has ever been want
ing. end all that is now wanting, is for
the Democratic masses of the country to
he thoroughly olroused, so as to discern
clearly the true leaders and the genuine
principles of the party, and they are GER
tain to rally to the rescue cf the Union,
and save it from falling prey to the
Vaccinations of diSorganizers and lisun-
ionists.
There always have been in our ranks
restless, ambitious, and selfish dema-
gogucs, who have sought to disrupt our
organization, in order by fraud and
treachery to give US over to the enemy,
and promote their own schemes of self
.aggrandizement. They have gone out
from us because they were not of U.S.
They have claimed to be the real and on
y pure Democrats, while they have open
y and covertly engaged in plotting the
defeat of Democratic candidates and the
overthrow of Democratic principles. In
all these characteristics, the present Sc
ccssion movement bears striking anal
ogy to all former ones. The ostensible
ground for the secession is different; but
the moving causes are the same. There
are men who are not content to work in
the ranks, in the station to which their
merits and services assign them, and hence
they desert us in the hour of danger. 1t
is we'll that they are gone; the open enemy
! is better than the secret foe.
In 1913 northern malcontcnts deserted
the National Democratic organization be-
cause it was, rs they pretended, too pro-
slavery; in 1860 the southern secessionists
and their Sympathizers in the North, have
done the same thing, because the party,
as they alIege, is not pro-slavery enough.
In 1913 the disorganizers made a Presi-
dental ticket OF their own, aud succeed
ed in giving the administration of the
general government for one Presidential
term, into the hands of the Opposition
The secessionists of the present year have
made their Presidential ticket, and arc
seeking, 10y all means and devices in then
power, to accomplish what their brother
lactionists did in 1913; many of whom,
strange to tell, are joining in their ranks
But the game of 1913 cannot be played
over again. The secessionists cannot
elect the Republican candidate in 1860, as
the Free Soilers did the Wing candidate
twelve years ago. The old Wing party
had some claims to nationality. The
present Republican has none, Besides,
Lincoln has not that hold on the popula,
mind that Gen. Taylor had. The latter
had great personal popularity-the for
mer has none, The scheme, therefore
to break down Douglas and elect Lincolr
will fail. The National Democracy will
in this contest, as in former ones. prove
itself to be invinciblc, and that its princ
pies are founded upon rock that canno
be moved.