The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1860-10-25

ocrat and that his party is not the
Democratic party. Is it not q lit
tie curious as we look at their past
record, to see how this negative
opposing force, has logged the
steps of the gallant oldD Democratic
party, as she has led our country
along her path of glory, honor and
prosperity, all the time keeping up
the cry that they now shout at
Douglas and his friends. At every
advanced step our party has had to
encounter this great negative force.
If our patriots have gone out to
battle the great negatives, the rep
rcsentatives of the little negatives
have hidden our country's foes ITO
welcome them with bloody hands
to hospitable graves" If our SOL
diers were on foreign fields they
have always been ready to vote no
supplies. In times Of war they
are men of peace, in times of peace
they clamor for war. At no mo-
ment have they ceased their oppo-
sition to the party which early
took under its guardian care the
interests and destinies of our coun-
try, and the tokens of our national
prosperity, prove she has not been
recreant to the trust. So absolute
ly negative is this opposition that
it has not one positive law in cxis-
tcncc as the result of its legislation
in a national capacity, nor in the
long list of those which the De-
mocracy have made to guard them,
in their persons and property is
there one, with which they are sat-
isfed. Their party platforms ire a
string of negatives, and to crown
all, they have at last rallied around
a negative which it seems to lis, q
elimination which could not be
attained in any period short ofthrce
fourths of a century, to-wit: that
the people of a territory are not ca
pable of self government.
Not daring to trust the gallant
pioneer, the opposition would strip
him of every political right, and
send him thus denuded of what con-
stitutes the real gloryo of our citizens
into the wilds he goes to reclaim
If the policy ofthat party is to tri-
umph, no longer let the hardy pio-
neer be cheered with the lofty Wis
ions of what he goes to develop,
for no more are the pioneers to form
and lead up, with pledges upontheir
lips, to the common altar, the new
born of our sisterhood Of States,
but while in the sullen gloom OF
the primeval forests they are telling
the forest monarchs and letting in
the sunlight, while their energies
and virtues are expanding in the
great work of rounding into form
the chaotic clements of empire
around them, colder than a blast
from the polar icebergs comes the
doctrine, that the people ofthc ter.
ritories are not capable of self gov
crnmcnt. If they are capable O.
making their own "peedful rule'
and regulations" there is no cal
for, or necessity of the interference,
of the government. 1t can only be
done, or argued upon the hypothe
sis that the sturdy settlers are no
capable. Why is it that from tina
great party, which claims to be thu
friend of humanity, comes tina
doctrine, which is the chic
prop of thrones, and the great cen
trail idea around which all the less
er elements of despotism cluster?
FIVE go back to its early histo
ry, we thinka trace can be fount
which will afford a key to the prob.
lem. We know that modern Re.
publicans will object to the ante.
cedents of the old Wing party be.
ing pinned to them, we care not fol
names, the line of opposition tc
our party has no break in it, the
great negative force from first tc
last is a unit, and as such in the
light of history it must be regarded
1t is the same never ending oppo.
sition under many aliases. 1t is {
well known fact that the elder Ad.
ans while a minister to England
then and for many years a leader
of the opposition, wrote n work