Daily national Democrat., 1860-01-24
What shall we Think of Them

What shall we think of men who, pretend
ing to be great lovers of the Union, and
anxious for the success of the Democratic
party, as the only savior of that Union, will
deliberately go to work to drive from the
ranks of the party thirty three thousand good
and true Democrats, who stand ready to co.
operate with it, upon the basis of any reason
able Adjustment Shall We look upon those
men as the true friends of the Union or Of
the Democracy who will industriously seek
to weaken the party by all the means in their
power, when it is more important than at
any previous crisis in the history Of the coun-
try that it should be strong and united ?
What sort of friends of the Democracy are
they who are SO fearful Of losing the chances
of Office for themselves, under the next Ad-
ministration that they prefer the defeat Of
the Democratic party to the possibility of
any of these thirty three thousand Douglas
voters, or their friends inside the Administra.
ton organization, sharing in TIE patronage
Of the General Government This possibili
ty may be as perfect, without q union of
the two organizations IN this State as with
it, but these chronic pap suckers think not,
and act accordingly.
But, what are we to think of such men
What of their sincerity What of their De-
mocracy?
When Grouchey failed to appear upon the
field of Waterloo, the star of Napoleon went
down. Had Blucher also failed to appear
upon the side Of England, the tar of Well
ington would have set in blood and gloom
AS Grouchey was to Napoleon, or as Bluchei
to Wellington, SO is the Douglas strength o.
this State to the success of the Democratic
party in it. Without the Douglas element
the party is powerless and yet these persis-
tent seekers of office, who have hitherto fat
tened upon the public crib, are so anxious to
retain their positions, that they will, for the
sake of having the exclusive control of offices,
labor to shut ont thousands upon Thousands
of men who are striving to be useful in the
forwarding of Democratic principles.
The anxiety of these men to exclude Doug
las Democrats from their organization is pref
ty good evidence also, that they do not be-
iie'e in Douglas principles; that they prefer
a man for the Presidency who will wink at
the re opening Of the slave trade, who will
not object to the enactment of slave code
for the Territories, and who will favor one
section Of the Union to the detriment of the
other.
Are these men to rule the party? Are
men of this description to direct the action OF
the County Committees of this State ?
Surely, at such a time as this, we should
have the prevalence of such counsels as will
tend to the benefit of the whole party and
the whole Union instead of the mere interest
of private individuals anxious to feather their
nests at the expense of the public treasury, or
instead Of the interest of sectional fanatics
who wish to see their own blind and bigoted
views prevail.
The action of the Administration State
Central Committee amounts to a mere recon-
n'endGtion to the County Committees to adopt
a test. They may adopt it or not as they see
fit, and they will be silly If they do adopt
it-precisely as silly as the Commander of ar
army who would say, in front of an advanc
ing and powerful en.my, to one of his braves
regiments, "retire from the contest, we have
no occasion for your services"