Randolph County journal. [volume] (Winchester, Randolph County, Ind.) 1855-1862, 1860-07-19

notwithstanding the fact tina. the par
" Is divided and torn into fragments
- i. discordant AMI inhsrponiou~.--
Two platforms and two candidates
have been placed by it befo~e the poo
pie for their suif'rages. and yet i. is
still the same .Iofiossi party One
wing Processes still to worship at the
shrine of Popular Sovereignty"
while the other fsyoys intervention
by Congress for the protection Of STA
very in the Territories. and still. in
the language Of the Charleston plat
form. democratic principles are I'M
chargable in their very nature when
applied to the same subject matter"
Looking over the platforms of this
wrangling and quarrcling political ell
ement. we were ut a loss TO know
where To locate this Democratic ma
tionality. until orr ncighbor OF the
Democrat had the Kindness 10 inform
as that it bad taken up its abode in
the bosom of Douglas and his adher-
ents. We are thankful for the inior-
nation. The Douglas wing hereafter
is to monopolize this Democratic sta
pie. IL is to be in the exclusive keep
ing OF this fragment, now whitfield
down 10 n miserable handful Of disap-
pointed Office seekers, having one sup
porter in the Senate and some half
dozen in the House of Representatives
no strength in the South and barely
sufficient in the North TO overwhelm
the party with defeat and consequent
ruin. Has the National" Democra-
CIV dwindled down to this? Is this
hopeless rear guard of this once proud
and victorious party all that is now
left 10 vindicate its greatness and its
nationality? "lIow are the mighty
fallenl"
The Democrat has commenced the
laudablc work of publication, by cast
ing from the Democratic church a
large majority of its members, both
priests and laymcn." 1t ostracises
Breckinridge and his supporters, both
North and South, and talks as if
Douglasism had no sympathy with
them. 1t even has the audacity to
hurl that internal invective, "disun-
ion." at the heads of the whole Ad-
ministration crew. 1t almost equals,
in bitterness, the chief high priest in
the Douglas synagogue. Judge SMITH,
who dubs them "a set of internal fire.
eaters" We would admonish our
neighbor to be little more kind and
fraternal toward his Southern brothers.
They may have erred, but
"Speak gently to the erring,"
for you may not know how soon you
may be running compromise Elcc-
toral ticket with them in the North
and West. You may want their sup
port, and your little differences ought
not to prevent harmonious" ar
rangcment. We know to what depths
of humility the Democracy have in
times past descended to keep the spoils
Of office and power from slipping from
its grasp. But does the Breckenridge
wing favor disunion? We are com
PEELED TO admit that it does, for we can
not doubt such authority as that OF
Judge SMITH and the Democrat. Take
it as true, then. Disunionists are in
power. and that power to ruin was re-
posed i'll them by the Democracy who
now support Douglas. If they de-
ceived the country once. may they not
10 so again? II, rs Judge Smith says,
Buchanan and Breckenridge joined the
Democratic party. as McCarty did the
Methodist church-"to break it
,lown"-may not Douglas have joined
it for the same purpose. Disguise it as
you may, the truth is. the North has
been basely deceived by this party,
and it is unwilling to trust it longer,
under the lead of either Buchanan or
Douglas.
But to close an article already too
long, we respectfully ask our cotem-
porary what differences exist between
the Northern" National and the
Southern" National Democratic par
ty? Do they differ On bred Scottish
Has not Douglas fully indorsed that
decision? Has not IIEnscmEL V.
JOHNSON indorsed it, and does not the
Douglas wing indorse JOHNSON? Does
not the platform in'lorse it? We in
sist that this scramble between the
factions is the result of personal feel
ing. and not because of any real differ
cnce in political opinion. and at fu-
ture time we will put the proofs to
sustain our position on the record. for
the benefit of those who are willing to
receive the truth.