Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1860-02-09
The Monmouth Democrat.

The organ Of the Democratic party of this J
village, comes to us this week laden with
series of political articles whose audacty of
expression is only equalled by their barren
ness of truth. Corrupt, indeed, must be the
party whose rottenness of principle, and base
ness of action, must needs be concealed by
such perversion of facts. We make some
extracts from its leading editorials. II an
article on the Charleston Convention while
begging for the nomination Of fWm. G. Alex
ander for the Vice Presidency, by the meet
ing, it goes out of its way to say:
In the present excited state Of our politl-
ealaifairs with almost every northern State
by misrepresentation of the real issue regis
tered on the side of sectionalism--wit abo-
litionism doing all it Gun to ALLEVIATE different
sections of the Union, the electoral vote of
any northern State becomes of the utmost i'm
po'tance in driving back this tide of Republi-
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This is an old story Of the Dsmocrdt's, and
abouuds as much in fiction now as when it
first originated Is the real issue misrepre-
Sented and is AbolitionisIn and Republican,!
ism}the same? Nothing could be more alb
surd than these ideas linked So closely together.
The real issue explained, not misrepress,sted has
been the cause of the victories of the only
truly national and conservative party--that
party whose opponents are moao advocating the
dissolution of the Union in case the people
shall elect President opposed to the imbecil-
ity, baseness and dishonesty of the present
Administration. The principles of the OPP
position party are founded ia truth, reared in
Justice, and will be crowned with victory, not
withstandiug the foolish and futile endaoyar
to fasten Aboltionism upon it. "Non inter
ference with slavery where it exists,D is one of
ITS cardinal doctrines, and no one knows it
better than the Democrat ~
Again it states, that New Jersey will soon
be flooded with free negroes; and drawing an
awful picture of the consequences of this hith-
erto nnheard of idea, proceeds to say
" This state of things grows out Of the con.
slant agitation kept up by the Repnblican
party in the question Of slavery
Without a word as to benevoIence, or
christianity, of the appeal to keep our border
closed to the entrance of those negroes. we
characterize the above assertion as simply un-
true The agitation of the slavery question
was begun by. the Democratic party and has
been aud is now kept up by that party. The
annexation of Texas, giving vast area to
slavery-the gross violation of faith in the re,
peal of the Missouri ComT romse e." the crime
against Kansas backed by the present adj
mnlstratlon-measures conceived and consum-
mated by the Democratic party alone, are the
sole causes Of the agitation which the Democrat
deprecates and falsely. charges to party
whose existence was rendered necessary by
such wicked aggressions. At this time Dem
oeratic organs and Democratic orators arel
stirring up the fame Congress has been at
dead lock for six weeks in order that Dem
ocratlc Representatives might scatter far and
wide sentiments of disunion-sow tie seeds OIL
dssolution-excite discord and proclaim the
incendiary doctrines of the party. For s
weeks have ih!se men been agitatinc the cues
ton of slavery, when pressing and important
business should have made them endeaYor to
effect an organization. Meanwhile the partv
which the Democrat accuses of stirring up ADJ
tation, preserved an unbroken silence. suffer
ing the treason of their opponents to belch
forth rather than occupy the time and money
of the country in useless barangues and use
less arguments. Resolutions of Democratic
Legislatures, full Of treason, rapine and blood
are sent from State to State. The paid or
gans of the Administration, filled with doctrines
conceived in darkness and which should con.
sign their authors to perpetual infamy are
sown broadcast over the country. Yet in the |
face of all this, with such facts before US. the
Democrat charges on the Republican party
GSaallon--a charge false in conception, false
in appication--a tissue of falsehood from be.
ginning to end. bs& tal bs esl /
The election of Mr. PENNINGTON ae Soc I