Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1860-05-04
The limo Has Como.

this country for the last twenty years. must
be satisfied that the time has como when
there should be change in tho adminis,ra'
ton OF the affairs Of the general govern.
ment. /, 10 again., the beet iniercs. OF any
country TO keep single party In power Tor.
ever. Parties are checks and balances upon
each other. A political party long In pow.
ar invariably becomes more or LEES eorrup-
ted. had men work themselves into !, for
the sake OF the .poils. Unprineipled DEM
agoguos hover over aud around dominant
party. "where tho carcase IL there the
Eagles will DO gathered together" This
reason alone Is Sufficient why tho democratic
party should be displaced from power. An
other thing. bad man creep into party and
on account Of peculiar circumstances, re.
tain important responsible positions In !,
long after they should have been removed.
Yet ,hess circumstances proven, their being
reached. by way Of illustration We have
bot to remark that there are in the Depart.
ment. at Washington hundreds Of men bold
ing subordinate positions who have already
been trusted with official responsibilities too
long. Yet their o,rn party dares not dis
place them. Another and different party
In power would do IL. would cleanse the
Aegean stable Of this class Of men. a
change Of administration is necessary oeca.
.ionally in our government to meet jus, such
cases a. these.
hut these are no, the main reasons, why
the sham democracy should be driven from
power. No, only has here and there man
in that party been corrupted, but the very
organization itself Is rotten 10 the center.
There il no soundnes. in 10. Tho liberties
OF the people have become unsafe in the
hands Of these men. The doctrine aud teach.
ines Of the very men who gave US this GOV.
eminent are discarded and .cofed at.
Washington is called fanatic, Eairick
Henry a mailman, jefferson an Abolition
traitor. Madison visionary theorist, and
Benh. Franklin fool. Tho Declaration
Of independents Is by them denounced s a
Wild ag,ry, aboundng IN abstract general
lilies. The Constitution !. eIpurgaicd olevcry
liberal idea and construed to DO an in.,ru.
men, OF despo,i,u and oppression instead
Of human rights and freedom. The idea
that man j. possessed u inalienablo rights,
that he owns himself, that he Ia. natural
r,gh, to hi. personal lbcriy, is'coGrd a, and
denounced a, fus,ian. Capitalization. the
cur, aud bare oi all republics, il in tho
hands OF these dsmagoSue' h', becoming
an alarming fact. gra'pins in its crushing
embrace, every element Of freedom aud pop
ular liberty. The President proeiaim' bin.
.elf King. aud thcr hurls defiance in the
teeth VI the peoples representatives, and
declares the King can DO no wrong. lie do.
inAni. the purse aud the ssord-,ho power
t. make war q, pleasure. Over and beyond
this. no, satisfied with the veto power vested
in him by the Constitution, no claims the
RICH, TO oSerawe Congress, 10 declare IT. leg
. i,laiion and say whE, shall aud what shall
not bo done. Constitutions and laws which
tie people abhor are 10 Do forced upon them
the ballot box made the football OF every
villain and usurper tina, can by fraud or
io,ce get possession Of it. Whatever the
corruption Of the Executive cannot accom-
pli.h. is brought about by coordinate
branch Of the government possessed OF no
prcrosatives. ~ Executive dicta,iJn, and
to aud IN the tyranny Of rariy de'Poii'm,
the majority Of tho Supreme Court usurp
the prrrosativc- Of iyranI' and undertake
TO discourse law 10 every other department
Of Government They declare ihemsel'c. a
Court Of uHhmii,d powers, that the Con.
,ttution - Ear a. Il stands in the way Of
their u.urpation i mere eobwob, tia, they
are the lnAl arbiier. Vi az rights, political,
si,il or social.
At the mere dic,um OF Eve old iOgics.
grown gray and rusty in tie Judicial arehi.
We. Of the dead past. Sldrery like the black
mantle Of nigh, spreads its grim pail over
foot Of Territory Outsld, the States. And
then the President rc-cchOcs the DEGREES OF
the five modern Jeares and declares i, Is u
+" final settlement" OF the whole matter,
that " neither Congress or - territorial Leg
stature or any other earthly power" can
change the decree. And then the great men
aud little men. the chiefs aud the cert. ol
democracy ,ing pean' to the wisdom OF the
Court and the patriotism Of the President.
Slavery !. deihed into a God. instead Of
being sIecraled as monster. POlygamy
/. heralded forth as q democratic virtue.
while its " twin rllie." slavery ]. laudcd As
the chief corner stone OF the republic. To
seal men and women AMI children upon the
auction block, 10 tie them up 20 the whip
ping pos, and scourgc them TO death, TO
tear mothers from children and children from
mothers. to separate husband and wife, 10
the highway TO the kingdom Of Heaven.
Such is the morality Of the party in power,
and such the moral sense Of those who stand
a, the head OF affairs in this government.
The shaun democracy hi, become party Of
plundcr. 4, has robbed the treasury, stolen
the money of the people, corrupted every
avenue ia the whole government, machinery,
and rendered every election trial scramble
Tor the 'pOil'.
Such are some OF the leading charaeterics
VI the party now in power. With such
party "a, tho head Of national Affairs. not
only arc the rights OF the people in jcopar'
dy every moment, but the government, i,.elf