Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1860-02-14
Democracy AID Democrats in 1892 ana II 1860.

Men cannot comfortably "waIow IN
December SLOW from the bare remen-
JrauCe ol the summers heat, aud hun
drtCs uf thousands ot voters who former
y Yo,eI wI.h answering fidelity, on all
occas ions, with The Democratic party, have
found the force OF old associations and
I tIe aucIeIf regard for the parry and It's
ayoWvd principles, as enumerated II The
I days Of Jackson, or In more recent umes.
/ not powerful enough TO force them to sus-
!aia .he modern political heresIes. direct
Is autaEOiJstIc 10 former Democratic
teaChiuge, to which the Administration
lud those Who sustain II, are now en-
/ d1uvOriug ~ commit the Democratic or
.raniZIUon.
Many changes amazed Rip Van Win
i,e " hen lie aw0lle 10 life, after his pro-
( tracted sIumber, aud found youth trans
! formed to age; The once feeble and de-
pendent American colonies converted
uI,o a free and powerful Republic; and
tie a..cieul.y sFeelel IIciurt Of King
George III thrown contelnpluously from
the tavern signs H. give pt,ce to lae rep
resrutatlou Of lhe AouJred couutenauce
o thc 'rcteI' hero, George Washington.
silly lave ,x,ltrd IN his mi.d more sur
,r.>e .hua Would bc manifested hy Geu
ia h-Ja. Il Is were NOW 10 rr,ufu ID
,aIin. and behold the movements ol the
/ p.i..caI cl3cl.s over uA.ca lac exercised
.h-- Co..----.lg Influence - master
>arli.
! |. iS astonishing % consider how many
|mnrk,d cl.a.srs Aa,e occurred IN the
/ relative POSITION OF mru uud parties
" is.t.yt l.e uiay>haiod the Democratic hosts
I 20 victory. and by tAe wisdom and justice
Jl his Administration added new Iusire 70
has couulry's g.ory. The Intimate per-
-5ial ana loilucai friends and supporters
of lue cid hero would no more be found
exercising u commanding Influence III the
Democratic party. Francis +. Blair, his
h.,I ana lailaful edborla! champion, who
made lhe GI0ts the Democratic text book
of the nation, Is now one of the most ac-
ave md influential leaders OF the Reput-
lrans. His son, +. T. Blair, IT,, OF 81.
Louis, IS an able and fearless champion
o. the present VIEWS Of has father. Jack
sons nephew, 4. j. DJurIeon, was an
v Ogros.li9u candidate for the Nice-P Presl-
& rcy u 1856. The sturdy old Senate
RAJ c.-.uplon of Jackson, The venerable
r Benton. t:t1 der.o ing the policy OF the
present Administration, aAd dis.ru>led
4t.d deuguuc,d by those who assume The
..a1t,saip oi t,.e ID D-mocraue parry. The
.avur.g.. Of Jackson, Nan Buryn, was the
leader Of tie great detection OF ISIS.
States aud districts which delighted to do
him honor, would NOW be ionul the most
determined antagonists Of the Democratic
par.y HI Mune, New Hampshire,
New York, and Pennsy Ivania, he would
find the once weii-eslab.ish Democratic
asccudaucy destroyed. The rural dis
lrlcts, which IN many u bitter contest uu-
diachlugiy adhered 10 the Democratic
cause. are uuw, most OF thyn, earnest iu
their opposition TO II.
The vacuum III The old Democratic
party which has berefI IL OF lis former
power. has been. to some extent filled, II
IS true, tut u men whom Jackson would
be startled to see occupying the position
Of d mocrauc leaders. What would he
yhIuk. for Instance. Of changes which had
made his lifelong enemy. VIM. b. Reed,
and Robert Tyler, son and pohuca!
apostle ot his lIGer antagonist, ohm y
ler. Democratic leaders ID Pennsylvania ,
or W ST. and Hunter, 10th his political
foes, the controlling spInls IN Virginia ;
or The transfer of many Southern PoiIu-
c.aus. Who had been his violent enemies,
= prominent positions ID the DeinocraIl
rartv STEPHEN 4. Douglas be would
now find Oh trlai Tor rebellion and coutu-
macy. prescribed ID the Senate Chamber,
ana ostraclssd from a committee Of which
be had long been . distinguished chair
man; and IN the Presidential chair he
would discover an o,l Federalst whose
professions OF friendship and of Drmoc-
racy lie habitaal.y received with d.siEust,
and uho has evluced all the despousn 0,
a. au,ocrat il his efforts 10 fasien his ~
rannical policy as a mi.istone on the
ue,hs of the Democracy Q. the country.
To recapitu!aie the changes he would
Jehoid. would require far more space than
the confined limits of & newspaper arti-
C.e. y mere reference 10 the subject
| wit recall many remarkable ones 10 the
T mind Of every politician. Bu; III his re-
SECTIONS let hlfn not forge, the chef cause
Of them, which Viii be found IN tie rapaa
.yrglrtE Of the extreme S0lttltcyn sectional