Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1861-11-22
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The Democratic Party.

Not day passes which does not reveal some
event or tendency In political affairs which de-.
mona1ratea the absolute necessity OF the Demo.
cratic party. The divided and helpless cofdl.
ZION OF tho Republican organizati ation--the total
iailure of their leaders 70 comprehend the stfuR-
gle---thelr fActious opposition 10 the Pfesident
because he has followed the Inevitable Rrayitl,
ton which forces Administrations 10 Der1ocra tic
policies--the growing monarchical spirlt In one
wing OF that organization, and the dlBreRard OF
the Constitution By another.--all provo that a
strong radical party, devoted TO the Constitu.
ton as it 10, is now, as In the days of jackson
and Jefferson, an lmperlshable necessity of the
country. We say radical, because the consery.
atism OF American institutions is the most radl-
cal support Of the rights of men. Such par ly
are the Democracy. As In the past they have
been, 20 In the present they are, the only or.
ganization devoted to free institutions for white
men, and who are unlnonmhered with policies
and isms which render the Union Of the States
impossible. They are the only party which has
entered the WarWlth entire constitutional 10y
atty, and who have neither BY word nor deed
embarrassed the Administration 10 the prosecu.
s.ee OF II. They we'll knew that this must DO q
Democratic war 10 order to be successful one,
and they have made II Democratic war
Whoever doubts this, let him look at the CON-
position OF the army; let him mark the conduct
OF Democratic Generals; let him listen to the
teachings OF Democratic leaders upon the stump
and In all the Efforts which have been made to
supply the Government with men aud money
These are facts spread upon the page of Ameri-
can history, there TO remain forever, with all
the other chronicles Of glory, power, and pros
perity already profusely recorded by the Demo,
cratic party in their long administration of the
country. They stamp them % the governing
power, and the very byains of the nation, and
prove that, while elections may 60 against
them, they still govern the country, because
they are true to its greatest necessities.
We say that at this very instant they govern
the country. They are the tie which binds
Kentucky, Missouri. East Tennessee, Maryland,
and the loyal parts Of Virginia and North Caro-
lima to the Union. They, and they alone. con
stitute the support Of tho President against the
turbulent factions which now assail him. If
were not for them, the abolition tide wonld
sweep away for ever every vestige Of loyalty
south Of Mason and Dixon'e line, and would in.
volye the North 10 strife the consequences Of
which we hardly dare name.
They have from the outset been In favor Of
vigorous prosecution Of the war. They requir-
ed real yigor, such as would have characterized
Jackson or Douglas under similar oircumstan.
ces. They understood that all talk OF emanci.
patton, hanging, and confscation would be
mere nonsense In the ears Of men who, by,
turning rebels, dared emancipation, coDfsca-
tion, and hanging. To them this talk was like
saying to a soldier, "You may be killed If you
60 into battle" The soldier would reply, of
course, III know that as well as you" What
was needed was men and money--lctual fight
not taRtal. md ehfa Nha., ali lab Al
TO give the Government. They struck at once,
as the Democracy always do, at the true busi-
ness aspect of the situation. The great neces-
sity Of the country, after Sumter fell, was fight
ing That was the Democratic view, at least,--
so they have gone into the fight, while their
Abolition opponents have gone into the talk =
But they have gone Into the fight for the sake
of the Constitution. They therefore deny the
power of the Government to alter the institu
tions Of States. The Administration has as
sumed the same grounds. They were obliged
to do 1t, because they could not carry on the
war In any other way. Even the present Con.
gress, after the defeat of Bull Run, were com.
PEELED to occupy the same position by the adop-
ton of the Crittenden resolution, and to recog.
nice, with an emphasis unknown In our nation
al legislation, the great legal fact Of property In
man. They could not help themselves. They
were obliged to do that, or to make every man
woman and child south Of the Ohio, the sub.
jects Of JEFF. Davis. Theory gave way to fact
and the dogmas on which the Congress had car
ried the election were swept away by their firsi
acts of Legislation. Thus the Democracy are
triumphsnt, even when the Republicans holc
the Government. They cannot cease to tri
umph without the destruction Of the Govern
ment When their ideas and spirit no lona
dominate in this terrible crisis of the nation
the end will have come.-C Chicago Tmts.