Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1861-11-06
Daniel S. Dickinson Oh. the Dem
ocratio Party.


We make the following extracts from a
late speech BY Daniel S. Dickinson, de-
lisered at Brooklyn. Its references, which
are TO the Democracy Of New York State,
viii Sc recognized as pertinent to the
leaders and politicians Of that party gener-
ally throughout the North
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
The Democratic Party, in its elements,
is the same now that it ever was, and
when it has relieved itself Of the dead
weight Of rotten leaders, who hang upon
its neck in fostering regencies and State
Committees-of reasonable Presses that
nisrepresent it--and the time comes for
the exercise of political opinions, it will
assert its office and CAIN IFS place. The
self-constituted heads Of the church fear,
if there is a Union movement, and tha}
are cut Of, that Democracy will be lost;
upon the same principle that philosopher
Of the same school feared, if the eaEtA. re-
VOWED, the wafer would. all be spillH. Its
organization is, for the present, sbroken
down, and its members are in the tented
field, defending the capital Of the Union:
on the ocean, rescuing our flag from Sc
cession piracy; in the workshops plying
their busy trades; on their farms engag-
ing in the pursuits of agriculture; along
the railroads, freighting the productions
of the West; and tire miserable secession
clique who claim to speak for it in this
State no more represent it than Brigham
Young and his saints represent the CHS
tian Church.
They have dragged it into hopeless
minority; It's orglization is demoralizsd by
lobby agents; its masses disguised by
such conduct, scattered and disbanded;
its principles, as promulgated by those
VINO abuse its name, are not and never
have been Democratic principles. They
put forth in the name of Democracy any
thing and everything TO suit emergencies,
from the "Buffalo Platform" to rank Sc
cessionism and disunon; sometimes open,
sometimes covert; sometimes sugared over
with liberal propositions Of peacs toann d
traitors; sometimes boldly denoaneing the
Executive for his arrest and imprisonment
of lurking spies, and refusal to release
them; sometimes because he has laid the
strong hand Of military power upon trea-
sonable Press; sometimes insinuating in
aid Of the rebellion. What tfeY had not
the manhood to lTref, and 1t al times cen
surfing and embarrassing the President IN.
the discharge of his duty.
They are for the Union. and sympathize
with those in arms against it; they are
for the war, and discourage enlistments;
they howl over taxation; they are for the
Government. and embarrass those charged
with its administration they are against
rebellion, and join il in assaults upon
Union men. These political ornaments,
50 full Of the name Of Democracy, and so
enpty in its principles, while loud in the
den,lnciations Of all who would not act I'M
der their party lead, instead Of with the
people as such, changed their ''great pfin-
ciples,' radically, three times in as many
weeks, and are not Though yet.
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And yet this Substituted cheat, sym
pathizing with rebellion and treason,
without principles, without the rank and
file Of party, except such as have failed
to comprehend the nature OF the rebellion,
AMI are yet fighting in imagination some
political conflict over again, without public
confidence or consistency, denoance all
as republicans who, when our existence
is trembling ID the balance, prefer great,
generous and enrolling popular movement
to such grovelng and Inischievous asso2ia-
tons, or to following such periidious lead
ers. 1nd as often as they are exposed
as charlataus and Misunderstanding III
sympathy with traitors-they blwl loudly
and Justify that the Democratic party is
abused The Democratic party, forsooth.
The Democratic party consists Of the hon
est classes Of men, and not Of self con-,
stituted committees and defunct regencies..
| love and revere the Democratic Pr
ty, but scout and defy and desrise It's
camp followers, counserfeits, hantsers-on
and Swiss mendicants. If the Democrat
ic Party Is assailed By exposing those
who have brought it to defeat anil dis
grace, then, by the same rule, Jo Smith,
when lie was characterized as beast and
m impostor, might have exclaimed that
Christianity is denouucedl Or, when the
blue-eyed, painted hallot IS called By the
name of her vocation, she may ca out
that yirtuous women is assailed BY 0. scene
epithets!
The Democratic Party has been be-
trayed, crippled, and crueifed by corrupt
and vicious leaders, but these will strut
their brief hour and perish, and then the
poetic conception will be realized that,
"Truth crushed 20 earth viii rice again.
The eternal years of God are hers.
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One Good Effect Of the War.
The financial editor Of the Boston Id