The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1861-09-26

N0Jo 'oi So 1auy uusHeIs Vi Tyej WOeD
| preached bis first sermon, be told the
, be would change and preach any otht
, doctrine that would suit them if that di
: not for his rye. (Laughter.) Now, tbes
men claim to be running the Democrat
! party Of New York There is no do.
trine. from that Of an Abolitionists s
black that be would make Wendell Phi
ips turn pale by the side of it, and n
Pro.Slavery so rank that it would tax
the brass out of South Carolina, but the
would resolve 10 moment. to hold thei
power. (Cries of "Thatis So In thei
resolutions they pretend to 60 for the sal
vation of the Union, but they go fev
steps backward. then few steps sdeway
and show their action to bo grudg ging and
insincere, and give aid and comfort to th
enemy by making up querulous issue
with the Administration, and charge upoI
it in the origin of the war. When met
are guilty and attempt to charge tbei
own guilt upon others, i. is well to lool
at their history Those men vent to Char
lesion and had control of the New York
deIes alton of the Convention there; anG
when the South insisted that what was
called Popular SovereiZ Znty should not be
incorporated-the fought two weeks o.
yer it. These men holding the balance
of power, insisted on that particular dec-
laration. While | think the secessionists
some of thom, were acting in bad faith
these nae were acting in equally bad. and
even -worse. They were gamblers on
each side, and understood. have NO
doubt, to some extent, the mods and winks
of each other. But the Southern men
said, because these men would have the
Popular Sovereignty plank in their plat.
form, that they would not agree. They
withdrew from the Convention, and it ad
journed to Baltimore. They we're foolish
aud wrong in going out, but they bad e
right to come hack, aud sought to do so
in Baltimore. These same men had the
balance of power there. and prevented
their coming into the adjourned Conven-
ton. II they had been permitted to come
in, probably the difficulties might have
been and would have been healed. But
these went on and made nomination in
which they knew the South would not
concur And then of their own motion
adopt the very platform which had been
the sus ject of two weeks controversy in
Charlestoo, and which bad broken up the
Consention there There is true bisto-
ry Of the case. 1t is perfectly notorious
that some Of these men bad corrupt jobs
a I'd pecuniary investments, that they we're
looking for iDve-tneDts made to be used
in controlling the expected Aduinistra-
ton, to secure which Investments partic-
ulsr noninations. u ust be procured. They
pretend to account for the mode in which
this difficulty arose. [ have no doubt
but many of these Southern Rebels in
arms meant Secession at the time. But
the wind would bave been taken out of
their sails. and popular feeling would
have compelled them to differe ut course
if the NewYork delegation had not play
ed their detestabIe game. And these men
are they who are afraid of gstting mixed
up with and couta din nated by contact with
the AdniDistration. They will never be
trusted again BY the people of New York
They may run ticket, some portion Of it
of very good men, and some of
i quite too rank with Secession; but a
.icket unexceptionable would Dever be
supported coming from such treacherous
and corrupt leaderships. The Democrat
o party is great power, and has always
been true. Like Rome, as the schoolboys
say in their oration., it originated in the
Efforts of "wof suckled founder"-it
gained the popular confidence, aDd shaped
he policy of this Government, and great
blessings flowed from it's administr alton
lnder Jefferson, a Jackson. and others.
But. in an evil day, the De 90 ocratio par
", like the individual who went down
rom Jerusalem to Jericho, fell among
bieves, who plundered it and left it half
lead Oaughtes); to that you may trace
more than to any one cause the demoral-
sation OF the party and downfall of the
country. The Democratic party did sit
ike Rome upon ber seven hills But as
With Rome, so with the Democratic party;
both were brought to the block of the
auctioneer. But yesterday the name of
.he Democratic party might have stood
against the world, now there are few so
poor to her reverence, because Of her ex
scratcd and knavish leaders But,
"Truth crushed to earth shall rise again,
The eternal years of God are hers;
Bot error, wounded, writhes in pain,
Aud dies amid her worshipers"
The Democratic party is strong in its
popular element, but it never was strong
enough to carry SO much fostering dead
weight as it has upon its back now
Laughter.] 1t has got to throw over
BOARD its Jonahs. expel its Achans from
be camps, return to some principle be-
'ide the engineering Of packing conven-
ions. lobby corruptions, and the influence
If anaconda railroad corporations.--|
Laughter and cheers. | do not know
What has become of these propositions
'or peace; so recently prominent. They
seem to have SUNK completely out of
sight l. there not any one of this body
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