Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1862-05-29
Tn,or,an, po,,,.c.1 Decumens.

ubjoned political address IN the National Ineigencr
and publish it OF the current history OF the nes
ADDRESS DEMOCRATIC CT CONGRESS TO THE De
MoCRACY THE UNITED STATES
Foc Citizens The perilous condi ion OF our country
demands that should together Party oTgaBza
ton restricted within proper limits pooe g0oa ano
indeed essential TO the preservation OF pubic hoerty
Without the best would soon degenerate INTO
the worst Of tyrraues In despotsms the chief of the
power j. in crushing out party oppoatlon 10 our own
more than any lesson in history the necessity OF party or
ganjztion The present administration was chosen by
zed and still does its feay and Obligations that party
There must and will be an opposition The puoc safety
good demand it Shall il be Organization or
old one? The democratic party founded moe than
sixty years ago. l. has never been disbanded Today
States still loyal to the Union lis recent numerous veto
Ties in municipal ect in the Western and MIDI states
prove vitality. Within the last months 1t has held
State and nominated full democratic tickets in
every State in the Union OF other party opposed to
the Republicans can the same be said.
Why should 1t! Are its ancient principles wrong ?
Why they? Let its platforms for thirty years sFeak
"Resoloed That the American Democracy place their
trust in the ntegeEce the patriotism and the dcrimna
ting justice of the American people.
THAT we regard this as dslnc tive featurs ii our po
tical creed, which proud TO maintain before the
wosd the great moral element il form Of government
DgDg from and upheld by the popular will and We con
ast with the creed AID practice Of easm under
whatever which seeks to palsy the viii Of the
constituent, and which concelVes no 1mpostore too mon
stroas for the public cTedulity
That the Federal government of limited power
derived sOy from the constitution and The grants OF pow
made therein ought to be strictly construed 10y ali the de
partments agents of the goverru Mt; and has it
pedient aud dangerous to exercise dubui constitutional
powers "
And explanatory OF these the following from MIR JEFF
ferson inaugural
TIE support the governments in ali their rights
the most complete adunist atiCn of domestic
Germs and the surest bulWarks aganat ten
denotes.
preservation the general in its whole
constitutional vgOr, the 3tauchor OF
home and safety abroad,
jealous of the right of election by the peopIe
The supremacy of the civil the military authority.
Economy
lightly burdened.
" The payment Of debts sacred preserva-
"F,eeden of religion, freedom of the press and free
dom of person under protection OF me hG6e0S corpus
trial by ries impartiaiIy selected "
SUCH democrats are the principles OF your party essen
tial to public liberty and to the stability and wise admins
traon of government, alike peace and They
are the principles which the constitution and the
Union were founded; and under the control of party
which adheres them, the constitution wcud b. Ainai
ed and the Union could not be dissolved.
be disbandedI
Its policy is consistent with its principles and may be
of liberty against power of the people agauz their
agents and and Of State rights against c0nso
dation and centralized despotjsm simUle government
public debt; low taxes high protective tariff; no
general system Of internal improvements by Federal
thotity no national bank; hard money for the Federal
public dues; ASSUMPTION deb:s; exfaneen o
terrory self for the Territories subject only
to the constitution the absolute compatibility of un0n
of the States. " part slave and " the Admission
of new States. with without slavery they may elect
in Territory, the District of Columbia; and
finally get forth 10 the Cincinnati patf rn, 1856
reairmed in 1860 absolute and eternal 'repuGjaon of
all sectional parties and platforms domestic
slavery which seek to em2ro the cates AID ncte 50 tra
armed resistance TO law the Territories and whose
av0wed purposes, consumaaed must eDd in cv and
disunon'
such the ancie I'd the policy of the demo
cratic parry running through period sixty years-a
policy consistent with the principles Of the constitution
and absolutely essential the preservation the Union
Does the history Of the Democratic party prove that
ought to he abandoned? by their fruits shan ye know
them" fecona parties DO not achieve Union tIiumphs
| .I+ FcT~
4ch OF March ls0l he democratic party with shot
vais, controlled tie and the policy OF the Federal
Government For SIGHT years out Of hes6 sixty, demo
cratic men ruled tie country; for fy and gh
mon h6 the democratic policy prevailed During this period
Louisiana, Florida Texas New Mexico and California
successfully annexed to territory. with
than large all the original thirteen States
gether Eight states under strictly
cratic admin rations-one under the administration of
Fillmore. From five millions the population increased to
thrtyone millions. Tie revolutionary debt exuguish
ed Two foreign wars were successfully prosecuted with
moderate oLAy and small army and navy, and without
the suspension Of the habeaa corpus without
ton Of the constitutions without usnrparton power
without suppressipg single newspapers without
ing single editor without limit to the freedom Of tie
press OF ech in out of Congress, but in the midst
single traitor, though the Hartford Convention sat
during one of the wars and in the other Senators invited
the enemy TO greet UoItePrs 9oi bloody hands and
ooetcome them to hoSpotabIe graUes."
During all this time wealth increased business OF all kinds
multiplied prosperity smiled side, taxes low,
ket fer each others products at good pces public liberty
secure private rights every house
or travel no secret police spies, DfoTmers, has
tiles the right to assemble peaceaby tie right petiton
freedom Of religion, freedom OF speech, free ballot and
free press all this the Constitution maintained
and the Union of the "tates preserved.
Such the choice democratic principles and
policy carried out through the whole period during which
the Democratic party held the power administered
Federal Government. Such has been the history
party It Union party, FIR it preserved the Union by
wisdom peace and compromise, for more than half cen
tury.
Then either the ancient principles the policy nor the
UG1lH
justify its GisbandmeDt.
Is there anything present crisis which demands il
Tie immediate iseue main tain the tituion
as it is, ami to restore the Union as it
To maintain the Consution is respect the rights of
States and the liberties Of the citizen. 1t adhere faith
fully to the principles aud policy which the democratic
party has prOessed for than half century.
history and the results from the beginnings prove whether
it has practccd them We appeal proudly to the record
The fret step tCwArds restor' ton of the Union as
was is to maintain the constitution it is SO long
maintained in fact and threatened with nraction
spr and III letter, actual eminent, the Union
broken.
To restore the Union is essential first to give assur-
ances to every state and 10 tie people OF every
that their rights and liberties and property VIII be
within the UnCn under the constitution. bat
douby sure tn the restoration TO power of that ancient
organized consolidated democratic party which sixty
years did the property rghs and liberties of the
tuition and preserve the Union, aud with them the multi,
piled blessings which distinguished all other ma
lions?
To the Union is to crush out sectio1a ISM North
and South begin the work Of restoration through
the ballot box TO kll abolition The bitter
cesson wed bTs and are fed Still from the uDcean foun
tain OF abOhtlOnlsm. That fountain must be dried up
ARMIES may hreak down the power OF the Confederate gov
IN the South but the work of restoration only
be carried through political organic alton and the ballot
in the North and West In this great work cordially in
Vte the cooperation of all Of every party who
posed to the fell spirit Of abolition and who in sincerity
es5e me as II Is ana the Union as 1t was Let
the dead past bury It's dead Rally lovers of the Union the
Constitution and OF liberty 10 the standard Of the demo
cratic party already in the field and confident OF victory
Upon this question its record natural organ zaon