The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1863-03-04


Col Forney has an able editorial in his Wash
ington Chroniclr, under the above head From
the history Of the great Democratic party and
its triumphs he edgces the true pohcy TO be
pursued ~ the existing state Of affairs. We
copy the folosing:
In the better d4ss Of Democracy, victory re
~afded tne fidelity of .r- masses 10 tue organiza
lion. and honorable Office compensated 10 cad
81 : for the energy WITH Which they advocated
The va og- platforms aud exprdrAt- Of the par
" TIE success o. the Denoc, at resulted from
he fact that they ALWAYS secured the suppor. %
be slave States Dy giving the coatrOi Of tie
government % Southern pOhuciaas aud ai-O
tom the inCOugruOu- nature OF the party adver-r
70 tnem-thI- party being IN i.ct, more OF al o9
gO-tion 70 those wh0 aspired 10 be the excl
size cu-lociaus Of the Government, than HON
geueuus association, standing upon certain ~ri
iehned doctrines, aud preserving al uuchauging
mont from year TO year
The theory AID practice Of the Democracy
nave ended ia their Iuiu. Ia cu.tiyatiug South
vru -upt OFT aud 800 yieliilg 10 SO4thern tictz
uOu, they ~ere al last submerged 10 the abyss
len opened before thtir EYES al Charlie. Oi
aud Ba umOre 90 the summer OF 1860. They
nave Abandoned so many % their oldest and
mai a. al she dictstiOu OF Southern slavraOders
hat their national conventions became merely
.Ds dent Committees, % rex sfer the DEGREES OF
a minority OF arlstOciats Who, ~tlie protesting
ID be democrats ce-pi-ed their Northern alice
a. Interior. AID Office seekers When me ;, nth
-fu States seeded, the Northern democrats ~no
.ad succumbrd before their threats lost TIE
mall. column Of Itrr support, and The Rrpuol-
all and lOsal Democrats, WHO bad hrIOicaly
Yes sied the aggression OF the slavenodris, found
themselves A. he head Of a compact patt,. based
apon ludestructaoie aud -terna. puAcipl-, ga de-
rruiurd opposition 10 slavery az the cause OF
tnr var
Parties and party poltiia have thus been
changed The Democratic leader are nov
mere opposition. al opposition not merely TO
The Republican party, but 10 war produced bs
| .nrlr iasal suDser slrAcy 10 the demands OF the
/ f,rsufs and oatalIu.- of the South. They grasp
therefore. Al every exprd.ent. repeat every CAL
amy, Bld exaggerate every national disaster,
90 order 70 make their autagOlism more effect
/ We
| Pretending attachment TO principle, they can
az honest claim TO none unless uuceas ng aud
q uel assaults upon the Government in uuie OF
Sar, may be 80 designated. They proc aim AZ
Fiction aud veueration for the Constitution
proved 10 be the most unreal because they seek
wfest the plain meaning Of that Instrument iu
-avor 81 those y no are ia arms 70 destroy &C. and
b. cause they insist that the Constitution con
aims The seeds OF is o~n dsstruc ION. and Can.
.ot To- any Que of is clauses be Construed for
- Own preservation. IL Nill be the fault OF the
Rspublcan party If il should fail 20 use. 10 or
saaize, aud 10 perFtt-sie Il. enoi nous advanta
,es
No such principle has ever before united a.
| arge BODY OF men, that which fires the
| nigh column that nov rallies around the al
mmistration OF Abraham Lincola To tbs col
uun 5 committed thu salvation Of the Republic.
.nd the desIiu ctOu OF the rebellion. The R.
JuOhcAus, not having provoked aud prrc. plated
ne war, did not accept that fearful Issue as =
.neaus iof the abolition Of slavery, nor did the,
strike a. slavery until they saw that slavery vas
ekius for the ife AID : king az the heart OF
he nation. They are not responsible, there
lore, tor any Of the losses aud suffrriugs thar
awe o,tai.en, or NAV b,fal tue rebel owners Of
saves
A little can they be held accountable fo
he sets and words Of extreme huma.iiariaus
ike Wenfsl Philips. H. and his school put
.ne abolition OF slavery before the Uuiou and
~ouid see The Usinn perish % SLAYER, should uot
ir abolished L. 3 hOt - ~lth tn Republican
party. They are pledged 10 the salvation OF he
republic al every hazud. and il depends or
the shareholders % Choose, wn-ther. by obedi
ace Co the avs they have violated. they ali
AVE their peculiar institution, or whether b,
continued teb Lion, they vii. ASSIST Ia or consent
o rs overthrO~.
Tie Repuol cans and loya Democrats, with
such fesi-tvs- weapons these, can, # the,
all administer the Government for generation,
q un- Notning else L. nec r-sary 70 ID Ike
them the great power OF the land. but unity. .-
cg' ny, Consistency. and that experience which
hey ste noW gathering IN the midst Of - many
terrible trials
Il is the daily prediction, So it i tie constant
aopc of the democratic leaders, thar the DAYS OF
he republican party sre numbered, and that iu
s4l a President Ike Horaio seymour or Fer
laudO Wood viii dominate over our desiinies
md s,sisl iu the division or destruction OF the
Uuion. Such n Catastrophe viii lot occur, nov
yer. it TIE men who stand upon tie rock OF
ruth steadily maintain th,ir orgauIzatirn, and
Keep all eye single to he preservation aud per-
.utuify Of our Tree Institutions"