, 1863-11-09

should always mean, the steady assertion |
Of the superiority Of Man over his acci-
dent, the constant and progressive expan-
sion Of the rights Of the individual, and
the consequent withdrawal of the govern
ing power from ali. interference with indi-
vidual development, no matter what
direction 1t should take, so that it
:tzenehed not upon the rights inherent in
others. It asserted the freedom Of all men,
as fundamental principle in its creed;
and 1t looked forward to the glorious day
in which just Legislators, the choice Of con
stituents jealous Of their own nights and
obscrvant Of the rights Of others, should
declare asthe nacred, irrepealable and fun
-,damental law Of the land, that the, sole
province Of Government was the punish
::ment Of offenders against the persons aud
property Of the governed The original
temple had no niche tor the vices that have
been therein enthroned, no pedestal On
which class Legislation could be erected.
no. altar upon which the monsters who buy
): and sell men could offer up their unholy
sacrifices, and never. WIS it intended that,
beneath its portico, Wrong should be enact
: ed into statute, and held up for the wor~
ship of mankind. We all know how that
Democracy has tailed how signally and
how shametully; how It has been the loud
denouncer Of the principles upon which
Jefferson built; how 1t has become an op-
!, preesor and q. tyrant, the parent Of ms
government and the defender OF the cruel
lest and most monstrons wong Of all the
- ages Our readers need not be told why
:: it failed. ~ :. >... go
The war which has caused such an up.
heaval and such profound revolutions in
cthe action Of parties, has not touched the
,so7ca1led Democracy with mere feather.
So rotten q thing could not stand the shock
of the encounter with betrayed people.
It has been virtually dissolved. a few base
men, mainly traitors, have seized upon its
machinery, and, with the art and ability
that would hare advanced good cause,
have made it an engine Of mischief, threat
enmg at one time. SO potent were their
fa1sehoods and 50 specious their professions,
to destroy the Government and bring in
anarchy for the cursing Of the land. But
it is sign Of health in the body polite,
: accepted with thanHu1ness, TINT, in this
crisis, other men who have saved the eparty
from utter contempt, who, in spite! Of its
practices and changed belief, have secured
its t1iumphs, have stepped forward to re-
organize 1t On broader, more comprehen-
{ 1sive and purer basis. to bring back its
-r standards which now ado1n traitorous
. camps, and to male-it q helper in the re-
generation OF the Republic. We bid them
God speed in this generous and patriotic
work. They may not be able to attain the
good that Mr. Jefferson saw afar off; but
they can be instrumental in saving the only
country and the only Government in the
world, wherein the trial Of Democrat the
ostes is yet possible. And we doubt not
they.will. But they must preach the true
faith, and all the faith. Any reservations
In favor of that old tyranny that op-
pressed and !. finally crushed the
party-any lingering lore for the poison
which has corrupted and well nigh de-
!; :Bt1oyed the country, will be fatal. True
Democracy.-the right Of each man to Own
himself, and American slavery the right
ofone man to OWL all other men whom he
-s ran buy, are as incompatible as life and
death; and, in this fearful struggle, one or
.t-
i the other Of these must 60 down. It is
: probably reserved for the War Democrats
OF the Northwest to choose between the
two-choose, not only for themselves and
80 their children, but for ten generations Of
= 1nen get unborn. We believe that we
know where their choice will fail.