Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1863-10-05
Fai1h i'm the People.

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Faith i'm the People.
FAITu IN THE PEOPLE is an essential fea-
ture of the Democratic creed. We hold
that they are capable of self Government.
Serious fear, however, is expressed by some
lest the people become so completely over
sloughed by the dominant party as to be
unable finally to re-assert their rightlul au-
thority. Our fathers established free
representative system and, in so doing,
meant that public officials should be mere
public servants. The Government con-
sists of delegated powers alone, expressed
in written Constitution, which is not less
clear in its recognition of popular rights
and liberties, than in the specification Of
its own powers and in this system the
people are the acknowledged sovereignty.
During the last two years and half,
the dominant party has labored to revolu-
tionize our free institutions by changing
the Government from one of delegated
powers into one OF arbitrary assumption,
limited only by the discretion of the Chief
Executive. The fundamental principle Of
the fathers, that the people are the source
of all power, is openly repudiated and it
is against this radical pervertion that the
Democratic party is now battling for pop
ular rights and liberties Since the inau-
gurOtion of this war, the people have q1i-
city submitted TO certain unconstitutional
acts Of the Federal Administration rather
through the hope of a final correction of
errors than from permanent acquiescence
in them. A failure to comprehend this
fact has caused most gloomy forebodings
of the future.
The people are yet sovereign, despite
the tyranny of ABRAHAM LINCOLN and
the day is not distant when their power
will be felt in restoring the Government to
its original integrity. One benefit, at least,
has arisen from this war, in that the is
sues superinduced by it have led the pub
lie mind back TO the time-honored princi-
pies of the fathers the invaluable lessons
of history have been carefully reviewed
the spirit of the past has been invoked,
and under its inspirations we now behold
popular demonstrations witnout a paral-
lei in our annals. We behold the strug
Cling life of great people seeking to over
throw party whose purpose it is to ell
slave and degrade them.
Our faith, therefore, in popular Gov
eminent is ms firm to-day as ever, and om
belief in the efficacy of Democratic prin.
ciples is Strengthened in proportion to the
folly and wickedness of those who would
trample them down. A genuine Demo.
crat has but to look back over the brilliant
path of history preceding this war, wher
the Democratic party administ, .red the
Government in peace and prospe rity, ant
then reflect upon the NAL admin isTatior
of the party in power, to appre ciate tn,
soundness of his own faith.
If the experiment of popular Govern
nent were to be judged of in tn balefu
light of LINcoLN's Administr alton,
might well be called failure; but tn
events of the last two years and hal
have only demonstrated the imbi cility 0
his party-not the incapacity of he peo
pie. This fact is daily reaching I he pub
( lie mind. 1t is the chief elemen in tn
struggle now being waged betw zen tn
Democratic and Abolition pa rites
struggle which, though encumb, red b
all the difficulties incident to str ife wit
tyrany. will result at last in the perfet
triumph of the people. Let this St .ruggl,
then, go on with unfailing energy w
would make no compromise with ,the foe
OF popular Gbertyl
The "HHerO OF VAenna'' Oni Ih
RamanaER.