The mountain Democrat., 1863-12-05
A Lame Apology.

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and raShly comrS to their rescue. Its de-
fenSc Of them and apology for their aban-
donmcnt Of principle are anything but
creditable to their judgment, honesty or
patriotism. Says the Bee, in reply to our
remarks of last week:
1t is no evidence Of manhood or vir
tue, or wisdom to hing a dogma for the
dngna'S sake; 10 cling to y 1eah coI s. IS
to mouth aud humble an empty name.
= Those Democrats who
became War Democrats and then Alb
olItionlstS, had their eyes and enr open.
They watched the world moving they
could not stop it il they would and
wisely cOnrlmd, d to move With It,"
Here's a rich confession : TOounce
your principles, although you k"ow them
to he correct and just and g''d, il the
world diS~pproves them. IN eE,ct, says
the Bee, and embrace those that are pop
ular, however dangerous and disrerHtSble
they may be = The world" to Va. the
Bees phrase, at frNt rejected the doctrines
Qf4he Saviour O4 mankind and peVsecWt,d 1
his disciple but they did nA rcnOunee
them in order 70 move With it," They
adhered to them, although they were in
hopeless minority, aOd had HN4hiWg to
hope rOa those in AHth~rity for adhering
to them, but AoSse aud persecution. IL
the editor of the Bee had lived IN tA,@s
days aud entertained the same sen,i.HeHts
be does now, he wOSld have joined ia tn"
popular cry OF "crVciGy hi@''!
At the breaking owt E the French
Revolution trc FreocA people made a
mockery Of religion aHd w~rshipped what
they called Reason. 1t was ortrAscoWS,
SO the good nnrA Of Frame. felt aud said,
but they could not stop it, and, accord
irg to the Bees logic, they would have
acted wisely" had they "concludcd to
move with it,"
But few years ago Abolltionism was
unpopular, and good men esteemed it aS
insult to be called an AILIiV:i~niSt. StnA.
tor Conncss proG-2sel to hate Aboitioa,
lists AZ cMdiAlly a~G d-"or'-e'-l thrm AS
iercely as any De4An~at il California
He said their doctrines were t~rx"rou.
and dsnnAbl.." They are ire >"rse now
as they were then. TheH The AboiitH'a,
lists were ~itnout po~cr n pSt-onHge-
now they have both at their disposal ARD
Senator ConneSs, from the h->t Of N,o
tiveS, Of course, has embraceA their "dan
gerous aud dNmnsbls Doctrines He
watched the worlA moving, aud wisely
conc-ded to move with it,"
:" 1t is no eviiercO N manhood or vir-
tue, or wisdom" to cling to unpopular
principles, in the estimation Of the Bee.
even il thev were promulgated by the
puVest patriots and received the support ot
the wiSest statesmen Of our couatry. We
think differently. The principles If thc
D mOcratic party have Stooi the test nt
time. Had the party that advocated them
succeeded in the last Presiirnta election,
onr coUntry to-day would he Prosperous
and happy. History has vinlrcaIrd every
position and justified every imp"rjant act
"f that party from the orsanizIti,n If ttr
Government down to tn. present time =
, D.. ! I,.,,i,. i IL, {
who anticipate future. aal 10 not ntj CT
I" thc enjoyment Of SELF respect in tIiAe
10 cnmr, should ruminate little on this
important truth. WithuMt claiming ab.
S"Iuie ninl!ihiIity, the Democracy have
right to dwell with Nali faction and pride
upon the fat that their success has been
uniformly the prosperity and progress Of
the country and the increased heppincSS
vi the people that their cardinal piinci.
pies have passed into laws; that their
theories OF SelG-gmern".eWt have heco.ne
the well settled CO virtions of anti rnnn.
nlchists all the w"rid nver. They can
therefore bear rcprosch with comparative
indifference" They know that their
principles possess vitality which can
never be weakened either bY cautnny or
defeat. They know that if the people
were fetterless and free they would
indorse them t. morrow. They can safe.
ly rely on thr sober second Thought Of the
peo lle. Their ranks are not made uD of
political adventurers and pendicantS, no
watch the moving of the world and
"move with it," without regard to prin-
clple or honor. In the latter class the
Bee, in its lame apology, has placed the
"War Democrats"
PoLIrICAL PARSONS. We commend to
our political parsons the following Senti-
mcnt uttered by Father Byles, the first
pastor of the Park Street Church, Boston
What rtbuke it is TO preachers Of the
Star King order 81 have thrown up four
breast works, behind which have en-
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