The weekly Butte record., 1863-10-31
Political.

we do not consider the party defunct.
It is prostrated for the present by a
complication of diseases. which have
destroyed It's bylaws, but not affected
its constitutional strength. In its pres
ent condition, the most that the patriot
and christian can DO, is to guard the
enfeebled lion from the assaults Of the
braying asses, and live in hope of pres
eryation.
Constitutional Union Democracy
ought today be the dominant party in
the government, instead Of that rarity
which is constantly increasing the diff
culties in the way Of a preservation Of
the American Union. The coun-
try needs their direction and the com
pretending craftsmanship which has
heretofore given prosperity to the ma
ton. The war for the suppression of
the rebellion, and the preservation of
the Union, demand their direction and
vigor. That they are notin position
to be thus effective in the preservation
of the Union, is owing more to treason
in their own ranks, than to the misrep-
resentations of their political opponents.
Who, in the days Of our former pros
perity, would have listened to the mad
man, claiming to be a Democrat, who
should say that the Federal government
had no power to suppress rebellion, and
when rebellion did exist, no Democrat
could favor It's forcible suppression
Yet to this absurd conclusion have some
arrived, and they enforce their disas-
trous doctrine with all the insanity and
intolerance that characterizes the school
Of radicals whose policy is now con-
trolling the Administration.
As specimen of the madnsss and
folly that has brought defeat upon the
democracy, and the country to its pres
ent condition, We give the following ex-
tract from late number Of the ''Old
Guard New York paper, edited by
a fool who writes his middle name in
full, &C. Chauncey Burr), and assumes
to be the embodiment of Democracy:
"What are war Democrats? We occasion
ally hear Of such, but We cannot admit the
business Of the charg". There are DO war
Democrats. No Democrat can sanction the
object for which the war Is now carried on and
20 man can support the war without sanction
ing lis objects. : Bat a. the mltter
now stands; 10 man who endorses the war is a
Democrat. # is falsehood and a fraad tor
him to pretend to be one-as mach SO as for a
negro to pretend to be white man. To be
in favor Of the wtr Is 10 be in favor Of the de-
struction Of the Union beyond all hopes of re
construction. Democrats are for peace. be
cause that may possibly lead to reconstruction,
and because the war is every hour carrying us
further and further from all chances of an hon
orabe settlement Of our troabits.
The platform Of the democracy Of Connecticut
is the platform Of the party everywhere, and
has been ever since the emancipation procla-
nation and the late ireQSonous acts Of Con.
gFeSs. L vii be the platform of the party
which will come INTO power at the next Presi-
dental election as peace party
Bully for Burr! if his peace party
comes into powcrE' But this was
said prior to the October elections
The trouble with this class Of senseless
politicians was that, when Congress, in
July '61, declared the object of the
war to be for "the supremacy Of the
Constitution, and to preserve the Union
with all the dignity, equality and rights
Of .he several States unimpaired.' they
were declaring against war for such
a purpose, and in favor Of recognizing
the Southern Confederacy, and of form
ing treaty Of amity and peace with
them. After such a display Of Democ-
racy, what confidence can the people
have in their present professions of
peace as means Of preserving the
Union? The recent elections, and in
dc,d, all the elections that have trans
pired since the adoption Of the Connec-
ticut Platform, furnish the answer.
There are but few men who are in ia
vor of the measures Of the present Ad-
ministration, and fover still who are
opposed to war for the preservation of
the Union. Had the Democracy plant
cd themselves firmly upon the Cntten-
den resolution, referred to above, the
Administration would have been COM
PEELED to adhere to the policy there de-
clared, or suffered reputation by the