The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1863-10-30

worthy Deacon FOrtor, the blackSHlth OF
our village. and his equally excellans wife.
gave to their only son the ephonious aud
scriptural name of Amm. Under their
faithful care he grew up to be nice young
man, whom his fond parents believed to be
ali that their hearts conld wish. He W as too
Intelligent. aud too genteel, they thought to
be put TO his fathers trade. and so, at a
proper age. they procured him a situation in
the metropolis. where they expected him to
rise to honor and wealth as a city merchant.
Unfortunately. the mother. by her fond
indulgence to her boy, had nourished in
him love for the pleasures of appetite. and
in her anxiety to make him gentee., had
taught him to be vain; aud these qualities
are dreadful snare for young men who
come to the city to live. So turning poli,i-
cisn. he, as = consequence. fell An easy prey
10 evil associations; forgetting the honor Of
his psrentsge. forsaking the law of his
mother. disregarding the principles in which
he WAS educated. he went rapidly from bad
10 worse. until place and character. purse
AMI wardrobe were lost. and one night be
was kicked out uf low rum hole. top
drunk to stsgger further than the gutter.
where he lay ins nsib!e until the mornins.
The first policeman who came By, Of
course stirred bim up 10 cosciousnrss, and
as be rubbed open his blearel eyes he ex-
, claimed in stupid wonder: =" What's up
Who am Am | Ammi or am | not
Ammi If | am not Am nj, where am ! ?
Aud If I am not Amn, then who am r.
He was 100 far gone TO return to his native
village as he then was, and few short
weeks IF squalid misery consigned his
bloated and dishonored carcass 10 tie dust
OF Pot;er's Field.
The moral Of his legend il appropriated
TO the present condition Of the sc-calieo
democratic" party. The democratic party
of Jac,; sons day as the successor OF the
repub!icas party of Jeiferson's time, was a
political organ alton formed with patriotic
purpose 10 bring the administration OF our
government into more strict accordance with
the democratic principles which lie at the
foundation of our ins,itutions--the principles
Of equal rights and equal justice to all men.
legislation for the greatest good TO the grea,
test number. and no, allowing preceden,s to
be made for emergencies where the public
safety was in peril and the constitution was
silent or doubtful.
But, unhappily. success intoxicated some
Of the managers into the error OF giving to
the party organization the consideration
which belongs to its sacred principles.
They yielded by degrees to the seductions
OF the slavemongers. who sever we're real
democrats. as it was impossible they should
be, and hually they sank TO the condition o,
mean ofi.,e- seeking and venality. and SO from
bad to worse. until they lost honor. prinei-
pie. patriotism and self respect; and nov, ,af.
ter the Pennsylvania and Ohio elections. We
see them starring NJ themselves in .tupefied
amszsment and crying one to another
cam Ammi, or an / nos Arnnis nIam
NAT Ammi, then who nm Is'' One thing 70;
the party which has Fernando Wood And
valhndi CHAM for its leaders. and Geory,
Iunt and Jsmes Brooks, Cyrus Mason and
Professor Morse for its ceun.eRcrs. win new
ier again Be recognised BY the Americas
people as tho representatives of the demo
cratic pripciplss Of our fathers. Let tA.
memory ol che glorious deeds Of forn-,
days be duly honored. wsile the nov de
eraded organism goes 70 rot anopS 81,
wicked -. ss-l.s- =