The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1864-11-26
The Present Status of the Demo
cratic Party.

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In taking a backward look at the late
Presidential canvass, and an examination of
the election returns, we are irrcsistably driv-
en- to the conclusion, that every political
principle worth contending for has fallen
away from that party, save and except sla-
very.
| This seems to be its sole motive power
| What an infinite distance it is between Thos
Jefferson, the founder of the Democratic
party, and August Belmont, the present
| leader, and chairman of its National Com
mittecl The former, the great American
statesman whose love of popular govern
ment, and republican institutions, and alb
horrence of aristocracy, made him wish that
a gulf of fire existed between England and
this country. His hatred to slavery is his
torc. and was expressed in terms as strong
and oft-repeated as his adherence of mon
archical government and aristocratic rule
Jefferson reposed entire confidence in the
intelligence and virtue of the people for self
government, and established his princ-
piles of democratic government upon that
belief, which caused those theories to be-
come so immensely popular among the
masses of the people of the United States.
This theory of government, subject to the
dctatiOn of popular niaiorities, was soon
found to conflict with that other theory of
government founded upon class to labor
and Il class to govern.
But seeing no chance to successfully com
pete with the popular principles taught by
Jefferson, those aristocrats of the slave
holding States were shrcwd enough to use
them to the building up and educating a
class of politicians within the Democratic
fold, and ENGRAVING upon the pure creed of
popular government, such other dogmas rs
suited their designs of eventually attempting
the seizure and overthrow of republican
government, or the division of the slave
States from the free, and the founding of an
empire, based upon the right of the capital
list to own the labor and govern the State,
thus creating laborng class which were
the slaves and poor whites, and a privileged
class who should own the property and labor
of the State which it should be their exclu-
sive right to govern.
To educate the people under their immc
date control, and to prepare their minds for
the ultimate design of this school of slave
holdidg politicians, was not the work of
single day or year, but thirty to forty years
| were consumed in earnest labors in this dia-
abolical school. Every appliance of church
and State was nrade use of to prejudice the
masses of the slave holding States against
their brethren of the free States. Those art
full, ambitious men of the southern school of
politics, acted stealthily, keeping within the
Democratic party, till finally they came to
own and direct that party, and use it as an
engine to destroy the government or divide
| the Union.
The teaching of anti-democratc princi
Piles under democratic names eliminated in
1861 in a war on the part Of the slavchold
crs to overthrow the government of the
United States, and establish an aristocracy
founded on slavery. The late election cam
paign and the vote cast, show by the most
unmistak;ble facts that the whole head and
front, end, aim and being of the party which
figured under the name of democratic in that
canvass, was slavery. The slave holding
aristocracy prayed and fought for the sue
cess of that party, every sympathizer with
the Rebels among us voted for that party
and more clearly, if possible, than anything
else, was the entire confidence Of slavery in
that party manifested by the vote it received
in the slave counties Of this State, in Della
ware and in Kentucky.
The Democratic party in the days Of its
pride and purity had no bitterer enemy than
the governing aristocracy of England. AT
the present time the Democratic party has
for its chief, August Belmont, a lame jew
and iligctimate son, it is said, of one of the
Rothschilds, the men who hold the purse
strings of the aristocratic powers of Europe ;
and the Union party of this day has no more
implacabe enemy than that old enemy of
the true Jefferson and Jackson Democratic
party, the aristocracy of England, and
August Belmont is one of them.
any one VINO VIII take the trouble TO run
over the prominent men in the Union party
will find among them all the men of charac-
ter and influence which belonged to the
Ucmot ratio party in former years and in
their place will be found leading the present
slave, and English aristocratic Democratic
party, The scurvy politicians who care for
naught but place and spols.
With these incontestible facts before him,
who can claim for the present missioner any
utilization or relationship with the great his
toric Democratic party Of this country?
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