The mountain Democrat., 1864-01-16

est rock yet found in this richest of local
tiles. Mr.. Clark, the courteous supcrin.
tendent takes pride, as well he may, in
exhibiting such samples of ore.
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The Democracy and Their Nance
Where -EAey Got Il.
The following excellent article we clip
from the Cincinnati Enquirer. 1t contains
world Of truth
General Sam. Cary-called General By
courtesy, for he takes good care to keep
out of the armv-chargcs the party that
supports MIR. Nalandigham with having
stolen the name of Democrats. Stolen
from whom he does not tell us.
Not certainly from those that preferred
civil war, involving necessarily the sacri-
tice Of hur dreds Of thousands Of lives, and
public debt Of thousands Of millions of
dollars to pcactable adjustment of our
difficulties.
Not from the party that signalzcd the
first year Of its accession to power by the
overthrow Of those guarantees Of personal
freedom that the Constitution had thrown
around the citizen.
Not from the party that patterned after
Louis Of France, whose letters de. cachet
ard l'a>tle became Infamous in history.
Not from the party that arrests citizens
at the dead hour Of hight breaking open
doors aud violating the sanctitv Of home
and transporting them out Of the State
Wi!hpIt warrant If law.
Not from the party that imprisons citi-
-, H., = L.. l
lrlSeS r,rm after months Of detention
without trial, and withou: knowledge as
t. WHO Wtre t..r;r accusrrS.
y; from the party that, when citizens
were arrt' ari'y arrested ANA imprisoned,
a.I Wnu rHI.oyeI coun-e! for their own
protection and relief, varied the unlprtu-
nate victims that TO employ counsel would
o"ly aL-ravate their condition and post
loue their release.
Not fom the party that issues n war
policy, and thea follows it with a military
order threatening any citizen who shall
talk of ueh war policy di>approvingly,
with trial and puaishln: by military
commission.
Not from the party that tramp.eS oa. the
writ OF ha''cas c"r,'u>, and threatens the
judges who may issue it with military
punishment.
Mt from the Iarty that claims for the
President durin. Il rebellion unlimited
power 70 Do As Ia p.ca,,S, r,sa!d d,o,S of
con>thrii2aaf restraints.
Not from the pan is whose Prime Minis
t-r, -sho4s that the prc>iItnt had more
power than the >o.cici:n ot England, de-
cared 10 a representative OF tic latter that
he-the PriIne Mini>tcr-could touch a
bc,l on his right hand and have arrested
3. c.t:ln # O.io, anl touch another on
.I~ III. aad base ARRESTED l c.liA.n uf New
York.
Mt from the party that tramp.eS under
foot the ir,e.,r. Of speech, Of the press,
and Of public discussion, and declares that
these great rights must, during a rebel
ion, yitId t" military necessity the mill
tary being the judges Of that necessity.
Not from the party that has humiliated
the manhood Of tAc American people, by
requiring them, at the point Of the bayo-
net, to submit to what would have moved
a European public to revolution.
Not from the party that stations armed
soldiers at the polls, to intimidatc the vo-
lcrS and cyerawc the judges Of election.
Not from the party that believes the
blacks the equals Of the whites, and strives
10 place them on the same level, though
at the expense of Il ruined ountry and an
impoverished postcrity.
Not from the party that won its "tirst,
last and only victory over the dissolution
Of the Uuicn.'
Not from the party that aims to change
our form of Government from a Republic
to consolidated Central Dy>potism-
from a strong people and mild Govern
ment, 10 weak people and strong Gov
ernmcnt.
Not from party that sent this glorious
country on the wn.hill to ruin, and
then turned in and robbed and plundered
it while they were destroying it,
Not from the party, we repeat, that has
committed these crimes against constitu-
tional rights and personal freedom
against civil liberty against humanity.
The supporters of Mr.. Nallandigham
have not stolen the name of Democrats;
they inherited it-inherited it from noble
men-men of brains, Of sound practical
sense. of stateSmanlike vicws-men who
established great Republic on the
strongest Of human foundations consistent
with the greatest persona! liberty Of the
citizen, mutual interests and mutual af-
fections.
The unparalleled growth Of the Repub-
lie and the general prosperity of the peo-
pie during sixty years Of Democratic adj
ministration Of the Government, demon
s;rate the wisdom of the principles of the
Democratic party as enunciated and prac-
ticcd by Jefferson, and Illustrated by the
party from his day to the present.
With the election Of Mr.. Lincoln, the
people decided upon radical change in
tho policy of the Government. Cary did
his best to bring about the change and to
inaugurate the new policy. The country
is now reaping. in tears and sorrow, in
aliliction and humiliation, the bitter fruits
of that change.
One thing is certain, no party, at any
day in the future, will steal the name Of
the present Republican partv. as no one