The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1864-01-22
WHAT THE DEMoCR VIC PARTx
atASDONE FOR YuF COUNTRY.


= TO the time Of the rebellion, is fl
vorite theme wi b Democratic poll.
ticians. They Of course attribute all
the prosperity the couDtry has enjoy.
ed for thirty years, 90 th. fact that the
Democratic party for a majoy part OF
TINT time administered the Govern
ment.
hE We acknowledge that the country
has enjoyed q degree Of prosperity
since the forplation of the Democrat.
ic party, but that prosperity is no
more to be credited to the Democrat
ic party than the potato rot is TO be
charged to theln. The country has
prospered IN spite of the Democratic
party, not because of it.
The institution of slavery is pccu.
oliarly a Democratic institution. De.
mocracy has taken it under its wings
has been its guardian angcl-has fos
tered and protected it--has been its
nurse and champion.
-fi Wherever this Demoeratic institu.
tion has existed and fourished there
has been no prosperity; and wherever
it has not been protected, there has
been such prosperity as the world
never saw.
The Southern States were emphat-
ically Democratic. For years they
owned and controlled that parity
shaped its policy and made its prin
ciples. The New England States on
the other hand were anti slavery, and
consequently anti ti-Democratic Look
New England has prospcrcd beyond
all precedent Her soil is barren and
sterile---her climate rigorous-she is
without mincrals-she possesses none
OF the elements of wealth or great.
ness; yet New England, under the in
flnence Of free institutions, possesses
more wealth. has more of the elements
of power and greatness than all the
Z slave States combined. Massachu-
setts shows regular increase from
year to year; while Virginia, once
the greatest of the sisterhood of
States, Is now almost the least So
much for the effect Of purely Demo
cratic institutions.
The rule of the Calhoun Democra-
cy could not impede the growth and
prosperity OF the Northern States; but
wherever it predominated it blasted.
1t kept the South behind; it kept the
slave States in state of semi barbar.
ism.
But Democracy not only retarded
the progress of the South, but it ma
terially affected the interests of the
North. 1t fastened upon the country
long and expensive war with the
Indians of Florida, to protect its pet
institution, 1t brought on 4 bloody
war with Mexico, that it might, by
conquest, make up the ground 1t had
lost in the race with the free States,
and, finally, when all these cxpcdi-
ents for ruling the nation had failed,
and the power it had so long used and
abused was wrested from its hands
ly an Indignant and outraged people,
it rose in +, bellion against the Gov
ernment, and involved the country in
terrible war-tac end of which is
not yet.
To-day the Democratic States of
the Union, and the Democratic States
alone, are in rebellion against their
Government. To day armies are in
the field with the ayowcd purpose of
destroying the Government; every
'H"h VI "HOii, iiOll Jllc tOiIlllullUcT-
in-Chief to the humblest private, was
and is Democrat, The rebellion is
purely, entirely ana solely Democrat.
ic. 1t was plotted by Democrats
the defeat of the Democratic party
was its pretext; and the extension OF
Democratic Institution its object.
1t was commenced under Democrat.
ic Administration--and aided in it's
incipient stages by n Democratic Pres
ilent and Cabine;--and to day almost
every Democratic State is in rebellion.
and the intensity OF their treason is in
eSsct proportion TO the uDanimity Of
their Democracy
When the accounts are made up il
viii be found that the country owes
The Democratic party nothing but
curses. II has hung like milestone
on the neck Of the country, and the
progress it has made must be attrib.
uted to its strength and resources