The mountain Democrat., 1864-04-09
Never Despair OF the Rouublic,

great Democratic festival held 10 Colum.
bus, Ohio, on the eighth Of January, 1854;
Mr.. President and Gentlemen: 1t was
customary among TIE Ancients, not only
10 erect mAusolsumo Of stately marble
over the mortal rsmains Of their departed
hG01A but also TO spshrins their memor-
Ablo deeds ln @onnmsnts Of praise s0d
suloGy, framed by the lips Of their most
eloquent oratoCA And the burning words
6FthO sloqueht hkvs outlived the skillful
handwork of tho sculptor. We build
new monument every year, on these an
niveFsaTy occasions. to the memory Of
Andrew Jackson. Like ''Old Mortality"
who, with chissl and mallet in hand, went
among the tombs removing weeds and
renewing inscriptions, these occasions
serve to renew and preserve the memory
In our hearts Of those principles which
breathed from the lips, or were illu:,:;ratyd
by the life Of the mortal e. 70 nuIlifica.
tion and -greenbackS We are again as.
Sembled. R1t not as in former times, to
note !he Increasing growth and strength
OF Democratic principles or the conse-
quent prosperity and happiness of the
country which the Old Hero loved so well.
Clouds and darkness are around about US
But invoke the dauntless spirit of Old
Hickory" to give Us courage never to deS.
pair Of the Republic.
We are struggling on through the
night darkness Of political madness, but
Joy comrth with the morning" 1t was
q hopeless hour Of the Revolution, when
Washington crossed the Delaware and
found hope waiting on the other side
The Eagles of France were preparing to
sweep in triumph over Waterloo, at the
head Of their favorite guard. when Blu.
cher, like rock rising in the sea, beat
back thu fearful tidc-broken and baffled.
Ambition oft overleaps itself and falls
on tOther side. The Administration,
against which patriots have fought with
such odds, has got drunk with blood tn
vOmit crime. Beginning war with the
ostensible purpose of aiding the civil au-
thorities in enforcing the laws, it has
ignored civil power altogether, and not
only violated all law, but tramped on the
fundamental principles OF the Constitution
itself.
The picture the country presents is ap.
palling A deceitful wealth, based upon
an inflated currency, has made extrava-
gance and luxury play ghnStly part in
the grand drama of misery and crime, and
glddy fashion holds high carnival in the
midst Of DEATH. A civil war, in which
the people have been led bevond the bor-
ders Of reason, to the dominion of reckless
and mad fanaticiSm an immense army
Of noble patriots, cheated with the shad.
ow, while denied the substance of citizens
rights another army Of Shoddyites, more
numerous than locuSts; speculation and
peculation; honor for the corrupt who
bend the pregnant hinges of the knee, that
thrift may follow fawning;' exile for the
incorruptible patriot who would neither
buy nor be bought; lucrative seat in the
Treasury Department for CallicOtt; "hemp
or Canada" for Vallandigham are
the outlines of the picture. The central
figure is lank and lean: "honest Abra
ham, in the tender hug Of the Russian
Bear, its jaws dripping with the blood
Of murdered Poland; and rounding it
all is deep sea Of blood, more devouring
than the Ganges, in which American
mothers, as devoted and as deluded as the
Hindoo women, are casting their sons by
the thousand offerings to the terrible
Moloch Of this foul and nost unnaturl
war.
On such foundations have been reared
. more than imperial dynasty, which
vaunts itself and dareS a world to arms.
But let him that standeth take heed lest
he fall. 1t was in the hour of that wick
ed triumph. when he sat upon his throne,
clothed in royal apparel, and heard the
multitude proclaim him God, King Her,
cd was smitten by the Angel of the Lord
and devoured Of worms. And Abraham
Lincoln, Of whom it may be said, as it was
of another, that having obtained the ia,
vor Of faithful and conhding people, he
used it to inaugurate civil war. restore
fanAticism, and bring every kind Of evil
on people who had committed no fault
except that of giving credit to his oath,
may we'll take warning
The spirit Of American freedom, clad
with garments rolled in blood, with care
marks on her forehead, and the traces OF
bitter tears on her fair checks, stands BE-
fore the bar Of the Eternal to condemn
him. In her hand is broken diadenI,
from which has been stolen the crown
jewels free speech, free press, habeaS
: corpus, trial jury It that were wont to
e fash their cOmmingled radiance from her
8 brow. And on the snow white surface
s Of her painting, palpitating bosom, is re.
A.. vealed the deep and damning mark winch
+. DeSpotism's iron heel had planted there.
r She calls aloud for vengeance on the head
= OG him
Who owes bis greHsDess to his country
ruin"
When the crash comes and Come il
: mus the time will have arrived for states
| men and patriots, who believe with Jack
: son, that the Constitution can not he
! maintained, nor the Union preserved bv
ers confide1 Ia the General Government
. to find = way for the country out OF
this wreck TO iSe in.
1t win he their high task 20 rrunitr the
\ shattered fragments of the temple ni
American Liberty, and rear il once again,
: in its original beauty and perfection
Democrats imbbe the spirit of Ma
poleon'S war worn veterans and their
heroic motto, "The Guard dies but never
suITenders. But you will not lail in the
end. Jackson is dead The clash and
cIangor OF this fratricidal strife. daring to
invade the quiet precincts Of the Hermi,
tage, where his bones repose, were not
able to arouse him from Els slumbers.
"After LIES Rtful fever be sleeps we'll" q
II But his principles. which have been
the very life blood of the Republic, send
ing health and prosperity from centre to
extremeties-they are not dead-these