The Placer herald. [volume] (Auburn, Placer County, Calif.) 1855-1991, 1864-09-10
What the Democratic Party has done.

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HON. A. II. Cotiroth, member of Congress
from Pennsy lvania, delivered an able speech
in the House on the l4th of June. His vim
dicaliAn of the Democratic party is bold,
eloquent and true. He says
lie, history speak for the Democratic par
ty. Under its control this nation grew from
thirteen pennIess Colonies to thrty-tour
mighty States Under its control the for
esls, where the red man roamed unmoles'ed,
have been felled, and mighty cities have
sprung up, with their spires piercing the
clouds Under its control the old road wag
on had scarcely pulverized the stones OF the
maradamized pixies upon the mountains, un-
til the iron.horse flew with lightning speed
through their bowels. 1t was under its
control the sails of our vessels whitened
every navigable stream in the world and the
tlag of our country protected American clu-
zens in every cline. Under its control,
when foreign nations we're suffering for food,
the old ocean was made to groan beneath
the weight of provisions sent TO starving
people Under its control science, agrcul'
ture, and the mechanical arts became so
perfect and harmonious that the old world
wondered in amazement at the scientific
advancement of the people. Under It's COM
troll the people of all cimes and countries
were invited to make this their home, where
they might worship God according to the
dictates of their own conscience and under
their own wine and fig tree" 1t was under
the control of this same Democratic party
that vast aud boundless territory was ac-
qured. The great Northwest was moulded
by the hands of the Democracy. That beau
titul country, which was once wild and
waving prairie, is now dotted with Lablta'
tons rs the stars dot the Heavens above us.
and her cattle are feeding upon thousand
hills 1t was under Democratic control that
'empire marched onward" until the flag OF
our country was placed upon the highest
peaks of the Rocky Mountains.
Whose vast walls
Have pinnaclcd in clouds their snowy scalps,
And TIN oned eternity in icy halls
OF cold sublimity.'
Under Democratic rule the monster bar
riers of the Rocky Mountains proved no i'm
pediment to the onward march of American
civilization and constitutional government,
and the adjoining valley was acquired, whose
loveliness and beauty is described as rvaing
the magnilicence of the Garden of Eden.
The Democratic party, not content with even
all these splendid acquisitions, took the "em'
pire onward" and crossed the Sierra Nevada,
and planted the hag of the free upon the
golden soil Of California, giving us domain
of more than imperial grandeur Its valleys
teen with unbounded fertility, and It's noun
tains are filed with inexhaustble treasures
of mineral wealth. The navgable rivers
run hundreds Of miles into the interior, and
its coast is indented with the most capacous
harbors in the world. The climate is more
heallhIul than any other on the globe, the
vegetation is more vigorous, and the products
are more abundant; the face of the earth is
more varied, and the sky bends over it with
a loveier blue. Eyerything in it is made
upon a scale of magnificence which man
living in such a common place region as ours
can scarcely dream Of;
(which his eye must see,
To know how beautiful this world can be-"
No political organization of any country
or age can show SO glorious a record, so free
from blunders and crimes, and so rich in
valuable achievements. The uneXampled
progress of the country in wealth and power,
and its peaceful, prosperous and happy con-
dilon before this war, were the results of the
wise and patriotic policy of the Democratic
party. Can the Democratic party in this,
the hour of The coun,ry's desolaton, forget
its past history The shout of one million
five hundred thousand Democrats answers,
No! The mission Of the Democracy is to
save our wrecked and divided country, and
with the help of God, relying upon the JUS
tice Of our course, we will unite this dis
tracted country in bonds so strong that
future causes will never bring upon us a sepi