New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-09-12
VINO ARE THE DEnOcKATss

ing upon the people INC responsibility VI P'o-
teetng themselves. Aristocracy aims to deny
to the common people the right OF voting, or
any voice as TO who shall make laws and fill
Offices. These two opposing principles in gov
ernment are now at war with each other. Alter
the secession of the Southern States, when the
Southern Confederacy was supposed to De es'
tabshed, the leading Rebels threw off all dis
guises and boldly declared in favor of an arstoc-
racy. In all tho leading presses reviews, and po-
ltica literature of rebeldOm, has this project OF
overthrowing democracy and establishing an
aristocracy been declared and advocated. Inc
rebel orators and letter-writers have been
equally explicit. The arguments put forth oy
the conspirators have assumed different forms,
but all have the same meaning pef. DAVIS
rails against tho democratic doctrine OF popular
government, and calls it "the tyranny OF a.
majority" On another occasion, more recently,
he characterizes tho popular will as 1.-THE des'
potism Of a majority" 1t has been iaVorlte
declaration with the secessionists OF the south
for years that government through the VIII ol
the majority must be abrogated." The South
ern Literary Messenger, assuming 10 speak Us
the exponent of the views Of the Southern lead
ers. SAYS: LOT US seek to eradicate every
yestige Of radical democracy, every feature
tending to mako ours popular government"
etc. Again, in the same print; "Ws would not
he understood Us uniting in the belief OF the
impossibiIty Of successful republic, that we
cry out for the establishment OF royalty IN
this free country. ".'' "Wo have no objections
toroyaty when restrained by constitutional bar
riers." " You well object TO the term Demo-
crat"-(says Mr.. Garrett in his letter TO Mr.
Prescott, of s. c. democracy, in its original
phlosophic sense, is indeed incompatible with
Slavery and the whole system of Southern So
eiety: vet, if you look back, what change will
Won find made in any of our State Constitu-
tons. or in our legislation in its general course
for the last Gfy years, which was not in the
direction of democracy" Here is manifested
the same rcpugnancc to the will Of the majority
De Bows Review is equally explicit, wherein IL
contemns the democratic axiom Of the greatest
good ofthe greatest number rs Il" apestient and
pernicious DOGMA" Tho same article winds up
with tho declaration that 'an hereditary Senate
aud Executive are the political form best suited
to the genius, and most expressive OF the ideas OF
the South" The Richmond EIaminer, Of avery
late date, assumes that the principles Of popular
government, and protection to popular rights
through popular government, IL the mistaken
civilization of the age which peryerse genera
ton has lifted mp in the face Of ancient institu-
tons De Bows Review puts in the rejoinder:
The real civilization Of country is in It's asoccy The
nse. ar mode INTO soldier. and artisans By Intellect js
a. matter aud the elements Of made into telesraPhs
sud team eugHes ITO make arisiocrt in tie future
We nus. sacrifice thousand pauper' Ye We would by all
mean. make themnskr them permanent. too By Laws Of
entail and primo ierilre"
The Unionistso Of the South, who for years have
faced the monster Rebellion, and listened to the
roasonings in which it originated, are equally
explicit in declaring the contest to be battle
between aristocrScy and democracy. The whole
intelligence of the world understands it as Rich
ard Golden, of England, understood it when
ne pronounced the conspiracy IAN aristocratic
Rebellion against democratic government"
Wa might compile a volume of the same kind of
evidence, to show that the Rebellion involved q
conspiracy, not only against the nationality, but
against all the principles of republican or demo-
cratic goyernment--that the strongest feature Of
the conspiracy was hostility to the political rights
of tho non-sayeholding masses Of the South.
These were the forces in the South against
whom the iealouses of the Calhounites
we're most intensified. Mr.. Spratt, of South
Carolina, well expressed it in his speech in the
VicksbEg Secession Convention of 1850. He
assumed that separation from the North would
merely adjourn the contest" that, as this
Southern Democracy (alludng to the non-slaye~
holders) grappled Slavery in its homes and on
its hcarthstones, it would involve still more
bloody contest in the future In all this evil
dence, there is manifest and made apparent, q
bloody pre-determination to give to slayehold-
ers monopoly Of political power, and to mako
sroh power tie agency to perpetuate Slavery.
We accept this issue directly with the
conspirators against popular government. If
men, calling themselves Democrats choose to
90 down on their knees into " dir treating" SUBJ
seryiency 10 their Southern overseers, we cannot
help their dogeneracy. 1t may DO fitting at
titude for mon who have no appreciation OF the
term democracy as applied to protective popular
government; but, il We mistake not there is q
power OF appreciation in tho democratized masses
Of the people that WILL sooner or later, spurn all
tbe r,o,oninr and motives IN which the Rebellion