The mountain Democrat., 1864-07-02

TIE PROPER Course. There is course
which the Democratic party can and We
hope will take, which will greatly add to
it's already abundant faHe. To the Dem
ocratic party belongs tha glory of having
made our land the great and prosperous
country it was when delivered over to
the hands of the present corrupt Aboll'
ton Administration. To it, as an organ
ization, attaches not one particle OF the
infamy that has made that fair co0riTy
the miserable wreck We now find it.
We have the conclusive evidence OF Sc
phen A. Douglas on this point. The Ab'
olItion party would not agree to "a fair
basis Of amicablc adjustment" of our ma
tional difficulties. THE sole RESPONSE
bility of our disagreement, and the only
difficulty in the way Of an amicablc ad'
iustment, is with the Republican party,
is the positive, uncontradicted evidence
Of Douglas. If betrayed but undeceiv-
ed people shall next November decide to
place again the administration of the
Government in the hands Of the Demo
cratic party-that party of statesmen
and patriots, whose record adornS the
brightest pages Of our conntry'S history
let it be the end and aim Of that party
to restore the country, as far as possible,
to its former proud position. Let the fu'
ture historian record Of this party that it
took the country from the hands Of the
/ AbolitionistS. bankrupt in name and for
tune; that its first act was the inansura-
tion of an honorable peace that its guild
! ing star was "to maintain unimpaired and
in full vigor the rights and sovereignty OF
the States" to quote the language of Gen.
jackson; that it re.estahliShed trade be.
tween the North and the South; that it
restored the friendly relations which
formerly existed between the two sec
tions; that it abolished the infamous spy
system; that it rebuked military AFRO,
gance and made it subordinate to the civ,
/ il power; that it restored gold and >ii
yer currency that it recalled wasting and
destroying armies to the peaceful cnltiva-
tion Of the soil that it reduced the cx-
penstS Of the Government and lrsScned
taxes and punished corruption; that it
dismissed from service horde Of useless
office holders; that it adhered. with ill.,
flexible fidelity, to the compactS Of the
Federal Constitution in fine, that it made
it again proud, free and prosperous Thi>
is the mission Of the Democratic party,
and its past history ju>'ilieS us in aSsu
ring an outraged and tax.riddcn people
that it will accomplish its mission.
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IMMENSE DEBT AND RrISoUs TAXEs. -
Our national debt is increasing at the
rate Of three millions Of collars day
Five hundred Millions" sad Davis, OF
Kentucky. few days ago in the Senate,
"have been added to the immense debt
Of the Government since the first of jan
! uary last :" When is all this indebted
ness to be paid? Who is to pay it,
Can the country prosper under such a
burdens? Let the people, especially the
laboIing classes, who are the sufferers
aSi themselves these questions. Let them
think Of the enormuus taxes they now
pay. and reflect that these are to be doub-
led and quadrupled in years to come, anl
for all there lives, to pay the wa>tefnI,
corrupt and reckless expenditures Of the
pnhlic money which characterize the Al
miniStration. Ard let them consider
whether these expenditures shall he con
! tjnued and increased, and their taxes fur
! thcr increased to meet them. If they
would not have it so. they must aid in
/ expeling from power the reckless and
profisate party which has brought all
! this ruin upon US. A vote for Lincoln is
vote to prolong the war, increase the
public debt, adj TO the burdens of the
people, and to bring ruin and bankruptcy
alike upon Government and people. =
! These are questions which the supporters
I Of the Administration are afraid to discuss,
and when Democrats call the attention of
the people to them, Office. holders and their
lackeys denounce them as TRAITORS u the
/ Government" thus hoping to smother r
discussion. Fortunately for the country
Democrats are neither sycophants, hire
lings nor cravens they cannot be intimi-
dated by threats nor seduccd by bribes :;
and they will place before the masses the
extravaganza and corruption of the Ad.
ministration. G
/ A BIG LIFT.-The New York Spirit OF
the Times has been one of the warme>t
adherents of the President; but it now
talks in this strain, which smackS CC dis