Weekly Trinity journal., 1864-04-02


edited by one who loves his country above all
else:
! In reading over the names in directory how
previously disappointed we would be, if we took
the names therein representative of the indi-
vidual, or that the person would be of the char
acter Of which the name was suggestive Now
it is precisely the same with the names given to
or assumed by political parties in this country
The name does not represent the principle-the
individuality of the party Democracy, for in
stance, is supposed to be the freest and most
popular form of Government springing directly
from all the people but Democracy as we find
it in the present day, is Numerically opposite
to this Democracy now means the aristocracy
! of denominant race, and the enslavement and
degradation of the laboring class. This is not
mere assertion, but fact, based upon high au-
thority, for John c. Calhoun, the father of mod
ern Democracy, stated in a letter written to Com
modore Stewart in 1912, - That we (the De-
mocracy) are essentially aristocratic cannot be
denied Republicanism which was once
supposed to be antagonistic to Democracy, has
assumed the most important principles of that
party, and is now more infinitely more democratic
than the modern Democracy itself.
No branch of study is more interesting or in
structive than that Of tracing the rise, fall and
change of party names in this country. and the
cause that produced them.
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the ranks of the old Federal party, with its
llamiltons and Adams? What thick halo OF
patriotism envolve around the old Wing party
with its Clay and Webster? Then what fame
and honor hover over the ranks of the pure old
Democracy--now, alas ! SO degcnerated; OF
which nothing is left but its hollow sounding
name. What lesson the fidelity of majority
of our adopted citizens to the cause OF the Union
teaches us, when remember the mistaken poll
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of the power of the traitorous bogus Democracy
over the minds of the ignorant of this class OF
citizens. may be traced to the memory OF know
nothingism. What an example Of the inherent
strength and power of our nation the thirst for
freedom. and the determination to possess it, by
its people is presented in origin, rise and progress
of the Republican party, which has sprung into
existence as a party within the past eight years ;
though the principles that govern it are as old AS
man s love for liberty and independence. Prin-
ciples that were professed and acted upon by the
founders of our country, and the noblest of its
patriots since its foundation. party which
has arisen from the corruptions of the modern
bogus Democracy. just as the most fragrant of
flowers spring from the putriscent compost heap.
Then what change. q study of this subject
will show. has been effected in the minds of the
masses of the people in regard to the name and
principles of the . Abolition party How many
hundreds of good and virtuous citizens have
been murdered, tortured and treated with every
ndgnity, for utterng sentiments which were
construed by ignorance and sellishneSs into
" Abolitionism,' which, by large class, was
considered far more infamous than murder or
robbery, while indisputable facts prove that the
greatest names on the pages of our country's
history. were abolitionistS according to the pres
ent acceptation of the term. The immortal
George Washington himself, truly the father of
our country, wrote against this very institution.
in style. that had he lived at his old home,
Mount Vernon till to-day, he would have gained
for him Il halter or coat Of tar and feathers as
an abolitionist. His original writings on this
subject are still preserved III the library OF the
Boston Athrncum.
Thomas jefferson, who truly the father of
true Democracy on this continent also wrote
against slavery. His q Notes on Virginia,
written in 1900 are as much opposed to slavery
as the recent proclamation of his prototype,
Abraham Lincoln. And so popular was this
work of Jeffersons at the time it was written
SO DESTROYS were the people in those days for in
formation as to means of aboishing that in
stitution which is now deluging land with
blood-that no less than seven editions of the
= Notes were published within ten years
Those who are acquainted with the history Of our
country cannot fail to remember that the famous
:. Gabricls plot which threatened to make
the iowery fields of the South the scene of a
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crson and his friend Calender, because Of their
writings against slavcry-bccausc Of their aboli-
/ tonsm--as it would now be termed.
! Then. who that is loyal to the Government
and loves the free institution that Government
! secures. can ponder over the causes that give
rise to the great UNION PARTY of to-day. and fail
10 thank his God that that the people, after halt
a century of gross neglect and disregard of their
dearest rights still harhored in their breasts the
germ Of patriotism and the love of liberty
The future historian when recording the events
now spring-whlc depicting scenes of noble
heroism and the spirit of self sacrifice existing
among the defenders of the Union. and narrating
events and circumstances, that shall greatly
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people, will also record that for the first time
since the formation of the nation, truly
national party framed, when the UNION PARTY
assumed its present great and inyincible pro-
portions.