Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1864-06-04
The War Democracy.

There is class of politicians and Of
people, now very rapidly decreasing, who
exult in the name Of War Democrats
Their organs Of the press are many Of
them, disappointed Republican sheets,
which now talk blatantly about the Dem.
ocratic Iarty which they claim to repre-
sent and IL we should believe their non.
sense we should think that there had been
no change whatever in public sentiment
since 1861 when these same journals we're
the loudcst advocates of the wild Jacobn-
ism that then stalked rampant. 1t is not
neediul TO dispute that point with them
Nor, indeed, is 10 worth while to dispute
with them at all. Day by day, and hour
by hour the horrors, miseries, and crimes
of this nefarious war are preaching their
own sermon to the people of the land (;
and let the campaign iu Virginia end as it
may the time is not far dstaut when a
full reward of fiery indignation and Of
witherDg scorn will be delt out by the
true Democratic party to these Black Re,
publican War Democrats.
What is Democrat A Democrat is
one who believes in the sacred and inal-
ienabe right of sovereign States 10 rule
Themselves /; who hold to the old doctrine
that governments derive their Just powers
from the consent Of the governed who
glories 10 the Union because iss authority
was based only on the free consent of SOW
ereign and coequal sister States and who
hoped for universal happiness throughout
the world, because he saw and felt the
possibility of government established by
, consent, and resting not on force, but on
the unconstrained affection of the people,
Now, per contra, what are these so
called War Democrats They are men
who utterly repudiate the sovereignty of
States; who hold that governments need
no consent TO ratify their powers, but that
which they can wiring frcm conquered
freenen at the swords point who pro-
claim aloud that they desisc to see our
State reduced to be tho vassels of CEN
tral war power; and who strike at hopes
of Democratic freedomoverywhere through
out the world by boasting that they will
reduce the Southern States into tue con.
dition Of another Poland or another Hun.
gary.
Democracy like this mean neither more
nor less than military despotism cloaked in
idle forms Of long-ost freedom, If War
Democracy has nothing better to propose
than this, the people of these States will
very shortly see tho difference between
such piliful hypocrisy and the good old
Democracy of Jefferson and Jackson. We
prefer the Constitution as ii WAS with the
Union as AZ is, to any such amendments
to the principles of both. And if America,
the morning star Of liberty on earth, has
no more hopeful gospel for the oppressed
If the downtrodden nations of the earth
nsust choose between impartial freedom or
democratic tyraIny-better we think they
should submit to Gar or Kaiser than to
waste their hopes and blood 10 win the
tender mercies Of some War Democrat. -
For war Democracy means Mother more
nor less than democratic (!) despotism
and despotism at least looks more respect
able beneath the imperial dadem than un.
der pretended cap Of liberty,
There is much in name. The Amer
lean people love the Democratic name and
for while the name oil War Democracy
has taken very we'll. But it is too obvious
u satire on itself to last long. We advise
its advocatea to give tier rose a moro ap
propriate name. The pill Of despotism
will hardly 60 down with the people, even
under the sweet sugar coating of the
sounding name of War Democracy.