Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1865-1872, 1865-10-27


The democratic party In. the State Of
New York have recently been In con
vsn,ion. A . party, they are there, -
elsewhere, III 81 ssss ID . aisosity.--
They Sigh Zoe the assA pots, and stand
ready 70 sseriAcs every other sossidsr.
alton for saoosss They are very sols'
rant 10 the fosnntie6 Of their ticket,
and weuld ohssrfsIly compound, giving
. generous portion q the nominations
10 their oppoasnss, u hsply By 90 doias
they might secure the balance. Though
sturdy par,isans While 10 power. NO
people In the world better understand
the doctrine that Ihalf loaf 10 better
than no bread"
Well, the New York Democrats we're
last week in general cosvsation, and
they promulgated their new profession
Of faith. or coarse, they desire 70 Gov
Or up their history during the last fosr
year,. OF eessss, hey sxs now vsry
pasriosis. or coarse they IRE AImoss
anything that :psyl sssss To CON nend
them 70 popular seeePtapcs. OF course
they arc very hossst sort Of people
or course. they always were shs most
honest. most patriotic, end The only por
sion Of the people that could safely DO
trastsd with authority. or course, they
profess that "shs rsss history Of the
Democratic party 10 10 BE- fopnd 10 the
proudsst records Of the country, and
that II 10 ready TO meet tho great quss-
iions Of the futars with the patriotism,
fidelity to principle, aud practical wis
dom, that have Characteristic 10 long
and suspicioas Identification with the
history Of the nation"
bat the New York Timss cruslly
dsshss thsss sompIacsns professions
with q few familiar "reminiscences which
I, may not be smiss for The leaders Of
that psrssssioa TO bear in mind while
preparing their foruuias OF pablo pro.
fes'ion. I, 10 gently suggested TO these
gentlemen whose "pAtriotisrn, and sdeli.
" to principle" 10 appealed to As guar.
anty for their good dsods to come.
that.
There 10 no fact In history further
beyond dispute than that the great ma.
jority of the leaders OF the Democratic
party, - II sxisted in 1860, went into
ihs s6tciiion Of 1851. The Vice. Prssi-
dent elected BY h became Major Gen.
eral Of the rebellion, ~ did also lite
Secretary Of tho Treasury, it's Secretary
OF War, and Its Secretary Of the Int.
rior. OF its thirty-eight Senators.
fgenfy-fosr Of them loft their seats 10
enter into tho rebellion--one Of them
10 become its chief, three Of them 10 DO.
como its heads Of departments, two OF
them TO serve Ssits foreign comnsjssien.
srs in Enghnd md Franco. and ievsrai
others TO take t5samiss;ons 10 itskrniss
or 70 be sIeetedto its Congress. or i,s
hundred msmbers in tho Houss Of Rep.
resentstivts, ~ least sixty personally
joined their fortunsA to the rebellion
OF its fifteen Governors, twelve recog.
niRrd and co operated with the JsfI.
Davis government. OF the sixteen
States which voted aRsinst Abraham
Lincoln. thirteen went into the Confsd-
erxcy. From the beginning Of the 70.
belllon to i's clo,e, hardly = man excr.
cised power in il, either civil or militia
ry, who had not been . Democrat. The
Brains and backbone Of tie Democratic
party made The rebellion. ard then became
ITS brains and backbone a 10 hardly .
strain of spsech TO say thst the Demo.
cratic pasty ras the rebellion, and that
tho robsllion seas the Democratic party.
In respec, 10 all the controlling organs
and vital parts. there Was an absolute
identity. IL 10 not enough 10 say that
the Southern rebels were only advanced
Democrats, o. NE might say that the
Radicals Of England are only advanced
Wings, or that the Jaeobins of France
wcrc only advanced Girondins. That,
in itself, would be q hard reproach. but
tho rebels never went beyond or out Of
the Democratic party. They took she
Democrntic party with them, or. rather,
they rers tie Democratic party, only
operating in = military instead Of po-
liticai 6eld. What Was Left Of 10 here
in the North Was only the rnnp Of the
party, disabled from going out Of the
political Geld BY the force Of circum.
stances"