, 1865-01-06

give its undivided attention to the important
business Of tho session.
HOW TO SAVE TIE DEMOCRAT1C
PARTY.
That there must always be Two polltica1
parties in this county so long as it continues
under free government VIC do not doubt.
Parties so far from being dangerous to ~.
public n1e the sources Of Its equilibrium, rs
the contending centrifugal and ccntripetal
forces Of tic heavenly budies maintain the
harmony Of the universe, Or us the medium
between the Light THAT blinds ind the dark-
.resB lint couccals is essential 10 vision.
While The leaders Of the present opposition
party rnny safcly rrposc On the philosophical
opinion tint thsr. always must be MI opposi-
tionrnrty, IT by no means follows tlint forauy
great length uf time they will lead OF consti*
tutc II. When MI ollmsltioti pariy ceases to
bnvc nny hope or returning ngain iiitu power.
IL fails to 1,tcces ns naturally as tho latina,i
body trcattcs ott It's lust wiicn atl 1lot,u Of
co,iuucrihg its Diseases dfBarlmars. Whitu
tlicse In life 1iuWe1cr ttiefe In tiope; niid
whether the opposition tmttt of four. eight.
twelve, sixteen md twettty teats ltesire stAlt
bc to,t,it4l by dlstsiul Of The present tcpul,.
lren UnlUt t'arty. eutiteQueiit on tho alltttt
jettnse ind tllslai Of tlie present opposition
rntiy, NJ whether The present aHatlllUR lAr.
iy viii ndo|'l.a iWllry wAle' Will drRw away
from lit,t l.r,selt UHDn party sOtrfs pi,Oltgil
ta glyh II fur yeAra ienru llMl ai.eras or
l,nlw nt ssie.'esa wlllrl alnIl" ean maintain ita
yItnlI.y, leImula III tho rnllraa willul, alnlt
nuw lm lllrallrs1 1,y thu 1ulrl,Ala aul loatlpla
at tt,o ui,tu,att,.'. II They pia,il ,lte.uaelvus
IN prtnr'plra .acu'nlcl IN win baols ll,cEr
1ust ip4lnsts Ut ys,te,a Ttuln thu Umnpl
rnnkB, tInsp dr,Iuetattc lusara md inplt,,.
1jcatt guti,B wlituti III lilo l.nHt twelve
tcuts llnvr tilntigetl l11e vnle I'll illu ru.ntry
ir0t1, vote Of nl blt tiircc ytncs tttf l'luttt,
to a tplu of all hit thteo fur t.tnrotn. will
tluw imrk to thc Det,turtntis standard. If
t},py uatscayi. tbs tsel,tllvat parity In sagaul.
II, lit accommodating taIulr pln.tu.na 10 thu
ttlnrEps IT tlte l,e''l'lt, Tiny iiiay, wItilpnl
incHhing III, Their u''ci,ttt mt. ONE liu1ioIpst.
hut INV deeris'ni, 'Hgusttbast'h', rlv. lilo
utAt rttAiigttl. lhlt The ni"rt lu.iFu 0f tn.
l4e.,Vle fur elRNge, thu illere feat|se.,tsa Of
thv "oWta" will Nul eN|1tvv, IA tlpy ought
painfully IN lavn harmed il, tl,u laat eretim,,
it tey still Iul yerap'y tca,at, lAu tin tiylas'
~ Of tlv lnurloan, "ill4er II luNrll ,r tn tl'r.
got, tllry will tna tl.snselyua thrown oy"r-
suH..l fur ever III tayor VI tllosa wht,ao syu,lMr
tAjcs and el!olt ule hroatler III their upptica
TIM to tla whslu tpnp,e, rich mud ltoor,
lortign aud native, black and wit,e, ,ota.| as,.l
free, aud, thereto mare truly DemOcmlir,
and who ut least promise, III the lal,:sl,agr oI
Jefferson, "tlc greatest good to the greatest
numbcr," ant "cYual and exact Jlstltc to all
men,"
The leaders Of tho opposition may rest
assured that tho Democratic party derived its
glory from the liberty loving men who ruled
it for lis first twenty-five years, and only ita
infam7 mud ruin from the slave nongefs who
have controlled II tr.'1n 1Si0. The type of the
fo.r.er was Thomas lcfle. sou, au :Abolitionsst
because lover Of iibcrty and i man whose
symraillics reached tho lowest The type ol
The latte. IS jefferson Davis, Il seccsslonist
a,istocrat, and rchei.
Under Jefferson, his party ruled the coun
try, because lis syinlathics were most Demo
cratic, extending to the laborcs, soldier
sailor, and the poor iguors.ut f.,cyncr, aye
- cyrn 10 tho slave. Under Davis that sam,
1,atty ruined tho eountr::, because its syn,,u
ti1jcs became a11st4claiic, harrow, fcncin.
nrourd the Shareholder only
For twelve years III: Republican part,
las been grcwin., stronger daily by convert
f,om the so-callcd Democratic, because it
s,mrathics CT" broader and trucr, rcachin;
the latorcr, the to1cigncr, the black aud tll
white, the freeman, The slave and the freed
man, tue soldier and the sailor, aud coycsin,
them all with the glory and protecting then
al1 By the power Vi a more thorough nation
allly-