The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1865-12-13
The Highland Democrat.

The Highland Democrat.
Our friend of "Auld Lang syne'-Colo-
mel SAN. PISK-has agidp mounted the ed
itorial tripod lie has COMMUNICATIVE pub
lication of the Highland Democrat. at
llillsboro', in this State, the first number of
which we have received The Colonel Is n
sound Democrat, racy writer, and has the
ability to make n good paper, We extract
the following from his opening address. II
has the ring of the true old-lashioned Dem-
ocratic doctrine, aud we commend If 10 the
careful perusal Of ourreadcrs: fHt 1
Upon the existing state of parties IN
Ohio. aud throughoat the country, much
might be appropriately said, on this ucca-
sion but it would extend this address be-
yond the usual limits Allotted to such hoRi-
lies, therefore, let il suffice 10 say, that tle
idea which some illy Informed political
parasites have attempted to pronulgate,
that the Democratic party is dtdd Is mere
chimcra of The brain that has periodically
afflicted that race ofbf,eis for the past forty
years, to say the least of IT,
The same song has been sung on every
occasion, when the opposition % the DcmOc-
racy have either hy fraud or accident
happened to elect "A President, since the
days of the elder Adams. Federalism. in
some one of its various guises. have never
failed to have the Democratic party dead
dt,d buried at every period of time that Il
has had temporary success since the days
Of Jefferson; but the people have never yet
failed to FcSHrrect its dcfilnct body. and
ReUer loiH.
"AbolitiOnism and iilnaticism, though
triumphant now, are doomed to II speedy
and a certain defeat. aud au overthrow that
will be more hulniliuting IN its results than
any calamity that has ever yet come upon
| the Democracy; because IL will not only
die, but be buried sO deep beneath lis own
corruption, that the hand of resurrection
can never raise it. On the other hand.
| Democracy. like the solar king ot DAY
emerging from behind dark cloud. win
shine forth with renewed brightness, diff
lusing its bright rays among the people
and sending Joy and gladness to the hearts
of millions of freeman.
"DemOcracy is uCvcr-dying principle.
1t Is lasting rs time; firm ~ the everlasting
hills; fixed as the laws of the Mcdes aud
| PcrsianS, aud rs immutahle nS the principle
of Eternal Truth itself. 10 talk of party
imbued with such principle AMI governed
| by its unerring dictates, being dead, is but
sheer nonsense. II will rise in due season,
| as in times past, stronger and more potent
than before roll back the tide by which il
was submerged for n season, and again
stand forth in all its dignity aud grandeur.
as powerful and unconquerable as L. was
before the Rebellion. Flf H.ii
"A consciousness of this fact is what so
sorely annoys and pcrpleXesi certain ledderS
of the self-styled Union party mt present.
| They see the ominous hand writing upon
the wall, and know that their days are
numbered. The people know this. and In
due season will give all such men to under
stand that " Democracy carries the llag,and
keeps step to the music of the Union :" that
their services TO the Government can be
dispensed with, and that the Democracy
are rs far from being dedd non, ms they were
at the close of the Administration of Pres
ident Tyler.
"The party in power will end its career
In less than four years-perhaps in one.
Held together by the love OF office and the
cohesive power of public plumber" alone,
1t cannot, and will not, long survive IL
will fall to pieces of its own corruption,
and the conservative men of the country.
the pure, patriotic, and incorruptibIc Dem
ocracy again come into power; the FEEDER
alism, in its new guise and all its dctorInity,
will again attempt To hide It's hidcous head
| in confusion, sham and despair This
change is as inevitable as the end of time,
and no rational man can, for a moment,
doubt it. The history of parties in this
country fully justifcS such "A prediction,
and nothing short ofS.a total destruction OF
| our form Of Government by the party in
power, or the interposition of Heaven, can
prevent its recurrence again."