The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1865-08-30
The Democratic State Convention.

The Democratic State Convention.
A full report Of the proceedings Of
this body was spread before our readers
in yesterdays paper. The Convention
was in the hands Of the extremists of the
party. The names of Vallandigham,
Ranney and Thurman were most con-
spicuous as speech-makers and platform
builders. The lessons of our history for
the last four years seem to have been lost
upon them. If they have forgotten any
thing. it is their very large share in
bringing upon the country the caamities
OF civil war. II they have learned any.
thing, it is the art Of CLOSING in fair
phrases the most mischievous doctrines
Of their school Of politics.
Ifany hoped that the Democratic party
had been taught wisdom in adversity,
they are disappointed. If any expected
that the leaders OF that party were capa-
Bile. under the pressure and in accordance
with the palpable logic OF events, of head
ing the legitimate opposition to the Ad,
minstratiou, that is needful to the exer-
else OF a wholesome restraint upon those
IN power, they were mistaken.
We look in vain through the nineteen
resolutions of the platform, and the much
speaking of the occasion, for a single
cordial expression of satisfaction with the
triumphant vindicatiou of American ma
tionality, which, since the adjournment
of the last Democratic State Convention,
1t is no exaggeration to say, has been the
wonder OF the world-which has kindled
hope in the breasts of all friends of Re-
publican forms Of Government, in all
countries. and placing the United States
in the front rank of nations, furnishes one
OF the most splendid and illustrious chap
ters in the annals of mankind.
On the contrary, there is an open bid
for the cooperation with the Democratic
party OF the North, of the rebellous ele-
ment in the South. Substantially, the
equality of those who have fought against
the Government with those who have
fought for it, is affirmed. Insidiously,
the first approaches are made, the first
parallel thrown up, for laying siege to
the National credit. Malignantly, it is
sought to inhame the antagonism Of race,
augment the prejudice of ignorance. and
add to the difficulties of the solution Of
the social and political problems that press
upon us.
There is resolution that the valor and
fortitude of our troops have never been
surpassed, and that their patriotic devo,
ton 10 their country can never be for
gotten, but the men who lost no occa-
sion during the war to oppose its progress
can hardly be suspected of sincerity in
prasing those who have made them false
prophets, and the omission to define "our
troops" as those of the armies of the
Union, gives room for conjecture that
the Intention was to compliment the brave
men on both sides. Certainly, this would
be the logical following Of the PROPOSE
ton elsewhere made, that those who
fought to destroy the nation should in
stanlly have an equal voice, in the ad
ministration OF its government, with thos,
who fought to save it,
The destruction of American slavery
is an event that passes without recogni
tlon in the Democratic platform, and will
the exception of single passage in Judge
Ranney's speech, there was nothing il
the whole proceedings of the Convention
to indicate that it had come to pass. On,
might have supposed that the Democratic
party. for itself, should have given sign,
OF satisfaction that the distuIbng elemen
that had shattered the party in otheI
days had been removed from our politics
that they would have taken the earlies
opportunity to say, with emphasis. tha
It's restoration was impossible, and tha
Democratic principles must hencefortl
be uushacEled by the exactious Of slav,
power. Even If it were insincere, tha
would be policy. But the Democratic
leaders are incapable. whether they stant
or fall, or halt or run, of reading the opel
page of current history, though it b
printed with FIRE.
So they are doomed to defeat. The 10
stinct Of self-preservation of the peopl
insures that Cincinnati Com. AuV. 26.
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