The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1865-08-12
s. POLICY OF THE DEMO.
CRATIC PARITY

get correct idea of the political autecedents
J of the writer from his article. he may have
been for many years an active and II fuen-
tial democrat, bit for the last few years, we
suspect. he has been pretty deeply IN the
| "lovaltv business, by which We mean that
he has trained with the republicans, supper
ted ali the policies OF the administration,
and COMPOUNDED opposition to the Presi-
dent with opposition to the government"
&C. This crops out III his cant about the
democracy supporting slavery and that
they held the negro had Sc no rights which
white man is bound 70 respect" The demo
cracy OF the orth never supported slavery.
but LET it alone; nor did they ever maintain
any such villianous dogma. 1t is e,.coura-
| ging, however. that recusant democrats 81
| this class, now that peace once more smiles
on The land. "a time is given for calm re-
! Election, beein 10 see the fearful heresies
which this sort OF -litical teaching Involves,
are getting sick of it. and begin TO look,
around for the old democratic landmarks,
longing again to embrace them.
There is butsHne point on which we must
beg save to hesitate about agreeing with our
correspondent. 1t is true, negro suffrage IN
! Illinois would be no very extensive affair
The negroes among are few, and II the
south should become pleasant home for
! them. they are not likely to increase here.
! But tic honest truth is, for tie present, we
think tbs, negro elevation business IN this
| country has been carried about far enough.
| fittings now settle down a little: let Us
whether the negro, in his new character, Is
going to work up OK down wheih he IS
capable Of living on terms OF equality with
his late aster:-whether, in short, 1t il de-
c.ded or not that this is to be nation and a
government of white people, or OF mixed,
raegegenatel races.
Ne agree, however. most fully witt. our
correspondent rs &c the ''iniamous bypOci isy
of the modern republican clamor .or negro
suffrage al the south, while they are unwilling
10 take the came dose for themselves. This
is Justly characterized as 4 sort OF foreign
missionary enterprise to convert the hc:lt.en
in B.rlboll Chs, when worse state d
heathenism prevails at home.
81; the points in the article OF orr cores
pondent to which we attach much more i'm
portancc. and to WHICH we heartily ascent.
! are those in which he raises Il warming voice
against the present fearful tendency of our
republican rulers towards Capitalization;
towards continued overriding Of the civil by
the military power; and towards a pro-
Tonga ion of TIC au., q military rue in the
land indefinitely.
The democratic party, while it always
secuted the heresy of the dissoubility OF the
! Union by state action, and rigidly maintain
. ed the supremacy nf the national govern.
ment in al lis functions as defined in the
constitution. vas also ever tenacious Of the
: right, OF the states, and OF necessity opposed
every unGU. tendency towards Capitalization
The grea. battle with federalism WAS fought
and won on that ii5u.. AID IL is q yillanous
/ talschood tina, these states right doctrines
as t. ght by the democracy, we're in any
degree re ,ponsib. fox the late rebellion
Secession grew out Of Calhou!isn, hich was
state Independence, q hcrc<v the democracy
always condemned. State independence IS
the parallel yxircme of the modern ceatral
z,,ion theories, and boil. are equally danger
oIs Tie Harttorl Convention was every
whit as t.easo lab!c as The confederate con
ventlon st Most gonery. BJtn we're hostile
il al equal de rec TO the constitution and
tie ULioa
This tendency Of modern republicanism 10
censralllLti on is assuming forms which. but
Tor the fearful character OF tn thing, would
be gr6tesque. The y. Y. Tribune demands
that our in lustry should be made tie suljecr
of national regulation, instead of regulating
itself by, private enterprise and good sense
4 tract issued by the 81 Loyal Publication
Society insists OF the establishment Of a
national system of education, with q ''unitary
system of schools, co uprising gym sia.
normal schools, colleges and universities,
the whole to be under the control Of a Secrc-
tarv Of Public Intruction, with uniform text
books throughout, the President to appoint
all he Professors and teachers, post mas
ters AMI lax ga'hcrers are now appointed. The
irzedmans aid bureau is but the forerunner
of a national eleemosynary system, which
already larges itself with the feeding and
othing Of class numbering severa! millions
AID will reach its Climax in the erection OF
national Nurseries and hospitals for found
lngs five affect to ridicule schemes like
ct, however, they ave an aspect sufficient
" serious when we consider that the scheme
to regulate the suffrage question in the souti.'
ern states by federal legislation involves in
no degree less fragrant Y olation of the
genius Of our government, and that the whole
republican scheme of territorial and military
governments for the south are but a part OF
the same system.
\ few weeks ago the whole North confessed
itself surprised at the perfect and universal!
ncqulescence OF the southern people in the
result of Inc war. There was apparently no
repining no suilcnness, bat Il complete cast.
ing behind oft the past aud bending of all
energies to the f:-turc. The whole confrd.
crate scheme had collapsed as in = day, the
southren people acknowledged is .iaiiir., al
mitted the game VS. up, and threw them
selves upon the clemency OF the con0ueror.
Andrew Johnson had scarcely assumed the
executive chair, when the country also learn
ed with no less JOY than surprise that. recog-
nising the alacrity viii which the south had
submitted to lis fate, be WAS prepared to meet,
them in the same spirit. and by a liberal a.
1estv, was about to pave the way for a
speedy restoration Of civil authority, and the
old ard friendly relations between tie south