The mountain Democrat., 1865-07-22

this city on thursday next The De
mOcTacy are not dead, not conquered, moi
even inundated. They know that they
are right, and that the masses will soon
become convinced Of that fact and flOck
to their standard. There is q potency IN
their party name which Is irresistible. -
Power, threats, violence have in vain
endeavored to render it odious. 1t stands
as fair to-day as it did in the hour Of It's
brightest triumph.
We have but q short time in which, to
prepare for the September election. All
elections are Of importance, but this one
especially so, because We have, in addition
to our legislative ticket, County and
Township officers to elect. 1t will de.
volve upon the next Legislature to cleo,
9 United States Senator. and If the Dem
ocrats are true to themselves they may
elect one of their own number. The
"so,cAlled Union party" is tottering to
its fall. 1t sis made up Of factions, Of
discordant elements which cannot har-
monte. 1t Was organized, so its leaders
announced, "solely for the purpose Of
putting down the rebellion" and as the
rebellion is put down there is no longer
any use or necessity Of its existence. -
This fact was virtually admitted and for
chilly illustrated in the Convention which
met in this city on Tuesday last. The old
line Republicans carried it by 4 decided
majority, and they ostracized the Doug.
las Democrats. They demonstrated by
their action in that Convention that they
acted as a distinct hody-that they had
no sympathy for and no affinity with
Douglas Democrats - that the object
which brought them together and Undue.
ed them to act in concert no longer ex-
listed that henceforth Douglas Democrats
would be allowed to vote their ticket but
would not be permitted to hold any pc
sition-and that they could not look upon
nor treat Douglas Democrats as equals
Every nominee declared, and the dcclara-
ton was received with applause, that he
had always been Republican-that' he
had never voted Democratic ticket, and
that the very name of Democrat was obi.
Gus to him. Judge Dean, Douglas Dem
ocrat, in supporting motion of Robert
Bell, Douglas Democrat, that the town,
ships should select and not the chairman
their own Committeeman and delegates,
stated it twas more Democratic, if the
term was not Objectionable in this Con-
vention," and the remark was greeted
With laughter and sneers and cries of I" it
S Objectionable" Every motion made
~ a Douglas Democrat was either not
ruled out Of order or voted
Town. When we speak of Douglas Dem.
,crats We mean those who had always
been old line Democrats, and not old line
Wings and Know Nothings Of the Mccall
um stripe, who affiliated with the De-
nocracy solely to be on the popular side.
When the Union party was organized
portion Of the Douglas Democrats united
With their Democratic brethren, and have
Ilways been treated BY them on terms of
perfect equality another portion affiliat-
ID with the Republicans for the sole pur.
,ose Of crushing the rebellion. Those
Who affiliated With the Republicans, hav-
ng accomplished their object, can now,
With perfect propricty and in good faith
from an organization which
treats them as interiors and differs essen.
tally from them on principle. They
always claimed, when acting with the
that they were Democrats;
md the Republicans, in their late Con.
rention, treated them as outsiders. Do
not the Republicans boast that they
Ire old line Republicans and that they
never voted Democratic TICKET? They
old line Republicans and Douglas Demo
:ratS) differ essentially on the great ques.
lion Of granting the negroes the right of
suffrage the former agreeing with Chase,
Sumner & Co., in favor Of the PROPOSE
lion the latter with their great leader,
who DECLARED that "this is q white mans
founded by white men, for
the benefit Of white men and their pos
terity forever" Men who differ thus
radically can not consistently act togeth.
err. Democrats who entertain Douglass
on this question-and they all
do-can. should and, If we mistake not
The signs Of the times, will act together.
Therefore, the Democracy should at
once organize for the struggle. They
should begin with q determination to
make thorough canvass Of every town
and precinct No matter how strong or
weak you may be in your own precinct,
Democrats, it is duty you owe to your
Democratic friends in other precincts, to
be ever active and vigilant. Don't relax
your efforts because you are sure of car
rying the precinct or sure to be beaten.
Do the best you can under all circum-
stances, and ever bear in mind that you
ire contending for principles which are
Is immutabIe as truth and as enduring
IS time" A gain of few votes in each
precinct will give US the county. And
nov is the time to work. Thorough,
systematic organization and canvassing
will decide the question. A thorough