Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-11-20
,rne Democratic Party Without
N. FIXTURE. r ,..-


rHa,n a Future. -iF .aI4
The leader In the journal of Saturday
manning must either have been written In
instalments at intervals, or in sections py
each of the publishers. 1t is bunglingly
mt toeether. to say the least of it. In the
very outset OF the editorial, the reader is
told that the Democratic party is "with-
out a foothold in any State" and that "the
marty has no future" If the Democratic
marty is without foothold in any State,
and has no future, it is somewhat remarka-
BILE that so many lengthy editorials should
he written by opposition editors declara-
tory of this assumption. This editorial
asserts that the past of the Democratic
narty was sin some respects brilliant one."
This assertion is made with no view what
ever of admonishing the leaders in its party
that although brilliant rs their party pros
pects are they may, like the Democratic
marty. be "without a foothold in any State"
in n short time, through mal-administra-
tion, and with no cheer in the prospective
'sfuture."
This editorial further alleges, that the
Democratic party ''had always been radical
and oyerturning in its policy" but that 1t
..suddenly became conservative" and from
having sheen violently aggressive in its at
tacks upon precedent and usage, and pre-
scriptive rights of all sorts,"it suddenly
adopted principle which required the up
holding of all these as Its chief policy" An
ordinary mind would understand, that the
Democratic party are now animated by the
principle of conservatism" That is true
The party has in reality always been con-
seryative; but, say that it has not been, by
the showing of the Journal it is so now.
"Conservatism" we have always looked up
on as a principle. Some may claim that II
is not a very good principle. No one, how
ever, will contend seriously that it is not
principle. Strange as it may seem, the
Journal in the eighth paragraph of its long
leader, start}cs the reader by the declara-
tion, that, bankrupt in power, now, as it
has long been in principle, the party is no
longer able to offer any inducements to the
Southern leaders"
This is not by any means the most sensa-
tional part of this remarkable leader 1t is
to be found in the assertion that the Demo-
cratic party 'became so aggressively con-
seryative that they demanded more for
slavery than the stakeholder himself had
ever dreamed of asking" and that ''in this
,o1y, they so overbMdened the system that IL
,oould hare broken do,on Of It's oaon aceight If
the ,oar had not ,oiped 10 a,ody as acth the hand
of the Almighty"
Herein the reader is told that the Demo-
cratic party had $50 overburdened the sys-
tenn" of slavery that 'itwould have broken
Gown of its own weight" Then most
criminal was the refusal on the part of
the Republican party to adopt effective
measures to avert the war that was so
bloody and so costly. Asa means through
which to work the overthrow of slavery,
it was useless, testifies the Journal. 1t
was in a fair way, and in certain way, to
be 'sbroken down" by the aggressive con-
servatism of the Democratic party" Then
the Democratic party leaders are charged
with having put on an affectation of sym
pathy during the War" for the cause of the
Secessionists for the purpose Of gaining "a
standing place with the South after the
contest should be over" Here, then, is
voluntary testimony, extra 'loyal" in its
character, If there is such thing, that the
assertions hitherto made, that the Demo-
cratic party were sympathizers with Sc
cession or Rebellion, and that they sincerely
wished that cause success, oere false. The
Journal testifies that ''the Democratic par
ty leaders" simply put on an affectation of
such feeling-thati it was not sincere-that
it was sham, put that they might stand
well "with the South after the contes'
should be over"
We might go on and Gull more gems Of a
like character from this singular editorial.
Its singularity may be in part attributed to
the fact that throughout its length, not one
reference is made to either Milton or Bleak
House. rg M a