Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1865-05-18
Reorganization Of Democracy.

Many Of the virtuous and patriotic abo-
lition newspapers, now that they think the
war is "all over but the shouting" are man
ifcsting degree Of solicitous concern for
the future welfare Of the Democratic party
that il is truly interesting. For instance
the Cincinnati Commercial, an extremely
bigoted and eccentric sheet, commences a
column Of good advice TO the Democracy
with the assertion that that party went
down with the rebellion, and them proceed
ed to point out what shoutd not be adopted
as the future base Of that party. If the
fortunes Of the Democratic party are as ir-
retrievable as those of the rebellion, and
the latter are as desperate as the CONNER
cial describes, we do not see why that paper
or any Of the abolition papers, should vex
their souls about its future. But the cause
of all this abolition perturbation is not TO
be found in the irretrievable ruin OF the
Democracy; it originates. on the contrary,
from very ill-concealed fear as to its fu-
ture life and vigor All the clap trap and
humbug which the Commercial parades as
the evidences Of Democratic dissolution are
really evidences that no such effect has been
produced Its assertion that the Democrat
ic party was defeated last fall 'by MAORI
ty unexampled in the history Of the ma
ton, is simply an audacious perversion Of
the truth There never was, and there new
er will be, majority Of the people Of this
''nation" in favor of the abolition party and
its crazy dogmas The fact that the aboli-
tion party carried the Presidential election
by three hundred thousand votes out OF
/ three million--in a canvas where the Dem
ocracy was disorganzed and had no platform
and when the administration marshaed
T,,tr b,,Y1raI fhottcnnI civil rftlpa-
holders and dispensed four millions Of pat
ronage per day, is not indicative Of very
healthy political condition on the part Of the
successful party. Take away this monstrous
amount of patronage send the army of
provost marshals, Government clerks,
quartermasters assistants, Government con
tractors, and the hundreds Of thousands Of
other new office holders home where they
can hear both sides, where arrogant Office
holders cant control, deceive or abuse the
: men, restore entire entire freedom to the
prsss-then 20 into fair canvass on any
; uustion Of national politics, and the Aboli-
: ton party will be the deadeSt political or
, paniZation ever known in the history Of this
2 or any other country.
The abolition or republican party is now,
5 as ever, a sectional party. 1t has, it's true
t recently scattered its doctrines over every
State, but they have not been. rJoPd
Z. gated, and they will not remain Its prln
i ciples can never be made to stick except by
e the bayonet The ideas of that party are
: as sectional now as they were when the Wal
| began; its foundation stone is hatred of the
t South. 1t is a New. England party, and II
: cannot endure outside Of New England -
= The notion that this continent can be gov,
: erned, for any length of time, by the mar
: row. bigoted, meddling indicative ond pro
/ uiacial ideas of New England, will be speed
d lily exploded The puritan idea OF Govern
!, ment-which is in brief to compel every
d body to think as the Puritans do-is n
it more fit to control this country than tn
straight Jacket of pigamy is fit to restrain
e giant. The war has, for four years, bee
: the single ligament which bound she aboli
: ton party together. New England as
y sumes the lead in the war, and now tancie
f that as all the northern States followed he
It in this crusade, they will continue TO follow
y the Puritan flag But the end of the wa
d will terminate the cohesion. The Demo
cratic party. as well as the country at large
:; whose best interests are identified with Dem
d ocracy-haveeverything togaln and nothin:
It to lose by the termination Of the war; tn,
: :, abolitionists had everything to lose ant
Il nothing to gain by its termination.
: The end of the war is the end of the alb
clifton party. The Democratic is the onl!
d national party in the country, and it will b.
e the only successful one. 1t is not only ma
It tional as an organization, but it is nationa
J. in its ideas, its principles, its history and it
o aspirations. Its policy is to recognize tn
e rights of all the States and promote the in
y terests of all without destroying those o
d any. Its policy in the future is clear an'
y paIpable That party must adhere to it
ancient principles upon all questions. Thos
l. principle are applicable to all conditions o
L this country, except one and that Is tn
( condition Of an unmiXed despotism. "
:. the question of reconstruction, the natlona
1t debt, the territories, slavery, negro equall
l. ty, the Monroe doctrine, and the rights @
N the States as distinguished from the unllnl
le tied sovereignty of the federal Government
+ the Democratic party has no occasion t
seek new base of operations. The found
alton is already laid, and the Democrat
structure can be rebuilt upon no other. U
the other hand, upon all these question
, save that of slavery the abolition party
without asbase and without sound idea.
New England philanthropy will prove riC
- iculous resource for abolition politician
IN when such other questions as we hay
named come to be considered and practica
a. ly disposed OF.
e 1t appears to us that the republican pa
tv had betterbe looking out for its own ba'
e? which it has itself knocked from underl
feet by its success; and such anxious shee
y as the Cincinnati Commercial would lind
. " more profitable to inquire what they. are I
% do, than bother themselves about what th
st Democracy will do.--Crisis.