The mountain Democrat., 1865-09-02
Party influences IN the Future.

| WIN Souu0GiISC ku6k buC DcViVCTUts
ic party is dead. This is . very curious
idea, and one which, . great many times
before this, has been as confidently put
forth. But as it has not proved true
heretofore, 50 it is natural TO question
whether It is true now, and il may be as
serted that the Demo:ratic party is very
7 tR' from being dead, and whetIer for good
or evil, is likely to survive for long time
to come. Ii is marvellous that men who
! pretend to deal in politics, and to teach it
to their readers, should be found assert
ing such q simply nonSenSical idea as
this. 1t does no good, but rather does
harm by misleading the reader and con;
cealinH the truth. We do not nov pre-
tend TO say whether it is desirable that
the Democratic party should be dead or
not. For the purpose Of this article it
does not concern us TO discuss whether
the life Of the party has in it danger to
the country, or not. We simply desire
that our readers should know the truth,
and therefore We warn them not to BE-
InisIead by the foolish notion that the
Democratic party has ceased to exist. or
has ceased to he great power in the
| land. The Presidential election last fall
showed no signs OF weakness in the par
ty. Their defeat was not so great a. to
give anv grounds for the idea that they
were dtmoI alIErd. On the contrary, the
remarkable fact stands out, that with the
gigantic powers welded by the Admins
tration party, with more than N mi lion
voters actually undrr the military onIol,
or in the paid employ Of the Adnhnistra,
li"n, the Dtmoc' utlc party nrve' thele>.
pol e ve'v nearly me hall Of the enti Q
vote Of TIE loyAl States TINS does hot
look like dying "r dead political part, .
in thr reckoning nf American sffairS his
very important fact.
We cali It important, and it will appear
:" # Car' fully cxaulncd We beg IN
reader 10 dismiss from his mind anv idea
| that We are writing ia favor 0I the Dem
o"raric party. We simply seek to i'm
press t'uth on ali meG who are looking
To the future, and We are content, Gnr this
! purpose, To admit ~ facts any thing and
even thing that may b. said against thu
Democrats as a party. In point oi fact if
We could hav" our own way. We would
sweep all political parties forever from ex
i~tence, and forbid them to raise thri
corrupt f,,IuS in the land. But this cnn
not be done. Hence the Importance Of
knowing and estimating the truth IT, re-
gard to the Democratic party. During
tne past four years the opposition To that
party has been conducted on the primer
pie that the Democrats were IN sympathy
vi ith tac rebels at the South. Now II
this assertion were True, what would bu
tn present state ofalFl!rh? The amncS-
ty proclamation has nl'eaGy restored tu
voting poSerS enough men to swell IN,
Democratic vote in the cnuntIv to an i'm
menSe m'jnIi'y over the Republican vote
Of last fall. To meet this very idea par.
" now seems determined TO Introduce
negro .tfrage in the South, 80 that the
Democratic Inajrrity viii be defeated
Bat is not thus ilea rather dubinu> -
What is likely to he the influence ur-'
negro voting. Who that REMEMBERS - ii
tim'S in New York, can forget that nr.
:rorS ar" very apt TO vote with their mas
Ier>? Men who imagine that there is 10
he a negro Varadi>e at the South, ~hrir
! the negro will he al inie .endert vni .
acting IN high moral principle, uuSwae'd
by SOrdid aud worldly II tlurnce>,a ,are very
foolish men. II the Issues III tie future
were to be the old issues Of tbs past, then
! possibly there might be an array Of ne.
gro-S on the me side, all nf nne side
against slavery aud slave eholderS. Bat
those issues are grae by. And tins i
tolerahly certain, that the principles Of
the Democratic party are verV likely /"
be adopted by tn" EMPLOYERS Of the aboI
at the South. II is highly probable that
the most frroc.ouS New England Ab"li
/ tinn>t should buy contiScated pIanta
tirn in South Caroina and settle on it,
that he woal1. in less than three years,
/ br an ardent. old fashioned, hard shell
Democrat, voting that ticket and carry ing
his whole negro vote with him. For the
negroes at the South. il allowed to vote,
/ will be no purer aud "uninhuenced" than
the voters at the North. On the contra.
ry, they will, Of necessity, vote as their
employers vote, and as long as they are
dependent race, they will follow, aud not
lead. More than this, will the anti Dem
ocratic men, who favor negro Suff'agr as
4 means Of keeping down the Democratic
! party, please explain on what priuciple
the negro at the South, who votes on in
dependent principles, can possibly vote
for any other party than the Democratic.
Can he br persuaded that high prOtec.
tive tariff is for his good! Can he be
taught that paper money is better than
hard dularS? Can he be initiated int"
the InvSteri,s : Of national banks! This
Is worth thinking about. The negro sui
frage idea must not be adnrtcd by men
in haste, To erect an anti Democratic par
ltv. The chances are ten to one thai the
negro. ut his own permanent Irsidenre III
the South, will vote the Democratic tick
ct. For il is simply true that the Dem0
cratic party exists. its organization re-
mans the same, it's old machinery i
strong aud active, its wiIv operators ave
vide awake. It's spoil seekers are as VII.
Iannu>lv Shrewd as ever. IT. honest men
are a. ti'm in their adherence to the OLD
dortrinrS and principles a. they were in
the davS of Andrew Jackson, and il
short, the party is great element in the
future Of the country.
How much depends on It's course in the
future may hr sen by S,ngl" $ugge>
tion. We heard a conversation q lew
days ago on the punishment Of TREASON.
Slid one gentleman, Il nope that Andrew
johnson will prove. as hr has bern said
to be, second Andrew jackson in firm
, ness of purpose, and that nothing will
sW erve him from his course" Said an
otoer, II don't know for Johnson Was
educate ID at the feet Of jackson in opp"
Sition to the United States Bank, and We
all know that Jacksou'S t'mneS< Of pnr
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