, 1865-09-09
NEWSPAPER CIRCULATION,
TxaE WORD aDEMocnAT."

Webster defines the WOfQ DcuOcTA1 as e4s
nify1ng one !" who favors the extension OF the
right Of suffrage to all classes Of mcn-" This
definition is justified, mid even compelled, itrst
by the derivation of the word from two Greek
words sieuIfyins the "govcrnment Of the pso-
plc,n which can pcvcr perfectly exist until the
whole people participate In governing In tae
pnly possible way, viz: by voting seeondls,
by The use Of the word In ancient Greece and
Rome, 80 fir as 1t came into use at all third
,y, by It's use in Germany, Italy, France and
England fuuTtlly, by its use In this country,
until comparatively recent period. At tha
time at Which Webster compiled his dictionary.
The foundation for the subsequent prosperity Of
tie Democratic party had been fairly laid BY
the adoption, under the influence Of Thomas
Jefferson, Of Two really Democratic princl-
ples. The liberal extension Of the sudrage TO
all men, without regard to birth, property or
color, formed the priuciplc which secured to
the Democratic party the entire foreign
yotc, md went Tar to maintain Its
asccndcncy. The Decentralization Of
the powers Of Goverument 80
as to separate them as far as possible from the
Federal Government aud vest them In the
States, is, when abstractly considered, a Dem
oc1atic principle, bad not its operation BEEN
perverted by Its being Inde d bu1wark Of
slavery. We mean to say that while il L.
more Democratic, ( C. more calculated 10 en-;
able the people to govern themselves, to have
tlle powers Of government vested In the States
tl,an in the General Government, yet when
under cover Of this doctrine the South fought
in Congress for slavery, and prevailed over
the Northern, Middle, Western and Pacific
States which 80 vastly exceeded the South
In uumbcrs-whcn in fact Il enabled three
hundred thousand Shareholders to prevail
over twenty-nine millions Of non slavchold-
CTS, upon The question whether slavery
should he ENCOURAGED rs national aud extend
ed into the national ter1itories-then theory
which was truly Democratic In the abstract
became monstrously aristocrntic and o1igar-
cllc In practice, |. cit enabled the few to gov
c1n the many, instead Of the many to govern
The few.
There is no doubt that Jefferson, the foun-
der Of the States rights doctrine, and sin
ccre ,hster Of slavery, would have tevo9ted
from II the moment II became cover for that
yillainy. He did not foresee that the dangers
to popular government from Federal usnrps-
ton, against which he sought 30 jealously to
guard the people, were not to be compared
with the dangers from slavery. Hence, In
striving to protect us from despotism in one
direction, lie lent the influence OF lis great
name 10 abstract propositions which cunning
hands pe1vortcd 10 favor dcspotikm from nm
oth.r r,,-+o- Thns 1,r,rr y. et..ra5 -.
c,es~ n ,he svna-cr,tr,,;ea+,on hrt a+,er
~. acat,, r,,-su;,,.. w. corn oor.. x--.,,.na
rs az, the cbervFass.-- -secessso,
11r,rcrSa1 snirocr thour, ahst-o,t7v no,,o.
cratic wn5 ncryr,3ca 1,kr ~ twi,, docsr;no ~
statcs' rirhts. To eerye the slaveho1dcrs- Ief.
fcrson 1ittsc rnt,c;natcd .,,e4 IN. hordas ,f
European fmn1lprauts. tnst oscantn1 from
aesnotism in E,,Tmc and tb. 1c.s ,nfe,rinsnf
portion Of our native born Americans won1d
vote for SLAVERY here. ont of antfna+hv n a
race bu, one remove pooror and tnorc ieuo-
rant u.an themselves, But for forty ycars
fhe ncasc. voter stood upon level with The
negro race the more readily would he vote
for the shareholder. THUS slavery warped
even Wl1at pretended 10 be universal sufrragr
Cbut Was not, since the black race had suhstan
TALLY no yotel into bIlwark Of is own op
preston, and used tbs Ignorance We imported
from Europe to c7slavc tho ignorence we
bred in this country.
Through these perrc7sions Of it's principles
the name democratic" has basnacled on the
slavery party and chung 10 It In every change,
I'LL now 1t attaches TO an organization which
is opposed 70 both States rights and universal
Eulragc, and impcrioutly clains for the Fed
cral President powers Which moi cven the
widest Federnlist would have asked lof hin,
md denies TO the people of tho States, the
frst OF all rights, that Of haming their con-
stituflon. What right can Lie more fundame11-
tally at the bottom OF nI other States rights
than tho right OF the entire people OF State
10 f!unc It's constitution without Presidential
OF other outside dictations What Federal
usurpation can he more at war with the doc.
trine Of State rights than the pretended power
OF President Of the United States 10 decide
for the people OF a Statc. what clasa of them
shall participate in forming their State constl.
tuition, and whnt shall not And yet the Cop.
perhcad organization. which cloins t.States'
1ights' rs one Of Its doctrines, is In cstacles
because the President By proclamation decides
the most Important point in tbe constitutions
OF eleven States. Viz who shall vote for them
uud under tl,cm-,n such. n manner as 10 ex
r]ud.. our millions NJ American c;t,zcns AVID
1ht,r ,.,s,cr;,v tn Al, nnnen,occc forerc,
,ro,,, A., r;oi,, ~ ,,,fr.o.t IT,, 49,. a..;.,
In he 5, yl.5 unanon..,Sn ,,,.s M r+,,cr ,,,a,.
fo,m finn 1bc bc,,rf Tint 4hc Pres,a ent ~ the
United stntes II Tho d,yinc1v const5tntes
powcr to n,okc constitutions for 41,c s,aics,
rather tlan ihe nao,,,s of 4hs,- statoa and
though tic standard dic,ionary of ths IN.
irish 1anr,,orn dpones ..nanncr.,,, "a m.
who farors the cxtcndo, of 1hr Ena1ape In ol1
cInsscs Of mrn ret t1,cSc ,nan d,c,,ncf,v al
to be called Drmocrata because thrv onnose