The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1865-05-17
Reorganization Of Democracy


Reorganization of Democracy.
Many Of the virtuous and patriotic alb.
oition newspapers, now that they think
the war is "all over but the shouting"
are manilcsting degree Of soIictous
concern for the future welfare of the Dem
ocratc party thatis truly Interesting
For instance the Cincinnati Commercial,
on extremely bigoted and eccentric sheet,
commences column Of good advice to
the Democracy with the assertion that
that party went down with the rebellion,
and then proceeds to point out what
should net be adopted as the future base
of that party. If tho fortunes Of the
Democratic party are az ilrclrievable as
those as the rebellion, and the latter are
as desperate as The Commercial describes,
we do MT see why that paper. or any Of
The abolition sheets, should vox their
souls about it future. But the cause Of
all this abolition perturbation is not to be
found in the irrctricvabc ruin of the
Democracy it originates, on the contrary,
from a very ilconceacd fear as to its tu-
ture life and vigor. All the clap trap
and humbug which the Commercial par
AIDES as the evidence of Democratic disso-
luton are really evidences that no such
effect has been produced. It's assertion
that the Democratic 'ariy was defeated
last fall "by a majority uncxamplcd in
the history Of the nation," is simply an
audacious pcrvcrsion of the truth. There
never was, and there never will be, II MIA.
ority of the people Of this "nation" in
favor Of the Abolition party and its crazy
dogmas. Pho fact that the Abolition
party carried the Presidential election by
three hundred thousand votes out of thr
milion--in canvass where the Dcmocra-
cy was disorgarized and had no platform
aud when the administration marshal.
cd over four hundred thousand civil Office
'oldcrs and dispensed four millions Of
patronage per day, is not indicative Of a
very healthy political condition on the
part of the successful party. Take away
this monstrous amount Of patronage, send
the army Of provost marshals, govern
ment clerks, quarIermuslers assistants
government contractors, aud The hundreds
Of thousands of other new Office holders
to their homes, bring the soldi RS home
where they cau hear both sides. where ar
rogant officers cannot control, deceive or
abus the men, restore entire freedom to
the press-ihen 90 into fair canvass up.
on any question of national politics, and
the Abolition party will be the deodest
political organization ever known in the
histry of This or any ether country.
The Abolition or Republican party is
now, us ever, sectonaL party. 1t has,
it is true, recently scattered its doctrines
over every State, but they have not been
,pogotd, and they will not remain =
| Its prircil les can never be made to stick
except by the bayouet = The ileOs Of thai
party are as sectional now as they were
when the wSr began its foundation stone
is hatred OF the South. 1t is u New En.
gland party, aud it cannot endure outside
OF New Eualrnd. The notion that this
continent can bc governed, for any length
Of time, hy the narrow, bigoted, med
ding vindictve and provincial ideas of
New England, will be speedily exploded
The Puritan idea of governmcnt-whicl,
is in briet to compel everybody to think
as the Puritaps do-is no more lit to ccu.
troll this county than the straight jacket
Of rismy is fit to restrain giant The
war has, for four years, been the single
liIamcnt which bound the Abolition par
" together New England assumed III,
lead in the war, and now fancies that as
all the northern States followed her il
this crusade, they will continue to follow
the Puritan aag. Bnt the end of the wa
will terminate tho cohesion The Demo
cratic party, as well as the country a
: arge-whUse best interests are identified
with Democracy had everything to gail
and nothing to lose by the t'rmi a'ion o
the war; the Abolitionsts had evurythin,
to lose and nothing to gain by its termir
: alton.
n The end of the war is the end Of til
Abolition party. The Democratic is tn
only national p rty in the country, and
: will be the only successful one 1t is no
only national as an organization, but it !
nOticAp in its ideas, its principles, il
history and ail its aspirations. Its polio
is 10 recognize the rights Of all the State
aud promote the interests of all wilhou
destroyingthose Of any. It's pclicy i
the future is clear and Talpablo Thu
: party must adhere to its ancient prime
Plies upon oil questions. Those princ
st pies are. applicable to all conditions ,
: this country, except one, ard that is tn
, condition OF an unmixed drsputism o
r, the questions of reconstructou, the n,
10 iional debt, the telritOii.s slavery, ncgl
equality 1.-The Monroe doctrine, and III
: rights Ut the States as distinguished frol
The unlimited, Sovereignty OF tho Fedc
' al Government, tho Democratic party h,
no occasion to seek q new base Of oper
tons. The foundation is already laid, au
the Democratic structure eau DO febui
. upon no other. On the other hand, upc
all these questions save that Of SLAYER
tho Abolition party is Without a base al
without sound idea New Euglau
philant,rOphy will prove a ridiculous r
source for abolition politicians when su,
other questions as we have named con
Z to he considered and practically disposed
Itappears to us that the. Republics
party had better be looking out forits ov
buse-which It has itself knocked fro
= under its feet by its success aud su,
cd an, ious shcnts rs tho Cinninnnli Cntnnc