East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1865-07-05

From the Journal Of Commerce.
We observe that great many su-
: perfcial writer's and publishers are
asserting, with entire confidence, that
the democratic party is dead. This is
very curious idea and one which, a
great many times before this, has been
as confidently put forth. But as it
has not proved true hitherto, so II. is
d. natural to question whether 1t is true
now, and it may be asserted that the
democratic party is very far from being
dead, and whether forTgoodlor evil, is
likely to survive for a long time to
come. 1t is marvellous that men who
pretend to deal in politics, and to teach
Il 10 their readers, should be found
asserting such a simply nonsensical
idea as this. 1t does no good, but
rather does harm by misleading the
reader and concealing the truth. We
j, do not now pretend to say whether it
= isidesirable that the democratic party
should be dead or not For the pur-
poses of this article, it does not con-
~ cern us to discuss whether the life of
that 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 misled by any foolish notion
that the democratic party has ceased
to exist, or has ceased to be a great
power in the country. The Presiden-
tial election of last fall showed no
signs of weakness in that party
y, Their defeat was not so great as to
give any ground to the idea that they
are demoralized. On the contrary,
the remarkable. fact stands out, that
with the gigantic powers welded by
the administration party, with more
than million voters actually under
the military control, or in paid employ
of the administration, the democratic
party nevertheless polled very nearly
.one-half of the entire vote of the loyal
States. This does not look like a
dying or dead political party. He
will count without his host who omits
an the reckoning of American affairs
this very important fact.
We call it important, and it will
appear so if carefully examined. We
- beg the reader to. dismiss from his
mind any idea that we are writing in
favor of the democratic party. We
simply seek to impress a truth on all
men who are looking at the future,
and we are content, for this purpose,
to admit as facts anything and every
thing that may be said against demo-
Gratis as party. In point of fact, il
we could have our own way, we would
sweep all political parties forever from
existence, and forbid them to raise
their corrupt forms in the land. But
this cannot be done. Hence the i'm
Z portanoe Of knowing and estimating
the truth in regard to the democratic
party. During the past four years the
, opposition to that party has been con-
Quoted on the principle that the dem
l. ocrats were in sympathy with the
rebels Of the South. Now if this as
,sertion were true, what would be the
present state of affairsP
The amnesty proclamation has al
ready restored to voting powers
enough men to swell the democratic
vote in the country to an immense
majority over the republican vote Of
last fall. To meet this very idea, q
party seems now determined to intro
duce negro suffrage in the South, SO
that the democratic majority may be
defeated. But is not this idea rather
I..L:---c SS-f.oV 10 ukely 10 De the
influence over negroes voting? Who
that remembers old times jim New
York, can forget that negroes are
very apt to vote with their masters
, Men who imagine that there is to be
negro paradise at the South, where
the negro will be an independent
voter, acting on high moral principle,
inswayed by sordid and worldly inhu-
ences, are very foolish men. If the
issues in the future were to be the old
issues of the past, then possibly there
might be an array of negroes on the
one side, all for one idea, against
slavery and Shareholders. But those
issues are gone by. And this is toll
erably certain, that the principles of
the democratic party are very likely
to be adopted by the employers of
labor at the South. 49,
1t is highly probable that if the
: most ferucious New England aboli-
ZIONIST should buy a confscated plan
tation in South Carolina, and settle
; on it, he would, in less than three
years, be an ardent, old-fashioned,
hard-shell democrat, voting that ticket
and carrying his whole negro vote
with him. For the negroes at the
South, if allowed to vote, will be no
purer and no more uninfuenced
than voters at the North. On the
contrary, they will, of necessity, vote
\. as their employers vote, and as long
as they are dependent race they will
follow and not lead. More than this,
will the anti-democratic men, who
favor negro suffrage as means of
keeping down the democratic party,
please explain on what principle the
negro at the South, who votes on in
dependent principles can possibly vote
for any other party than the demo-
cratic2 Can he be persuaded that a
high protective tariff is for his goodp
Can he be taught that paper money
is better than hard dollars? Can he |
be initiated into the mysteries Of Ma
tional Banks? This is worth thinking
about.
The negro suffrage idea must not
be adopted by men in haste, to erect
an anti-democratic party. The chances
are ten to one that the negro, at his
own permanent residence in the south,
will vote the democratic ticket. For
it is simply true that the democratic