The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1865-06-28
The Programme of the DEMO-
cratic Party.

IN dancing TO the tune played Iy the hand
that has the distribution of public patron
age, are somewhat exercised as to the pro-
grlmme and future movements OF the DEM
ocratic organization. 1t always has been a
fayollte method OF warfare with the cpp0-
nents oi Democracy, wien tounderlug IN
mlre and distracted 10y want of wisdom IN
their own councils, TO attempt to divcIt
public attention from tn, nlseves ky direct
Ing it towards others. Like tie cnckoo that
uters its hntes in endless repetition, til, Y
chant the name Of NailaHdgham, i.nd hold
HIM up as All internal machine iulI OF hol-
rtDic doctrines and explosive with most at
troclouS h r'Sies--ass vygIatng with Il stu
pldity Indicating a pcllcranium OF almost
lmp1metrable thickness that \ Nallandighanl
is the Democratic party, instead Of remcnl-
berlng that he Is only an individual mcEiher
OF an Olganzation embracing over u million
and halt OF voters.
The Democratic party has never been
mortgaged to any man, nor tied down to
the peculiar views ut any one, and belongs
to one individual more than does the sky
above, or the earth beneath us. Mr.. Val
Iandigham, in Il recent letter, declares that
he is not fixed i'll his own inialEbihty. lie
has cen regarded as the representative of
Il prtnclptg, violated i'll his arrest and ban
i,hment. The Democracy tuuk issue with
the opposition upon the principle involved
IN his arrest, but with 10 inclination to man
worship. And the political annals of the
country will bear us out IN the asstrtiun
that never Was Il fight more gaIlahty made
than was thls--haylng Tor its purpose the
rlnCicati0n Of the right Of free di, i,cuss,ion.
The Democratic party fully eomprehrnds
the ''tituatlOn. In the adoption of some
particular line of policy it may lave erred
IN the past; yet it can be proudly and truth
fully sand, that it las never sneakingly as
suncd any position, OF skulkingIy advocated
Or endorsed any nIeasu Of public policy -
1t undcniably has the merit Of basdncss and
dett miEation. 1t is a patty of positive
IDEAS and well established principles. Al
though never the advocates Of slavery, Dem
o1lats have ever ever respected the cunSti-
tutional rights Of the States and the per-
s.nai rights Of American citizens. As in
dlvlduas and III their conventions, they
have undeyiatcingly followed the advice Of
jag ek>on, Of Webster, aud OF Clay, wisely
seeking to avoid the eXaSperaticn Of section
against section, and earc,tiy seeking to ler-
petuate our government hy strict oIiser-
vance OF the nla&ims upon whirh it is found
ed. Eighteen hundred thousand men in
the Northern States were CT our opinion. -
The opposition had one in seven more than
we. The Southern Democracy, by desert
ing us, committed the bnndcr of rebellion.
Separation we considered not only inadmis-
sable, but suicidal to the national lie. The
Democracy sought the preservation Of the
Union without reference ts4 he perpetuatnn
or downfall Of slavery. kadical hostility
and fire-eatlng arrogance have done their
bondy work, and aS consequence of the
war; slavery has fallen And, let results be
as they may, the responsibility is not ours.
If VIC have erred at all, our fault has been
too ardent love Of the Union, and a too
profound respect for the Constitution.
New questions are ai>ini --new issues
are springing up. Aud the Democratic
party, essentially progressive in its charac-
ter and tendencies, is wiling to grapp'e with
such new questions As may come up Tor put
lie consideration, and ready to act upon
such new conditions as events may call into
existence, and which may be involved from
ii great controversy which it did not pro-
woke. History, and the enlightened intel
lgcnce of mankind, will amply vindcate
the course which our party has rnrs ued, and
in the cxigencies of the immediate future
the people, We doubt not, will lock to it for
dellvcrcnce from existing and prospective
evils 1t has ever thought itself right, and
while it continues to think so, it will follow
its impulses with dircctness of purpose
which shall fully attest it's honesty, while
the curses, the maledictions, the predictions
and tn" trick-words Of the political harle-
gums, wha, tlom whatever motives may op-
pose it, will tall its ears only as the rays of
the moon may fall upon the waters OF our
beautiful Erie.
The Democratic party is not to be bound
or hamnered by the side-issueS Of the buried
past. The genius and craftsmanship of its
unterrited hosts will be put in reQuisition to
lead the nation out Of its present bondage
Of corruption, fanaticism and fraud, impos-
ed by party now rent into traemcntary
cques and distracted by intestine teudS,
and which now stands trembling at the
prospect Of its own speedy dissolution. The
democracy having had no responsibility in
the past, and still remaining firm in their
adherence to justice and sound principles,
can renew their operations from their pre-
sent base, without dishonor, and without any
sacrifice OF their honest and deep seated
convictions.
The opposition journals which are now so
anxious to mark out a policy for the Demo
cratic party intimate that they cannot un-
derstand why we do not bcrate the policy of
Mr.. President johnson. He was suddenly
thrust into the position he now holds. and
in his official action, so far, has done much
that is conmendabe, and but little that is |
at varence with the record he has made in |
the past when identified with the Demo-
IN hoc cty In r,r l.. L
policy his course has been, thus far, more
promising team his professions. We are led
to believe, and most devoutly hope, that his
policy in the future will not be based upon
the DISTINCTIVE principles of the republican
party. He has already repudiated one great
idea OF that organization, and substituted
therefore the Democratic principle of local
He repudistes the idea of
centraization of power With Is much dis
tlnctness now as he reprobatcd any felloS-
ship with "the Abolitionsts of the North
and the SeecssioniSss Of the South in 1851
30 that, while it does not seeA probable
that the Democracy will become adherents
to all his measures Of public policy, we feel
assured that if Mr.. johnson will resist the
immense pressure of radical influences bret
to bear against him, and etchcw and ignore
the yindictiveness of The blood-thirsty ia
cobns who elost over human sacrifices aMd
rub their hands at the thought Of scsffolds
and gni!lotines, sRd snds strength of puY-
pose " rise sboss party Considerations and
prejudices TO the disnity 1t elevated st#t,s-
,nsnship be will cattle hisseR 10 the graf
itsde Of the eouatry, asd will have the tyal-
psthy ct all conservative and Democratic
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