Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1865-10-26
The Doom of the Democratic
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From hhfpets weekly.
The Democratic party is doomed. The
Federal party fifty years ago opened pop
ular war and disappeared The Democrat
ic party opposed vital and inevitable and
glorious war, and it is perishing before our
eyes. In the State of New York it pro-
fesses to hope for little longer life. But
1t ls the profession Of despair. No we'll
informed man believes for an instant in the
recovery of so exhausted and worthless q
frame; and its own hope is based upon the
fact that it has formally recanted, eaten its
! own words, and confessed its own disgrace
and defeat. II is only right that, the re.
bellion having boen defeated, its great ally
should be annihilated; and the character
of the American people is shown as proud
ly in their steady union for the overthrow
of false party as it was in the destruction
of a foul conspiracy.
Maine, Vermont, California, Pennsyl-
yania, Ohio, Iowa, and Indiana are the
States that have thus far voted, and, like
patriot soldiers when the roll is called, they
answer one after another to the Union call,
and even louder than last year, .Here |!
here !" Even New Jersey, hitherto the
perfect type of modern Democratic"
State, begins to blush that she has 80 long
faltered in the good race and in the total
rout of the Chicago platform party at New.
ark gives hope that she will not much long.
er be chained to the corpse of slavery or
modern Democracy
The Democratic leaders are receiving the
severest lesson Of their lives They thought
they could trihe with the national safety,
and the people do not forget it. They
thought they could oppose and thwart a
war for national life. and when the indomit.
able patience and power of the people con.
quered, could turn round, throw up their
hats, shout victory, declare that they had
been heart and hand in the war, and so
bam mboozle the people they had done their
best TO ruin.
Do they suppose the people h.vereturn-
ed from whipping rebels In the field to be
fooled by Copperheads on a pIatform2 Do
they imagine they can deceive the popular
intelligence by hiding behind a General?-
They might remember the experiment Of
last year. They tried to hide the whole
Chicago platform behind a General. But
whether the platform were too large or the
General too small the cheat was plain
enough, and was heartily and contemptu.
ously rejected
The Democratic party was opposed to
the war. Individual Democrats, indeed,
boldly broke with their party to go with
their country; but the party was ruled hy
Horatio Seymour, Vallandigham, the
Woods, and men in sympathy with them
Its votes in Congress, its orators, its nation
al convention pronounced against the war
1t was not only destroyed at the election, i
was despised, and now the saUe old Leaders
ask the confidence of the peope.
This year it makes feeble show of sup
porting the President. We say feeble, he
cause although in the State of New Yerl
it declares for him uureservedly, and like a
desperate gamester John Van Buren call
him his candidate for the succession, vet il
the other States the support was condition
al, and in New York it is offered by Scy
mour, Green, and his most malignant ira
ducers OF last year. 1t is here only trans
parent trick to come into power
But tho times are too serious for tricks
Every voter asks himself what will these
men do if they come into power. He find
the answer in John Van Buren's speech. =
That gentleman throws the blame of tn
war upon the North, upon the loyal States
He shows the same old trucking servlit
to the late rebel chiefs that criginal
brought US into trouble. But Mr.. Va
Buren, and all his associates upon .th
Chicago platform will learn that the plants
ton whip has lost its tesTors IF the fat
OF the party which opposed the war { l3l
has not instructed them, the elections @
this autumn will toach them that the peo
pie Of this country will not trust o part
which played ipto tho hands of the nation
al enemy, until it has changed not merely
its professions but the leaders who have in
spired universal conteiDnt and distruat