The mountain Democrat., 1865-02-04


: However mut6 ths organization of :
party pprely sSesiOnst sppealihg = ssc.
tiOnal iSelings and measures fOf 6eseess-
is to b deprecated, ne Administration
party has done . osrvies for the Denoc-
racy which is gratefully appreciated
Since its success, since it has had spOils
at its disposal has taken from the Dem
ocratic ranks those disseminated, selfish,
sOrdid and shutting politicians, who
chung to the Democratic party solely from
selfish motives; they were \ continual
burtheu upon it. and did more to ipure
is character and weaken its influence and
defeat it, than all other causes combined.
We say il has relieved the Democracy of
these pretentiOus and impOrtunate pOliti.
clans, these greedy hunters for Apoils; and
We arc glad to perceive, BY bestOwing
hvOrs upon them, has taken step which,
If persisted in, will secure their lasting g.
deity. We are sure the desertion-if
such it may be called-Of such men is
hailed with joy BY the Democracy. They
were . curse to the Democratic party and
they will prove a curse to the Admins
tratiOn party. They have already Great.
ed diSsensions in its ranks and aspire to
control it. They were altogether too i'm.
Fortunate for Ofice-altogether too exact
ing and arrogant in their demands, too
selfish in their political purposes, too in
solent in their conduct, and entertained
too exalted ideas Of their own individual
importance, to make good Democrats !;
ard now that they have left the Demo
cratic party Of their own free will, it is to
be hoped they will not seek admission in.
to its ranks again. That they will try to
sneak back we are confident. That they
will find the Abolition party in few
years, at farthest, unpopular and power
less, q nd themselves in the same unpleas-
ant situation, is evident to every intelli-
gent individual. The party with which
they have united their fortunes, solely for
spoils, contains the seeds Of its own de-
struction. 1t is torn by factions and on
ly held together by the cohesive power
of public plumber" At the last election
it succeeded by force and fraud. We all
know, and the more honest of the Adolf.
ton journals admit, that Lincoln secured
his reelection by the power Of patronage,
by fraudulent votes and by making the
people believe that his reelection would
induce the rebels to sue for peace. The
people are discovering that they were
humbugged, and they are rallying under
the Democratic flag. This insures the
defeat and disruption of the Administra-
ton party, and after its disruption the
deserters will profess to repent and beg
to be admitted into the good old Demo
cratic church. They may as we'll under
stand at once that the door is closed
against them. Open enemies are prefer
able to false friends
We congratulate the Democratic party
on its publication. 1t is purged of ma
lignant and dangerous enemies, who ad-
hered to it only from selfish motives. 1t
is now free and untrammeled to do battle,
as it ever has, for the Union, the Consti-
tuition, and the rights Of the States and
we are confident we but speak the senti-
ments Of the Democracy, when we say
these apoStates are not wanted in the
ranks Of the Democracy, and We should
look upon their atiliation with the party
as disreputable and dangerous. Educated
in different faith and actuated by differ
eat motives, they are incapable of under.
standing or approaching the sublime
truths Of tho Democratic creed. Selfish,
sOrdid, arrogant aud unprincipled, they
have attached themselves to q faction
which has rewarded rcnegades and be-
slowed favors upon politicians bankrupt
in fortune and character and dripping
with corruption" They have "found
their aff1nitiee," and we have no reason
to regret their fighting under the flag of
John Brown. That the party with which
they have affiliated know, distrust and
despise them, is evident from the tone in
which they mention them. The old line
Republicans arc as anxious to get rid of
the Connessites as the Democracy were,
but the converts will stick to them like
leeches as long as they have spoils at their
disposal. Their chief abused the Repub.
lcans when they we're in the minority,
but as soon as they carried the State he
joined them and villitied the party which
he protested to admire-thus giving q
notable example Of sincerity and honesty.
The chief and his followers are alike
ready to join or betray party for per-
sonal end. The old liners are now salts
fled of this fact, and are resolved to make
the renegades take back seat.
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A LOYAL VILLAN.-In the U. S. Court
in New York, the Grand Jury have found
an indictment against Isaac Henderson,
lately the Navy Agent at New York, and
proprietor of the Evening Post, whose
case occupied so much public attention
some time ago, be being charged with
defrauding the United States of certain