Columbia democrat and star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1867, 1866-07-18

attempting 70 DulIQ the thlrd p0l1tlcal party
in this country And while we admire their
platform of principles, in comparison with
those of the Radicals, we cannot see the
practicability of their vigorous efforts to de-
stroy the Democratic party The leaders of
the "disorganizers' are all from the ranks
of the Abolition -tyranical-states es-rights-de
stroying party of centralized despotism of
which Lincoln and Seward were leaders, and
are constantly reiterating the assertion that
President johnson, who is their guide, has
not abandoned one principle contained in the
Baltimore and Chicago platforms. While
we are willing to leave this question with the
'disorganizers' and Radicals, we desire to
say that it is the heighth of folyfor the ''dis-
organizer" to make war on the Democratic
party in order to build up their own.
All the new parties, new organizations, and
new isns, that have ever existed in this
country, have given way before the great
Democratic party, and we are very much
mistaken if the ''disorganizers" of the pres
ent day have not committed gross mistake
in making a charge on the veteran Democra-
cy. 1t has ever been the boast of freemen,
and God grant it ever may be, that the prin-
ciples and the name of Democracy are
eternal
The elements which compose the radical
party are those which always have been, and
are now, seeking new names and new isms,
and as usual, ere another Presidential cam
paign shall have arrived, will be arrayed
against the Democratic party. The ''disor-
ganizers" are principally those who are fish
ing for and receiving patronage, and as
Johnson's term of office will soon ex-
pire, after which there viii be no room for a
third party, we advise every Democratic to re-
new his adherence to the everything princi-
pies of Democracy, and use every available
means to build up, rather than tear itdown
Let Democrats who shall participate in the
so-called Union Convention, at Philadelphia,
be prepared to shape its course and its mea-
sures for the advancement of the best in
! terests of the country and Democracy Let
not the name of Democratic party be
swallowed upor abandoned, because the dis
organizers have assumed to build up an or
ganization upon the Democratic platform of
dently intend to disband and aim directly for
the dissolution of the Democratic party, can
be seen from the tone of their leading jour
mails, among which, is the Philadelphia Daily
Ne,cs. 1t says:
Radical journals unite with the organs of
the locofoco party In asserting that but two
parties which can have any real force can ex-
ist in this country. Let us therefore admit
that this may be true, and theninquire what
these two parties are to be-upOn what basis
is each of them to stand?
I'VE have repeatedly remarked that the
natural division of parties In republic Is
into the supporters and opponents of an ad-
ministration, and it is most probable that we
shall in little time find the American peo-
pie thus divided Those who believe that
the measures and policy of the administra-
ton of President johnson are calculated to
benefit the whole country, to restore peace
and harmony, aud to tighten the burthen of
taxation, will naturally range themselves
under the banner of the National Union
party" and those who prefer the destructive
measures and policy OF the enemies of the
administration will organize under the Rad
ical banner
Crafty politicians are very apt to cling to
names which have been popular In former
years, and the opponents of the President
greatly desire to have the advantage to be
derived from calling themselves the Union
party, while some of those whohave all their
lives called themselves Democrats are 10th
to unite with any organization which has not
that distinctive name. 1t iscertain. howev-
er, that those who sustain the President
have taken name which is proper and sig
nifcant. They are organized on the basis
of the Federal Constitution, which is the
only bond of Union; and they support
really national policy. while the Radicals
cannot take name which will be popular
unless they adopt one whose every utterance
will proclaim them to be political char
latans.
The effete Democracy has had but NOM
inal existence for several years past, and
must be eventually dissolved. Its most eff
cient because most crafty leaders have been
taken into the Radical faction, and the body
of the party without head cannot long ex-
ist. 1t has not now any distinctive policy,
and consequently no basis upon which a party
may be erected. Those who have composed
it will choose between the two new parties
now rapidly crystalizing.
The Union parry, formed at the COM
mencement of the rebellion, and whose only
principle was support Of the administration
IN the ,eor for the preservation of the Union,
has been broken up blythe action of the Rad
ical leaders in making war upon the Presi-
dent because he refused te abandonthe plat
form of principles formally euunciated by
the leaders Of that party, and aid the faction
lists in revolutionizing the government"
Party Suicide.