The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-07-19
WHAT 1T HAS DONE.

The late unlasSensed sad now happily d.
funct Democracy, which has abjured its name
and party organization, merging its identity
in the Bread and-Butter ANDY JoHxsos Ma
nonal Union Association for the exaltation OF
rebels, laid, during the days Of its mortal life
much 6attering JUNCTION 70 its sonl because
maryland full of evil-had been the days
of its party life, because twas venerable with
years-and vices.
All unsorrowing though we stand over the
cast off and unhonored remains OF Democ-
racy we haven't it in our hearts to be forget
ful of its achievements.
In the days of Missouri Compromise 1t
was largely responsible for donating
large portion Of the free soil OF this Republic
to Slavery.
In the Mexican war it slaughtered Ameri-
cans to get Texas to divide up into slave
plantations for the benefit of the chivalry.
It has ever been very tenacious OF the Di-
vine, inherent, and constitutional right OF
Southern Democrat to live by the sweat OF
another man face to be made rich by APP
propriating the proceeds of another mans
unpaid labor, or by selling another man's-
sometimes, his own-wife or child. To dem
ocratic apprehension there was no form Of
republican society worth tolerating, except
that of the high state of civilization where
children were breeded to be sold in the mar
ket like beasts of burdens; where the Gospel
would not be heard save from lips that argued
the divine right Of Southerner to sell, buy,
whip, imprison, handcuf, hunt down with
blood hounds and occasionally indulge in the
rich sport Of killing, the negro. Where dis
loyalty became the common parlancs Of pol
.iticians and people; where despite the fact
that the Constitution gave to the citizens Of
each State the rights and privileges Of uni
yersal American citizenship, the man from
the free States was not safer or more free
than he would have been in the most despotic
Of European Governments or among the
Hottentots or Bedouin Arabs.
Democracy commenced the irrepressible
conflict in Kansas though for peace when
the Southern slave Democracy were trying to
destroy the Union, it was for war when free
men tried to give Kansas to Freedom.
Not least of its offenses it made frank
PIERCE and Jrx BUCHANAN President.
The bred Scott decision was democratic
decision and upon it as an oracle inspired
rallied the Democracy.
Aiding in preparing the South for rebellion
and treason by its subserviency 70 the slave
oligarchy, and its persistent abuse of those
in the free States that did not discover the
beauties of slavery, it was recreant 70 loyal
duty when the strife came, and would have
become a party to the disruption Of
the Union which it had been its pro-
fessed highest ambition to preserve and exalt'
Parties are doubtless inevitable in populal
governments, but they should aim at the con
servation of the governments integrity, not
| its overthrow they should seek to establish
right, not to confirm wrong; to repress dis
loyalty, not to foster it to protect the natior
against treason, not TO educate traitors; te
support the governments armed defenders
when the conflict of arms comes, not become
| open sympsthizers with the enemy and threat
en- fire in the rear upon our soldiery.
| For its many years of rule the democrac'
have to show, in the end, treason plotted il
their cabinet, participated in BY their highest
representatives, war made upon the nation
by the Southern democracy, the Norther,
democracy their sympathetic allies therein
the death Of the party and the abjuring Of it
name for its devotion to human bondage il
peace and its disloyalty in war. This is tn
lend all and the be-all' Of Democracy.