The Greene County Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 185?-1867, 1866-08-01
THE DISSOLUTION.

consignment to the tomb OF all that re-
mains of the so called Democratic party.
1t will b, tho "ast scene of all" IN the
great drama OF political and national
revolution, forced upon the actors by ex-
pediency. Many AMI protuse will be
the tears shed over the corse of deflnct
Democracy, Weed and his co.adjutors
now regret that the call was made in
such broad terms as to accept all those
favorable to the reconstruction policy of
President Johnson, "Copperheads," )"
RECONSTRUCTED rebels "rcnegades' and
all factions deetsrlous to harmonious
convection are placed upon the same
footing. The appearances are anything
but pleasing to those who agitate,l the
movement and already internal ditferenc.
es threaten to explode the scheme
Nalhndigham e Go, promise fair to
be among the number who, although
"good looking can't come in" Cowan
votes yea and Buckalew nag on the
question of admitting those Southern
States ratiiying the constitutional amend
ment. Southern loyal,ts (?) such as
Howell Cobb and kind, are cEmorous
for admittance, and doubtless have the
right under exiting circumstances,
whilst Thurlow Is loud in denunciaton
of those who took an active part upon
the side of the late insurgents and de-
clares that those "who participated heart
and hand in the late rebellion have no
alternative but to stand aside" How
arc these differences to BE- settled, unless
by speedy disruption of all their plans,
or discarding the one prominent, raids
cal doctrine Of the Democratic party that
the rcrOHed States must ruie tie nation,
thereby kicking from beneath their feet
the last plank upon which they would
perpetnate their orgaMiza icn -? Thurlow
Weed has spoken the doctrine, the car,
din1l point, sustained by the Union
party-thc reat Union plriy-lpon re
construction. 1t cannot be expected
that he will advocate it IN the conven-
tioE of the ith inst if he d res there is
no reasonable grounl to believe tha. he
will receive support. From the wreck
of the past they must suostanlia'e new
basis whereon to build party This
they can never do unless present diff
cultles are amicaoly adjusted, and only
by a concession Of power to ihe South
can this be accomplished. Their luture
for life or death hangs upon the action
Of this body. and whether the Demo-
cratic party is or Is not consigned to
oblivion, none but the damned will re.
jolce DER its life, or howl its requiem
We suejoln an extract from the Selma
Ala, Times which we would earnestly
invite our readers to peruse. 1t shows
how wide the chasm that must be brly>
ed before there can be the desired coal.
ition of conservative elements and what
OF honor must be sacrificed on the part
of the North, to secure TO the Cotton
States their ancient regime:
"Now, as we inherited our democra.
cy, and from childhood clung to the
democratic party, through evil as well
as through good report, until, in our
opinion, it had become a thing of the
past, and as we Lever, while the party
had an existence, cast other thln
democratic vote, we feel at perfect liber.
ty TO speak plainly OF the organization
now existing at the North which bears
that time honorel name
The democratlcparty was based solely
on its fun lamental ideas of a strict con-
s.ructIon Of thu Constitution and the
sovereignty OF the Slates-overything
else IN It's platform was incideutll aud
lnseparaole from these; ard when these
great ideas were abandoned, or come
nappllcab!c through a change ot the
government the party perished.
The great mass OF the democratic
party, under the lead Of Douglas and
Dickinson and Gushing and Cass, Joined
in the war against the seeding States
for which thpra was no ,ons,i,ut,o,,l
warrant, therebyat once abandoning the
doctrine Of ''stnct construction, and
striking down the other doctrine of
estate Sovereignty :.
Ii from that time there was demo.
cratic party, it consisted solely of the
little knot Of noble spirits who held out
faithful 10 the end against the prosecu>
ton Of the war.
We might successfully maintain, that
the Abandonment Of It's principles by
nine tenlhs Of its members destroyed the
party as early as 1861.
But, itthe result OF tie war determin.
ed anything definitely, it determined, W |
that the Constitution, if STU tie funda
m'ntal Mw Of the Mad, is not to be
strictly construed in the administrator
OF the government, and (2) that hereat>
ter State sovereignty does not exist; and
thus, the triumph of the arms of the
United States in the conquest Of the
Confederate States s'ceM array the tom
ddhoaS Of the democrat'c pWty, Which can
no t0aJsr e.r%t excerpt as an organization