Columbia democrat and star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1867, 1866-11-07
Surrender of the Democratic
PARTY.


directly made) swear upon the altar of his
country that never-NEvER-sho should this
thing be done. Yet crafty politicians
of expedients for temporary and evanescent
triumph-have made bold strokes to effect it.
At this period of lull in political excite
ment we propose to call the calm attention Of
the party to the subject-for the purpose of
arousing them to the importance of guard
ing and taking determined stand against
such Vaccinations bold, fruitless,
worthless tricks
On the 4th of March last vigorous and
formidable effort was made to induce the
Democratic State Convention not to nomi-
nate Democrat for Governor On the
part of the men who insisted on this course,
present success alone, the present defeat of
the Radicals, was urged as most important
of all things and as their sole motive for the
action they proposed IF to this purpose
was added the control of official patronage,
probably the whole of their motives would
be expressed. General Meade mot poll
tician) was theirfavorite, but he peremptorily
declined such questionable position. Mr..
Cowan, and others, were proposed, but the
delegates were true to the purpose for which
they were elected Hester Clymer was nom
mated, and the Democratic party was saved
the humiliation of a surrender. The men
engaged in this movement declared we could
not elect Clymer; their moral influence was
against US in this campaign, they created
fear, doubt and dependency wherever they
could, and thus had much to do with pro-
ducing the disaster they had prophesied
So it was in our Congressional district
The same things were done, but were urged
with more vigor, and the same results fol-
lowed
Now we put it to every Democrat, how
would you have felt going to the election
without candidate for Governor without a
candidate for Congress, and nothing but
local ticket of petty offices upon which to
claim a party triumph-the triumph of
those principles which you believe can alone
restore the Government, and with it peace
and prosperity? If the mongrel candidates
had been successful by your votes, is it not
palpable that the Democratic party could
never have again risen? The former in
Office, with the official patronage at their dis
posal, would have controlled our Conven-
tons hereafter, and every principle of hu-
man nature would have induced them to
maintain their own power, which they could
only do by submerging the Democracy
This they would have been compelled to do,
for they could not maintain themselves in
position if the Democratic party ever OBJ
tanned power with its own candidates. The
political lives of these men would have de-
pended upon keeping the Democrats in
minority, so as to compel them to keep elect
ing Conservatives 7" That this would
speedily have resulted in the otaldestruction
of the Democratic party and the immediate
extinguishment of the principles it repre-
sents is palpable to every thinker Then is
it not equally palpable that the Democratic
party, had more to lose by electing half-and-
half men to Office than from defeat by their
common enemy-the Radicals? This latter
organization is despicable and ruinous, and
must speedily go down by means of It's own
inherent folly and corruption Then the
Democratic party, having preserved its or
ganization in all It's purity, will be ready to
assume the Government of the country free
from any entangling alliances, with nothing
to thwart it in carrying out It's principles, and
viii Yindicate to the world that great truth
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tanned, viz: that it alone with its princi
plesl could properly govern this Nation.
The Philadelphia 14th of August Conven-
ton was intended by those immediately in
terested in getting it up to swallow the De-
mocracy at a single gulp. But either the
whale was too small or the giant too large
the Democracy took care to control the con
eern sufficiently to see that no evil should
come of it-and it adjourned after proclaim
ing principles which had no other effect than
to command patriotic appreciation. With
this ended all efforts to wheedle the Demo
cratic party into regular surrender, but now
it was attacked in detachment A bold,
systematic and desperately energetic effort
was made to carry the Democratic Conyen-
ton of the State of New York. General
Dix, who at frequent intervals pervading the
whole course of his life professed to be
Democrat-General Dix, complete and
perfect specimen of tool of the hour, whose
instincts in that line are so keen and unfail-
ing that he has never for moment lost sight
of the flesh pots, and whose principles are
SO admirably pliable that whether Greek,
Roman, Christian, Turk or Indian dispenses
spoils, he is first at the table and. is always
the recipient of the last as well as the first
erumb-General Dix, political chamber
maid, ever ready to fill the arms of the DO
lite voluptu'ry, or for office and promotion,
to do the part of midwife at the nroduet;o,