Columbia democrat and star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1867, 1866-07-04
NEW SERIES VOL. /. NO. l9.
Apangerous Illusion.

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There are multitudes of men attached to
the ideas and principles that are vulgarly
called Democratic, who are nursing the de-
lusion that the Democratic party is going. to
carry the day in the next fall elections, by
some kind Of manifest destiny" We wish
to say all such that they are hugging to their
their bosoms most dangerous delusion. ltis
not numbers that win. 1t is organization.
Through most of the States and through
most parts of every State, Democrats are as
thoroughly disorganized mass of voters as
the demon of disorder could wish We want,
in time, to tell the Democratic party that a
disastrous defeat is before them, next Fall,
unless they bestir themselves betimes. The
winking and nodding of Democratic political
managers, at the last moment, will fail, as 1T
has failed, most shamefully, in years lately
past. Let US face the true position. Andrew
johnson, President of the United States,
has been deluded by Seward and his friends,
into the absurd idea of building up a new
party-neither Black Republican nor Dem
ocratic, but some terri ltna qa,id-some black
neutral of the third sex Ifthat game could
win, President johnson would, as matter
of course, be over-slaughed, and Seward
would come out as the head Of this party of
''the third sex" 1t will be failure It
cannot win. But, In the attempt, Seward
| and his friends are bamboozing President
johnson. Seward & Co. are in mortal dread
of the Democratic party They know that
Democrats can accept Andrew johnson as
their candidate in 1868. They know that,
under no circumstance, can they accept Sew
ard, the ornamental head-piece of the ''ir-
repressible conflict. Hence the efforts for
the utter destruction of the Democratic par
ty. President Johnson so far, has fallen into
their trap. He Is not using his Executive
patronage to promote his Executive program
me. 1t is from no memory of our ancient
traditions, when Washington and Jefferson,
as Virginia freemen and gentlemen, refused
to require the Office holders of their admin
istrations to support their policy. All such
high notions are discarded now. 1t is done
now, as a matter of political craft The
plain English of it is that President john
son has men in his Cabinet who are plotting
against him, personally, while by willy dat
teries, they are bindiug him to their proceed
ings. Seward, and Stanton, and Speed,
while pretending to differ from each other,
all see eye to eye. They are all agreed In
| the plan of consigning Andrew johnson to
complete obscurity, at the close of his pres
ent political term. os
Now, being an honest man, we will say,
| bluntly, that for Andrew johnson, personal
| ", we care not, as respects this world, one
continental damn We have no respect for
him, and never expect to have any. Were
he to be declared President for life of the late
United States, we would refuse to shake
hands with him, except he could, in some
plicity In the murder of Mrs. Surratt, Wirz,
and various other innocent people. But, with
all that, if he so showed himself as that there
was a reasonable prospect that, henceforth,
he would administer the Government of the
| United States in manner advantageous to
the common interests of all the States, We
would work for his election as President in
1868, and again, in 1872, and again, In 1876,
if he desired it at that period.
That means that we look on the Presiden-
tial office In the United States Government
as no post of honor How can it be, after
the execrable way itwas handled by Lincoln,
with Seward as his mentor
We look upon 1t as a constabulary duty TO
be discharged. Whoever discharges its du
ties Alright, we are in favor of keeping in for
fear worse may happen by change
| We mean to warn the Democratic party
that President johnson is habitually ban
boozled, and that the vast majority of the
tremendous Executive patronage, in all the
| Departments is used against the President,
and against all the conservative principles of
our Government We wish to say, once
more, and we will repeat it often hereafter,
| democrats must organize ana enron, ana tnaI
on declared support of the few fundimen-
tai first principles of Jefersonian Democra-
cy. The Democracy unorganized, in the va
rious localities, viii be as the chaff before the
wind. Our foes, the "Union Leagurers,
are thoroughly organized. We say, in the
most earnest terms, to Democrats, if you are
not organized and enrolled, in your various
neighborhoods- you are trusting to the
aff1atus of public meetings for victory, you
will be sadly disappointed.-M T. Free
mans Journal