, 1866-11-04
SUNDAY. NOVEMBER s. 1855.
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY,

SUNDAY. NOVEMBER s. 1855.
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
From the time that Andrew jackson sue
ccedcd John Quincy Adams In the Presidcn-
tial Office, down to the Inauguration Of Al@Ta. ]
haa, Lincoln. on the 4th of March, 1861, the |
so-cal1ed Democratic party had the almost |
uninterrupted possession OF the Federal Gov |
eminent, Its abuses of power and Its mis-
were 50 gross, that In 1870 the
people arose With singular uuanlmity and
wrested the seeptrc from It's hands.
William Henry Harrison Wis inaugurated;
but lis enemies wcrc too fond Of
ell :e 70 tolerate change, and the President
was removed, as 1t is believed, by secret aa-
sassination, within month after hta acces-
sion to power. John Tyler, always Demo.
crat and a. scccssionlst, betrayed the party
that elected him, and gavc the country
Democratic administration. Eight ycars of
Democratic misru1e resulted In General Tay.
lor's election In 1875; but he soon gave place
to second accidental President, who,
although elected n an anti-alAvery Whig,
conducted the Government In accordance
With the wlshes Of the Democratic party.
Then came the eight dIsgraceful years OF
Pierce and Buchanan, after which, rather
than submit to the election of President
who would not give them The offices, the
Democratic party raised the standard Of re-
volt, and inaugurated . sangulnAry civil war.
Thus, from the beginning Of Jackson's term
to the end Of Buchanan's, . period Of thirty.
two years, there was an interregnum of~iess
than two years In the executive sway Of the
Democratic party. During this cventful pc
riod, this wicked and uuscrupulous party
led the nation On by q series ofeyil meas.
urcs, from peace and unity to civil conmo-
uon and intestine war.
It subvcrted the doctrine on which the
Republic was founded. that slavcrY was the
creature Of local Law, and that by the law of
nature every man Is free. until ho Ia en-
shaved by positive legislative cnac tmeuts
and through The decision OF iis partisan tri-
bunnls, Invested the inhnmau system with
national character, opening all our terrific
ries to the slAve-maste.s. and dtsgraciuE the
American Republic by declaring that Its flag
protected an institution e1ecrsted By the
clyilized world.
It adopted the doctrine Of State Rights In
Its most pernicIous aud revolutionary form,
declaring that the States nrc each sovereign,
and at liberty 10 withdraw from the Union
at their will and pleasure. From the time
OF Andrew jackson this pet theory Of the
secess!onlsts grew In favor with tho party,
until, when secession from tho Uulon Was
actually attempted, James Buchanan de-
c1ared officially from the Executive chair,
that there rss no power under the Constitu-
tion to prevent it:
II annexed Texas to the United States,
and engaged In war witt sister Republic,
solely that It might -extcnd slavery aud add
to the political power Of the shareholders.
It employed the arms OF the United States
in cruel and unjustinAble war upon the
Seminole Indians Of Florida, because they
gave shelter and protection to fugitive s1avcs,
&. who sought refuge from their mcrci1ess and
fesocioub masters.
1t subverted the fundamental principle
proclaimed BY our father. that all men arc
created equal, and used the power and
wealth Of the people to ens1ave and degrade
the colorcd race.
It denied freedom Of speech aud crushed
The freedom ofthe press In every State south
Of fAiaeon and Dixou's line.
1t gave no protection to American citizens
who were mobbcd OF murdered because they
declared what Washington, Jefferson and
Franklin had declared before them, that
slnvefy was an evil and ought 10 be
abolished.
It tramplcd under foot the freedom of con
science, and In half the statos OF the Union
madc 1t a crime punishable with imprison-
meut or death. TO teach slave to read.
It siola1ed sacred compact entered into
by the representatives Of the nation, that ill
territory north Of thirty-si1 thirty should
be copsecsated to freedom, aud opeaed up \
vast territory to slavery, with u pcthdy only
equalcd by tie wickedueas Of Its object
And atm.
It Imprisoned women for teaching negroes
to read.
It poured gang OF mereenary aud bloody
ruflans upon the people Of Kansas, to mur-
der the enemies of slavery, and force them
TO adopt laws and Institutions they hated
and loathed.
It sought, through the President 1t had
raised TO power, and through Senator An-
drew johnson and others Of lis leaders in
Congress, devoted 10 the executive schemes
Of ususpation, to inttmldate the peoplc'a
representatives Into recognition Of the Le-
compton CouStitution-An instrument
adopted BY fraud and ratified By murderer.
and outlaws imported by tho Democratic
administration.
1t offered large bribcs Of lands and oGiccs
TO the people IF Kansas, II they would adop,
a slavery constitutlon-ofEcrs that the uobl.
people Of that State rejected With scosu.
Tho history Of the Democratic party Il
Kansas is written In blood. It's weapon
were tic sssassin's knife and the inccndiary'
torch The Instigalors and supporters 0
the bloody and inhumhn crimes pespctratct
there in the interests Of slavery, were jaime
Buchanan and his Cabinet, and Senate
Andrew johnson and other Democsati
members Of Congress, who shrank from Ii
laud or violence that was necessary to strik
down cedom in that unhappy Territory.
In 1856, when It feared that the sceptrc O
power WIS about to depart from itz blood
stained hands, the Democratic party in th'
South proclaimed it, purpose to rise In arm
ed revolt against the government, u Mr
Fremont should be elected, md set ftp m
other Independent power; anl the Demo
critic party Of the North decl1red the righ
of the South to take such course, and it
readiness to support Its brethren and allie
In their meditated treason.
In $50 the same purpose and READINGS
were declared BY the Democratic party Mort
and South, both previous anu subsequent t
Mr.. Lincoln's election.
The Dcrnoc; attic party Of South Carotiu
declared that State 10 have seeded from th
Ehion. In December, 1860. The Democrat
parry OF the North sustained the dcclar,
ton.
On the 9th Of January, 1851, the flag {
the United States was arcd upon in the ha,
bor Of Charleston by band Of traitors wh
had raised the Palmetto Gag as the ensign {
separate nationality, and the ahIp tha
bore It WIS driven back, because she a
tcmpted to reinforce and provision II
garrison al Fort Sumter. Tho insu
was passed By uuavcngcd and unnoticed b
the Democratic administration of James B,
chanan, otherwise than by An iguoblc of;
compromise.
The leaders Of the Democratic party vi
were born in the South, hastcucd homewas
on the first alarm Of war, to take up arm
aEalnet the Government, and those In Il
S'r,h who adhered to the party, applaude
1acir resolution.
Aae Cabinet Of the Democratic Admin
tianoa WAS full of open And nyowt
traito.s.
eSular army Ind been sent Il
~ service to the country, |
ed the oNlcc of Secretal