The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1866-06-12
The Dut, of the Democratic Party.

those who hold the truth cannot trust to en-
forcing it upon the great body Of the people, |
without It's being urged earnestly and impor-
tunately upon them. Even the diffusion of |
wealth and education is no warranty for the |
prevalence of sound political and religious
principles, for these often 90 increase the |
wants of those possessed of them, that they
eliminate into selishness, and outside of
what is necessary for their own physical en-
learned have very little to impart for the ben
i The great founder of christianity met at
the outset with this obstacle to the spread of
his revelation of life and immortality to man,
and early had occasion to lament that the de-
voices OF ambition and selfishness were more
active, energetic aud persevering than those /
who possessed the true light and knowledge.
If the democratic pnrty had faithfully la
bored in disseminating and enoorcing it's doc
trines, which are IN the political world what
christianity is in the moral, the southern re
bellion and all its demoralizing evils would
never have occurred. That rebellion happen
ed because, while democracy was sleeping,
the enemy came and sowed tares in the fields
Of the north. Political as pirants were allow.
ed for many years in each section of the coun-
try, to strive In outdoing each other with mis-
representations and falsehoods concerning
the opposite sections, and therefore it was that
because judgement was not executed against
an evil work speedily by the Almighty, the
hearts of men became fully set TO perpetrate
this great evil.
If the democrats of this country had sought
as earnestly to enforce upon the people the
great truth that our governments was based
upon the principles of compromise and recon
Citation, in contradiction to other govern
mo xph inh Nd snla
we should not have fallen upon this,
bloody revolution, the first vial of the wrath
| of which we have perhaps only yet expert
eDced and which has scattered broadcast
over the land, germs of evil the magnitude
and extent of which the present generation
may not live dong enough fully to understand
and resliz..
The advocates of folly and misrule were
active throughout the country, while those
| who should have striven manfully and fear
| lessly in the cause OF peaceful, thong b 1t may
be slowly progressive melioration, suffered
themselves to be surprised and overwhelmed
by their more active opponents, who carried
| by storm and possessed themselves of the
| press, the pulpit aud the educational ins,itu-
| tions of the country, before they were able
to light up the flame of civil war throughout
| the land.
| The same process is now being repeated by
these ill-omened birds Of night. The pulpit
| has, indeed, to some extent, become little
| frightened at the sxoreism of vengeance and
blood which il encouraged, and just now,
with the exception Of the bitterest fanatics,
| Is comparatively quiet. But already, they
whose craft is in danger if the worship of
the true God should supersede that Of the
| Moloch which they have set up, have taken
their position in the press and the forum and
| ,ho,r
Expenditure of time and money, threaten the
| country with another era of blood and earn
| age.
| 4 large portion of the presses, In both the
| northern and southern states were never
more busy lnretaiiing falsshoods, misrepre
senting facts and exciting hatred and ami
mostly between tha two sections than they
are at the present moment. There are many
| good men in the republican ranks who lock
disapproyingly and with sorrow upon this,
bu5 they are without organization, are intim-
ida,ed by the ferocioas threats of their par
tizan leaders. and fold their hands in lisiloss
| ingction.
Upon the democratic party organization.
alone, can we rely TO beat back these parti-
Fans OF strife and blood so that they shall not
again overwhelm in violence and ruin the
land they have already so fearfuily desolated
and dsniurasized. Ez. SIS
Are the men in the democratic party 10
whom God has given the wealth and the IN
| tellect requisite to become leaders of the pee
pie, aware OF the responsibility which tie
| times dsvolve upon them? Do they under
stand that the goodness of their Cause will
not give them the victory nor save the coun.
Try, unless they fight manfully, and with all
the resources Of energy and knowledge which
are essential TO success in this age of the
| world ?
The advocates Of anarchy, tyranny and
evil are untiring in their efforts; they are
laboring zealouslY and pouring out thoir
| wealth with a profision and hberalIty worthy
of better cause. fthey arc not met with
equal energy, self-devotion and sacrifice OF
time and money, by those whose zeal is en-
lightened by greater knowledge. darker days
and more disastrous times than the country
has ever yet seen will be found in the future
1t will be destructive TO the country iC
abandon any longer the press and ell thu
means of sniightcning and arousing the pee
pie, to the control OF the dominant party, wbt
are ready to ruin the eouatry if by so doing
they can perpetuate their power.
/. The apathy with which political measures
involving the veal or woe of the people of thu
country, for generations to come, is met by
} men of wealth and influence In the nation, i
/ in the highest degree dangerous.-Bosto'
, | Courier.