The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1867-01-12
The Democracy Moving.
from the n. Y. Metropolitan Record.

From the y. Y. Metropolitan Record.
We are glad to see that the Demo.
cracy are being at last thoroughly
aroused to u true sense Of the con
dition Of the country. and that, awak-
ing from their lcthargy, they are de
tormincd to do battle again and again
for the salvation Of constitutional
freedom. From gallant old Kentucky,
from the Dark and Bloody Ground,
trle to the principles Of the great eX-
ponndcr Of the party, comes the rally
ing cry. loud and clear, calling the
hosts Of freedom to the conflict. As
in '9S, she places herself in the van,
and, unturling the standard of the Con-
stitntion to the breeze, inspires the dis
heartcned with new hope, and arouses
the apatlletic to new life. Let the
Democracy of the other States initiate
the action of our brothers of Kentucky
and prove to them that they, too, have
bncklcd on their armOr and are oncc
more ready, as in the glorious past, to
face their old and willy foe. Let them
hold State Conventions and give clear
and authentic utterancc to the indigna-
with which they look upon the uslIrpa-
tions'of the old anarchists in Washing
ton, and their conspiracy to overthrow
the liberties Of the people. Let them
be inspired by the spirit that actuated
the Democratic Convention held in
Louisville on the 18th inst, for the
appointment Of delegates to the State
Convention, which is to take place at
Frankfort on the 22nd of February,
1867. True to the political faith Of
the great statesman of Monticello, they
give forth no uncertain sound in the
day of trial and adversely, but, boldly
proclaiming their principles, they de
nounc in fearless and indignant Ian
gtage the infamous riot of the dcstruc-
tivcs at the capital. ''Resolved," they
say, ''that we view with horror the
revolutionary designs of the minority
now in power in Congress at Washing,
ton, and that in view of these dangers,
we urgently recommend the meeting of
a National Democratic Convention in
Louisville at an early period; that we
the Democratic State Convcn-
ton to issue call for such Convention,
that we suggest the LIST of May,
1867, as the day for its assembling"
Nobly uttered. Now let the Demo
cracy throughout the countsy act as be
them. Let them follow the
example set them in the resolution
quoted, and call for q National Con
to be convened on the Ist of
Nay, 1867, three mseks before the day
ired for THad. Serens' bill for tie be-
Of his territorial scheme in Worth
Carolina. Now is the hour for the ,
commencement of the good work.
Fhe danger increases with every day of
naction. Let the chairman of the :
;hicago Natior al Convention bestir
Iimself; and let him bear in mind that :
Ie has a duty to perform for the neg A.:
rct of which he will b. held to a strict g., !
cc%ountabillity. p.
We say this limo spirit of menace, T,
ut as an incentive to immediate action. !.
n him was vested the authority to call !
nat Convention together when consti- :
itional freedom was in imminent peril. :.
he time has come, and there is crime .
delay. In the words of a spirit stir J,
g letter now before us, and from as .
a Democrat and sterling o man as |"
drew the breath Of life-"NOw isl
e time to act. We ought, as in the
of rs, to organize committees of p
rrespondcncc, committees of safety, Il
d societies Of the SONS of liberty al
rOughOut the entire country. The C;
'uth must and shall be preserved" oil