Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-10-08

1aundiced by prejudfce. whose Judy
ment is not belonged by fanaticisn,
Knows THAT Whatever its futa re maj : be, Id
past is a glorious one.~ The immortal au-
thor of the Declaration of Independence
inspired that organization with his own
ardent love Of liberty and hatred of des-
potism. Jefferson has passed from the
busy stage of life, but tile Democratic
party remains the guardian of the COnsti-
tuition that7he loved. no ASisS -
When the future Gibbon will chronicle
the decline and fall of the, American Re-
public, the achievements of the Democratic
party will cover the brightest pages in his
story. The patriots of after ages will be
inspired by its endeavors and neryed by its
triumphs. This party held thenreius of
Government, for three quarters of a CEN
tury; conquered second independence by
trlumphing over our inveterate foe: added
an empire to our dominions. Under Demo-
cratic administration Government was felt
only by the blessings it conferred not by,
the burdens lit imposed. The Republic,
nnder its gfostsring care, became indeed
the land Of PROMISE to the weary exile,
escaping nom the thraldomS of the old
world to the freedom of the new.%Durfng
all this period, the golden. ageot the Re-
public, the record of the Democratic party
IL mot stained by single drop Of .Ansricdn
It's throne 4 not Of bpmss,n, s,,S sTzrni,ss Tzr,i,s -iEs
gariands of victory are not drenched with
fraternal blood or STEPPED in Widows and
Orphan's tears. Then, the humblest citizen
in che Republic felt secure in=life, liberty
and property and was deprived of neither
except by the due process of laws which
lie had voice in making. No Bastile
yawned. 70 receive our politicato pponents.
NO mlltarys commissions, s.orgauized to
conYict," murdered innocent women or
made children fatherless. Nor The DEM
ocratic party in prosperity was the pro-
teetor as in adversity it is the defender of
constitutional liberty. During the; late
war the Democratic party was willing to
sacrifice its friends and allies on the altar
of the Union. When the cannon of Beau
regard, doomed on Fort Sumter, the De-
mocracy of the North and West rushed
into the Union ranks on the solemn assur-
ance of Congress that the war would be
waged solely to restore the Union and pre-
serve the rights OF. the States unimpaired.
But when the war was converted into a
crusade against the South; when it was
waged, not for the Union, but for tie ne
gro; when Radicalsm exposed its cloven
loot, then, and not till then, did the Dem 1crdt-
&c party oppose the toar. The Democratic par
ty opposed The Administration tohen treason TO
the Administration aods pdtri6ttsm to the couas-
try ucII ,odU san I-ol lsoo frG 81 e
This grand old party has witnessed the
birth and triumphed at the fall of the Fed
eral, Wing and American parties. They
have passed away like sand and rubbish
heaped up by a freshet,- but the grand old
Democratic party remains firm as the ada
mantine rock, while the waves of popular
fury roll in harmless confusion at Its base.
This is the party which now comes forward
to restore the Republic, whose infancy it
protected, whose manhood it sustained. And
by the blessing of Him who holds the fate
of nations in His hands, the Democratic
party will restore the Republic and tram
NIT the,blessings of free government un-
tarnished to posterity. !. r-.ssat- ,..,,