The New era. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1865-1871, 1867-02-14

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intolerant and vulgar despotism that has
ever disgraced any set Of tyrants on the
face OF the earth. And with him would
stand the main body of the devoted
friends who followed his plume so long
as it waved in the fight. After the death
OF Mr.. Clay, the Wing party dissolved,
and his friends went off into different
political organizations. In the South, the
flower Of it, united with the Demo-
cratic party, which stood as the last
barrier opposed to the fanaticism Of
Northern Abolitionists and demagogues,
who were rushing down upon them, and
whose Wickedness fully eliminated in
secession, and the terrible war which
has brought such untold misery upon
the country.
But what has passed cannot be recall
ed. Our business is with the present
and the future. Can the country be
saved-can the Constitution be rescued
from the hands of the spoilerse We
believe it may be, and the only plan by
which it can be saved is by taking hold
of the only political organization in the
country, that has any vitality left
gather it together in a solid phalanx,
and invite all good men in the country,
it matters not what have been their diff
ferences in "old times,o to rally to its
standard, and go earnestly into the
fight against the wicked conspirators
who now seek the overthrow Of Re
publican Government in this land. All
other parties are broken up-the good
old Democratic party alone lives, moves,
and has q being, and voice to call the
country to reflection and effort. Grand
as its destiny has heretofore been, a
grander one is still in store for it. It
will not appear before the country now
as u mere partisan chief, but as the
great Captain Of the day and age, hand
in hand with many Of the leading
soldiers of the old Wing party, to fight
and win the great battle of Constitution
al Law and Liberty in this land. With
the chart Of fundamental faith, as it is
imbedded in the Constitution of the
land, they will go forth to battle, and
make one grand and united effort to
save the glorious institutions OF our
country from destruction. Who can
doubt the success Of this effort, il proper
ly directed? The stake is worth the
trial. The people must rise to the work,
and if they do the conspirators will
understand it. This will be the great
Democratic party of the country-the
Democratic party of the old faith, as
taught by the fathers of the Govern
ment. It will be the 1Ohite naan's party
rushing to the rescue of Constitutional
Liberty in America.
All other organizations and plans to
stay the tide of fanaticism and destruc-
ton have failed. We want no more such
movements as the Philadelphia Con-
vention of August last. The times for
shows have passed. We want the people
of thirty-six States to meet in Conven-
ton, through regularly appointed dele
gates, fresh from the people, and when
they get there to make Democratic or
ganization out of such timber as will
stand the test, and then go forward and
hoist their standards in aN of the States,
and lay down the stubborn fact to the
disorganizers and tyrants, that there
are thirty-six States in this Union, and
that they and their people have equal
rights in that Union, and that the great
Democratic party is now fully in the
field to assert those right, peacably if
they can, forcibly, if they must. The
issues must now be fairly and squarely
met.
This movement is called the Demo-
cratic National Convention" but it is
really the rally of the people, under the
banner of that old and time-honored
party. It has the ring of the right
metal. Let the people move in earnest,
and tyrants will tremble. The giant
tread of the old Democracy will be
understood, and its trumpet-call will be
heard. We published week before last
an editorial synopsis, furnished by CO.
temporary, of the preliminary steps
4.,xo,, IN hold a Nokinpo1 Convention in