The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1867-02-07

The Columbus Journal contains an
editorial that expresses our ideas SO
much better than we IN express them,
that we adoptit Read it and p0nderit.
THE scYLLAAND cHARYBDIs OF PARTIES.
One of two things may befal party in the
height Of It's prosperity, to destroy 1t. II may
become eyalnglOrious through too much power,
lnsolently unregar1ful of the right and corrupt;
or, It NAV become tlmid, ''c0nserrative" and too
weak, through fear Of losing power 70 battle for
We have shown, In a former article, how the
Democratic party lost It's prestige as aparty BY
tlmid conservatism and time-eerYlng. ~. tI.
The lesson is one to be deeply considered by the
members Of our own glorious party.
IL bas done more for human progress than any
other party that ever existed. II has vndcated
the republican principle, established the right and
feasibility of self-goyeynment, aud freed o race
from slavery. Nothing half so sublime as this
has ever before occurred In the worlds history
We have realized tho ideal of the Declaration Of
ndependence--aipost And now we falter.
The Nation has been made TO sweat great drops
of blood for the 9in of slavery. 1t has suiteredall
the plagaes Of Egypt In the Democratic party.
II lost al It's Dest-borD-fOr are not our dead he
roes the frstoorn Of the Natione And yet, we
falter and temporize, and try to swhdle our.
selves into the belief that we can cheat eternal
Justice That we can deprive millions OF American
citizens Of their biFth-right, and establish Re
pnblic on aristocratc principles. We are half
ashamed Of the greatest glory. which has ever
crowned any organization, and pretend that cir
J cunistants ~ forced this glory upon US. Freeing
az ensaveG race of men was an act OF polley--a
mllitary necessity. We never Intended anything
! half so glorious We are too much the inequeyt
/ OF prejudice, and the vassals Of bigotry to bay,
taken so high stand, II itc0uld have been avoid
cd. We beseech oil the british oppressors OF the
weak everywhere 10 take notice, that we were
found battling for the high and noble cause o.
universal human liberty simply as matter o.
policy, and that we have no intention OF espousnG
the cause of the oppressed, but are your high
nessea' most obsequlous, toad-eatlng humble
servants.
For shame Isall our manhood gone out Of us
ut the fret crack OF the plantation whip Are W
always 10 bow to blind, unreasoning, lgn0ran
| pfeludleef Let us read once more the rlnginl
words Of our Magma Charta g
l'We hold these truths to be selfevident, thai
ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL, that the
ate endowed by their Creator with certain unalten
able rights" . .tt.. '9nhat to secure thes
rights governments are Instituted among men
deripiaghei Just poee,S ,from hs consent Of N
Do our party leaders know how thoroughly th
| hearts Of the people are lmhued with these priL
eiplesp They may awake, too late, to find thu
the great heart of the people Is almost . unit o.
this question, and that oil opposition viii be gr0un
to powder under the crushing weight OF thel
energy, and determination, and Gre. The peopl
are agea ahead Of their political leaders, s0-eallet
| In the march of progress. The burharOus are
slavery has been left by them In the distant past
They have shaken of the very memory Of II
power, and The shackles of its prejudice, hay
been broken forever. They fought and oyercam
It's legions In the might Of It's power, and they d
not fear It's dead body Il Is their leaders onl
who see phantoms In every bush. ~. .IF,l
And while these leaders are accommodating, on
keeping under cover, aud protesting that The
don't mean TO fight Of all, the people will max
their grand charge into the abandoned works, an
plant there the glorious banner Of USIvEEs!I
LdBgRrY AND EoUAL RioHTs 10 ALI MES.
Theu, and not Gil then, will our work be con
pleted, and this Nation be the homo Of ffeedol
and the refuge of the oppressed oE ali latlons