The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1867-04-11

The Attempt 10 Revive tile De-
funct Democracy - Why II
must Prove "a Failure.

] LoA AAAAlflLADA ~ hGFH ANbtlllGI LAelE LENlu=
| bands, by cherishing the expectation Of tho
return of the blissful days when they shall
| again enjoy the sunshine Ofpower and Of
| flee. This pleasing hope and mirage Of
| the future buOys them up under repeated
disappointments and defeats.
| The time was, "that when the brains
were out, the man would die" but It is not
so with this party. Its brains and its
| principles being gone, Il still tries to keep
/ up a Pickering, siclily existence. It has
survived its prestige Of the past; its prin-
/ ciples eliminated in Secession and Rebel
| lion. This party furnished the leading
conspiratOrs Of the rebellion, who tried to
subvert the Constitution. by overthrowing
the Government. A "ConfederacvU was
formed; four years of civil war was main
tainedi foreign aid and foreign alliances
were sought; secret oath-bound conspira-
cies were formed, even in the loyal States
all Of which movements were sympathiz-
ed with, connived ut and participated In
by the Democratic party. All this was
done to render successful and triumphant,
the Rebellion, for the destruction Of the
Constitution.
In view Of this recent history, how
modest the demands of this party, when
they propose to become the especial guar
dams of the Constitution, and to take
charge Of all the mighty interests Of that
country to which they proved so recreant
in the hour Of its extreme peril.
They ask that people whom they basely
betrayed, to reinstate in power with them,
the Daviss, the TOombs, and the Brecken-
ridges, whose hands are yet red with the
blood Of those who died for the Union.
They propose to subject the legislation
of loyal people, who freely shed their
blood and poured out their treasure in de-
fence of the Nation, TO the equal voice and
Icontrol without condition or restriction, Of
defiant and uurepentant rebels. They
propose to place under the control Of those
men our system OF finance, on the sue
cessful working Of which depends the pay
ment of the National debt, the payment
of soldiers bounties and widows and or
phans' pensions-in fact the very perpetui-
ty and preservation of our whole Govern
ment, are involved in the issue. How
easy, with the addition of the rebel debt, to
wreck the whole fabric, which has beeu
preserved thus fur at such prodigious sac
rifces.
This is the way this party propose to
save the Constitution! All this must bo
done to save our country from "Military
depotsm and the reign Of Radicalism."
Now, what is Radicalism2 1t means
, simply, going to the root Of the matter
! providing measures adequate to the Ccca-
, sion to meet the crisis. Is not this the duty
, Of the statesman 70 whom the interests of a
great people are committed? ? Why not
adopt radical healing, preventing meas
3 ures War is too costly a remedy for po-
. litcal evils, to be repeated more than once
I in a generation.
> The Democratic party, with Davis at
! their head, forced emancipation upon the
nation. The four millions of Freedmen
constitute a great fact--a reality which
must be taken into the account and pro-
vided for. Legislation for the purpose Of
protecting and insuring the rights Of this
people became necessary, to fit them for n
sphere of action to which they have been
. called with but little election on their part.
These people are part of the Inhabitants
of our land, whether we will or no. If
/. these people are to enjoy the rights Of hui
manity, Of citizens, they must be placed
2 under educational, moral and religious in
huences to fit them for their new sphere
of life. The safety, the good order Of So
: ciety, demands this much. This must be
done, or else they will be thrust back to
slavery, as unit for anything better, Is
this what the Democratic party WANT
1 VIII they avow that they are in favor Of
z the restoration ofslavery and a slave code,
as they existed before the war? Dare they
= put such plank in the Democratic plat
form Can a Democratic party exist
without a slave system in the L. States p
A slave system is such beautiful nursery
g Of Democracy 1t produced a Davis, q
+ Wise, Toombs, Breckenridge, a Mason,
! &c. &c.-mOdeL Democrats, when shall we
u look upon their like again?
e Ifthe slave system should be radically
n eradicated, where will the Democratic par
g ty gets its leaders in the future? Can a
party survive or be resusctated without
principles? Does this party put forth
= platform of principles which meets square.
5 ly the issues growing out Ofthe war? They
q denounce the Civil Rights bill, and the
Freedmen's Bureau they are opposed to
"military despotism" and Impartial Sut-
= frage. But what are they ia JduOr of? It
Y will not be sufficient for them vaguely and
indefinitely to reply, "We are in favor OF
the principles of Democracy, as interpreted
> by Thomas Jefferson" But what are
: those affirmative principles ? Do they
?. abandon in terms the "Right ofSecession, -
l. as interpreted and acted upon by the
9 Southern States in the late rebellion
: What will they do with the negro -
3 viii they re-enslave him, or maintain
him I'm his rights to life, liberty and the
pursuit of happiness, as laid down by JEFF
II ferson? VIII they pay the National Debt
= VIII they pay the rebel debt, incurred for
j the overthrow of the Government Will
n they adjust the Tariff system, so that while
p It raises the greatest amount of revenue, It
IF will at the same time protect and encour-
g age those great national interests, which
= support the burdens of internal taxation ?
4AANeC AAt IlNotlltg AAhAl4sB "a E5'llA A9sNANsA
which must be met by statesmen in a
d statesmanlize manner. They cannot be
set aside by mere appeals to the prejudices
. and the jealousies of the ignorant and low
minded Persistent efforts to cherish and
l excite the prejudices of race, will not suf-
fee TO build up a party. Shallow apollo
o. gies for rebellion, in the shape Of abuse OF
AboLttj0uists, will not furnish sufficient vi
tallty and vigor Of principle to sustain a
-, great party upon.
The much abused "Aboiitionists" never
p portrayed the anh-Rcpublican, demoral-
izing and barbarizing influences Of tho
slave system in more revolving colors than
the actual revelations Of the Prison House
. Of Slavery, as opened by the events Of the
as late war. The actualities of that contest
re- have added a still darker shade to its most
re repulsive features. Good men, wise mon,
n cannot be rallyed around the standard OF
a party without affirmative principles. II
the eoiured man is to fill the place and
assume the functions Of a citizen, good men
10 will be ready TO devise ways and means 20
s. aid him fitting himself for the higher
nae. --Lf.T, Ia, go sfrruc-1inrr IN attain. Thew