Owyhee bullion. [volume] (Silver City, I.T. [Idaho]) 1866-1867, 1867-10-31
Old Ideas.

Great reformations sometimes result
from, apparently, very insignificant
causes. The religious reformation of the
sixteenth century was initiated upon a
single idea, based upon single sentence
of five words.
Martin Luther was slowly climbing
the steps of one of the departments 1--WE
forget which, Of the Vatican, at Rome !;
he was climbing upon his knees, when a
passage in the writings of ST. Paul occur
red to his mind "By faith are ye saved"
He arose from his knees, and, as with
Paul, near Damascus, suddenly there
shined round about him a light from
Heaven" lie stood erect a ne,o man !;
and from that moment commenced the
great reformation of the sixteenth centu-
ry, The political reformation of this
nineteenth century which has already
been commenced, must be continued by
faith, an abiding faith, in the purity and
soundncss of the doctrines of our fore
fathers; faith in the principles Of the old
constitution; faith in every truism Of
old-time Democracy; then we will work
the harder, the more earnestly, for the
cause of our country, and success must
crown our efforts, and order and harmo-
ny, and prosperity be once more restored
to our country. Can any one doubt this
If we had adhered to our old Jefferson,
Democratic policy, if we had not forsak-
en- the course which we had so long fol
lowed, and gone after strange Gods, the
niger, that golden calf Of abolitionism,
there would be no need of political re-
formation. But the vicious doctrines,
and the corrupt practices of radicalism
have well nigh wraught our ruin, and
reformation must be affected by the mas
SEES, or that ruin will surely overtake US.
We may look at the present situation in
whatever light we please, and from any
standpoint we please and there is nc
parallactic illusion by which reasonable
minds can be deceived. There is fear
full crisis impending over the country
which cannot be warded off, unless speedy
reformation is effected; and that, too,
based upon the cardinal principles oil
Democracy. This must be done, and We
believe that it will, at the next Presi
dental election. And it must, and will
be done by the Democratic party Thaj
party fought for the honor of the old haq
during the war, and ''rally round the
flag" should still be, it is, the watchword
of the Democratic party now.
The veil is being gradually withdrawn
from around the radical policy; and good
men stand aghast at the hidous deformi
ty of their designs becoming more plain
ly visible every day. 1t is an indisput-
able fact, that never in the whole history
of our country, has SO much corruption
pervaded every department of our gov
ernment Never did any party in pow
err display SO much pragmatical malig
nancy, as this radical party towards those
who dare to exercises freemens' rights
to oppose them. There is not a dogmi
of that party to>day cxtant, but is soph
ism, or base falshood. Nearly ever &C
of Congress has plain and direct and
manifest tendency to ruin eight mil
lions of our fellow American citizens, O.
crush them out entirely, They do no
even show any method in the display o
their vindictiveness. They sneer at tn,
constitution and say cit is played out.
They contradict themselves in the mos
school-boy manner, and smoker, whel
together, over their own tomfoolery-
They think they are playing smart joke
on the masses. This is all true, ard yet
there is large party Of white, intelli
gent people, who boast Of the name o
American citizens, who are sustainin,
this party in power.
Yet the Democracy, friends of libcr