Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-06-29
"The Bourbon Party.v

Some Republican journal is startling the
country with the original declaration, that
the Democratic party is 1.-THE Bourbon
Party That is to say, it neither forgets
nor learns anything. 1t is Bourbon
enough not to forget that under the admin
istration of the Government by the Demo-
cratic and Whig parties, when the Consti-
tuition of the United States was an instru-
ment that was reverenced and taken as an
infallible guide, the country prospered ex-
ceedingly. 1t is Bourbon enough not to
forget that for three-quarters of century
the Democratic party, with signal success,
administered the Government. 1t is Bour-
bon enough not to forget that it success
fully viudieated the National honor
in two foreign toars, and tolerated
freedom of speech at home that gave
"aid and comfort to the enemy" and did
not infract or suspend any particular part
of the Constitution. It is Bourbon enough
to not forget that il peaceably overthrew
Nativeism and Know Nothingism, which
put the stigma of prescription upon men
of foreign birth and of G particular relig-
ious denomination. 1t is Bourbon enough
not to forget that all the Territory acquired,
excepting the recent purchase of'' Russian
America" was acquired by the Democratic
party. 1t is Bourbon enough not to forget
that the recent calamitous War could have
been prevented, but that the Republican
politicians refused to agree to a measure
by which it could have been prevented
tits Bourbon enough to recollect that be-
fore the War commenced the Neu
York Tribune, in editorial aitel
editorial, told the South that il
they were not Inclined to re.
from it; that the Ohio State Journal declared
that the people had passed upon the Union
and that politicians and dotards may gabtlt
and toeep tears Of inabecility ouer the breaking
upof an unnatural compact, bat reason, justice
and humanity aoiu gladly accept itds one Of
those cheering evidences that Providence i.
toorking good to the creatures of earth througf
the process of euents;;" that the Cincinnati
Commercial favored the letting of the South
go and the cultivation of samicable rela-
tions" with her, and that Republican pa
pers generally echoed these sentiments.
The Democratic party is Bourbon enough
not to learn that class legislation for the
benefit of the few at the expense of the
many, should become the prevailing rul,
in this country. 1t is Bourbon enough moi
to learn that extravaganza and corruption
should be tolerated in official circles. 1t i:
Bourbon enough not to learn that need
less swarm of officials should be spread
over the country, eating out the substance
of the people. 1t is Bourbon enough not
to learn that the putting of ten States
out of the Union, cutting them ut
into five Military Districts, and ruling
over them by five military officers, is either
constitutiolalzor calculated to contribute
to the peace and prosperity of the country
1t is Bourbon enough not to learn that the
Negro Race is the equal of the White Race
and that therefore its members should have
extended to them all the political right;
and privileges the members of the White
Race enjoy in this country. aBA
This is the Bourbonism, and the only
kind, with which the Democratic party i:
afflicted; and it is becoming popular.