The Portland daily press., 1867-04-24
DAILY PRESS.
Wednesday Morning, April "a. 1867.

PORTLAND


Daily the crippled, etfete and disloyal Demo-
cratic party of the nation is becoming more
and more desperate. There seems no end to its
folly. The rebellion nearly killed it,-at least
rendered it almost powerless, and what little
life it still retains seems destined to be let out
by the suicidal acts of those who rally in
its name.
IL Is no use for members of that party who
nave continued to keep their own patriotism
aliv to say the partyis not responsible for such
ACTS as are disclosed below, for the moment
you take from the party the extreme disloval
lowing rebel sympathizing element
muse "no Keep ahve and active this element,
tnat moment the party goes up Take from it
III inns State the men who, during the war
were all the time rejoicing over rebel successes
and were gloomy and long-faced whenever
news of Union victory was received, take
from it in Ohio the Vallandighams and Loncs
and from the party at large those who resolved
at Chicago that the war had been failure.
and the party would expire at once. Deprived
OF the brains and energy and earnestness OF
these men, and the party would never hold
another convention; never live to chronicle
another defeat tor it would not retain lie sufa-
cient to get up respectable fight at the polls
In Ohio the leading Democrats have organ
lied "State Sovereignty Association" and
under the auspices of this association there
has recently been held at Cincinnati what was
pompously dubbed National Democratic
Convention" II does not follow that delegates
were present from many States, but all the
States were privileged to be represented and
this body thus named, has assumed to speak in
behalf of the National Democratic cause
Alexander Long, formerly Democratic mem
Der Of Congress from Ohio, was made President
of the convention, committee on resolutions
was duly appointed, and it is to the spirit and
aim of these in.ousiy adopted
to which we would invite special attention.
These resolutions declare that white suprem-
acy and negro subordination is the best cond-
lion Of the races" Another enunciation is
that slavery was by no means the cause of the
war" and then they 60 on to admonish the
South that she is making fearful mistake in
thinking she can control negro votes; and that
her only hope is in resisting negro suffrage,
and not accepting the Congressional plan of
reconstruction.
But to see how artfully the idea of repudia-
ton of our national Indebtedness is put forth
and fortified, and to see the damning infamy
and rascality that turks behind this last Dem
cratic" movement, we ask attention to the fol-
lowing resolution:
This convention opens the way for that hap
py transition by declaring that the public debt |
is an overthrow OF our constitutional system;
that it is contrary to the first principles of lib
and ,rxIk kI.Aa l.
moral or legal obligation, except SO far as TO
provide for the manned, necessitous soldiers,
and the neceBsitOus widows and orphans on
both sides OF the fratricide
Upon this bare-faced and almost direct re-
commendation OF repudiating Iths pledged
faith of the nation, the Boston Transcript ut |
ters the following just words:
After reading this, one does not wonder that
Governor Orr and other prominent Southern
men, have come to tho conclusion that the con-
necllon between the former Shareholders of the
South and the Democratic party of the North
had better be dissolved Knaves that also show
signs OF being madmen, are not safe allies for |
such shrewd politicians as are now trying to |
get the South back into the Union. The re-
pudiation OF the national debt would be the |
most unpopular of all scoundrel;sms Its OBJ |
legations are held by all classes of the popula-
tion, varying in amount only as those classes
vary in respect to their possession of property
Those workingmen who have DO direct inter-
est in the bonds are indirectly interested
through the savings banks, whose deposits are
heavily invested in national securities Indeed |
would bring down the whole fabric
OF our industry in luinous crash, in which |
labor would suffer as much as capital; and the
people are nos ignorant of the fact No dema-
gogue whose unscrupulousness was in the
slightest degree checked by sagacity would
dream Of obtaining popular support by recon-
such measure; and it was left to the
National Democrats" OF Ohio to achieve the
high distinction Of Identifying Democracy
with lack OF common sehse as well as with
lack of moral principle.