The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1867-07-25

| DomOcratto parry. AUS name lndlcat-
ed TO some extent is beautiful nature
and In It's earlier days, the days of
Jefferson, it came nearer to tho ele.
ment that should control Republic,
than any other brought forth Of hu.
maRity. Our people, stuBg by the
sneers and suffering from the wrongs
Of an aristccraoy. sot up the rights Of
the citizen; aud proclaimed the dig
nifty Of labor, and under the control
Of the Democracy, recognized and
sustained such measures only as Bus-
tanned the citizen aud elevated the Ia.
borer.
/ am not here, my fellow citizens,
to preach, the enlogistio funeral ser
mon over the memories Of this once
mighty organization, for Il is dead. II
Is dead to the voice ofhumanity, tits
dead to the high trust reposed in Il
by the fathers Of the government. II
fell into decay, and became the active
instrument OF bad men, who used Il
for their own ambitions ends, aud
swayed their followers BY appeals TO
passion instead Of reason, and pervor-
ted the highest trusts TO tho meanost
purposes. When its hour Of trial
came IL failed iguominiously. The
yilest ofall vile things, 80 sung by the
poets, so condemned by orators, so
taught by sages, il that villainy, the
; sum total Of all villainy, called slav-
cry, while the loitiest virtue of all
virtues is patriotism. When the hour
of trial came, and the Republic was
found struggling in death grasp
with faction and anarchy, il turned
its back on Its true government, and
became the advocate Of human serv-
itude. 1t felt a strange JOY when our
flag was trampled on; it trejoiced aloud
when our brave men were defeated; aud
when the Republic, In hor sorest
need, called ON her children for help,
this party hid in swamps, OF fed over
the border, or, worse yet, organized
secret associations, that met at mid
night and plotted treason that was
harmless only because they lacked the
courage TO put that treason into exc
oution. / will not say that all DEM
ocrats are mean men, as our Senator
Morton does, but I will say, without
fear of successful contradiction, that
all mean men are Democrats. Fini
man hopelessly ignorant, aud you find
q Democrat; find one lacking in pa
triotism, and you have a Democrat;
hunt out the dishonest man, aud un-
loss he is one we have intrusted with
a moneyed Office, aud, God help us, /
fear the majority is with US there, and
you behold Democrat. If loss of
virtue is loss of life, If n lack of
principle is a want ofpolitical breath,
the brave old Democracy Of the days
of Jefferson is dead. Let us freely
engrave its good deeds on its tomb,
let US droop over it its well-worn and
time -honored banner, ofequal rights,
aud go our ways, for it is dead and
buried.
Partisahs, my fellow-citizeus, are
created not so much by opinion as by
feeling, aud when these feelings
come Of our better instincts, aud
not low, unmeaning prejudice,
the party is honorable, and its end
means right. From the nature ofOur
government and the character of our
people, we may always expect two
great parties to. be in the field strug-
Cling for the control of. our govern
ment. The one is an ultra. progress
sive or radical party, and the other a
conservative one. When o man is
born into this world with nothing
!. provided for him to eat or wear, with
A no place TO ait upon, with nothing but
! his naked hands and brain to provide
him living with, he naturally re-
! CARDS with jealousy all vested rights
that provide better for others, aud he
is ultra aud aggressive in his demands
. for human rights. On the other hand
! a man born TO comfort aud case re-
! CARDS with anxiety all vested rights.
The one Is radical, the otherconserv--
ative. / do not mean to say that all
: poor men are radical, or AL veal
thy men conservatives, but do mean
. to say that, in this distinction, you
1 will find the origin of the two great
: political organizations Of our coun-
i try. We fnd exceptions, Of course.
. The poor man struggles on grows
/. rich 10 the worlds goods; gets old,
and becomes conservative. On the
a other hand. many well-born aud
q wealthy obey their generous impulses
\ and rank themselves among those
fighting for fairplay and equal rights
a But in the main youWill find the dis
= tinctiOn / have drawn the marked
4 line Of demarkation between the two
f parties.
n 1t is popular error then that as
' serts that certain principles or opiu'
: ions. or, if you will, convictions, per
tain necessarily 70 party. A poiit-
ical organization may diVest itself o.
: every shadow Of itsold distinguish,
a ing opinions aud yet remain a party
!, aad without sense or propriety retair
4 its old name. Thus the old Democ-
n racy that at one time advocated I
I, specie currency, an economical eAd
2 ministration Of the Government, op
o posed Internal improvement on th'
Il part ofth federal center, and all clasi
4 Legislation now asit rests to-day cast
y all these aside and welcomes TO IL
/; ranks all shades Of opinion on thes,
q important questions. II has siiainet
i such drill and discipline that It car
change its base and march at will Of
either flank. It's members follow
their leaders with the blind docilit,
v of sheep. You ofan agricultural ex
Dr. perience have seen flock passing
l- pair Of bars, IL tho bar is up the bell
a, wether leaps and the sheep leap afte
Q, him. Now, ifthe farmer will simpl,
or remove the bar, the remainder Of tn
Of flock viii 20 on jumping ell the same