The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1868-07-15
FRESH DEMOCRATIC DIspLEAsJEE.

So long as the States that engaged
in the rebellion remained under the
Military supervision of the General
Government, the Democrats through
out the whole country, and particu-
larly their representative men in the
two houses of Congress, were marvel
ously indignant, and let no occasion
slip, in season or out of season, to
make their feeling manifest. They
dcscanted inexcited phrasco!ogics upon
the rights of the people of the rcspec-
tive States to representation in the
government exercised ovcrthem strain
ing this point to such u degree as to
render the inference inevitable, that it
was their belief that the prcrogative to
participation in the government is so
Inherent and vital that no misdcmean-
ers or crimes can suffice to ALLEVIATE it,
and protested that the representation
of all the States, under any concciva-
BILE condition of affairs, was 50 essen
tial to thu just and necessary balance
of power, that q legal and rightlnl
government could not exist without it.
Well, Congress having secured all
the prclimnaries it deemed requisite,
at length proceeded to re-admit Ar
kansas to representation as of old, in
the two chambers. Against this
proceeding, the Democratic members
spontaneously and cmphatically pro-
tested, and their objections are rciter-
ated and sustained by the Democratic
journals, east and west, north and
south. Why is this? Simply be-
cause the Democrats regard the man
ner of re-admission as of more conse-
qucnce than the fact of re-admission
ITSELF A disinterestcd observer would
naturally suppose that the actual rep
resentaton of particular State, upon
terms eventually satisfactory to Con-
gress aud the local authorities, was all
that the spirit of Republican institu-
tions required; that Congress, in view
of the circumstances, could reasonably
stipulatc tor recognition of the impor-
tant changes wrought out by the war,
andthat the local government could
give such assurances as would bring
the State into harmony with the ex-
isting status of the country; but the
Democrats do not see this, and hence
protest that all this is irregular and
mischievous. Their obtuseness re-
suits from two different causes. Let
us clucidatc! .H.
/. In 1882, when Mr.. Calhoun and
his lieutenants invented the mod
ern doctrine of Estate Rights"
and proposed to exemplify it, Presi-
dent Jackson officially developed the
true theory of the Constitution. In
this service he was admirably seconded
by the genius and wisdom of Mr..
Webster and other Wing leaders.
jackson maintained that the authority
of the national government had its
source in the consent Of the people,
and not in negotiations between the
several States, and, consequently, that
it was paramount and supreme. From
this view it followed logically that no
State had a right to withdraw from the
Union; that an attempted withdrawal
was rebellion; and that such rebellion,
successfully resisted, putthe States and
the individuals concerned in it at the
mercy Of the government. This was
tho popular Democratic doctrine 50
long as the influence of General Jack.
son prevailed.
After a season when jackson had re-