The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1868-04-04
Democracy and the Cowmt,.v.


Democracy and the Country.
We heard prominent democrat Of our coun.
~ make this assertion q few days ago: 1.-THE
country will never be uniied-will never be-
peaceful nor happy-uniil the democratic par.
"iy regains control Of every department oi the
government" II this Is so, all Of US might
have sad forebodings Of the future Of our land,
FOR. viewing the politics Of the country through
the clear light Of reason, Il is very evident that
u We except q local triumph here and there, never
again can the democratic party hope for success
Its manifold sins have weighed u down-crush-
ell il uticrly-rendered II q stencil In the nosrils
OF large majority Of the voters Of the country
and IL We are 10 look to II for "a happy release
from all our difficulties, then indeed, do We pre-
sen, - helpless ease TO the sympaihics OF the
world.
But is itruc that the democratic party Is one Of
such extreme excellence TO cniiilc IL To the Pc
cuiar title Of the defender Of the constitution and
the hopc Of the country Has IFS past been so
pure, 80 hlameltss, devoid OF wrong, that We
may safely trus, IL for The future, laying calmly
down NIL thought aud carr voting lot democrats
merely because they are democrats, and depend
ing on them to steer us safely through the dan.
gers that must beset our pathway Z No; the his.
tory Of our country, now sadly written in blood
iOrbds the possibility Of such Thing, and coun.
sells Us all to remember that TO tho democratic
party may be- traced directly the horrors aud
consequences Of that fearful ordeal through which
We have just passed, aud tells vs. To trust no
more the party that once was 80 honored aud
respected, but which Is now so fallen.
II has not been many years since our country
was united few crazy fanatics in Congress
sometimes talked gliLly ola dissolution OF the
Union aud threatened secession, while Seward,
now the right hand man Of the whiie-llouse
renegade, thought be- would be willing Ito let
" the Union slide ia a certain contingency, but
| all such expressions were considered a. but the
fancics ot dcmagogues. The democratic party
had control OF the country, in iis every depart
men, buchanan, the President, was democrat ;
his Cabinet advisers were democrats; the South
ern States were represented in both HOUSES Of
Congress by democrats, and were ruled, as
States, by democrats. The Congress was largely
democratic, aud, ia the language Of our friend
whom We have quoted, the democratic party had
entire control Of every department OF the gov
"ernmcnt.' How was that power used To
maintain the national Union-the peace aud
happiness Of the country interests of the
/ people Alas, no! II was used 10 inaugurate u
rebellion dgdina the National goyernment-lo
organize armies and navies TO resist the lawful
authority OF the coun,ry-to wage fierce and
relentless contest against the government that
the democracy now profess to be so anxious to
restore. Every State that seeded from the
Union was a democratic State almos, every
Senator aud Representative who LEFT his sea, in
Congress 10 forward the cause Of rebellion had
been elected as n democrat every prominent
actor, civil or military, in tina, rebellion, was
democrat IL was, in fact as well as in theory, a
democratic revolution. But, Notwithstanding
the extensive preparations tina, had been made
for this outbreak in the democratic States Of the
South, and although the government was almost
totally unpTepared for the storm that in 1861
burst upon it, yet il conquered in the end-trea-
sou was crushed, rebels were whipped, the SUI
premacy vi the National government acknowl-
edged over every foot Of ground from the
great lakes TO the Rio Grande. Aud then,
having failed Of success In destroying the gov
ernmeni, the democratic party has set itself up
as the only political elemen, that can sA,isfAe,or-
lily deal with the nice questions that have grown
out OF the rebellion To that party we must look
for peace and prosperity and united country,
aud must wait for il until they regain control of
every department OF the government
Granting that the democratic party has re-
pcn,cd OF its past sins-tnat Il now considers
that IL committed grave error in fostering re-
bellion-ihai Il is sincerely attached to the Union
of the Siatcs-wherein consists its claim that no
other party but Il can successfully cope with the
great issues TOW before the country !, has
shown by past actions that il can easily forget
obligations aud Danish convictions; that Il can
readily cease to remember official oaths aud ties
TO country that at the 6at Of party Il can en-
drayOr Ia pull down governments and produce
confusion aud anarchy and war, and to trust Il
again would he the sheerest folly that a people
could commit. And Il will not be trusted
The handwriting Is on the wall, and IL tells the
democratic party that Us fate Is sealed as pow
eTfal party, forever; that 'it has been weighed
in the balance aud found wanting" II lin
geFei long, cotrup, rs II was, but when II fell,
''iI tell like l.ucifsr, never TO rise again" Hut
two three small States of all the mighty thirty
six render II hoinsRe; nowhere Else can Il claim
an abiding place Us orators canvass States,
aud tell the people Of the beAuiiss ~ democracy
how II loves the country how IL 10 anxious To
obtain control ''of all the departments Of the
" governmsn,, that peaer aud prosperity and
happiness may dawn upOn ", but all 10 no pur-
pose the I-'opIe vote, aud vote against demOe-
raey. That party will moi have To do tho work
Of restoring the Union the Republican party IL
now attending to that matter, and will cou,inus
on Ia the way iheIhRse started TO satisfactory
conclusion 81 The matter. This party may mee,
with dinculiiss but they viii be- surmoun,ed.
One serious "impedimeni" 10 reconstruction is
now on his "lasl legs NJ Washington, and will
soon he heard Of no morr, and with this man
ou' ~ ihn way his power ~ mischief removed
we may look Zoe sprndy return Of the country
to that condition. In which II wa. previoas 10 the
deulocraiic rebellion just cloaed.
n0- An ''exiens;on Of time In which 10 pay
for our recrnt Russian Parebass has been asked
and obtained by Secretary Seward, because cOn-
grcss hasn't yet been able IN see what benefits
the purchase ~ that land ~ rocks and Ice and
seals and Rousseau woala 0oairr npon us. and
hasn'i voted the ''SI, 100000 In gold" Bous-
Saau nigh, set his soldiers 10 work and clear
up slai an which bis great pFO,oiypo might
rect wheH he rc,irss fSoai bis official labors but
II he Ia Roing 20 do that he had better 10 quick
stoa, u, for Il won, he long before johnson ha.
leave ~ aisssnec" from lhn White lionsr
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