Elizabeth daily monitor. [volume] (Elizabeth, N.J.) 1868-1880, 1868-10-12
THE INCONSISTENCIES OF THE
= DEMOCRATIC PARTY.

cies OF the Democratic party, falsely
so-called) would require more space
than we can devote to Il single article,
but we invite our readers to a glance at
some of the most conspicuous cases,
wherein, as party, it has preached one
thing and practiced another.
We all know how it has ever claimed,
and still claims to be The constitutional
party, holding in almost sacred rever-
ence the constitution of the United
States, yet in 1860, when the people, in
the manner prescribed by that instru-
ment, chose Abraham Lincoln for their
chief executive, the Democratic party
South rushed to arms, ignoring and re-
fusing submission to the popular will,
while the Democratic party North of
fered no resistance to treason and rebel
lion, but through James Buchanan, its
chosen leader, "could find no power in
the constitution to coerce sovereign
State" Very well. 1t is poor rule
that will not work both ways.
After long and bloody war, when
the people in these same states com
mence, not to dissolve the Union, nor
make war upon it, but to reorganize
their state governments, elect their Off
GERS and senators and Representatives
in Congress, according to the constitu-
ton and the laws of the United States,
these sticklers for the constitution can
| find ample power somewhere to SEQ
cree sovereign state" 1t was uncon-
! stitutional to suppress rebellion, hold
the property and maintain the honor OF
the government, when Il state was in
rebellion against it; but now, when that
same state has been readmitted to its
rights and privileges under the consti
tuition, and is once more a peaceful
member of the Union, it is strictly law
full to " trample in the dust" all these
acts, compel the army to dispense the
government, and drive out by force the
duly elected officers of Sovereign
state" When the question was: War,
OF National Ruin? the Democratic party
said, Peace! Now it is peace, or an
archy and revolution, and the same
party says, War!
Again, it is claimed that this party
was founded by Thomas Jefferson, and
is carrying out his principles, while
there is not one who has the audacity
to openly assert, that if Jefferson were
living to day, he would vote the Demo
cratic ticket. His immortal words were
"All men are created equal; the Demo-
cratic party says "All men are not Gre
ated equal down with the niger
Jefferson was an avowed abolitionist,
but while slavery existed, the Demo-
cratic party was its defender and apollo
gist. Jefferson believed in equal rights
for all. SO says the Democratic plat
form OF to-day, yet every public act,
every public utterance of the party
leaders, shows it to be firmly welded to
the theory, that this is government
for white men only, in which blacks
have no rights that others are bound to
respect. In one breath they denounce
the negro as brutal, ignorant and semi
barbarous, and in the next, stoop to any
device, however humbling. any offer,
however degrading, to secure his vote.
Negroes are not fit to associate with
white men, yet when stray one here
and there, joins the Democratic party, |
he is admitted to full communion with
all its members. If ever party "stole
the livery of Heaven to serve the devil
in" it is the Democratic party. when
it uses the grand old name of Jefferson
to conceal its unpatriotic history and
purposes. Verify it is wolf coming to
us in sleeps clothing.
This same party also claims to be the
constitutional UNION party, and is MAX
ing the cry of "disunionsts against
the Republicans its chief stock in trade,
when every gun aimed at the old flag,
every bullet that laid low the husband,
father or brother on the field of battle,
every missing arm or leg, every grave
that marks the resting place of some
fallen hero who died that the nation
might live--is the work of the Demo
cratic party; and the original disunion-
lists, secessionists, rebels and their sym
pathizers, are its active supporters and