Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-09-24
Tho DcmOcratic BOurbOns.
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old and the new spirit, between the dogRcu
,atontion oe Tho nld doctrines and policy Y
and the saracous adoption OF new smea- :
snres In harm bnv With tlleBctiial stuanpn. y
The sirns of the contest abound on every ,
side The different tone OF the platforms
in the various States, and the character
and antecedents of the candidates OF
which we smoke last week, all reveal the
want of a common conviction and com.
mon purpose in the party. IT begins tod
appear, homegor, flihtIthe tproGrtssiSe'I
wing Of the party yields to the Bourbons,
and that one more effort will be made 10
prolong the angry debate out oil when inc
war sprang.
This contest In the Democratic party be-
Gan with its organization under jackson
General jackson WIS sVbstantrty 9r4ei-t
fersonian. HeAwasGn FAVOR OLA reAlnc-
tion of government to the lowest terms,
and although he approved a'tarl0sior de-
fense. he was opposed to national sys-
tenn Of Internal unconventional mgnif1l
cent enterprises. Long before General |
jackson thought of the Presidency Mr..
Calhoun, whose general political philoso-
ply was much less sound than Jocksons |
had fixed his, heart up9p ", His i1stlnc 4
indicated t6 dim hN h1ikkrivAl, and dit-
ing the Prihhchcyll6flM MbntOe Mr. OalL
houn was hostile to "the hero" who did |
not suspect H. Jacksons election present, |
ly made Calhoun his open enemy. The
first contest between them was the nullih-
cation movement of 1892. Jackson was
honestly Union man, and heartily de-
spised as we'll as disbelieved the Southern
theory of the government. HisproClama-
ton was as admirable and sound as Web
sters speechess.i sha he made Preparations
TO keep the peace and enforce the law.
In the latter resolution ,his party support
cd him. Hut in his Message OF iS]A pre-
yious to theprocla1natiunl he yirtnally rec
ommendhd the policy that Calhoun de-
manded From that moment the Cal
houn element in the Democratic party
grew stronger, until IL absolutely con-
trolled it, and the war that was always
latent in that element broke out. q q L t
The conduct and event Of tbe war
proved that the people rejected the Cal
houn theory wlGletlioy destroyed slavery,
for whose protection the theory was
urged The Democratic party, as party
passively opposed the war; md aitts end
the party organization remained Inc
internal conflict Wis therefore incVltdbfc
There were the party traditions itho
Southern alliance, and the hatred ct the
negro, with the old party leaders apollo
gisls of slavery gnd supporters ql the
Virginia and .Kentutky fcsbfutions-
fact, the Calhoun men, on one sidei and
on the other, the rfreshcr' element Of the
party, young prosclytes who held phllo-
sophcally to the limited functions of goY-
ernmcnt, and who insisted upon abpndon.
ing the plainly closed issues OF the last
generation Of this wing the New York
World became thu organ ssa iQurngl skill
fully and mclligcntly managed, but
whose tone of lighb moCkery has always
paralyzed its Influence and destroyed It's
power. .N rt
In the Democratic National Convention
of 1868 the two wings of the party met
and tried Conclusions. Calhoun reap.
pearcd in the flesh as Wade Hampton, and
he swept all before him. The New York
managers had secured the meeting of the
Convention in Tammany Hall itself, and
intended to serurethcir preference I'm tia
nomination. But the wilicr the New
York plotting tho more conspicuous was
the triumph Of South Carolina. One of
the ablest and most honorable Of New
York Democrats, ITenry,C. Murphy, re-
ported the platform, and the New York
trick of nominating the New Yorker, Ho-
ratio Seymour, Succeeded But Mr.. Muir
phys platform was reputation, antl' hlr.
Seymour, Mo had imposed rtpNtaiatiott at
Tweddlo Hail., accepted Ms his own
the Tcpudiating platform of FFammny
The question of the campaign, therefore,
was simply whether the pcoplowou'd sur
render the results of the war; and the
election of General Grant wnsllle answer.
The progressive wing of the party was
compelled 20 submit to the Bourhous Of
the Convention and their hopes OF the
prompt abandonment Of old issues and d
hold dash at the future IN the nomination
Of Mr. Chase being batlled, the progress
sives made show Of falling into lnr; hu
after the premonitory thunder of Maine
and Pennsylvania the World called Cor
change ~ front, which was a confession
inevitable defeat. II came, and the neN
men naturally supposed that il would in
struct the BourbOns. Butthcy forgot tina
nothing can instruct Che BolIrhonA Tn
World hailed the nomination of Genera
Rosecrans in Ohio, urged that of Genera
Hancock in Pennsylvania and rejoice
over that of John Quincy Adams in Mas
sachusettS. II has stringcntly set fort
that common. sense demands aCQuicsOenC
in what is actually accomplished. But
pleads in vain. The Bourhons conquer
General RosecrNps IN declining, eChou
the World and the BnurbOns nominal
in his place Yalhndgham's candidat(
PendletOn, tho chief national represonk
tive of reputation; and in Pem%lvuni
Asa Packer, an extreme Bourbon; All
answer John Quincy Adams speech, AZ
vising general remuneration OF, old issue
by the stOlid declaration Of tho PIdti0rl
that they change nothing.
Not content with condomrinC the WI
by replacing Rosecraps, y Union genera
by Pendeton, Nallandisham.. Coppe
head aud rcpudiator, and. by prcferrir
Packer to Hancock, the Bourbons no
begin to demand the head Of the chairm,
of the National Committee, who oppos,
reputation, They will not demand it
vain. Everywhere, also, the Bourbon
insist upon opposition TO the Fiitcen
Amendment, and the refusal OF equal rigl
10 the colorcd citizens. II Is the rea
tion nationally attempted last year
which they now aim in the separate State
And so complete is their victory that Il
World itself, whose one principle of par
action since the surrender of Lee has be,
the abandonment of issues that were plai
ly settled attempts to prove that Mr. Pc
dleton's proposition 10 pay the bonds
currency Is not bad faith, and that tue
gro contest must be continued. The p'
sage of the Fiteonth Amendment, whi
the World opposes, would formally Gle
the great debate Of the las. genbnto
and the acquiescence in equal suffrage
this State by the adoption Of the new Go
stitution would open the way for the O.
eluNlaNlou VI NSN l9NutNs Aht AuuAh'
have conquered the Word. which has 81
rendered every advantage that the resi-
of the Presidential election gave e.
hurrahs for Pendleton and hurrahs
Adams. IL tislilSe hurrahine for Jacks
and then Tor Cglhoun. AS tor its Den
cratic readers, Genuomon, YOU pays y,
money and you takes your ehOiceh
The question for the eounirY then
shall we put the negro out Of politics
completing the work which is nearly
complished of securing his equal righ
Let the voters in this State, and in ev
State remember that the Bourbons in
upon fighting the same old battle o
again. We fought itin way that Il
remember in 1860, '6h and 'GS Let
show in 90 that there can be no radi