Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1869-07-15
"n0W ARE THE MIGHTY
EALLENy

"MOW ARE THE MIGHTY
FALLEN!o
DEMOCRACY, from two Greek
words-demOs, people, and krateo, to
rule, means a government Of the
people by the people. The clearest
statement of true Democracy is to
be found in the Declaration of indie
pendence, in the words Of the great
opposite of Democracy" Thomas
Jefferson: 1--WE hold these truths
to he self-evideDt, that all men are
created equal; that they are endow-
ed by their Creator with certain in
alienable rights; that among these
are life, liberty and the pursuit of
happiness; that to secarc these
rights, governments are instituted
among men, deriving their Just pow
ers from the consent Of the govern
cd In many of the State consti-
tutions these principles were still
more fully developed. The Bill of
Rights preixed tn ylrginia's Consti-
tuition of rs says: an men arc
by nature equally free and independ
ent-" That by the phrase sal men,"
blacks were included with the whites
IS evidinced by the fact that black
men were voters in many Democrat
&c States, as North Carolina, for in
stance. These grand principles of
liberty and equality emblazoncd on
its banner, the Democratic party
became the party of the people,
grand, powerful, invincible. Under
its inspirations millions fled the des-
potisms of the old world and en-
rolled themselves az Democrats in
the new. With their aid given for
good purpose, the Wing and all 9TH
er opposition fell before the all con |
quering Democracy. Black slavery
meanwhile became profitable, and
shareholders got control of the great
party with its power in their in ter
csts- They made Democracy say
slavery was right, and whatever De-
mocracy said was the law and Cos
pei in all the land.
During scores of years tie party
ruled almost supreme. The Gov
errors and Presidents were nearly
all Democrats. The public opposi-
ton of the Wings ceased, and abo-
litionists, under al names we're
stencil in the upturned nostrils of
vast majority Of the people. Adolf
tionists were tarred and feathered,
imprisoned, killed. Four millions
o. people "created equal" and '.by
nature equally free and indcpend-
ent," with all other men ard women,
were guarded in abject slavery by
bloodhouads, fercer than the dogs
of war.
Since then-what? The Demo
cratic party has lost slavery,-has
lost oflice,-has lost power,-has
lost the ''lost cause" and everything
else except Marshall county, and
only retains this because there is no
election near at hand. 1t denounc-
ed the Union side CT the war, up
held Democratic Vallandigham and
Brick Pomeroy while organizing I,
rebel aid north to defeat the opera.
tons of Republican Frank Blair and
Rosecrans against rebels South.
Pious Democrats while depositing
their ballots Missed through their
teeth "d-n the Niger" Since
then they have voted for this same
':nigger" loving, Deliberate hating,
Frank Blair, against that purest and
best of men-Schuyler Colfax, for
Vice President. Now what In
the grea. State Of Ohio, where Val
landigham has his home, the De-
moeracy have thrown aside Val,
and Pugh, and Carey, and Thurman,
and even Grecnbach Pcndleton, and
have picked up the cast away, "Old
Rosy" and are trying to run him
for Governor. They now run the
man for Governor, past whose vic
torious tle-seld, (Stone River, |,
Vallandigham, their late candidate ,
for the same Office was conveyed, a
Inundated prisoner for opposing
the cause Rosecrans Tough. for!
Our word for it, before the next
general election the leaders of the
Democracy will become sweet on
the negro, and all will ask him tol
vote with and for them. Indeed,
low are the mighty fallen!"